Microsoft's Xbox Series X refresh spells the end for game discs
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This is Microsoft's new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller - The Verge
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Microsoft's Xbox Series X refresh spells the end for game discs - Polygon
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The Xbox Series X design looks far better in person, and it's seriously quiet too
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This is Microsoft's new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller - The Verge
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