Originally Posted by
phonics
The 50% of people that don't buy physical games and want 100 quid off.
You can already pay Microsoft 12 quid a month to get a Netflix selection style that includes: 240 games - 154 on Xbox One, 35 on Xbox 360, 56 from Xbox Live Arcade and one from the original Xbox.
Which is where they want to make their money rather than giving GAME/Electronics Boutique a 30% cut of every sale.
edit: Just for example, what are you more likely to be sold on; a 500 quid console that you can buy physical games for or a 30 quid a month contract that comes with 100+ free games but no disk drive.