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Xbox’s clever disc-to-digital feature was 15 years in the making

When Xbox announced a new feature last month that lets you digitize existing physical game collections, I immediately thought of the Xbox One. Disc-to-digital seems like a clever new feature for Xbox, perfectly timed as a response to Sony killing PlayStation discs.

Xbox’s clever disc-to-digital feature was 15 years in the making

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When Xbox announced a new feature last month that lets you digitize existing physical game collections, I immediately thought of the Xbox One.

Disc-to-digital seems like a clever new feature for Xbox, perfectly timed as a response to Sony killing PlayStation discs.

The reality is that it has been 15 years in the making […]

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When Xbox announced a new feature last month that lets you digitize existing physical game collections, I immediately thought of the Xbox One. Disc-to-digital seems like a clever new feature for Xbox, perfectly timed as a response to Sony killing PlayStation discs. The reality is that it has been 15 years in the making […]

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The reality is that it has been 15 years in the making […]

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