Xbox may be about to test a surprisingly clever way to digitize game discs

Microsoft may soon test Positron, a rumored Xbox feature that converts physical games into transferable digital licenses while preserving lending, resale, and ordinary disc access.

Sony is helping bury physical games, and preservation is being left to clean up the mess

Sony’s reported 2028 PS5 disc cutoff would push PlayStation deeper into digital licensing, leaving preservation advocates to deal with the mess the industry still hasn’t properly solved.