You wouldn?t have seen the news on PlayStation LifeStyle, but Microsoft is getting ready to launch a discless Xbox One S called the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition that runs entirely on digital media. Windows Central reported on the all-digital console that?s coming in the next couple of months, and it got me thinking about the rise of digital media and how quickly it?s completely overtaken my own life.
I used to be a die hard physical media fan. I loved the feel of unwrapping new packaging, smelling the new plastic box and paper manual inside, the excitement of putting the disc in, pressing start, and playing the game. I had 40 billion CDs, 132 million DVDs, and approximately 417 trillion Blu-rays and games. But times are a?changin?.
Music was the first to go for me. Who the hell wants to carry around a CD player or deal with switching out discs in your car. I digitized my entire music library and even now I pretty much exclusively listen to Spotify or Google Music. The next thing was all of my movies, and that took a little more convincing. The simple fact is I just don?t rewatch that much stuff. There?s too much to play, read, and watch to have things on repeat like when I was younger and would watch the full Lord of the Rings extended editions once a week, as well as rewatching the entire series of LOST once every four to six months. I realized that an entire bookcase of dusty old DVDs wasn?t getting me anywhere and I got rid of all but a few of my absolute favorites.
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