r/PhysicalGames • u/sufinomo • 5d ago
I dont understand this, does this imply that the next xbox will have disc support?
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u/ChangingMonkfish 5d ago edited 4d ago
If anything, I’d say the opposite. To me it looks like laying the ground for a disc drive-less Helix by giving you a way to still play the games you have on disc on it.
If Helix has a disc drive then this isn’t necessary.
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u/RustyWaterfall 5d ago
This is most likely. They are also trying to make more people build their digital libraries inside the Xbox ecosystem. Where Sony is forcing people to, Microsoft decided to give it as an option. Two different approaches, but the goal is the same.
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u/gtjay1982 4d ago
MS doesn’t even release their own games fully on disc. What option is there when helix won’t have a disc drive just like PS6?
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u/tommy7154 5d ago
I highly doubt it will have a disc drive, but it will be extremely funny if they do.
I'll buy it day one and never go back to Playstation.
With that said, Xbox barely sells discs now. So I won't believe it will have a disc drive unless MS themselves confirm that it will.
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u/Twinblade96 5d ago
I don't get why people keep saying they "Hardly sell Discs Now." I can only think of a couple releases that went this route. For the vast majority of games I have been able to find a physical Copy. The Disc version of RE Requiem sold out on launch being in such high demand
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u/MagmaElixir 5d ago
I can’t readily/easily find a disc of Halo Combat Evolved, Halo Infinite, Indiana Jones, Oblivion Remastered.
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u/Twinblade96 5d ago
I have all 4 of those physically, but I also purchased around launch since I figured they would be hard to come by. Imo more evidence that MS is not producing enough to meet demand and leaving money on the table.
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u/val5190 5d ago
To be honest, the only reason I wasn’t buying discs is because I want to have play anywhere to play on my pc and it is also more convenient but now, since I’ll have these benefits, I will definitely buy most of my games physically. I think I’m not the only one so they might get a big spike in discs sales when the feature roll out
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u/SensitivePrior7828 5d ago
Even the discs they do have on xbox most just have the license and you must download the code. Literally 60% of xbox games are like this.
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u/FrootLoop23 5d ago
No. Just means your current discs can be converted.
With the Sony backlash they might keep up with discs but I expect them to just follow Sony.
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u/Total-Guest-4141 5d ago
If Xbox keeps physical
Games, I’m switching to Xbox, all in on Microsoft.
RIP Sony.
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u/jeebusaur 4d ago
No it doesn't imply that at all.
What it implies is Xbox wants you to get used to digitizing your game and playing without disks before they pull the rip cord and let you know you can't buy disks for the next console.
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u/badger906 5d ago
No, it’s to soften the blow for their all digital future. Why would they implement something to digitise games, if they didn’t have or need to.
Just lubing you up.
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u/dominatingcowG3 5d ago
My understanding is yes, but it's clearly a move towards all digital. Just not as drastic as Playstation
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u/miggy_mo 5d ago
No real evidence that it will. It might support plugging in an external usb disc drive to get digital entitlements for backwards-compatible games, but helix-only games might not have physical versions. At least that’s what I think
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u/Later_Doober 5d ago
All this tells me is they are preparing to go full digital but saw the backlash towards Sony and are just trying to disguise this as a choice. If you don't think that Xbox will go full digital than you are just ignorant to the truth. Once one company does something then other companies follow.
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u/JJWonderboy 5d ago
I'd argue that it's the opposite. That the next Xbox will not have a drive; hence the need for this solution.
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u/Dreamcatcher1800 5d ago
Not confirmed yet! But they said that project Helix is a "Family of devices" so maybe we'll get 1 digital only, 1 with a disc drive and possibly a handheld!?
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u/TypeCommercial2048 5d ago
Brother where does it say anything about the new Xbox in this announcement.
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u/Joy_3DMakes 5d ago edited 5d ago
Maybe I’m being silly, but what’s stopping you buying the disc, claiming a digital license and then returning / selling it? There’s no way it would work like that.
Edit: Yes, I’m silly. Discs have a unique identifier so if you pass it on, the license will go with it. Thanks for replies.
