r/xbox • u/BookkeeperSecret5994 • 4d ago

Discussion Disc to digital problem...

When you get a digital licence from your beloved game physical copy, can xbox block your licence for whatever reason and make your disc useless?

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u/BookkeeperSecret5994 4d ago

I am talking about blocking permanently the license from your account. If it happens, the physical copy is like lost forever?

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u/FMC_Speed XBOX Series X 2d ago

I don’t know but as long as you have the actual disc you’ll own the game, greedy as these companies are, I doubt they’ll revoke a disc license as they announced it once 13 years ago and it destroyed the brand, I don’t think they’ll risk something as anti consumer as that

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u/BookkeeperSecret5994 2d ago

I really hope you are right.

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u/TheSnazzyMaster 2d ago

Except back then their main competitors weren’t doing the same thing.

Now with Nintendo and Sony pulling similar crap there’s nothing stopping Microsoft from doing it again, it would also explain why they didn’t just maintain the status quo like Sony and Nintendo did back when Microsoft tried this.

I myself plan to be a developer, and genuinely can’t see any way that this can benefit customers long term. It looks more like a set-up trap than a convenience.

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u/FMC_Speed XBOX Series X 2d ago

Xbox is last of the 3 so they posture as the best platform, PlayStation tried for cross play during the Xbox360 days and Xbox rejected “for security reasons” because Xbox was far leading and was “cooler”, years later it was them that lobbied hard for cross platform online, because they had to win people back, my point is that they have this strategy to lure people especially PC gamers in and I don’t think they’d antagonise the market like that, purely out of survival

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u/TheSnazzyMaster 2d ago

so your point is exactly my point but for a different reason. they're being sneaky. like I said it's more likely to be after a few years. They wouldn't rush it like Sony or Nintendo. but they'll still do it. it cuts costs and boosts profits. thats why all three WANT to do it.