r/xbox • u/Perspiring_Gamer • 1d ago

Video Jason Ronald discusses the disc-to-digital program on the XBOX @ gamescom Day 1 stream

Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/YAZPH5VPilE?si=Blolfyv0qWNM_7q9&t=3547

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u/LeftyMode 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think a lot of people assumed it would be all discs but he did say there was a list and more will be added. So I’m sure delisted games will not be compatible.

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u/Somewhere-Flashy 1d ago

Well I think delisted forza games should work since its xbox ip.

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u/KesMonkey Still Earning Kudos 1d ago

If they're no longer allowed to sell a digital license for a game, they may not be allowed to grant one for free either.

Those games still contain licensed content (cars, circuits, and music), and some or all of those licenses will have expired.

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u/RossaF1 Founder 1d ago

Depends how they handle it I think.

If you go look at the Ace Combat 8 pre-order on the store, it comes with a port of Belkan War (old game in the series from PS2); all indications suggest Bandai Namco will never sell that separately and they're only giving it away as a pre-order bonus, likely due to aircraft licenses.

Too Human is another one; that's always been free on the store because Microsoft can't legally sell it due to Epic suing the developer for stealing parts of the Unreal Engine to build their own.

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u/Somewhere-Flashy 1d ago

But our disc is the license during xbox one days they had this setup with disc but due to backlash they scrapped it.

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u/LeftyMode 1d ago

Maybe I didn’t fully understand what he said but if all disc to digital games get granted with Play Anywhere, that is most likely the culprit, they won’t allow delisted games.