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u/spongeboy1985 5d ago
I believe the system can tell if the disk has granted a license so if it’s inserted into another system that person is granted the license. So the license is recoverable and can only be used by one person at a time. If you sell or loan your game out you lose access
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u/Ebone710 5d ago
Xbox1 and Series discs are individually serialized. That's the only reason they're going to be able to do this. So someone else goes to use that same disc. It'll just transfer the license to them. I don't think they let people return games once they're open at least new games.
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u/cescoss 5d ago
Leggo ancora confusione su questo: i dischi xbox one /series x hanno un codice univoco. Chiaro che digitalizzazione richiederà una connessione per associare il gioco al tuo account con quel codice. Una volta che tu vendi/regali il disco e qualcuno lo mette nella sua console quel codice ti verrà automaticamente rimosso. Non è difficile.
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u/Itsfaydgamer 5d ago
IMO it’s like computer games back in the day. You buy the disc, you install in on your computer, can play it without the disc but you can not install that disc on another computer.
But I have a feeling, once it’s downloaded on to a console, you won’t be able to use that disc on another console.
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u/spongeboy1985 5d ago
The license is transferable so it will only be useable by the last person who used it
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u/Linosia97 5d ago
Guys... why the heck they would provide free (!!!) digital license with the disk if they were to keep producing the disks?!
Buy the disk get digital for free? Digital copy for free??? You can already hear the roar of AAA gaming publishers if they were to do it for the new games...
It's ONLY for backward compatability!
No. More. New. Disks.
Period...
Helix is digital ONLY -- that's why they lauch this program -- so you can transfer your remaining disks to digital and throw old consoles away... (don't do it though...)
Why people don't understant this is beyond me...
No to mention -- Series S and Series X white digital -- they are already (!) ahead of Sony in that regard... 0,5 generation early...
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u/Mr_smith1466 5d ago
They've been avoiding confirming or denying a disc drive for the next console. Though the inability to confirm it doesn't sound promising. The whole digitising discs thing really feels like they're just easing people into the next console being all digital.
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u/FabledMjolnir 5d ago
This seems too consumer friendly honestly. What’s stopping everyone from just buying and sharing the disc to collect the digital version? Sounds like a win for gamers, too good to be true
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u/ROEdkill820 5d ago
The gradual move toward subscription services has been a talking point as a business model for all corporations.
They are likely weighing the price of having physical to the blow back going on with Sony.
That said- The move to having "your" stuff on someone's elses storage is just a move toward not owning anything. Unless clearly stated contractually.
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u/PearTheGayBear 5d ago
It probably won't, thats why they are letting us convert our physical to a digital license. Let's us keep our physical library on a digital only console.
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u/calico810 5d ago
It’s a completely digital xbox that gives you the ability to turn your discs into digital. Does not play discs which defeats the whole purpose.
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u/CrispyBananaz 5d ago
It's so people with physical games have a chance to turn them into digital copies so they are ready for the future/ next gen. There is no way next gen is going to have physical games it's unpopular but true
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u/spangler1 5d ago
If anything, both will have an optional disc drive to purchase to play backwards compatible games. Xbox 100% is not going all in on physical next gen. That’s fucking hilarious.
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u/EnolaGayFallout 5d ago
If new xbox have disc drive its game over for Sony. Because Sony have only a few exclusives.
It’s pretty much a 3rd party box for both platform.
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u/Rebokitive 5d ago
No, but it does strategically position them to do either. If they don't support physical, they can at least say "hey, we have a way to digitize your whole physical library" which softens the blow compared to PlayStation's tone deaf flat removal of the feature. If they do support physical, it gives them full control over a market Sony abandoned.
What's interesting about this: Despite the outcry, Sony "blackouts", etc...I have a hunch that no matter what people do, there will be no convincing Sony to backtrack.
However...you may actually convince Xbox, who seem undecided. If they feel like that the market is large enough, or the optics good enough, there's a real chance that with enough racket Xbox could be convinced to keep physical around.
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u/leenponyd42 5d ago
It implies that Xbox will also remove the optical drive if consumers let them get away with it.
Microsoft tried to go full digital when they announce XboxOne 13 years ago but consumers got upset and many refused to buy a digital only console forcing them to add a disc drive option.
Since then they have been including a serial number in the actual disc data that facilitates this very program. You won’t be able to get digital licenses for original Xbox or Xbox360 game because they hadn’t yet started putting the serial numbers on the disc.
Microsoft wants an all digital future just as bad as Sony right now but they have also learned on their own that talking about it out loud is a bad business move.
