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What Discs Can You Play on an Xbox Series X?

A disc-drive Xbox Series X plays DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray movies, along with Xbox One games and selected older Xbox titles. Check your model and each backward-compatible game before relying on a disc.
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A disc-drive Xbox Series X can play DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray movies, plus Xbox One game discs and supported Xbox 360 and original Xbox games. Older games are not all compatible: check the specific title in Xbox’s backward-compatibility catalog. Xbox also sells an all-digital Series X, so confirm your console has an optical drive before inserting or buying discs.

Xbox Series X disc compatibility at a glance

Disc What works What you need to know
DVD movie Supported Install the Blu-ray Player app from the Store. Xbox’s Series X|S FAQ lists DVD playback.
Blu-ray movie Supported Install the Blu-ray Player app from the Store. Xbox’s Series X|S FAQ lists Blu-ray playback.
Ultra HD Blu-ray movie Supported Install the Blu-ray Player app from the Store. Xbox identifies 4K UHD Blu-ray drives on its disc-drive Series X models. Xbox Series X product page
Xbox One game Supported games Compatibility applies to supported games, not necessarily every disc or title. The disc-based game must be installed and the disc is needed to play. Xbox Series X product page
Xbox 360 game Backward-compatible titles only Check the specific game in Xbox’s backward-compatibility catalog. A supported disc game downloads to console storage, and the disc must remain in the drive to play. Xbox Series X product page
Original Xbox game Backward-compatible titles only Check the specific game in Xbox’s backward-compatibility catalog. A supported disc game downloads to console storage, and the disc must remain in the drive to play. Xbox Series X product page

Can Xbox Series X play DVDs?

Yes, if your Series X has a disc drive. For movie playback, install the Blu-ray Player app from the Store; Xbox lists DVDs among the supported movie formats in its Series X|S FAQ.

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Can it play Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray movies?

Yes. The disc-drive Series X supports standard Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray movie discs. Install the Blu-ray Player app from the Store to play movie discs. Xbox’s product page identifies 4K UHD Blu-ray optical drives on its Carbon Black and 2TB Galaxy Black models.

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Do Xbox 360 and original Xbox discs work?

Some do, but compatibility depends on the individual game. A disc from either older generation is not enough by itself to establish that the title will run. Search for the game in Xbox’s backward-compatibility catalog before relying on it.

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For a supported disc game, inserting the disc starts a download to the console’s storage. Keep the disc in the drive to play; it serves as the license check even though the game is installed digitally. Xbox describes this process on its Series X product page.

Check whether your Series X has a disc drive

Not every console called Xbox Series X accepts physical media. Xbox’s current product lineup includes drive-equipped Carbon Black and 2TB Galaxy Black models as well as a 1TB all-digital Series X. Check the exact model or SKU and look for an optical disc slot before buying discs or expecting to use ones you own.

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Do not confuse that all-digital Series X with the Series S: Xbox’s 2020 FAQ says Series S is fully digital and does not support external USB disc drives. That Series S statement does not establish anything about connecting an external drive to a Series X.

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What disc playback does not guarantee

Support for a disc format does not mean every individual disc will work in every circumstance. Xbox’s cited format guidance does not establish universal region-free movie playback, and it does not settle unusual disc edge cases. Check the disc and console details if region coding or a particular release matters to you.

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