Not just the disc drive (Gaming)
by Cody Miller 
, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, September 18, 2020, 13:31 (1603 days ago) @ Vortech
I fail to see how "consumer choice is fine, so long as a choice exists" works for the games, but not the console. And if we really wanted to tie price to cost, the digital games should cost less than the discs. Would that be OK too?
This is a move towards consoles that eventually don't offer a disc option at all. Old systems with a disc drive preserved choice: buy digital if you want, or buy a disc.
With no disc drive, you have but one option. And if the PS6 doesn't have a disc option, then it's over.
The manufacturing and distribution of a disc is minuscule all things considered. Merely a couple dollars (if that) per disc. But one thing that they could do is to release the game digitally as soon as the game goes gold. There's zero reason to sit on a finished version of the game that could be distributed digitally while discs are pressed. If they really wanted to push digital, they would simply do this.
Complete thread:
- PS5–$399/$499 -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-16, 16:17
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- PS5–$399/$499 - MacAddictXIV, 2020-09-16, 16:32
- Bullshit -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-16, 17:04
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball
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ZackDark,
2020-09-16, 20:34
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-16, 22:24
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-16, 22:30
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-16, 22:41
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:12
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball - Cody Miller, 2020-09-18, 13:26
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:12
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-16, 22:41
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-16, 22:30
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-16, 22:24
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-17, 06:43
- Not just the disc drive -
ZackDark,
2020-09-17, 08:26
- Not just the disc drive - MacAddictXIV, 2020-09-17, 08:37
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 08:36
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-17, 08:42
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 08:48
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-17, 09:21
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 09:31
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-17, 09:44
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 11:42
- Not just the disc drive - MacAddictXIV, 2020-09-17, 12:53
- Not just the disc drive -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:26
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:31
- Not just the disc drive -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:35
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:41
- Not just the disc drive - Claude Errera, 2020-09-18, 17:38
- Not just the disc drive -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-18, 14:47
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 18:50
- Not just the disc drive -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-18, 21:47
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-21, 08:19
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-21, 08:38
- Not just the disc drive -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-21, 09:28
- This was exactly what I was going to say -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-21, 10:31
- This was exactly what I was going to say
- Not just the disc drive -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-21, 09:28
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-21, 08:38
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-21, 08:19
- Not just the disc drive -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-18, 21:47
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 18:50
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:41
- I like the idea of Amish Cody -
Robot Chickens,
2020-09-21, 10:03
- I like the idea of Amish Cody -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-21, 11:09
- I like the idea of Amish Cody -
Robot Chickens,
2020-09-21, 11:19
- Exchanges like these ... -
Kermit,
2020-09-21, 11:23
- Exchanges like these ... -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-21, 11:27
- Exchanges like these ... -
Claude Errera,
2020-09-21, 11:36
- No one escapes the final blue screen. Embrace it -
Robot Chickens,
2020-09-21, 11:57
- But... but... I'm a Mac user! -
Claude Errera,
2020-09-21, 13:17
- But... but... I'm a Mac user! -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-21, 13:21
- lol -
Claude Errera,
2020-09-21, 13:42
- I knew I liked you - Kermit, 2020-09-22, 04:28
- I got that once - kidtsunami, 2020-09-22, 05:54
- lol -
Claude Errera,
2020-09-21, 13:42
- I wonder what OS Durandal used? -
Robot Chickens,
2020-09-21, 13:36
- I wonder what OS Durandal used? -
Vortech,
2020-10-04, 13:34
- I wonder what OS Durandal used? -
Cody Miller,
2020-10-05, 08:04
- I wonder what OS Durandal used? - Robot Chickens, 2020-10-05, 14:57
- I wonder what OS Durandal used? -
Cody Miller,
2020-10-05, 08:04
- I wonder what OS Durandal used? -
Vortech,
2020-10-04, 13:34
- But... but... I'm a Mac user! -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-21, 13:21
- But... but... I'm a Mac user!
