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Disc Editions Make Up 82% Of All PS5 Console Sales (insider-gaming.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Very interesting in my view. In a lot of online discussions, people are often dismissing physical media, but it seems the majority of consumers prefer to have a disc drive (myself included). This also gives me hope, that the next generation of consoles will also come with a disc drive, giving us more options to buy games.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When consoles go digital only, it will be the end of consoles.

You can't sell the hardware without a physical presence of games, otherwise you fall into the PS Vita trap of "it doesn't have any games!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I like having a physical product when I'm spending $40-$70 on a game. When it's less than that, I'm generally okay with it.

But if consoles go digital, I'll still buy it. But I'm going to be a lot more patient with my purchases.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I hope your optimism is warranted. It feels just as likely that they will take the opposite lesson and learn that offering a drive at all is a mistake