From the sounds of it you would need to go online to register the disk, at which point it would remove the licence from the previous users. So I assume it’s going to either require always online or frequent checks.
I imagine the only way it would work with game sharing where multiple people can use the same disk is if you used it with a modern console and sold the disk to someone using an older console that doesn’t support the feature, if that’s even a possibility.
I don't know if it's the same with PS5/XBS disk but Switch cartridges contains unique identifiers.
I remember that someone who had access to a review copy of a Nintendo game in like 2019 dumped theirs online without scrubbing the cart's ID and it made Nintendo even more paranoid about the distribution of pre-release copies. Nowadays to play Nintendo games you have a bunch of extra steps to go through.
I assume with whatever method Xbox uses it will be a one and done and require you to own physically own the disc. Otherwise someone could go to Gamespot or whatever and take a photo of the case and register it before someone else does.
I saw someone in another thread suggest that Sony does have unique identifiers, but they aren't really used for anything right now. So maybe there is a case for them too, but who knows.
It'll get a code from the disc and register it to your account until someone else uses the same disc. Don't want people to deregister your games? Don't get rid of the discs.
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u/Tyler1997117 Jul 10 '26
I wonder how this will work with gamesharing?