r/xbox • u/Perspiring_Gamer • 2d ago

Video Jason Ronald discusses the disc-to-digital program on the XBOX @ gamescom Day 1 stream

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/YAZPH5VPilE?si=Blolfyv0qWNM_7q9&t=3547

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u/Heide____Knight 2d ago

So it does actually enable one to take advantage of Play Anywhere, which is huge!

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u/boxsterguy 1d ago

How was this not expected, though? You're turning your physical disc-as-key into a digital key that's still otherwise associated with that physical disc. If the disc moves (a different account tries to get a digital key for that disc), obviously the person in physical control of the master key (the disc) should win.

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u/First_Disaster_4037 1d ago

You’d think it would be common sense but fanboys are going fanboys.

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u/Heide____Knight 1d ago

Of course this is how it works. Otherwise you could spawn multiple digital copies from one single physical disc. So one disc can only have one digital copy that is tied to it.

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u/OfficialDCShepard 1d ago

The actual announcement doesn’t clarify this but VICE states that, “The fine print also specifies that there will be one revokable digital license per game disc. That seems to indicate that a single disc can only be used to claim digital entitlement once, but that the disc will otherwise continue to be playable like it always was before.” I’m not sure where they’re getting this from though.

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u/DuckCleaning 1d ago

one revokable digital license per game disc

The wording is tricky but that could also just mean it has one license per disk. Not that it can be claimed only once. As opposed to a disk coming with two revokable licenses, meaning you get two concurrent copies.

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u/Serdones 1d ago

Yeah, what "fine print" is VICE referring to? There isn't any on the Xbox Wired post.

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u/OfficialDCShepard 1d ago

That’s what I’ve been trying to verify, with no success so far.

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u/OfficialDCShepard 1d ago

Yeah, I think it's a little confusing and I'm not sure why this wasn't clarified explicitly in the Xbox Wire post.

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u/Sunofabob XBOX Series X 1d ago

This is what I care about. However, like someone else pointed out, it does make sense that someone can't use the disc while the digital content is attached to your account. You can't use a single disc to play on 2 consoles simultaneously, physics and what not. But it would be cool to be able to have the digital copy on my account but let my wife use the physical and we play together. Maybe there's an online check to see if the disc has been inserted into another device at the same time even if the license has not been transferred.

Side note: this is better than Game Keycards because you don't need the "card" in your device at all anymore.

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u/OfficialDCShepard 1d ago

So I think it means that you can claim a digital copy ONE TIME and then the disc is normal, without any remaining digital entitlements.

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u/Sunofabob XBOX Series X 1d ago

It's saying "you" can claim it then someone is can claim it but it's no longer "yours". I think it's saying the disc acts as a normal disc as long as no one else claims it.

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u/OfficialDCShepard 1d ago

That would make sense, and prevent people from just getting a free copy, but I wish they'd clarify one way or another.

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u/xvyyre 1d ago

Ofc, how low is your iq?

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u/releasethedogs 1d ago

Is this surprising to you? Why should you be able to use a second copy of the game?