Not only is the console less powerful, it also lacks the ability to use discs. The digital-only model seriously limits where you can buy your games, but a new patent could see that change.

The Best Reveals From The Game Awards ... digital to disc-based console sales in other regions are drastically different, or at least different enough to meaningfully alter this math.

YouTuber Hikikomori Media has a good breakdown of what the situation was before, but the TL;DR is that there’s kind of a mixed bag when you buy Xbox games on disc. Some will be branded as Xbox ...