This is not new, but when you preorder a physical media you have never been able to preload, until now. When you preorder a digital game, your game will also preload. Your account license is used by you when you log in to anyone’s console other than your primary one. Offline license is used when your internet is not connected, and for your family to play your games without the need to purchase again. One for your account and one for your console to be used offline.

If you purchase your game digitally, you will get a different kind of license(s). The game always runs from your hard drive, but you need to keep the disc inserted as a proof of purchase.

If there is no patch, the game will be ready for you after installation from the optical media. Then it will start downloading the patch if you are online and if the patch exists. When you insert your Blu-ray media for the first time, your console will install the game from the optical disc to your console hard drive. Starting this week, Xbox now allows game preloads before inserting a disc.Ī short reminder of how disc DRM works. On a slow network, it could mean that you will be playing your shiny, new game a day later (I’m looking at you Fallout 76 day-one patch). When you preorder a physical disc, you would have to install the game after you received your disc and often wait for the online patch to download. For years, fans of physical media have been jealous of all-digital users for one reason only: game preloads before day-one.

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