Xbox is reportedly testing a way to digitize your disc-based games
Key takeaways
- This is one approach to preserving physical game purchases in an increasingly digital future.
- Oliver Beer/Unsplash Very soon after Sony announced its plan to kill off Play Station game discs, it was reported that Xbox is working on a way for its players to play digital copies of their physical games.
- It seems this approach means you won't need to keep a disc in your Xbox to play the respective game.
This is one approach to preserving physical game purchases in an increasingly digital future.
Oliver Beer/Unsplash Very soon after Sony announced its plan to kill off Play Station game discs, it was reported that Xbox is working on a way for its players to play digital copies of their physical games. According to The Verge, Xbox started testing this disc-to-digital program for Xbox One and Xbox Series X titles recently. Unfortunately, the project will seemingly not cover games for the original Xbox or Xbox 360. It may not support every Xbox One game either, per the report.
It seems this approach means you won't need to keep a disc in your Xbox to play the respective game. The program is said to bond a digital version of a game to its physical disc. Put the disc in another Xbox and the digital copy will follow suit to an account linked to that system.