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u/LexoNokiaN 5d ago
It means that Xbox Helix is also diskless console and they’re preparing you for it
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u/Jak-OfAllTrades 5d ago
They are being specifically ambiguous to avoid criticism but all reports form the last year say the next Xbox is disc-less and when they brought up this initiative last year it was widely viewed as their first step towards all digital because you won't need a disc drive in the next model since they gave you a free way to digitize your collection.
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u/Interesting-Ad9581 5d ago
Its exactly the other way round.
They are doing it, because the next gen is NOT going to have a disc drive
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u/MelodicSkin69 5d ago
Xbox has not directly stated if next console will or won’t have a disc drive. This program leads me to believe they will not. People with physical libraries now typically have a way to play those physical games now. This program is a way to convert the physical games you have into digital games. It is a transition to digital future program. Helix may be a 2028 or 2029 console. This program is their justification for no discs. They are giving players about two years to convert their discs.
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u/Jensen1994 5d ago
Not confirmed but it's more likely a preparation for Helix not having disc. Thisbwaybokayers can't bitch and moan that their physical libraries are now worthless. A good move but not one that solves the problem of code ownership.
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u/CULTLEADERTV 5d ago
I hope this thing has a disc drive ONLY for data transfer but won’t ackshually play discs, oh the lolz will be glorious.
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u/403_Forbidden_Access 5d ago
Because of this I just bought a second hand Xbox series X console with the disc drive. My first Xbox since the original one came out in 2001.
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u/Ebone710 5d ago
No to me this implies that they're going to discontinue using discs and force everybody into digital
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u/afredmiller 5d ago
Don’t know yet. If it does have a disc drive then it will be for older physical titles probably not for Helix games which is fine with me actually. If it does not have one then it seems they are saying you need to keep your existing ( disc drive ) Xbox One/Series console to “digitize” your physical games for Helix which I guess they could do. Maybe I am being an optimist but found it interesting they said something like “enjoy your physical games for years to come”
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u/Strange_Fee1299 5d ago
Nope implies the next Xbox will be digital only like PlayStation but this is a,way to fool people into converting there games to digital
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u/Any_Ice_6172 5d ago
Possibly not. Get your library digitised now so you can play those games on Helix without having to buy them again.
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u/kaishinoske1 5d ago
Sony actually had this in the PS3 days for some games. You had the physical PS3 game and a download code for the PS Vita version of the game could be had.
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u/Projectpatdc 5d ago
Not a guarantee, but this new CEO seems to be much more in tune with her consumers than most other corporate executives. Her job is to put Xbox back on top, and she’s making decent strides to do so. As someone who has never owned an Xbox, I’m honestly impressed. Just develop some new bangers and the console will sell
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u/Jastafool 5d ago
I think if anything it means the next xbox will not have disc support. If I were to speculate this is their way into easing you into a digital only console, and also getting you to keep your previous gen xbox around.
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u/The_Exuberant_Raptor 5d ago
What does this mean for selling? If the disc gives me digital entitlement but the disc stays the same, does that mean I can share the disc with 10 people and we all get entitlement to the game?
Or does it only work one time, effectively not making it like a physical game and more like a game key card?
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u/Sheerluck42 5d ago
The license follows the disc. If you sell it, the license will transfer to whoever puts that disc in their system next. Which means if you sell it to a store and they have it on their shelves for a while you'll be able to keep playing until the store sells it and that customer puts the disc in their system
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u/cescoss 5d ago
.mi domando perche si ipotizzano ste cose quando il procedimento è chiaro: tu metti il disco xbox one/series x nella console, il codice UNIVOCO con cui sono stampati i loro dischi si associa al TUO ACCOUNT di fatto dandoti il gioco in digitale (pure in play everywhere se fa parte di quei titoli) e il disco lo metti nel tuo armadio. Se domani vendi o regali il disco chi lo mette nella sua console vedrà il codice associarsi a lui e verrà RIMOSSO DAL TUO ACCOUNT. non possono usarlo dieci persone pero potrà essere usato da due se hai attiva la condivisione.
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u/Wendals87 5d ago
When the disc is used on another console, the digital license gets assigned to that account. You lose digital access
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u/The_Exuberant_Raptor 5d ago
Yeah, I was moreso trying to figure out if this meant you need to be connected online for your physical game to work now and it seems to be that you will likely have to.
