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Games won’t install
How to delete and reinstall games on your Xbox One Clear up some space on your Xbox One hard drive for the latest games By Gabe Gurwin @GamingAngelGabe — Posted on February 19, 2019 9:00AM PST.
All Xbox One games need to be installed. This process happens in the background, and gamers can generally start playing the game as the installation is ongoing. Some users have reported that the installation process is freezing, often at zero percent, which means the game won’t play at all.
Possible solutions:
This could be an issue with the optical drive, the disc itself (assuming it is disc based rather than downloadable), or a network connection. It may require a call to Microsoft, but there may be an easier fix.
- The first thing you should do is make sure your console is updated with the most recent Microsoft patches. If your system is offline, connect (assuming you have the means) and let the console do its thing.
- If you are online, the issue may be your connection to Xbox Live. First, unhook your Ethernet cable, or if you are using a wireless connection disable it through Settings. Then hold down the power button for 10 seconds. Restart your system, but don’t connect online. If the installation begins normally, you should then be able to reconnect to Xbox Live without issue. If the problem continues though, contact Microsoft.
- If it is just one game, assuming it is installing from a physical disc, make sure the disc is clean and undamaged. If there is a noticeable chip or scratch, you may need to return the game itself.
Controller not syncing
Possible solutions:
You may have a controller go rogue over the course of your Xbox One’s life span. Xbox forums have identified plenty of issues especially with connectivity and drifting. There are several easy methods that could possibly solve these problems. In both cases, you’ll want to make sure your controller is updated.
- For disconnecting controllers, you’ll want to make sure your controller has functioning batteries then try restarting the console. If this doesn’t fix anything, make sure that you’re within the range of the Kinect. Every controller is equipped with two infrared lights that light up when your controller is out of range and is trying to reconnect. Obviously, making sure you’re within range is essential to making your controller work.
- For drifting controllers, make sure your controller is updated and has fresh batteries. Then, power down and unplug your console. This will empty your cache. Wait a few minutes then restart your console. If the problem still remains your can request to replace your controller through Xbox’s online service center.
Xbox One cannot properly read discs
While it isn’t as disturbing as hearing a disc grinding in your console, an Xbox One that doesn’t read discs is not ideal, especially if your library primarily consists of physical games. Some users have reported consoles that fail to read certain games, or even have a widespread problem with reading all discs.
Can I Download Games From Disc To Xbox One
Luckily, isolated disc errors aren’t always brought on by damaged discs, and if your disc drive is having issues reading your games, it doesn’t necessarily mean your console is shot. If neither of the solutions below work, however, you may need to call Microsoft or take the disc in question back to your retailer if it’s under warranty.
Possible solutions:
How To Download Xbox One Games From Disc To Hard Drive
- For isolated disc read errors, ensure that the disc is not scratched or smudged. Minor cosmetic scratches are usually okay, but deep scratches often signal serious, possibly irreparable damage. Use a soft, slightly damp cloth to clean the disc of smudges. A microfiber cloth is ideal. Believe it or not, ridding your disc of fingerprints can go a long way toward a successful gaming session. If your Xbox One still won’t read the disc after you’ve cleaned it, try inserting it into another console if you have access to one. From there, you can learn if the disc is truly defective or if your console is the culprit.
- For widespread disc read errors, it’s possible that the disc is not going far enough into the console for the laser to read it. First, eject the disc. Now, if your console is on an entertainment center, you need to carefully move it to an open area — but make sure all cords and cables remain plugged in when doing so. With the console on, tilt your console from the front to a 45-degree angle. While holding it there, insert the disc. This allows the disc to more easily move into its designed position. Instead of an error message, your game should begin to boot. Because the Xbox One uses a feeding mechanism instead of a tray, the drive may have a difficult time pulling the disc far enough back to be properly read it as time goes on.
Back then, Microsoft was planning to make discs practically irrelevant. The idea was to make the Xbox One almost entirely reliant on digital downloads, and if discs were used, they would essentially just be vessels to install the game, and they would prove you had the “rights” to it.
