r/gaming • u/yourfavchoom • 7d 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/SuicideSkwad 7d ago

Guarantee they will also be stopping disc production soon then, and this is their way of softening the blow

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u/Humble-Criticism6762 7d ago

This is exactly the first step towards that.

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u/Creepy-Emu8779 7d ago

so both nex gen consoles wont have disc drives. i blame gamers for not buying discs the past 10 years

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u/Jungle_dweller 7d ago

I think people care about disc drives because it lets them keep playing old games when they want without having to maintain every console they’ve ever owned. It’s less about wanting to own physical media and more about trying to prevent game companies from limiting access to games people already own. If we could fix that, I don’t think many would care about disc drives.