*Shrug* Blame Steam for easing me into an all-digital future I guess.
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XSX owners. Do you use your disc drive?
- Thread starter Shatty McKracken
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Same, heck I don't think I've really used a disc since I got my Xbox One X back in 2017.
Digital's more convenient for me these days but the main reason I got these consoles was for the increased performance ceiling, not the disc drive.
I haven't used it yet, but I'm glad it's there. I could see myself getting a disc if it's on a great sale physically but not digitally. I could also see myself buying LOTR UHD. With that said, the only games I've played so far have been free with XBLG or on Gamepass. I have bought a bit of DLC, however.
I mean, it's an opportunity for people to discuss habits and changing trends/circumstances 🤷♂️ I made an effort to explain why.
I actually have quite a few physical games already. I got AC Valhalla and Yakuza 7 at launch and I bought the Ultimate Edition of Control and Resident Evil 8 and they're just the Series X games. I didn't have an Xbox One so I ended up double dipping on the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3, The Evil Within 2 (long before it was added to Game Pass), Far Cry 4, even Metro Exodus. Basically anything that I want to play that runs in 4K or at 60fps that, obviously, my PS4 couldn't.
Game Pass does mean I don't need to buy so much physically, sure, but I still often do.
Game Pass does mean I don't need to buy so much physically, sure, but I still often do.
Yeah. I own a lot of games that were delisted before I could buy a digital copy, such as Forza Horizon 2, The Orange Box, Driver: San Francisco, and so on, so the disc drive is very important to my full enjoyment of the XSX.
I have it since launch, and I have never used the disc drive, for me is all Game Pass + digital downloads.
Haven't used the disk drive in my Series X once.
Physical media isn't going to save you from the digital apocalypse. That disk you "own" is a glorified storage drive to move installation data to a console so you can then digitally download a copy of the Day 1 patch and anything else you need for the game to actually function.
Not even once yet. I really probably should have just to test it out to be sure it worked but whatevers.
I'm almost entirely digital. I have a few delisted XB1 and 360 titles that never got digital releases that I'll use in the drive. Aside from those the only disc I ever stick into my system is a movie or TV show. I watch a ton of UHD releases on the thing.
Cold storage options makes this a no brainer.
Oddly enough I'm almost the opposite on my Playstation devices due to the storage limitations I run into on them. The maximum external space you can attach to a Ps4/5 differs drastically from what I can connect to my Xbox systems. So I have a mix of digital and physical on the PS devices to save on constant redownloading.
That all said I won't buy a console without a disc drive if I have the option to get one. Never know when a game you want could get delisted and leave physical as your only option.
Cold storage options makes this a no brainer.
Oddly enough I'm almost the opposite on my Playstation devices due to the storage limitations I run into on them. The maximum external space you can attach to a Ps4/5 differs drastically from what I can connect to my Xbox systems. So I have a mix of digital and physical on the PS devices to save on constant redownloading.
That all said I won't buy a console without a disc drive if I have the option to get one. Never know when a game you want could get delisted and leave physical as your only option.
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I've been essentially all-digital since 2019. And that's even better on Xbox with quick resume. So, even though I have physical 360 games, I've been slowly replacing them with the digital versions.
I think Ring Fit Adventure is the only physical game I've bought in more than two years.
I think Ring Fit Adventure is the only physical game I've bought in more than two years.
I got my Series X like three weeks ago, and first thing I did when I got mine was put my MCC disc in the system to install it. I haven't installed anything else because I haven't played much else aside from a couple of games I've tried out on Game Pass. I've been meaning to reinstall Halo 5 off of disc, but I don't play that as much as the MCC so I've been procrastinating. I plan on installing Doom Eternal some time soon and playing that finally since it got an update. I know it's on GP, but since I already have it on disc I'll use that to save on bandwidth. And I'll definitely be getting Halo Infinite on disc, because any games I know I want I will still buy physical.
Also movies, because I have a lot of Blu-rays.
Also movies, because I have a lot of Blu-rays.
I haven't once yet but I'm hoping the UHD Bluray Player gets to the point where it's someday a very quality player. I don't buy movies anymore but I own some of my favorites on UHD Bluray and don't have a good dedicated player anymore, and I'd like to see my Series X or PS5 step up.
I'm mostly digital but I still use my disc drive regularly. I have some BC One and 360 games that I picked up cheap, some of which aren't available digitally either (Forzá Horizon 1&2, Driver: San Francisco, Arkham Origins, Midnight Club).
Digital is obviously more convinient but I very much value having the option of physical for when something is cheaper or I really want to properly own a copy.
Digital is obviously more convinient but I very much value having the option of physical for when something is cheaper or I really want to properly own a copy.
I keep Forza Horizon (the original, as I missed it being available for purchase digitally) in there, though I haven't played it in a long time.
