Xbox may offer a way to preserve physical game purchases in an increasingly digital future.

Microsoft’s disc-to-digital feature could be essential for next-gen Xbox consoles. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

PlayStation is done with discs, and it’s a travesty for game preservation and game ownership. Despite the deserved furor, we can’t hold onto these scratch-prone optical frisbees as our saving grace. Discs are a dying medium,

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