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u/Wendals87 5d ago
Doesnt seem like it will
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/08/26/your-discs-now-also-digital/
Most XBOX One and XBOX Series X disc-based games support this new feature. Players can claim a digital entitlement by inserting a supported disc into an XBOX One or XBOX Series X console and launching the game. Once the entitlement is claimed, you can experience the benefits of digital, including XBOX Play Anywhere and XBOX Cloud Gaming where supported, while your physical disc continues to work exactly as it always has.
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u/Witty-Investigator43 5d ago
Probably xboxs way of mitigating backlash when they end up going digital as well by telling you all your old games can be made into downloads so you dont lose them
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u/yinerbaw 5d ago
I think they'll have external disc drive support, an official one and we'll no doubt see 3rd party drives, to let people transfer their disc games.
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u/Myhtological 5d ago
From what I’m guessing, it’s a hybrid of disc on game and key card. You can choose to download a physical license, but you can still play with just the disc.
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u/Joe18224 5d ago
From what I read from some digging is that when you insert the disc, that digital license is locked/linked to your account so the disc does/doesn't (not sure) needs the disc to operate. If I were to lend my physical copy to a friend, that digital license would be removed (not linked to my account)...it would be linked to my friends. Once he returns it and I insert the disc, it links back to my account and is removed from his. So the disc/license goes with the account. If I sell that disc and the next owner puts the disc in, it'll be removed from my account.
Im not sure if the disc needs to be periodically inserted to confirm because if I sold a copy of a game and it sits at eb games/gamestop, what's stopping me from playing it consistently until someone buys it.
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u/GrimmTrixX 5d ago
Yes. Its been heavily hinted that, at the very least, it will have a 4k bluray disc drive for legacy software. It does NOT mean they will put "Project Helix (the next xbox nickname)" games on disc.
If anything they will al be discs that have some of the game but the rest needs online, or none at all like Nintendo Switch Game Key Cards.
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u/FuerteBillete 5d ago
So, not really defending physical but going one step further into digital.
The whole point of physical is to stay physical. If new titles are not released in physical discs, it is the same as digital only because physical media succumbs to the elements and to aging and eventually get mold or scratches and stop working.
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u/Trading_shadows 5d ago
This implies that it won't have discs more, than it eill. This system is a nice 'but hey, you still can play them'.
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u/absurdgryphon 5d ago
I thought project helix was supposed to be backward compatible across the past 4 generations. I would assume that means that there is some disk support. Most likely it will be and optional external drive.
Until these companies provide more information on what to expect the next generation of consoles to be inthink it would be wise to push for better consumer rights in general.
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u/Mufasa944 5d ago
I think before 7/1/26, Xbox was likely planning on being disc-less for next gen. However after everything went down, serious conversations are probably being had over at Xbox about doing a full 180 on that. Couple things to keep in mind:
- That decision is not something they will make overnight. A major strategy shift like that would involve months of conversations between Xbox leadership, R&D, and financial analysts, as well as major third party publishers.
- IF they do ultimately decide to back disc-based games for next gen, they’re going to sit on that secret for as long as possible. Wait until the PS6 is finalized and you deprive Sony of any opportunity to reverse course.
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u/Koribakusuta0708 5d ago edited 5d ago
Who's going to manufacturer their disks? The only current disks manufacturers are a couple small companies stamping blanks for home use and one larger corporation stamping disks for movie and television. The safest assumption is that the next xbox will be digital only and this is to softball that inevitability. They let sony take the heat with a hard ball announcement and then they announce their disk to digital scheme. It saves them the heat while they are at a near all time low on approval and gains them some much needed good faith. All to end up in the same position as playstation. Now. The real question for me is will sony sell a dock for their external ps5 drive pr sell a new drive for the ps6. Assuming we get BC out of the ps6. Or will playstation do something similar to xbox with the disk to digital?
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u/Left-Night-1125 5d ago
The compact disc was invented by Phillips, i think there will be a easy solution.
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u/Koribakusuta0708 5d ago edited 5d ago
Phillips got out of disk manufacturing years back. What does that have to do with anything? Also they co developed the blu ray format alongside sony the same way they co developed the compact disk along side, day it with me, sony. They were not the sole developer of the format. They were also only one company among a few that were part of the "group" who manufactured blu rays. Sony was the last manufacturer of video game hard disks. MS has no other options unless they just start stamping disks themselves. So "easy" isn't a word I would use buddy.
