XSX owners. Do you use your disc drive?

[Shatty McKracken]

I've had a series X since launch and it just hit me that I've never used the disc drive at all. It could have been faulty at launch and I would never know it. I have Gamepass and went all digital purchases pretty early on in the Xbox One era. Even during that generation though I still occasionally would use the drive for something. I can honestly see myself never using it. I'm wondering if they'll ever do a XSX discless edition that can maybe shave $50 off the price. I hate paying for equipment I'll never use. I even went with no optical drive for my last PC build but did purchase an external Blu-Ray drive 'just in case'.

 

[JEH]

There's a couple of 360 games that are disc only backwards compatible so I use it occasionally for that.

 

[Disco Infernal]

Never used it yet. But that's because Game Pass games aren't on disc. I should probably stick a movie in there just to verify it works.

 

[TaySan]

XSX owner since launch and never touched the disc drive. For movies, I have a dedicated UHD blu ray player(Panasonic UB820) And the games are all digital for me.

 

[mausterhunter]

Ace Combat 6 sits there ensconced like the three-eyed raven in mine.

 

[sangreal]

Nope. For all I know it doesn't even work

 

[Glimpse_Dog]

No.

 

[Shirkelton]

No, not yet.

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

Only for movies myself, but never had a reason to put in a game disc yet.

 

[Mesharey]

I borrowed CoD Cold War recently and used it, got mine at launch.

Other than that, for X360/One games.

 

[jotun?]

If I had one, my first use for it would be to play some old 360 games that I never got around to (all on disc)

But I don't have one

 

[ace3skoot]

Not yet now I think about it

 

[Ojli]

Nah. Digital all the way

 

[Deleted member 91227]

Not really. Tried it briefly with a Blu-ray early on as I was testing it and my PS5 as I don't have a dedicated player. Old one died a few years back and we rarely watch our BRs/DVDs anymore and stopped buying them so not worth getting another one. XSX drive was way louder than PS5 so won't use it for that.

I do have Red Dead Redemption borrowed from a friend so I'll use the drive for that when I get around to playing it. Sure I'll use it for a third party game that's not on Gamepass at somepoint as I do sometimes like to buy, beat and sell on eBay when done for one and done games.

 

[Deleted member 85465]

Yep, most recently for the Mass Effect remasters.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Only for movies myself, but never had a reason to put in a game disc yet.

Click to shrink...

Same, just used it for a blu-ray this morning in fact

 

[PS9]

I've never put a disc in my Series X.

 

[Solsc]

Full digital since launch day. It's just so convenient to jump between games without having to get up.

 

[YoungGunsII]

I have used mine a few times, yes.

 

[Black Mantis]

Other than giving it a test at launch, no.

 

[Cruxist]

I bought the Valhalla disk when I got mine, and haven't switched anything out since lol. I like having it though, I have a ton of old 360 games on disk.

 

[Gareth]

Literally once when I got it at launch to check that it was working, but I haven't used it since.

 

[Tobor]

As a mainly PlayStation person who is considering a Series X specifically for BGS games…I wish MS would release a Series X Digital Edition. I don't want to pay for a drive I will never use and the Series S is way too compromised.

I love my PS5 DE, give me the same option, MS!

 

[Equanimity]

Yes, regularly.

 

[jikevgw]

Had since day 1 and put no type of disc in yet . All digital for movies n games

 

[Stone Dudeman]

I've used it a few times for blu rays, other than that, no.

 

[PianoBlack]

Tried to play a UHD movie in it and the buzzing was so loud I vowed never to do that again.

I also have some disc based back compat games but haven't played one yet.

 

[Deleted member 4212]

I used it once to confirm that JSRF doesn't work.

Just had to try just in case.

 

[Deleted member 84058]

I do. Some games have been cheaper at launch on disc so I just got those versions. Great for backwards compatibility too.

 

[Snake Eater]

No, don't plan to unless I have a random dvd to watch

 

[Avenger54321]

Nope, due to Gamepass.

 

[Neural]

Yep, I've got lots of X360 games, and I use it from time to time to replay some of them, especially when new BC optimizations come out.

But yeah, surely Microsoft's telemetry is telling them that not so many people are using it. A cheaper, discless XSX SKU is very likely in the future.

 

[Edward]

The only disc i have used is 4k blu-rays. I went all in with digital at the tail end of the 360.

 

[blitzblake]

Yep

 

[Persagen]

I've mostly used it for FPS Boost games like Metro Exodus and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. With new releases, I've been fully digital since Series X launch.

 

[hersheyfan]

I've used it to play a couple Blu-Ray movies, but I've never actually stuck a game in there lol. Digital on Xbox is great!

 

[Dancrane212]

Yup, got Dark Souls III in there right now.

 

[VoltySquirrel]

About as much as I did my Xbox One/One X. I still buy the occasional game physically, and I get gifts from time to time. "Here's an actual game that you now own that I picked out for you." hits a lot harder than "Here's an XBL points card, please buy this game for me for you."

 

[TheKid]

Shrek the halls Blu-ray is the only disc that's ever been in mine

 

[Shiz Padoo]

I tested that it worked last weekend with FH2. That was about 3 weeks after I bought the console. I have a few XB1 and 360 games on disc, so that's why I got the XSX.

 

[ascii42]

I bought the Mass Effect collection on disc. Only time I've used the disc drive so far.

 

[Naner]

I bought one game (Bayonetta + Vanquish) because the box looked cool, but I regretted it when I put it in. There's noise and it's an inconvenience.

I like having it around because it's the only way I have right now to play a CD, DVD or Blu-ray in case I ever feel that urge.

 

[matrix-cat]

Yep, all the time. Anything I don't get through Game Pass I buy physical so I can resell it, and it's my only 4K Blu Ray player, so there's always a disc in there.

 

[Reddaye]

Nope. I've never put a disc into it.

 

[John Caboose]

I'm not sure I ever will.

 

[CliveLH]

Nope, I would have bought a discless version of the console if I could have.

 

[digreyfox]

Had Cyberpunk pre-ordered so...

Disk went in, came out a day later.

Since then only for a couple of 4k films.

Will get DMC5 in there eventually, and cyberpunk again if they ever fix it.

 

[Moose]

I don't own a console but Halo Infinite will be the first physical copy of a game I have bought since…Halo 5 but just for the collectors edition.

 

[Garrison]

Where is it???? Jk

No

 

[Powerofthecloud]

I tried watching a new 4k disc on it and it was slow and froze and stuttered. So yeah no not going to.