Tag: Physical Releases
News 'We Don't Want It At All' - Playasia Hates The Idea Of An Xbox Disc-To-Digital Program
Is it in the works? Who knows...
If we go back to last week, you may recall that we highlighted a "pinch of salt" rumour that Xbox might be working on some kind of disc-to-digital program to compensate for the next-gen Project Helix console being a "fully digital" system. It was insisted at the time that the details were "incredibly scant right...
News Xbox Appears To Be Experimenting With New Labels For Physical Games
"Game Disc" has started appearing on some of them
Earlier today, we came across a story from the folks over at Twisted Voxel about how Xbox appeared to be changing its physical game box designs, based on someone who initially pointed it out over on ResetEra. We've looked into this a bit further, and it does seem to be partially
News Xbox Has Begun Licensing Old Games For Physical Cartridges, And More Are Coming In 2026
Two have arrived so far, with others already confirmed
To kick off the new year, I recently got into the Evercade ecosystem by purchasing an Evercade Alpha bartop arcade, and although I was aware of Evercade and how the company licenses retro games to re-release on physical cartridges, it hadn't dawned on me that Xbox is now essentially part of it...
News Xbox Developer Shares Insight Into Why Physical Releases Are 'Complex'
Despite a lack of minimum order quantity
There's been an interesting report that's come out this week about Xbox and physical releases, with Gamer Social Club receiving a statement from Xbox that there's no minimum order quantity for disc-based titles on the platform anymore. "Xbox has no minimum order quantity for physical media. Retailers,...
News Physical Game Sales 'Collapsed' In The UK Last Year, Says New Report
"The games market is expected to improve in 2025"
In what sure feels like another dagger to the heart of physical game fans, the UK market seems to have had a pretty rough year when it comes to physical game sales. According to Chris Dring over at VGC, demand for discs and cartridges "collapsed" in 2024 - with physical game sales dropping by a...
News Croc Developer Insists There's 'Almost No Demand' For A Physical Xbox Version
"This is the solution we came up with"
Back in late October, we reported that the upcoming Croc remaster would be skipping a physical version on Xbox, and the publisher has been discussing this with some disgruntled fans on social media over the past few days. The situation is that the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 versions of Croc will be...
News Xbox Appears To Be Changing The Box Art For New Physical Releases
Liking the look of this?
Today, we brought you the news that Kena: Bridge of Spirits is making the jump from PlayStation to Xbox this August, and a first glance at the physical version reveals that Xbox is going with a different box art design for its release. As you can see in the image below, the Xbox logo remains in the top-left corner with a...
Poll How Many Physical Xbox Games Do You Have In Your Collection?
A few? Hundreds? Maybe none at all?
There's been a lot of talk over the past few days about the future of physical Xbox games, especially since it was reported that Microsoft had "shut down" some departments related to bringing physical Xbox games to market. As things stand, there's no suggestion that physical Xbox games are going away anytime...
News Xbox's Physical Games Departments Reportedly Affected By Microsoft Layoffs
"It does seem to be the industry trajectory"
Following the reveal of 1,900 job losses across various Xbox teams earlier today, more news continues to trickle in about exactly which teams have been affected, and some of them are apparently focused around physical games. According to Windows Central's Jez Corden, Microsoft has "shut down departments"...
News Best Buy Will Reportedly Stop Selling Physical Media Next Year
Update: Don't worry, it won't include games!
Update: Best Buy has since confirmed that physical movies and TV shows will be affected, but fortunately video games won't be! The company will continue to sell games, as revealed in a statement to Variety earlier today. Original story: With the advent of digital-only home consoles like the Xbox...
