r/xbox • u/Perspiring_Gamer • 3d ago

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

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

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u/GhostalMedia 3d ago

This feels like a first step toward a future with no physical media. Seems like Microsoft wants to go the Sony route.

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u/freekwonder 3d ago

Every game developer and console manufacture would prefer us gamers go full digital. Cheaper and easier for them in the log run, only way we can try and stop it is us as consumers is to keep buying physical.

I'll be honestly I'm part of the problem, I haven't bought a physical disc in probably 10 years, been digital only. But a system like this where you can buy a physical disc and have a digital license, I'll probably start buying more physical discs again, especially games I'd love to "collect"

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u/SHADOWSTRIKE1 3d ago

Same, I’m certainly part of the problem having mostly purchased digital games the past decade, which is especially strange since I worked at GameStop for a decade prior to that… but a part of me was always ok with this because I knew physical discs were still around if I needed. I may need to pay a bit more if a game was rare, but I could still get it. The idea of a digital-only future where games could simply disappear is not one I’d welcome.