Xbox Boss Talks About Console Price and Digital Games
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Asha Sharma works at Xbox. Xbox makes games consoles. A console is a machine for playing video games.
Asha Sharma talked to the BBC. She talked about the next new Xbox console. She said the company is thinking about affordability. Affordability means how easy it is to pay for something.
Many games consoles cost a lot of money. Some people cannot pay for them. Xbox wants more people to buy its new console.
Sharma also talked about digital games. Digital games are not on a disc. You get them online instead.
She talked about giving gamers digital copies of games. This is for games that people already own. Many gamers only have the disc version now.
This news comes from an interview with the BBC. The BBC spoke only to Asha Sharma about this.
Vocabulary15 words
- console
- a machine for playing video games
- affordability
- being cheap enough for people to buy
- digital
- not a physical thing; stored as computer data
- gamer
- a person who plays video games
- interview
- when someone asks another person questions
- exclusive
- given to only one news company
- next-gen
- the new version that comes after this one
- own
- to have something that belongs to you
- disc
- a round object that stores a game or movie
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- version
- one form of something
- boss
- a person who leads a company or team
- copy
- one item of something, like a game
- cost
- the amount of money needed to buy something
- online
- connected to the internet
Quiz
Answer key
1. Affordability 2. Digital copies of owned games 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Asha Sharma works at Xbox. Xbox makes games _____.
Asha Sharma talked to the BBC. She talked about the next new Xbox _____.
She said the company is thinking about _____.
Many games consoles cost a lot of _____.
Xbox wants more people to buy its new _____.
Sharma also talked about _____ games.
Digital games are not on a disc. You get them _____ instead.
She talked about giving gamers digital copies of games people already _____.
Many gamers only have the _____ version now.
This news comes from an _____ with the BBC.
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