While Microsoft is publishing more games than ever before, fewer and fewer of them are getting physical editions on its home ...

One rumor that's persisted for several years—at least a half a decade, at this point—is that Microsoft will completely abandon physical discs for its Xbox game consoles. It hasn't happened ...

And yet, with the release of the PlayStation 5 and the new Xbox, I can’t tell you with any certainty that I will ever buy a physical game disc for these new systems. Related: Review: Microsoft ...

After the planned policies regarding not playing used games were abandoned ... the Xbox One, Microsoft planned several features around a digital ecosystem, even for people who bought the physical ...

Spencer tells Stephen Totilo's Game File that Microsoft will follow players in regards to abandoning ... physical games will ever "100% go away," because "they realize the importance of that" Xbox ...

The all-digital Xbox One is the first major console not to include an option for physical media. “I suppose it’s up to the console manufacturers, but my guess is that the video game publishers ...

He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades ... his public comments — had abandoned physical releases even before Mattrick’s Xbox division made its disastrous ...

Why People Are Rushing To Sell Their Xbox Series X To GameStop ... Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer told Game File the company wasn’t planning to abandon physical media.

"And right now physical is a choice that ... t change all that much when buying games for the next generation of consoles. This is a far cry from the Xbox One launch where the motion-tracking ...