i mean…you could always buy the add-on disc drive? Assuming that it is still compatible with the Pro, not sure why it wouldn’t be. They get to fleece physical media heads for an extra $80, that’s a win for Sony.
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FunderPants@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
No disk drive is no purchase from me.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 months ago
FunderPants@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I did not know that was a thing and I absolutely would buy one.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 months ago
awesome! just double-check that it’s compatible with the new one before dropping the extra $80! Nothing about the Pro is official yet, so we still gotta wait and see.
BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 months ago
I bet that hardly anyone buys the add on drive and they use that as a reason to completely drop physical media support in the PS6.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Why wouldn’t they? Something like 93℅ of game sales are digital already. Physical games are almost extinct.
BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 months ago
Oh I agree they should. Physical game sales are a PITA.
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yeah I think we’ve learned by now that if you can’t touch it, you don’t own it. I’m tired of “leasing” software.
Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
The kicker is that owning the disk entitles you to a piece of plastic, and not much more at the moment. When servers go down, or day one patches are no longer available, the disk becomes no better than a coaster for many modern games.
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yeah that’s a fair point. But you should still be able to play offline. I’m not much of an online gamer anyways.