Microsoft Replaces 25-Digit Xbox Codes With Digital Direct

Free games, exclusive content, DLC packs, and subscriptions are now automatically associated with a Microsoft Account and new Xbox console.

Nobody enjoys entering long codes, and it’s especially tedious when the method of input is a gaming controller, so Microsoft decided to get rid of codes completely for Xbox owners.

As Polygon reports, until now, any content that Microsoft packaged with a new Xbox console required entering a …