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Xbox allows players to digitize physical game discs

By PulseAugur Editorial · [3 sources] ·

Xbox is introducing a new feature that allows players to convert their physical game discs into digital entitlements. Starting August 31, Xbox Insiders can test this functionality, which will support thousands of Xbox One and Series X titles. Once a digital entitlement is claimed by inserting and launching the game from its disc, players can access benefits like Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Cloud Gaming, even without the disc in the console. This move offers a way for players to transition their physical libraries to a digital format, potentially for future disc-less consoles, while still allowing the physical disc to be used or traded. AI

IMPACT This feature primarily impacts game ownership and access, with no direct AI implications.

RANK_REASON This is a feature update for an existing platform, not a new frontier model release or significant industry shift.

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Xbox allows players to digitize physical game discs

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Matt Tate) ·

    Xbox Insiders will soon be able to create digital versions of their physical games

    Thousands of Xbox One and Series X titles will support the new disc-to-digital feature.

  2. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Stephen Warwick ·

    Xbox announces new disc-to-digital feature for physical media — lets players claim digital versions of their games, with support for Play Anywhere and Cloud Gaming

    Xbox announces new disc-to-digital feature for physical media

  3. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that lets you digitise physical Xbox One and Series X games Microsoft has announced a new Xbox feature that allows play

    🎮 Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that lets you digitise physical Xbox One and Series X games Microsoft has announced a new Xbox feature that allows players' physical libraries to move forward with them across generations. In plain terms, the feature allows disc-based Xbox…

    LINKS eurogamer.net/xbox-disc-to-digital-one-se…

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