With the release of the Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X Limited Edition Bundle last week, owners quickly noticed that no digital codes had been included - instead, Microsoft is using a feature called "Digital Direct" to ensure all content is redeemed to your Microsoft account during setup.
This feature isn't entirely new - it's been used as part of the Xbox All Access program for a while now for example, but it appears to be becoming more widely implemented over time. It works by allowing you to claim your benefits all at once, with content being attached to the first Microsoft Account that redeems it.
This is a notable departure from past methods, in which you would manually redeem codes for games and subscriptions. Interestingly, we also noticed that some Windows 10 PCs are including Digital Direct support as well, as mentioned over at the official Xbox Support website. Will this feature be carried over to the Xbox Series X? Microsoft hasn't said anything about this officially yet, but we're guessing it'll be the case.
What are your thoughts on the Xbox Digital Direct system? Let us know in the comments.
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Comments 6
This is awesome, as I hate those ridiculously long codes that they give you.
In one hand, convenient. In the other, I still am a physical copy person and, had I caved in and bought the cyperpunk model, I still would had bought my disk, and would found someone with an Xbox to give them the code.
This settup makes it very hard (not impossible) to give that code to someone else.
It worked ok for me with the cyberpunk 2077 Xbox one x console and digital downloads
A lot quicker than typing in codes.
I thought it was great when setting up my new Xbox, just made it more efficient and simpler
I’ve posted elsewhere about this, but you can see in the screenshot above you have the choice of “claim it” or “decide later”. For some stupid reason I chose “decide later” and soon regretted it, so just make sure you claim it straight away! Otherwise, yes it’s better than typing in those long codes.
oh thank the lord lol, i HATED putting those codes in, and always had anxiety that i would lose the little card they came on...
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