Xbox is creating system to "digit" games in physical format

Although the company has not announced any intention to stop launching games in physical format, a system is being developed to create digital versions of games on disks.

05/07/2026
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A Sony announced this week that, as of January 2028, it would stop launching physical games for its PlayStation consoles. Microsoft's video game division, Xbox, should take a similar step but, according to The Verge, is working on a feature to avoid attracting the fury of video game enthusiasts.

Says the publication microsoft is currently developing a feature that will allow you to transfer the games in physical format to the Xbox digital game library. The functionality is known internally as “Disc2Digital” and is allegedly currently being tested by Redmond technology workers.

End of an era. PlayStation will abandon physical games in early 2028

PlayStation, Sony's video game division, announced that it will stop producing physical games from January 2028. The decision is justified by the fact that digital format is now the “consumer preference”.

Miguel Patinha Dias

It is important to stress that Microsoft has not yet communicated any intention to abandon the physical format in its consoles, but the development of this functionality seems to point to this.

The truth is that in recent years, we have seen an ever-increasing preference from players to buy the games in digital version, directly through PlayStation and Xbox virtual stores. Thus, it is possible that in the next generation of consoles we can watch the launch of platforms without any support for physical format.