Xbox's Disc-to-Digital Feature Was 15 Years in the Making

Microsoft revealed the history of its disc-to-digital feature, which turns a physical Xbox One disc into a digital copy. The idea of unique disc identification dates back to 2011, before the Xbox One launched in 2013. Not all discs are supported—it depends on when and how they were produced.

• Disc-to-digital turns a physical Xbox One disc into a digital copy
• Idea of unique disc IDs emerged in 2011, 15 years before launch
• Not all discs supported: depends on production time and method
• Sony cannot copy the feature without metadata on PlayStation discs