I Tried Xbox's Disc-to-Digital, a Useful New Feature for Future-Proofing Games - CNET

Xbox’s disc-to-digital feature lets you insert a physical disc into a console to redeem a digital copy. Whether you’ve got a digital-only console or just want the convenience of being able to fire up a game without popping a disc in, Xbox’s disc-to-digital program has you covered.

While some folks may worry that this spells doom for physical media, I, for one, am happy I can finally play my old Xbox One games on my Xbox Series S without repurchasing them digitally.

I bought an Xbox Series S at its original price of $350, knowing it was a digital-only console that wouldn’t be able to play my physical Xbox One games. Buying the console made economic sense, but it also hurt a little bit every time I had a hankering to play a game such as Red Dead Redemption 2– which I own as a physical copy –...

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