Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC

https://www.theverge.com/games/974544/microsoft-xbox-360-games-pc-disc-digital-program?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImRHdFZCNzZrZGQiLCJwIjoiL2dhbWVzLzk3NDU0NC9taWNyb3NvZnQteGJveC0zNjAtZ2FtZXMtcGMtZGlzYy1kaWdpdGFsLXByb2dyYW0iLCJleHAiOjE3ODYyMDcwMjgsImlhdCI6MTc4NTc3NTAyOH0.gclBENkJ9N08A1VMrcbhgUld-W_Sth3y0rmcedhHsMo&amp%3Butm_medium=gift-link

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Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 5h (3 replies)

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 · 13 pts · 4h (1 reply)

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

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 4h

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

Almacca@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3h

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.

jtrek@startrek.website · 1 pts · 1h

If they had done "Xbox games on PC" 20-25 years ago I would have found that reasonable. Microsoft can fuck off.