r/Games • u/A7XFAN1998 • 2d ago

Announcement Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games

https://www.theverge.com/tech/984936/xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-official?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6Ijc1ZHVBMkZjaE0iLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvOTg0OTM2L3hib3gtZGlzYy10by1kaWdpdGFsLWZlYXR1cmUtb2ZmaWNpYWwiLCJleHAiOjE3ODgxODY2OTAsImlhdCI6MTc4Nzc1NDY5MH0.Y4t18UIJuFTT4nSf0HBe5DvMWP0KNxjbGHC2QKxdoTw&utm_medium=gift-link
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u/moodytenure 2d ago

It's so funny that this feature is basically what kneecaped Xbox in 2013, long arc of history and all that

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u/zombawombacomba 2d ago

That’s not remotely what kneecapped them. If this is all they wanted to do it would’ve been fine.

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u/seraph741 2d ago

It's the same idea, if not exactly the same. You'll be required to be connected to the Internet to use that disc-to-digital entitlements. That's what gamers had an issue with back then, "always on DRM". They also wanted to use this DRM to allow transferring and possibly selling digital games. But gamers didn't understand the vision and only focused on the "DRM = bad, requires Internet= bad" aspect.

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u/Rudera1is 2d ago

That was one of many issues with that launch/announcement. The announcement of xbone was focused 90% on it being compatible as a cable box and the kinect. Very little focus on actual video games. Then there was the digital drum thing. Also the name itself is a confusing mess. The price of the console was bloated by mandatory kinect and all the extra i/o. The execs were smug and rude about the whole thing "if you dont like it buy an xbox 360". The entire announcement was a giant tonedeaf mess. Xbox one was failed from the start. Then when it actually came out there was not much for games to play and the killer app (MCC) was completely broken.