Report suggests Xbox 360 games will come to PC in 2027

Xbox’s PC push continues this week, with new reporting indicating concrete plans for its long‑rumoured disc‑to‑digital system, alongside official steps toward expanding backwards compatibility to include Xbox 360 titles on PC.

According to a new report from The Verge, Microsoft is preparing to roll out its disc‑to‑digital conversion feature for Xbox Series X owners within weeks. The system will allow players to insert a supported physical disc and receive a digital licence tied to their account. Crucially, Play Anywhere titles will also benefit, so if you own a physical Xbox game that supports Play Anywhere, converting it to a digital licence will grant access on both Xbox and PC.

Previous evidence suggested Xbox 360 support would come to PC, but now the news appears to be official. According to the same Verge report, Microsoft has begun working with publishers to bring Xbox 360 backwards compatibility to PC, offering an opt‑in system that requires no engineering work from developers. Publishers simply need to approve their titles, after which they can be made available to PC players through Microsoft’s emulator‑based compatibility layer.

Backwards compatible games also available digitally may also end up included in the disc-to-digital conversion program.

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