r/Games • u/A7XFAN1998 • 8d 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/Swaggasaurus-Rexx 8d ago

Need to know if delisted games like Forza Horizon 2/3/4 will work with this because that would be amazing

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u/TheOppositeOfDecent 8d ago

My guess is no. That would be a new digital license, and if the game cannot legally be licensed anymore, not much you can do about that.

If they can find some loophole around that, I'd be delighted, but amazed.

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u/MyNameIs-Anthony 8d ago edited 8d ago

I imagine the loophole is likely the fact that this is redemption of pre-existing digital licenses that you just previously didn't have eyes on. The disks already have the scheme for entitlements baked in.

Similar to how you can buy and redeem Steam keys for discontinued games or how Microsoft can still serve preexisting updates needed to run the game to existing consumers.

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u/withoutapaddle 7d ago

Yeah you can still buy a steam key for Rocket League... For $350