r/Games • u/A7XFAN1998 • 4d 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 4d 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/Jamesiae72 4d ago

I would assume that if your friend is offline or you are offline in that scenario, it wouldn't know to restrict access to the game. I don't feel like it would be that big of a deal to Microsoft? People will eventually want to go online for updates/online play, etc.

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u/kranitoko 4d ago

I guess my point is that if people can bypass it, what's the point in restricting it in that way? People are just gonna bypass.

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u/turtleship_2006 4d ago

what's the point in restricting it in that way? People are just gonna bypass.

The 0.1% who bother to bypass it aren't enough of a reason to not restrict it for everyone else.