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Windows Central
Technology
Jez Corden

OPINION: As Xbox Series X|S digital game sales reportedly hit a 91% share, Microsoft needs to ensure disc collectors don't get left behind with the next-gen Xbox — I think it's time to revive the "hated" 2013 disc-digital licensing model

Xbox discs: Wasteland 3, Elden Ring, Resident Evil 2.

What you need to know

  • Over the past few years, gaming has shifted increasingly towards digital sales, over physical discs.
  • Recently, Circana's Executive Director of Games Mat Piscatella offered an update on the digital split, showing that Microsoft's Xbox platform has now hit 91% in the United States.
  • Earlier in the year, Xbox President Sarah Bond forged a new "forwards compatibility" team at Xbox, but we have to ask, does that also include disc-first players?
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