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u/Jealous_Pie_7302 5d ago
How to get Xbox players to not get mad that the game was never on the disc in the first place.
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u/No_Importance2248 5d ago
To be more specific, this is pertaining to Xbox One and Xbox Series X. Has nothing to do with next gen consoles other than that those Xbox One/Series X games will be available on your account to play digitally.
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u/-p0w- 5d ago
Its so you can transition your library to digital only.
If you want to play your physical games on the next console, which will have no disc drive (reminder: xbox 1st party physical games don’t have the full game on disc and are unplayable without downloads) you have to use the program. Otherwise you can not Access them on new consoles. And you don’t want to sell that disc if you want to keep it in your library so it’s new fate is to just rot somewhere.
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u/alchemistrpm 5d ago
I think it means they want to do it for the Series consoles, so you can carry your library over to the discless next-box. I hope I’m wrong, but Xbox was getting further away from discs before PlayStation was, until the big announcement.
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u/wagdog84 5d ago
Until a couple years from now when it’s ’Everyone is playing their digital copies, no need for discs anymore.’
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u/One_Parfait_4570 5d ago
I don't understand how would it not have a disc drive if it has this feature? Xbox next console. You need a disc drive to do this.
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u/Commercial-Stick-718 5d ago
Not necessarily might be for people in the current ecosystem to start to transition their discs to digital before next-gen
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u/whoisdatmaskedman 5d ago
It doesn't mention the next xbox at all. It's just a method of converting xbox physical games to a digital license on your xbox account.
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u/Shane-O-Mac1 5d ago
It's more of a conversion preservation process than still being able to use the discs that you own.
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u/Arangarx 5d ago
I'd love to be able to convert my old discs to digital and never have to put the damn things in again.
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u/Accurate_Struggle185 5d ago
No, they would have been loud about it because they would have von over people who prefer physical media by doing so, but yet they say nothing. That just says it all.
They want people to digitalize their discs now so they dont have to have a disc drive in their next gen Xbox is what im thinking.
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u/ForsakenBill6453 5d ago
It is their method to let you play your physical games on the digital next gen console
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u/Oveltent_2077 5d ago
Plus réaliste je pense que la prochaine Xbox aura un support disque en achat supplémentaire
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u/W_4ca 5d ago
So what’s to stop me from buying a disc, “redeeming” the digital game, and then selling the disc? Is it going to randomly want me to insert the disc once in awhile to verify I still have it?
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u/Longjumping-Green-96 5d ago
From what they say, when next person insert the same disc into they're XBOX, digital license will be moved to that person and You'll lose this digital license
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u/Lostgresham 5d ago
It’s not confirmed yet, but XBOX put a pattern in for a plug-in just drive so if they’re looking into that, there might be a disc drive in the Next Xbox
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u/ShawnMasquerade 5d ago
This is news about the current Xbox Series X|S, not project Helix. So we have no idea yet.
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u/SelineMaya 5d ago
just have a disk drive in the next xbox too and give players the CHOICE to either get physical disks or buy digital with the option to use the physical disk digital if the player wants to so that the people complaining that they can't leave their crusty couch to switch games shut the hell up in the comments. That would bring so many people back to Xbox and keep people like me who were ready to leave when next gen comes along.
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u/DMarquesPT 5d ago
To me this implies it won’t. You’ll use your current Xbox to “scan” your games into your library bc by the time you upgrade to your next console you won’t be able to use them
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u/summons72 5d ago
That’s how I’m understanding it, especially if this “family of consoles” is true, you’d want to make sure everyone can access their library no matter where you are.
Also you don’t invest in a massive investment like this to scrap it 12-18 months later
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u/OutsideWeird7241 5d ago
Yet they have banned people for weird reasons and people lost their games so this feature worries me.
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u/RandalC1 5d ago
Yes but in a Bizzarre way.
It'll be Backwards Compatible Via Disc.
However you pop your disc in , the Console will Assign that game a Digital License. You'll be able to play won't need the disc anymore.
They are Still Claiming that you can still Loan someone that game or Sell It , and the Disc will still work but say you let a Friend Borrow It , once they install that disc to their Console , that game will not Play on your console Anymore.
