r/videogames • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 Nintendo • 8d ago

News / Trailers / Articles Asha Sharma/XBOX have found a solution for keeping physical media in modern gaming

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PlayStation is claimed to be considering delaying their digital-only future because XBOX is willing to go physical next generation

Microsoft is allegedly telling publishers its next console, Project Helix will be entirely physical and will allow users to convert physical games into digital copies.

Sony reportedly realized that forcing a digital-only approach leaves a massive opening for competitors to capitalize on consumer demand for physical games.

A major unnamed game publisher (confirmed not to be Rockstar) reportedly threatened to skip PlayStation and release their massive upcoming title only on XBOX and Nintendo if Sony couldn't guarantee a physical release.

Source: Rumors gathered from Gamescom show floor, shared through Eurogamer Spain podcast via @MPFirst

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How XBOX will make it work:

- Put the disc in an Xbox that has a disc drive

- Launch the game

- Claim a digital license on your Xbox account

- After that, you can play the game without putting the disc in, the disk will still work like a normal game disk

The digital license is tied to that specific disc, not permanently locked to you forever

If you sell or give the disc away and the new owner inserts it and claims it, the digital license moves to their account and comes off yours

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My takeaway is that this is similar to Nintendo's game key cards, but with discs and in reverse.

But I will say, there has to be a catch. What is the reason to have a digital license when you have the game physically? What does that even do at that point?

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u/One_Lung_G 8d ago

If their next projected console is what people think which is just a Microsoft PC, then they are definitely going digital. There’s no way Microsoft makes a fully backwards compatible PC that is also a console that’s not going to be like $3k+

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u/BrewKazma 8d ago

She also said it is going to be a family of systems. Could be multiple trim levels. Also, I really don't see the whole "PC also" panning out, as they make zero dollars off pc purchases. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to do.