Players have spent decades building their XBOX libraries. Some games were purchased on disc. Some were purchased digitally. Many span multiple generations of hardware. Our goal is to make it easier for those libraries to move forward with players. Today we are introducing a feature that brings the benefits of digital to physical discs, giving […]
I believe it was suggested in a previous announcement a couple weeks ago that you would still be able to sell/trade your discs and their digital versions. I don’t remember the original source, unfortunately, so I don’t want to say I’m 100% right on this, but I think it was the case.
I think Microsoft is trying to take advantage of the backlash against Sony to try and steal back some market share.
I’m sure they are, as they should. But as long as we still only have digital licences tied to our accounts, everything they are saying is all talk. If we still don’t own our digital games in the EULAs, and Helix doesn’t have a disc drive, then none of this really matters. If they actually change the legal agreements to back the wording they just used, then I think it’s actually going to make Sony bleed.
I believe it was suggested in a previous announcement a couple weeks ago that you would still be able to sell/trade your discs and their digital versions. I don’t remember the original source, unfortunately, so I don’t want to say I’m 100% right on this, but I think it was the case.
I think Microsoft is trying to take advantage of the backlash against Sony to try and steal back some market share.
I’m sure they are, as they should. But as long as we still only have digital licences tied to our accounts, everything they are saying is all talk. If we still don’t own our digital games in the EULAs, and Helix doesn’t have a disc drive, then none of this really matters. If they actually change the legal agreements to back the wording they just used, then I think it’s actually going to make Sony bleed.