Rumor: Microsoft considering a smaller, cheaper digital-only Xbox to compete with the Apple TV

[Pemalite]

tiffac said:

Pemalite said:
Ditch the optical drive, ditch the mechanical drive, make the SoC smaller, sell it for $200.
Maybe even go $150 if you don't include any accessories, only a TV remote.

Let it be digital only and still have the capability for emulating your digital Xbox 360 (And hopefully eventually, original xbox games.)

And then watch the sales pickup, especially in low-income nations.

Making it all digital would actually not benefit low income nations since we barely have any decent internet to begin with.

Just because it's digital... Doesn't mean you need the internet.

The box will have USB ports.

Besides. You would be surprised how well some low-income nations perform in regards to internet connectivity rates and speeds, in-fact, there are several that beats my own country, which is "first world".