XBOX Physical Media DRM has been FIXED | MVG

Many Xbox games released in the past decade are at less risk of becoming unplayable in the future. But with a new update to the Xbox, Microsoft has removed important DRM from most physical media. In todays episode we discuss.

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[MarcoGPUtuber]

DRM is a scourge for legitimate customers. Online check? Good luck playing your games in 20 years when the servers shut down.

[Xt]

I'm glad a company is actually listening to its customers for once

[adamcowood]

It should be anti e-waste law that before a company ends support for a product, they have to release a "legacy" firmware for it. Something that strips out a lot of the checks & balances / opens the hardware up for people to do as they please with.

[Pacmanfan-porn]

Everyone praising them for this, it NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE!

[BlaineEvans]

Sign of a great journalist: I've read this story and seen it covered on other channels like a dozen times. I see this go up and immediately think "I have to hear MVG's perspective and insights."

Thanks for all your great work. 👍

[uberDirk]

Preservation of current games is actually something many don't think about. I'm glad you do those videos in which you take closer looks to those DRM issues. Thank you.

[cluesagi]

Tales of Arise is actually a two-disc game on Xbox just so it could ship both the One and Series X versions physically. Props to Bandai Namco for that; they couldn't possibly have had any financial incentive but I really appreciate that they did it anyway

[thingsiplay]

The fact that we celebrate a change like this shows how sad the current gaming situation is.

[Pyri]

This 50GB issue was new to me, so thank you. What I would like to add further more is the fact that at least one newer Xbox title, "Tales of Arise", therefore may contain two discs (one Xbox One disc, and one for Series X).

[ShadoWBMV]

I'm really happy that microsoft listened and updated the drm. This was the single reason why I still bought physical games on ps5, now I can fully migrate to the xbox since I like it more anyway. The last thing I wish they would fix was the need for internet on first boot

[_lrN]

I know not everyone cares about it, but the community is lucky to have you as a voice against DRM.

[ak-tdf]

You forgot to mention that Series X is still not a fully offline device. You'll need to go online at least once while setting up a new console and also to update it. But I think you can update the device with a flashdrive that has the update files so this is probably not a huge issue. The biggest issue was needing to go online just to play disc games and it seems to be fixed and I'm glad it was.

[RyDawg]

Microsoft still needs to do one more thing: make Series X native versions without Smart Delivery that can install directly from the disc without an internet connection. But it’s good that Smart Delivery is no longer enforced for Xbox One discs so you can at least run the Xbone version until you have an internet connection to upgrade.

[ToadyEN]

Appreciate good news not just bad news, this is why you’re one of my favourite tubers!

[AlanThompsonRegularNintendo]

I had a heck of a time dealing with this issue. I work on the road and don't always have reliable internet or internet at all. I was trying to play some games with some co-workers and I kept getting this "game isn't ready yet" message. I was connected to the internet but my internet was so slow it would not let me play my physical games, which was very frustrating. I am very glad to hear that this was fixed! Keep the great content coming MVG!

[xenonronin]

This is a step in the right direction. DRM issues were a big reason I bought many single player games on PS4 / PS5 instead of my Xbox One X / Xbox Series X which I prefer to play on if possible.

[Bmartin_]

Great video MVG, I have over 100 Physical Xbox One games so this is great news to hear..

[conza]

It wouldn't be a waste of time, even if it wasn't fixed, it's a PSA to owners or potential owners of the console, however it's a great result that we've seen a big swing in the right direction. All I could say would be a better improvement, if I buy game pass for a month or year, then having an expiration date on the online check would be a neat feature, that way it would only force me online once my last known game pass expiration date has passed, so if my internet is out or the servers are offline during my previously verified subscription period, I can still play the games.

[firisrozley]

If Xbox were to allow backward compatible titles to be played offline, the only way is by going online to download the games together with patches, enhancements & license keys (purchased digitally or physically) that allow the games to be kept on consoles & played without going online as long as the titles are not delisted & the servers are not shutting down. But of course, that also reminds me of downloaded PS1 classics on PS3 that cannot be played due to '1969' date glitch.

[Mallerd]

Appreciate it a lot that you make videos about both good and bad news in the gaming industry