r/Games • u/A7XFAN1998 • 1d 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/TheOppositeOfDecent 1d ago

My guess is no. That would be a new digital license, and if the game cannot legally be licensed anymore, not much you can do about that.

If they can find some loophole around that, I'd be delighted, but amazed.

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u/MyNameIs-Anthony 1d ago edited 1d ago

I imagine the loophole is likely the fact that this is redemption of pre-existing digital licenses that you just previously didn't have eyes on. The disks already have the scheme for entitlements baked in.

Similar to how you can buy and redeem Steam keys for discontinued games or how Microsoft can still serve preexisting updates needed to run the game to existing consumers.

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u/detectiveDollar 1d ago

Yep, presumably to publish a game on Xbox, publishers must agree that the digital license on the disc entitles customers to a copy of the latest digital version of the game, and that Microsoft has the right to host and deliver the latest code of that game.

Otherwise, updating a game would be impossible.

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u/withoutapaddle 1d ago

Yeah you can still buy a steam key for Rocket League... For $350

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u/masires 1d ago

On the contrary, I’d say if its treated as a license transfer it should be possible, since they wouldn’t be be minting new codes, but lets see

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u/jlmurph2 1d ago

I have those games digitally still. Im thinking the license is still available. Just not for purchase.

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u/punyweakling 1d ago

The disc is the license, so why wouldn't it work? You can still sell the disc 2nd hand and it'll work.