Xbox Disc-to-Digital Project Is Now Live, but Titles from Some Publishers Are Currently Unsupported

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Microsoft has launched its Xbox disc-to-digital licensing program, allowing owners of certain games to access a digital version of them with a license. The method is somewhat similar to what owners of physical media such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs for television and movies have been doing for years with services such as Movies Anywhere […]

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these are some of the publishers, who refused to play ball

  1. Ubisoft
  2. Square Enix
  3. Bandai Namco
  4. Sega
  5. Atlus

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Ubisoft and Square Enix Games Block Xbox Disc-to-Digital Feature

Microsoft's new disc-to-digital program, now testing with Xbox Insiders, lets owners convert eligible Xbox One and Series X discs into account-tied digital licenses while keeping the discs usable. Publishers must opt in, and Ubisoft, Square Enix, SEGA, and Bandai Namco titles consistently show...
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Marees said:
Sega is also now in !!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2104692683264422249

https://twitter.com/x/status/2104749262529495453
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more here

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SEGA Joins Xbox Disc-to-Digital Program for Key Titles

SEGA has added its games, including Persona 5 Royal, Persona 3 Reload, Judgment, Like a Dragon: Ishin, and several Sonic titles like Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Superstars, to Xbox's disc-to-digital feature. Xbox Insiders insert the disc, launch the game, and claim a digital license that works on...
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how exactly is the experience changing? The digital entitlement is now granted automatically when you insert a disc, rather than requiring a manual step from the menu. Additionally, the service will only provide a full-screen explanation on your first digital entitlement. For any subsequent games, you’ll just see a simple toast notification.

Perhaps the biggest update, however, is that fans have started noticing select SEGA games allowing digital entitlement. Titles like Persona 5 Royal are already in. If all SEGA games work out similarly, that would add another 44 games to the program.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2104875443287671283
 
Marees said:
how exactly is the experience changing? The digital entitlement is now granted automatically when you insert a disc, rather than requiring a manual step from the menu. Additionally, the service will only provide a full-screen explanation on your first digital entitlement. For any subsequent games, you’ll just see a simple toast notification.

Perhaps the biggest update, however, is that fans have started noticing select SEGA games allowing digital entitlement. Titles like Persona 5 Royal are already in. If all SEGA games work out similarly, that would add another 44 games to the program.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2104875443287671283
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Depending on how things go, I might do a wider post on this tomorrow morning updating on all of it.
 
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