For those who don’t know, there has been somewhat of an uproar due to Playstation’s announcement about stopping making disks.

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    15 hours ago

    Consumers are dumb

    Buy the disc system, then Its only a few physical games, and then youd have saved the money a disc drive would cost

    Ive gotten all physical games i have, for 70% of the price sony sells them for on their digital store

    Incl brand new releases

    And i own it forever

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      8 hours ago

      “And i own it forever”

      We are not talking about the PS2 or even PS3 here though. These new games do not fit on a disk and require constant updates and connection to servers. Any game that requires you to connect to the internet, even if you own the disc, you don’t really own. They can shut that down anytime they feel like it.

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        5 hours ago

        Certainly depends on the game

        My baldurs gate 3 came on 2 discs

        So thats an option too

        A lot of the games i have, got someonline functionality, multiplayer or online content etc but they work just fine offline too

        I mostly buy that type of games for my ps5, then i get the “online” games like path of exile or whatever, on PC

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      12 hours ago

      Sony has rigged the game though, and you’ve bought into it.

      Your physical discs are only as good as your ability to download the game files and day-one patches from their servers. For the average user, there really is no benefit to having a disc.

      I hate it, but Sony made the choice for us as far back as the PS3.