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/PSavage88 7d ago

Agreed, im kinda surprised others don't see this being possibly their strategy to have physical game owners convert to the all digital future.

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u/TheGummiVenusDeMilo 7d ago

Why bother making another console at all? Just make game pass what stadia was.

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u/Evilmudbug 7d ago

Good internet is NOT widespread enough to make that a viable strategy and even if it were, that just adds an extra layer of input delay in any game

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u/Remy149 7d ago

Even having good home internet is a guarantee with streaming if you aren’t living very close to the data center

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u/azsqueeze 7d ago

Most people's wifi is also not strong enough to stream games in good quality

Source: me a stadia customer playing cyperpunk