Where the Disc Beats the Download
These are the tracked Xbox games whose disc costs less than the Microsoft Store copy right now in United States. The two prices move for completely unrelated reasons: the digital price follows Microsoft's sale calendar, the physical one follows whatever a shop is doing with its shelves, so neither is reliably ahead of the other.
Every row shows both numbers and the date we last checked the disc. Want the full shelf instead of just the wins? See all physical games.
Gift cards sell at face value, so there is nothing to compare — these are the denominations on sale, which is the missing step when the cheap price is on another region's store.
- Is an Xbox game cheaper on disc or on the Microsoft Store?
- It depends on the game and the week. Digital prices move on Microsoft's sale calendar; disc prices move whenever a shop wants the shelf space, so the two are unrelated and either can be ahead. This page puts both numbers side by side so you do not have to guess.
- Where do these disc prices come from?
- They are collected from Amazon by our own price worker and stored here. Nothing on this page asks Amazon anything while you read it, so every price carries the date we last saw it. If a price is more than a week old it is labelled as such rather than presented as today's.
- Do discs hold their value?
- A disc can be resold or lent, which a download cannot, and that is worth something the sticker price does not show. It also has to be swapped to play a different game, needs the case to be looked after, and can go out of print, at which point the price climbs. An all-digital Series S cannot read one at all.
- Why do I only see a few games?
- Disc coverage grows one harvest pass at a time and only for the countries whose Amazon store we hold an affiliate account for. A game with no row here has not been matched yet; it is not a claim that no disc exists.
Prices on this page are collected from Amazon and shown with the date we last saw them; they can change at any time. XBXprices earns a commission from qualifying purchases made through the links above, at no extra cost to you.