Owners of classic games come and gone have a new reason to rejoice after it was confirmed there’s a way to resurrect long-lost titles on modern platforms using XBOX’s new disc-to-digital program.
X user Storm360 posted about their experience on the social media site, saying that they were testing out the new program, which allows game owners to convert physical games into digital licenses, updating their ownership rights to more suit the modern era. The user wrote that he wanted to “test as much as edge case stuff” as possible, meaning obscure titles or games unlikely to be supported by the program.
After trying multiple titles, Storm360 confirmed that they found success converting games that have been delisted from the XBOX Marketplace, as well as physical-only titles that have never seen digital release previously. That news will come as a welcome boon to XBOX owners and opens up a near limitless library of titles they can add to their digital collections—contingent on the fact that they own the physical game, that is.
A screenshot shared by Storm360 showed a range of classic titles listed under their “Owned Games” tab on XBOX, including LEGO Dimensions,...
