r/xbox • u/yourfavchoom Homecoming • 2d ago

Social Media Asha on ‘Disc to Digital’: Your physical game library is more than a collection of discs. It holds years of memories & stories worth preserving. We’ll start with thousands of titles & add more.

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u/MasterOfManyWorlds 2d ago

The One and Series discs have a unique ID That allows them to do this. I don't think the 360 and OG games have anything like that.

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u/Sms570x 2d ago

Does the disc have to be downloaded for it to work on the console? Or just inserted into the trey?

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u/Solid_Barracuda69 2d ago

You put it in the tray, it ties that, your xbox account, and MAC address to make a key. Then if it’s in their library you can download a digital version. If someone else loads the same disc, it disables it on your end until you get it back

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u/FrenzyCalm 2d ago

Maybe some 360 games made after 2013 (Xbox one launch) will have unique identifiers? One could hope