The backlash was swift and merciless. Players bemoaned the idea of switching over to most digital, mainly because they thought that using discs like this would destroy the used games market, make collections obsolete eventually, would eliminate game sharing, and a few other reasons that made the concept untenable.
Sony famously mocked Microsoft over the issue, debuting a video that showed their plan for disc sharing, which simply had one person passing a game to another. Microsoft was humiliated, and forced to relent before the release of the console, and discs now operate on the system the way they always have.
But they don’t, not really, and now I’m starting to see Microsoft’s point, and why they wanted to start to phase out discs altogether. And I’m not the only one. Year after year, digital revenue continues to climb as more and more players download games from PSN and XBL directly (and of course PC players have been doing this for years). So what’s changed? Why are all these angry mobs suddenly starting to come around?
For a few reasons. As I said, discs are not what they used to be. Now, the process of getting a game on a disc is not simply “pop and play.” Rather, you have to go through a lengthy installation/patching process that can often take nearly as long as it would if you were doing a digital download. But with a digital download, most games allow you to pre-load titles ahead of release, so you don’t have to muck through that on launch day. Not so with discs you acquire on launch day, and you will go through that process regardless.
An argument against digital downloads has been that hard drive space is still too limited for the concept to be viable, and while I do agree that all consoles need bigger hard drives, you can make that argument about discs as well, but it’s even worse. Most of these games will still take up a huge chunk of your hard drive, even if you’re playing them “from the disc.” And most of the time, despite leaving a load of GBs on your console after an install, you will still have to pop in the disc when you want to play, as opposed to downloads which are ready to launch whenever.
Another common refrain is that people are worried that they’re “going to lose their games” when companies suddenly decide to revoke your ownership rights. To me, that seems a bit paranoid (do people really worry about iTunes just nuking their libraries one day?), but past that, the reality is that in this modern era, you are probably not going to be able to play a lot of games anyway years later, discs or no discs
Take The Division itself, for instance. It’s an always online game that requires servers to play every mode, even single player. Someday, be it 5-10 years from now,
The arguments for discs are often directly conflicting with one another. People say they miss having a physical game collection on their shelf they can look at, and they want the ability to play old games when they want. But the other prime argument is that people want the ability to play a game and instantly turn around and pawn it at GameStop, which makes those other two reasons pointless, as you will never actually have a collection of games, if you keep selling them back for new ones.
The GameStop argument may be the most compelling, and it always was, but this pawnshop economy seems less and less necessary as time has gone on. As I said, PC gaming has ditched discs for years now, and they’re doing just fine. The idea that they would be popping discs in and out of their rigs to play games at this point is laughable, so why is it such a must-have for consoles?
Part of the reason PC gamers are cool with not having used games to trade-in is because of big-time sales across platforms like Steam. But now, we’re starting to see some pretty big digital sales across PSN and XBL, much more often than we used to, in addition to both subscription services just straight-up offering free games on a monthly basis.
If GameStop dies and the used games market goes with it, in order to drive sales of new and old games alike, we will start to see even more sales like these. It just isn’t accurate to say anymore that all digital games are $60, and the used games market is much, much more cost-effective. It may be, to some extent, but again, consider what you’re losing. You can get yourself in this endless cycle where you’re buying new games for $60, selling them for $30, and repeating that, but what are you giving up? The ability to ever actually grow a collection of games. I may have deleted dozens of digital games from my consoles to clear room for new ones, but they are still mine. I can go back and download them whenever I want. But at GameStop, if you want to play that game you used to own, but sold back, it will cost you.
My arguments may not be perfect, and I welcome dissent, but I do think the market has changed even since three years ago, and this issue is not as black and white as it once was. It used to just be the only real argument in favor of digital was saving a trip to the store. But it’s more than that now, as digital offers new benefits, and discs offer almost nothing but further inconvenience. If we do get a new console generation after this one, I would not shed a tear if this time, discs were killed for good.
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