Here’s Xbox’s Plan to Let You Save All Your Game Discs

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Xbox now promises to let you keep your physical games going forever, even if next-gen consoles don’t contain an optical drive. At Gamescom, the Microsoft-owned gaming brand finally detailed its disc-to-digital service for “most” Xbox One and Xbox Series console game discs. It’s your move, PlayStation. The disc-to-digital feature is coming first for Xbox Insiders beta testers. Simply put, when players insert a disc into their new or old console and launch the game, they’ll be granted a “digital entitlement.” You can then use that same game through Xbox Play Anywhere or Xbox Cloud Gaming, as if you’d purchased the title through the Xbox digital store. The beta feature should become available starting Aug. 31. Microsoft says the feature should appear more widely on Xbox One and Xbox Series X consoles in the following months. Your physical game library is more than a collection of discs. It holds years of memories and stories worth preserving. Starting next week, XBOX Insiders can unlock a digital entitlement for sup