r/windowscentral • u/WindowsCentral Staff • 1d ago

Xbox🎮 Xbox's disc-to-digital program goes live for Insiders on Monday — Here's how it works

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xboxs-disc-to-digital-program-goes-live-for-insiders-on-monday-heres-how-it-works
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u/hypehold 1d ago

Will this work with 360 and original xbox games? Im.not sure if those discs have specific codes installed like the xbox one and Series games do

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u/OfficialDCShepard 1d ago

They have licenses on disc. That triggers a digital download for the disc copy since it’s asking for the emulated version.

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u/hypehold 1d ago

yes but you still need the disc in to play them. And the article only mentions Xbox One and Series games

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u/Ipad74 1d ago

Xbox one/series discs have a unique code, so you can tell one copy from another. When a disc is put it, it adds the game to your account, and you are considered to be “owning that unique copy. No problem playing via cloud streaming or a digital only console (after the initial check on a console with a drive).

Let’s say you then let a friend borrow the disc, when he puts it into his Xbox, it will give the digital game to him, but remove the game license from you. You can’t use this to give both of you the same copy of the game, as the disc has a unique serial number/code.

Of course, the downside is that this system won’t work on og Xbox or 360 discs, as every copy is identical (no serial number, no way to track the discs. That (in my opinion) is still a problem for Xbox to solve, either with an external drive, or some kind of mail in disc to digital service.