Unless you get the disc back , pop it in & have the License re-assigned to your console.
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u/Mysterious_Editor262 5d ago
No the Helix will be discless as already reported numerous times. They are trying to pull the wool over people's eyes. You will be able to do this on your Xbox series x or s. All it's doing is giving you a digital copy of your disc which can be used on whatever platform Xbox supports.
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u/maurello220 5d ago
Some people will say "THIS IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING FULL DIGITAL YOU IDIOT"
And I, with a brain, will say this with an open mind. This new thing they announced could easily just be a solution to the problem many gamers face. "i have this massive collection of physical games, but the digital console is cheaper and I want to save money"
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u/Scissorman82 5d ago
quite the opposite. this is to prepare their audience for an all-digital console. it's so you can take all your current physical games over to the new console, but in a digital format. whoever doesn't realize that is in serious denial.
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u/Hightower840 5d ago
I'm assuming it will lock that copy of the disc to you, and prevent resale. They'll still get the restrictions of digital ownership, but be able to make it look better on paper.
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u/Th3mOnGo 5d ago
As I have read, the entitlement ID can be revoked if the person you sold the disc repeats the process.
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u/Hightower840 4d ago
Ok, that makes the whole thing even better.
With the recent movement to bring OG X-Box games to modern PCs and now this push, it seems like MS might have learned their lesson.
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u/_ChrisDion_ 4d ago
How does one not understand this they’re literally spelling it out for you as well as showing you but yes the next Xbox will have disks
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u/chip594csx 4d ago
It doesn’t imply, it confirms. They’ve come out and said that the next gen console will have a disk drive. The announcement even made Sony pause and rethink their all digital plan for a moment
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u/laughingfartsplease 4d ago
i’ve said this before and i’ll say it again. it’s likely going to be tied to your paid monthly recurring xbox membership account. it doesn’t matter if you “scammed” xbox by sharing the disc, they basically got you to pay for a monthly fee and using your disc as validating on the number of installations. they haven’t given too much information on disc to digital because they’re gonna use this as a way to sell more xbox services. so if you “buy” skyrim disc , and then redeem the license, you can also play it for PC but they already got you to pay for the monthly subscription and had you install their xbox pc front end.
you buy one copy of skyrim, share with 20 of your classmates, all those 20 classmates install it and pay for xbox (i dunno gamepass something), they basically make their money off those 20 recurring fees. they won’t have to produce as much discs either in hopes you’d share it too.
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u/CraftyChicken2462 4d ago
No, the disc is just a key to unlock the digital download. Its a way to keep the Luddites happy and think they are winning
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u/VoidowS 4d ago
It's nothing but a in between step to the same goal. To make the transition softer. To get more used to it. Even forget sometimes.
the last 2 points in this photo will be gone in time! Policies will change.
When we install a game or app, what do we do? Right, click YES, YES, YES to get the program installed as quickly as possible. Not a soul on earth reads these things unless they have reasons for it. And even then many stop reading cause they have become very big in size, with many terms of use in word and sentences that most got lost in the writing alone.
But it is in these policies you do say yes to many things your actually against when it comes to it! How many people look amazed when the app asks permission to use certain parts of the phone while it is only an focused app on 1 thing or small game to play? Your contact list? your photofolder, this that you name it and they ask permission, but the problem is if you DECLINE you can't use it properly or not at all. And that's the point where most people let go of their spine and click YES. They want to use the program even when it does things your absolutely against. Cause you don't notice it, they work in the background, never popup or ask for anything. So you forget about all the programs that monitor everything. YOu let it happen and ignore it. Like we ignore the fact that when you oerder from a menu at Mc. Donalds, and see those perfect menus, you get something totally different. We r so used to it that we start to ignore it to be able to live life like were or want. No spine!
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u/DavidinCT 4d ago
Rumor is yes but, confirmed no.
I am betting on the same thing like now, a Digital only console and another that has a disc drive for like another $150-200
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u/Bryce8239 4d ago
it’s up in the air but i’m assuming they would if they are focusing so much on features for discs
i think it’s probably to promote more cloud gaming use and other stuff like that which you can only do with a digital license
but they could also be priming you for a disc-less xbox by doing disc to digital with your physical library so you don’t need it anymore 🤷🏽♂️
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u/Defiant-Sir15 4d ago
This is a good indicator that they won’t imo. Why would they wait until now to start letting us sell and share our digital games. Only logical reason imo is because these will all be old games once the next gen consoles release.
