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Xbox Disc to Digital feature rolls out to all Xbox players to enable playing disc-free, but selling your media revokes access

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Xbox gamers can now get a digital license tied to their physical game discs associated with their Xbox profile for select titles, allowing them to play the game without needing to insert it into the console.

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Both outlets frame this as a wider rollout of Xbox’s disc-to-digital feature for players, with Engadget saying it is now available for everyone and noting support for many or all Xbox Series X and Xbox One games. Tom’s Hardware is the only one to add a caveat, saying the feature applies to select titles and that selling the physical copy revokes access.

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