Rumors: Next Xbox not to include an optical drive?

What do you guys think of this little rumor? Will we be downloading all our games directly into the hard drive or playing through a streaming cloud service? Would you even buy a gaming console that isn't disc based? I'm not too sure I would...

Story: http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/rumor-microsoft-to-eliminate-disc-drives-for-xbox-720-slated-for-2013-launch/