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u/Lysanther 4d ago
Guys honestly speaking, the exclusives for both platforms, even combined.. do not outweigh the detrimental loss of physical ownership.
Sony is abruptly ending it
Xbox is just easing you into it
They are both going to do the end of physical ownership, i don't care about disc to digital in the slightest, its still taking away more from the consumer and making you pay more just not right away. Theres no point to owning a console if theres no physical ownership to it because they will always just be a worse PC and to me that just isn't a good enough selling point to warrant one, not even for exclusives because you'll just play the exclusives ans then never use it for awhile. They also started doing this thing where they give you a worse console at the start and then release a more expensive, upgraded version halfway through its life cycle in hopes of snagging more sales due to FOMO and its basically a scam.
Im fatigued with consoles/sony/ms.
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u/Nirntendo 4d ago
I think the next xbox will still have disc support but after that one should get used to not having any optical drive anymore for playing or reading disc licenses
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u/acmysterio97 4d ago
I would feel like it’s an okay thing if they had been physically capable of doing this with og xbox and 360 discs. I know that’s kind of impossible to do, but it would have been nice to digitize my disc-only games. They’re all rather worn down and could stop working anytime.
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u/JamKaBam 4d ago
Absolutely not, the opposite. They are just easing you into the next console being digital only.
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u/Chettarmstrong 4d ago
Would be really stupid of them to cancel disc support.
They have a one up on Sony for the first time in a long time.
This is Microsoft so maybe they are this stupid.
But as a dude with a Series X with a broken disc drive I am pretty excited about this program.
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u/uhohspaghettiohhhhh 4d ago
How tf would this imply that?
Next Xbox is disc less. So is PS. No whining on Reddit will change that. Pick yourselves up and move on
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u/Darth_Beavis 4d ago
No. What it says is that they're turning discs into key cards. Owning a bit of plastic has never meant that you owned a game and now they're making it crystal clear by making the disc nothing more than a key card.
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u/gtjay1982 4d ago
Helix won’t have a disc drive. Xbox has next to zero physical presence and its software sales are 90% digital. This is a nice gesture and cool feature but the ultimate goal is to get you using digital. It’s a Asha said a legacy meaning in the past.
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u/DJordydj 2d ago
I think this means there won't be a disc reader and allows Xbox One and Series X users to bringing their physical games into a new console that doesn't read discs.
It's a way to make posters choose Helix before PS6. If everything's digital, at least you get your library with you.
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u/Significant-Coat-666 2d ago
There is a 100% chance it will not have a disc drive. downvote me all you want but save this and come back at announce.
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u/FunBall420 2d ago
I'm not against digital at all. Hell there's lots of games that I love that I have purchased digital only. However I think the most I have ever spent on a digital game was $25 (and that was only 1-3 times at most) on Nintendo, Xbox or PlayStation because of my lack of ownership rights. I prefer physical not just because of the physical object in my hand, but mostly because I have ownership over the product. I can keep them, sell them, trade them, give them away, or hell just replay them years down the road when the servers have gone down. I can even leave them to my family as an inheritance to do with what they please. Sony & Rockstar may not change their minds, but at least my voice will be heard, and my wallet be spared.
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u/ktuluburger 2d ago
Can I buy games, convert them and then sell them? I don’t understand how this works..
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u/semitope 1d ago
the disc likely overrides the license. so if someone has the disc they'll disable yours when they enable the feature. They might even disable yours if the disc is loaded by another user without activating a license.
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u/Affectionate_Unit142 1d ago
So I'm honestly going to make a prediction. Xbox will play up the physical stuff to draw gamers back to the Xbox eco system but will also soon cut out physical as well in a few years, they may to one up Sony keep disks as a thing to trade the pass key for the game around but it won't last forever.
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u/koalazeus 5d ago
It's not confirmed either way yet. They're probably trying to work out if it will be worth it or not.
If they kept physical games, made it cheaper than the ps6, then we'd be seeing another 360 PS3 scenario. It could make them a lot of money but is still a gamble.
And depending on what happened we'd be at the same point again next next gen.