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Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The document also includes details about a way for players to get a digital version of a game that they already own on a physical disc, which The Verge’s Tom Warren reported on in July. The document says that if a player puts an Xbox One or Series game on disc into an Xbox One or Series X console with a disc drive, they’ll be granted a digital license that’s bound to “that disc and the player’s account.” The license will stay with a player across Xbox devices, but if the disc “changes hands,” the license will transfer to the new person. That should mean that gamers can still trade and sell discs; once the original owner of a disc does so, they can’t play the digital version they got from that disc anymore.

What a fair and simple system. Sony, take notes!

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We've slid so far that the Xbox One reveal with internet verification of every disc is now celebrated.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Damn, you're right. That frog has been thoroughly boiled.

[–] BluminEck@retrolemmy.com 2 points 4 days ago

It's brilliant - all the fun of owning your own physical copy but with new and exciting extra verification steps.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago

Remember when they were trying to charge people $15 effectively to transfer a licence for second hand games? There was an uproar and they canned the idea.

I wonder how much they're gonna charge this time.