Former Sony Exec Believes PlayStation 6 Will Retain Optical Disc Support

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• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The PS5 doesn’t even have games and we are moving on to the 6? I guess that’s some innovation.

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  • Majorllama@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve been outta the console game for ages, but you ain’t kidding the PS5 only has~800 games currently. The PS4 has over ~3,500 lol.

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• Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If they want to keep me on their platform they’ll probably have to, otherwise it’s gonna be a Linux PC for me with all the hassle PC gaming means in my eyes.

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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  According to Circana, the physical market has halved in the past three years, and potential US tariffs on Mexico aren’t going to help the physical game market. The longer it takes Sony to release a PS6, the less likely it is that it will have a disc drive.

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  • Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The physical market is basically in terminal decline. It would make much more sense for Sony to go with a separate drive addon if they are even willing to consider support discs for the PS6.

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• Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m curious if this is partly influenced by demographics on how many people have used their PlayStation as their only Bluray/DVD movie player.

  For me it’s rare now, but I’d also rather not brick my old movie collection by discarding my only TV disc drive.

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• Chee_Koala@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well if there is no physical market they can point to that facilitates reselling your license, they will need to support that digitally. So I believe it too!

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