• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    The PS5 is a great UHD Blu-Ray player. I see no reason why not get the disc version.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Gee…

    And how many digital editions were sold to people who wished they could have gotten one with a disc drive?

    The numbers are in, Sony. Don’t sit there and say ‘Nobody wants to buy discs anymore.’ Almost everyone. Almost everyone wants to buy discs anymore.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, the digital price only goes down for sales, otherwise even years after release you’re paying full price. With discs you can buy from whatever store you want and usually prices go down a lot within a year (which you should wait anyway because games are too buggy at release).

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        2 months ago

        And you can usually snag a used copy for even less without losing out on anything. That’s the main reason why I would never get a digital only console. But also, I‘m primarily a PC gamer, so I’m tied to digital only but at least I‘m not bound to a single store.

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          2 months ago

          I think the key is that you have access to markets. The markets can determine the price rather than it being set to some desired value. Whether that’s a used market, or PC where you have the option of multiple stores and sometimes buying direct from the developer.

  • مهما طال الليل@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I must be in the minority that prefers digital and went digital for good since the 7th generation, SCII HD bought on the X360 still plays on XSX. I only buy physical when it is an import not available in the store in my country such as DOAX3, thank you Play Asia. I have a diskless XBox and Playstation, so I play the imported games on the Switch. If I didn’t have a Switch and if the Playstation versions weren’t more censored I might see a reason to get a disk drive for it.