Comment on PS5 Pro announcement plans and console design have been leaked [VGC]

FunderPants@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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    • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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• theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I did not know that was a thing and I absolutely would buy one.

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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  • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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    • DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why wouldn’t they? Something like 93℅ of game sales are digital already. Physical games are almost extinct.

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      • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh I agree they should. Physical game sales are a PITA.

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