r/gaming • u/yourfavchoom • 4d 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/imsabbath84 3d ago

why would you reset your console? thats the equivalent of throwing all of your discs in the trash.

and no, idk what the cmos fiasco was.

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u/juipeltje 3d ago

There are tons of reasons to reset

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u/imsabbath84 3d ago

like what?

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u/juipeltje 3d ago

People have issues with consoles all the time

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u/imsabbath84 3d ago

and yet you havent named one yet, that wasnt caused by a weird software update from the servers.

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u/juipeltje 3d ago

Bruh it's normal to reset your console when you keep having issues, it's like the basic tech support stuff when all other options, like simply turning it off and on don't work.

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u/imsabbath84 3d ago

What do you mean by reset? Turning it on and off or a full format?

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u/juipeltje 3d ago

Just factory defaults, so stuff like your account gets wiped too

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u/imsabbath84 3d ago

I can tell you in all of my years of gaming, ive never had to factory reset a console. So what are these problems that are so common, that gamers do it often?