Can I play my physically owned Xbox One games on the All-Digital Xbox One S Console?

The Xbox One S console has a disc drive, so games(both physical and digital) can still be played.

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-one/consoles

The Xbox One S All Digital console does not have a disc drive, therefore it can not play physical(disc) games. As there is currently no option to transfer physical(disc) games to digital, you would have to re-purchase the digital versions.

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-one/consoles

Hi there,

You can only play digital games in the Xbox One S All-digital, which means, games you buy online from the Microsoft Store.

If all the games that your son has are physical format (discs), then it is better to get a normal Xbox One S. You would have to buy the digital version of any game if you want to play it on the Xbox One S All-Digital, regardless if you have the disc or
not.

In case you choose to get an Xbox One S-All Digital, you can transfer all the digital games and apps from your son's console to an external drive, and then just plug it to the new console to play.

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You have names mixed up. There are no consoles named the Xbox One Series S or Xbox One Series X.

The Xbox One/One S/One X all have a disc drive.

The Xbox One S All Digital Edition does not have a disc drive.

The Xbox Series X has a disc drive.

The Xbox Series S does not have a disc drive.

All the consoles can play backward compatible games. The Series S and One S all digital edition can only play games digitally downloaded.

The other consoles can play games from disc and from digitally downloaded,

I hope this clears things up for you.

Even though a game on physical disc may be downloaded/installed to a console, the disc is still required to actually play the game.

You are referring to the Xbox One S All Digital Edition console? If this is correct, then you will need to purchase a digital copy of the game in order to play on the All Digital console.

Thanks for the swift response! I guess I'll have to think about whether or not to wait for another console deal. Thanks again.