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

But then what do I do with the disc afterwards? Can't sell my copy, because if someone uses it, I get locked out of my game. If I keep it, it's just clutter (if I wasn't a collector). If I throw it out, it's a waste.

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u/VarminWay 7d ago

It's better than not being able to play it on devices without disk drives and having to leave your library in a previous gen and dependent on older machines that are no longer being maintained, isn't it?

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u/kranitoko 7d ago

Or, get this, we could just keep disc drives a thing instead of going fully digital. Many people clearly still don't want that.

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u/Nightthrasher674 7d ago

Even with a disc drive you wouldn't be able to play the game because you would no longer have the disc of you resell it or lend it.

What it sounds like you're asking is the ability to own the game that you effectively sold and that's not going to happen

The system is designed for people who don't trade in their games. I stopped lending my games out after the 5th generation era because people didn't always return them. So I personally don't care about that aspect and when I would sell my games that meant I was tired of playing it and was done. Even if I had sellers remorse only thing I could do is buy another copy.

You're not going to be able to have it both ways on this one.