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Xbox One S/X doesn't have a disc drive, Xbox Series X doesn't have a disc drive, PS5 needs the disc drive bought separately and paired over the internet.

Only the original Xbox One had a disc drive integrated.

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> Xbox One S/X doesn't have a disc drive, Xbox Series X doesn't have a disc drive, PS5 needs the disc drive bought separately and paired over the internet. Only the original Xbox One had a disc drive integrated.

It’s always fascinating that people say things that are verifiably untrue. Like, really?

OP may have meant Xbox Series S and X? Honestly a partly blame MS, their console naming has always baffled me.

My Xbox One X legitimately has no disc drive.

Weird, everyone I can find online says that the One X has a disc drive.

The Xbox One X certainly does have a disc drive, it's a little out-of-the-way though. Check on the left side of the front of the console, under the overhang.

I checked and you are right, apparently it does. It's weird that I was never able to find it before, because I did look under the overhang, but was unable to get any discs in there. Oops.

Not to dump on LoganDark, but I find it absolutely fascinating that you owned an Xbox and legitimately only today discovered that it has an optical drive!

EDIT: Definitely shows the shift to online game delivery in a way that I have not seen before.

I grew up with a 360, and knew about the drive on the original Xbox One, but I really could not tell that my Xbox One X had a disc drive. I don't know how I missed it.

I meant One S and One X, plus Series X. The One S and One X are refreshes of the One, with the One S getting 4K HDMI and Blu-ray support and the One X getting both of those plus more power and 4K gaming support. There was a version of the One S that didn't have an optical drive, but it was a bit of a flop. The Series X is one of the two successors to the One line (along with the Series S), with the Series X having a 4K Blu-ray drive and the Series S not having an optical drive.

Source: I own all of them except for the One X.

> It’s always fascinating that people say things that are verifiably untrue. Like, really?

I have an Xbox One X and there is no disc drive. I remember having an Xbox One before that did have a disc drive.

When I looked it up, the first search results are news outlets saying the Xbox Series X/S are not going to have disc drives...

> PS5 needs the disc drive bought separately

You can get a PS5 with a built in disc player.

Ironically one of the reasons I bought a PS3 was to play Blu Ray movies. But during Covid I ripped all my physical media and got rid of them, I only use the disc model of the PS5 to play my old PS4 games.

The regular One S and the One X both have 4K Blu-Ray drives (the One S All-Digital Edition doesn’t). The Series X does have a 4K Blu-Ray drive (the Series S doesn’t).

I have a One X (the Gold Rush Special Edition) and there is no disc drive. At least I haven't been able to find one.

> At least I haven't been able to find one

Isn't there a slightly wider hole the left (other side than the Xbox log) between the top part and the black bottom part? You should be able to fit a disk there even if it's pretty hard to notice...

e.g.: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61+XhWct5lL._AC_SL1500_....

Apparently so?? I've never been able to fit a disc there. Oops.

There are 2 versions of the PS5: base and digital. The base version comes with a Blu-ray drive that can play Ultra HD Blu-ray discs.

The "base" one didn't exist when the console first released, there was only digital. The "base" version bundles the disc drive that is normally purchased separately.

That is incorrect. The PS5 disc version was available at launch. The recent refresh has an optional disc accessory.

They launched with one with a built-in disc drive and one without. For their mid-cycle refresh they changed it to a single model with a disc drive add-on but sell a SKU that includes the drive in the box.

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