XBOX CEO Asha Sharma says that gamers want physical media, so they are announcing when you purchase a game you get both
They are keeping physical discs, and when you buy one it will come with a digital entitlement
How it will work:
The digital license is tied to that specific disc, not permanently locked to you foreverIf 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
This is the way it would be. Getting both physical media and digital media that you can own and sell.
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Launch is with 1,000 games and more coming later
They are keeping physical discs, and when you buy one it will come with a digital entitlement
How it will 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 foreverIf 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
This is the way it would be. Getting both physical media and digital media that you can own and sell.
Your Discs. Now Also Digital.
Players have spent decades building their XBOX libraries. Some games were purchased on disc. Some were purchased digitally. Many span multiple generations of hardware. Our goal is to make it easier for those libraries to move forward with players. Today we are introducing a feature that brings...
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In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Asha Sharma also discusses giving gamers digital versions of games they own.
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Launch is with 1,000 games and more coming later
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