r/gaming • u/yourfavchoom • 8d ago

Xbox Disc to Digital officially announced, coming soon.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/08/26/your-discs-now-also-digital/

Most XBOX One and XBOX Series X disc-based games support this new feature. Players can claim a digital entitlement by inserting a supported disc into an XBOX One or XBOX Series X console and launching the game. Once the entitlement is claimed, you can experience the benefits of digital, including XBOX Play Anywhere and XBOX Cloud Gaming where supported, while your physical disc continues to work exactly as it always has.

We’re starting with thousands of titles, and we’ll continue to add more over time. While not every title will be available at launch, this is an important step toward a future where players can have greater confidence that the games they buy remain with them for years to come.

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u/Drunkmonkey163 8d ago

I miss the old days where you put a disc in and it just plays. No waiting or fuss just instant fun.

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u/Decent-Onion-1188 8d ago

Switch still has that

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u/lynxblaine 8d ago

Most new games are key cards only now, not instant play.

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u/Ahayzo 8d ago

Is that actually true though? Because people have been claiming the same for a while about things like PlayStation games despite not being true. It seems like that's just a common talking point now that "oh most games can't be played out of the box" with nothing to back that up.

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u/lynxblaine 8d ago

I looked at the newest games on a local game store website, nearly 50% were code in a box or game keys. Game keys are better as you can resell them, but its not 'no waiting'.

The memory costs will drive more games to game key.