Next Xbox - No Disc Drive?

[Lilly]

Well I guess it's the Orange Box for me if I want to buy Portal and still be able to play it offline. I can't believe Valve could be that asinine about copy-protection! That's just one more reason for me to invest in a PS3 instead of newer PC hardware.

The WiiU and PS4, sure - but the UK's leading system to my knowledge (besides the Wii) is the 360. Not only that, but our retail stores are already closing, because of their lack of contracts with games companies such as Nintendo, EA, and a few other big publishers.

So yeah, fucked.

Forgot how much of a monopoly M$ has in the games industry, and the point you just brought up is going to suck for you guys in the UK. Even though I prefer ordering my games online, personally, it's quite convenient to just pick up a recent game in the preowned corner of a retail store, so I can't imagine having only Ebay and Amazon as an option.