Xbox Disc-to-Digital Now Open to All Players on Series X|S

Microsoft has opened its Xbox Disc-to-Digital program to all players on Xbox Series X|S, allowing owners of physical Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One game discs to receive a digital license for those games. The rollout follows a month-long test period by Xbox Insiders.

The program creates a digital license for a disc as if the game had been bought on the digital Xbox Store. This means that once the license exists, the game can be installed and played on the console without the disc in the drive.

A converted license is not limited to the console that read the disc. According to Microsoft, the digital license allows the game to be played on any platform within the Xbox ecosystem, streamed through Xbox Cloud Gaming, or played on compatible handhelds such as the Xbox Ally when the title supports Xbox Play Anywhere.

Sega and Ubisoft have added their games to the program, and a community-run Disc-to-Digital database lists 1,578 Xbox games as fully compatible. Not every game qualifies, however, and Microsoft's support page states that eligibility may change over time due to technical, licensing, publishing, manufacturing, and other factors.