Leaked images reveal Microsoft’s white disc-less Xbox Series X console

Image: Exputer

Microsoft appears to beryllium readying a achromatic mentation of its Xbox Series X console without a disc drive. Exputer has published a bid of leaked images of the achromatic Xbox Series X, showing that it’s a disc-less strategy with the aforesaid plan connected the exterior arsenic the existing achromatic Xbox Series X.

The achromatic coating appears to beryllium identical to the Xbox Series S “robot white” that Microsoft uses connected its smaller $299 console. Exputer reports that this achromatic Xbox Series X volition person immoderate interior components upgraded, including the heatsink utilized to chill the console. The Verge has seen further documents detailing changes to this achromatic Xbox Series X that suggest these leaked photos are genuine, but we’ve reached retired to Microsoft to comment.

Exputer claimed past period that this achromatic Xbox Series X could get successful June oregon July, priced astatine $50-$100 little than the existent $499 retail terms of the Xbox Series X. If Microsoft is readying to motorboat this peculiar disc-less Xbox Series X soon, that would suggest the institution has canceled oregon pushed backmost the refreshed mentation of the Xbox Series X console that leaked successful FTC v. Microsoft documents past year.

Image: FTC vs. Microsoft We were expecting a antithetic benignant of Xbox Series X design.

Codenamed Brooklin, that unannounced console refresh featured an Xbox Series X plan that’s a batch much cylindrical than the existing console oregon this caller rectangular one, though it besides would person had nary disc drive. Microsoft described that console arsenic “adorably each digital” successful interior documents, and it was expected to vessel with a caller controller and Xbox Wireless 2 connection.

Microsoft was tentatively readying to vessel this Brooklin console successful November, priced astatine $499. Xbox main Phil Spencer addressed the leaks astir Brooklin past September, hinting that plans whitethorn person changed for Xbox hardware. “It is hard to spot our team’s enactment shared successful this mode due to the fact that truthful overmuch has changed and there’s truthful overmuch to beryllium excited astir close now, and successful the future,” said Spencer successful a station connected X successful September. “We volition stock the existent plans erstwhile we are ready.”