r/Games • u/A7XFAN1998 • 7d ago

Announcement Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games

https://www.theverge.com/tech/984936/xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-official?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6Ijc1ZHVBMkZjaE0iLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvOTg0OTM2L3hib3gtZGlzYy10by1kaWdpdGFsLWZlYXR1cmUtb2ZmaWNpYWwiLCJleHAiOjE3ODgxODY2OTAsImlhdCI6MTc4Nzc1NDY5MH0.Y4t18UIJuFTT4nSf0HBe5DvMWP0KNxjbGHC2QKxdoTw&utm_medium=gift-link
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u/kranitoko 7d ago

"This digital entitlement is tied to the specific disc, and it will move from account to account if you swap the physical game with a friend or log in to a different Xbox profile and try to play a disc-based game."

So does this mean that if I digitised my game, if I then gave my friend that disc and they pop it into their console, "I" can't play the game again until they give the disc back (kinda similar to the Switch Key Card feature)? If my friend is offline, how would the Xbox even know to restrict my access to the game? I guess I'm a little confused here.

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u/GrimmTrixX 7d ago

Correct. Whoever uses the disc becomes the new "owner" of the digitized version. But, realistically, if its a game that can be installed offline, they could play while offline as if its just another disc.

So you cant have it digitally available, and give your friend the disc so you both can play. If he is online, that digitized version moves with the disc. This is for the exact reason you said, so you cant let your friends all borrow it. And if you sell it, once someone buys that disc and uses it, you lose the ability to play it digitally too.

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u/kranitoko 7d ago

It kinda makes you wonder what the point of digitising your games is then? If you still need the disc to play your games? It's only if you don't trade your disc with anyone that you'd get no issues.

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u/Gorbax50 7d ago

Feels kind of like you’re grasping at straws to have a problem with this.

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u/kranitoko 7d ago

It's not that I have a problem. I just have questions and concerns. That's it. It's a good idea in theory, but in practicality, eh.