Microsoft considered removing the Xbox One's disc drive after E3

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Microsoft had a "real discussion" about whether it should even bother including a disc drive on the Xbox One following the console's second reveal at E3 2013.
Yes, after the reveal, because apparently Microsoft wasn't getting enough flack for its since-amended "always online" and DRM requirements.
"After the announcement and E3, there was some feedback about what people wanted to change," Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer said in an interview with OXM. "There was a real discussion about whether we should have an optical disc drive in Xbox One or if we could get away with a purely disc-less console, but when you start looking at bandwidth and game size, it does create issues."
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