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[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

No disk drive is no purchase from me. I even saved up the money to buy one, but I won't without a disk drive.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 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.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 11 points 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.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 2 months ago

Ehhh if most people don't care about the disk, then i guess good they don't need to pay for it. Reduce waste

But i bougtht the console for the disk feature and use it as media center.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why do they insist on making it so ugly?

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

the hardware design team is so far up their own asses with the PS5 design. Here's two articles where you can read how high they are on their own supply: One, Two

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago

Reading the first link, I can almost see them sniffing their own farts. How much do they get paid for this? I'm thinking of switching careers.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Fat PS3 are still the best console design.

[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 1 points 2 months ago

I love it, it looks like a fish.

[–] user@lemmy.one 4 points 2 months ago

Ah so my waiting was worth it not buying the ps5 when it came out. Hurrah!