XboxOne

Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One in May 2013 as a living-room hub: television first, a Kinect camera in every box, a daily online check-in and limits on lending discs. The reaction was bad enough that the company reversed the disc and online policies within a month, and the $499 price — a hundred dollars above the PlayStation 4, because of the camera — still stung at launch. Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive and Halo 5 carried the early years; Kinect was dropped from the box in 2014, and the 2017 One X was the most powerful console of its generation.

The Xbox One marked an important transition in physical game collecting. Discs remained common, but mandatory installations, downloadable updates, and increasingly digital bonus content changed what owning a game meant. Today, collectors need to pay attention not only to the condition of a case and disc, but also to compatibility, included content, and any additional requirements for play. Most Xbox One games remain playable on Xbox Series X, preserving much of the physical library. Kinect-dependent games are an important exception, and disc-based games require compatible hardware with an optical drive. Printed manuals became less common during the Xbox One generation, but original contents vary by release. Check each listing for the actual case, disc, inserts, and edition-specific extras. Previously issued download codes may already be redeemed or expired. We photograph every case and disc.