Can't wait to play Sea of Thieves all digital
Joking aside. The Xbox One X is a great console, easily my favorite this gen. I feel that is where MS should focus their efforts.
Top of the line gaming experiences. And an Xbox One X without the expensive 4K media playback stuff and the disk drive swapped for a bigger HDD would make sense as a 'digital only' 4K console.
However, this thing.
It might've been a left over of their plan to offer GamePass subscriptions with an Xbox included. The fact that it looks exactly the same as the Xbox One S just shows how little effort went into this.
You'd be stupid to buy one and lock yourself out of nice retail deals and borrowing games from other people. Especially at this stage in the console cycle when there's plenty 'old' Xbox One S models available cheaply.
The only way this thing will sell is if they discontinue the Xbox One S with a disk drive.
There's really no benefit in owning an Xbox without a disk drive at a premium price.