Although many players are very keen on collecting physical game CDs, it is becoming more and more difficult to play these games through CDs. Many newer game consoles no longer have a CD-ROM drive. You have to insert a CD-ROM to verify your game every time you play. In this era, you increasingly feel that it is a waste of time. Well, it seems that Microsoft may be studying ways to solve the problem of physical media.
According to a new patent approved by Microsoft, it describes a system in which players can verify the ownership of physical games on the system with optical drive (including the last generation of game console), and then verify it on another system without optical drive through Internet or LAN connection.
Then, you will be able to transfer game data directly from the system supporting CD to the system without CD, or from [Xbox] without CD( https://microsoft.pvxt.net/e4yLO ) Download games from the store / Internet. The following clip from Microsoft patent describes how the scheme works between "first system" (newer diskless host) and "second system" (host with optical drive).
The Patent Description reads:
In some aspects, the first device may be provided with access to the electronic content after receiving the user's verification of the ownership of the electronic content. For example, a digital version of the electronic content may be downloaded from the second device or from an external device or service or flow to the first device.
In an example, when the first device and the second device are on the same local network, when the physical media containing the electronic content is inserted into the second device, and / or when the digital version of the electronic content can be used for external devices or services, the access of the first device to the electronic content may be effective.
In other words, you may need to put the CD in the second system and connect to the local network at the same time, but it also says that it is enough for the content to be available in services such as Xbox store, suggesting that a simple "verification and download" system may be working.