Do Disc Games Have To Download To Play Them?

CoyoteMason · Oct 29, 2014

I want to buy Destiny, I just need to know if it will still have to download when I run the disc.

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StuartATrueRed · Oct 29, 2014

do you have to have a disc in to play

That would have been the case if Microsoft kept their old drm policies. But since they backtracked, the only way that works, is if you buy the digital version of the game. Also on a side note you should have posted this in the Xbox One forums, as this
is for Xbox 360 only.

bigdog1217 · Oct 29, 2014

do you have to have a disc in to play

Whats the point in downloading the game to your xbox one? I was under the impression that once you downloaded your disc then you would not have to put the disc back into your system to play, therefore letting you switch to one game to another without having
to get up take a disc out, and put another disc in? anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Smwutches · Oct 29, 2014

No. It may have an update that might download when you connect to live, but disc based games do not need to be downloaded.

StuartATrueRed · Oct 31, 2018

Some games on the Xbox 360 do need to be installed 1st to play them. It should state on the back of the case whether or not the game will need to be installed.

StuartATrueRed

Some games on the Xbox 360 do need to be installed 1st to play them. It should state on the back of the case whether or not the game will need to be installed.

Smwutches

No. It may have an update that might download when you connect to live, but disc based games do not need to be downloaded.

davemcfly85

if you downloaded it from the marketplace then you do not need the disc but if you downloaded them from the disc onto the hard drive then you will need to have the disc in the system in order to play the game.

SampleAsh9

Your disc is probably scratched, best way to do this would if you have a friend with the game lend it to download, or if they have it digitally, get them to come to your house to download then they can remove the account, and u would be able to use the disc
to play

Good Luck!

ArminatorX

hello i have xbox 360 and where i have it i havent got internet... i have installed my games but they wont play without disc and i dont know why but i want to play them without discs...

For disc based games, the Internet connection doesn't matter.

However, if you installed the games from disc, the disc is needed as a proof of purchase. Otherwise you could install the game from disc and sell the disc to someone else.

That other person then installs the game from disc, and sells the disc again to another person.

And in the end thousands of people can play the game, from only one sold disc, if you were able to play installed games without a disc.

If you want to be able to play games without a disc and without internet, you will have to buy the games digitally, and download them on the console you wish to use without internet immediately after purchase.

Or if you downloaded the games to a different console first, you will have to do a "License Transfer", with an internet connection, and re-download your games you wish to use offline.

After the license transfer, you can use the installed download games without internet.

But for disc based games, you will always need the disc in the drive.

Do Disc Games Have To Download To Play Them?