- No one escapes the final blue screen. Embrace it
- Exchanges like these ... -
Claude Errera,
2020-09-21, 11:36
- Exchanges like these ... -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-21, 11:27
- Exchanges like these ... -
Kermit,
2020-09-21, 11:23
- I like the idea of Amish Cody -
Robot Chickens,
2020-09-21, 11:19
- I like the idea of Amish Cody -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-21, 11:09
- Not just the disc drive -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:35
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:31
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 11:42
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-17, 09:44
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 09:31
- Not just the disc drive -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:23
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:27
- Not just the disc drive -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:32
- Not just the disc drive - Cody Miller, 2020-09-18, 13:38
- Not just the disc drive -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:32
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:27
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-17, 09:21
- Not just the disc drive -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 08:48
- Not just the disc drive - squidnh3, 2020-09-17, 08:50
- Not just the disc drive -
MacAddictXIV,
2020-09-17, 08:42
- Not just the disc drive -
ZackDark,
2020-09-17, 08:26
- That $300 Xbox was definitely a giant curveball
- Yeah, I had both an XBox One (and X) and PS4 (and Pro) -
kidtsunami,
2020-09-16, 18:28
- Yeah, I had both an XBox One (and X) and PS4 (and Pro) -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-16, 18:39
- Maybe 2-3 years from now I can get a bundle... -
kidtsunami,
2020-09-17, 05:02
- This is how I see the console market - MacAddictXIV, 2020-09-17, 06:46
- Maybe 2-3 years from now I can get a bundle... -
kidtsunami,
2020-09-17, 05:02
- Yeah, I had both an XBox One (and X) and PS4 (and Pro) - Vortech, 2020-09-18, 13:29
- Yeah, I had both an XBox One (and X) and PS4 (and Pro) -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-16, 18:39
- Next Gen Price Points -
breitzen,
2020-09-17, 06:37
- Next Gen Price Points -
Ragashingo,
2020-09-17, 07:50
- Next Gen Price Points -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:38
- Next Gen Price Points -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:43
- Next Gen Price Points - Vortech, 2020-09-18, 13:47
- Next Gen Price Points - Ragashingo, 2020-09-18, 18:22
- Next Gen Price Points -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-18, 13:43
- Next Gen Price Points -
Vortech,
2020-09-18, 13:38
- Next Gen Price Points -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 08:41
- Next Gen Price Points -
breitzen,
2020-09-17, 09:07
- Next Gen Price Points -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 09:29
- Next Gen Price Points - MacAddictXIV, 2020-09-17, 09:55
- Next Gen Price Points -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-17, 10:20
- Next Gen Price Points -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 11:46
- Next Gen Price Points -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-17, 13:08
- Next Gen Price Points - Cody Miller, 2020-09-17, 13:35
- Next Gen Price Points -
Claude Errera,
2020-09-17, 14:18
- Next Gen Price Points - Cody Miller, 2020-09-17, 16:58
- Next Gen Price Points - ZackDark, 2020-09-17, 17:22
- Next Gen Price Points -
cheapLEY,
2020-09-17, 13:08
- Next Gen Price Points -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 11:46
- Next Gen Price Points -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 09:29
- Next Gen Price Points - ManKitten, 2020-09-17, 11:03
- Next Gen Price Points -
Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316),
2020-09-17, 15:16
- Next Gen Price Points - Cody Miller, 2020-09-17, 17:04
- Next Gen Price Points -
breitzen,
2020-09-17, 09:07
- Next Gen Price Points -
Ragashingo,
2020-09-17, 07:50
- Backward Compatibility -
Cody Miller,
2020-09-17, 13:59
- Backward Compatibility -
Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316),
2020-09-17, 15:26
- Backward Compatibility - Cody Miller, 2020-09-17, 17:39
- Backward Compatibility -
Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316),
2020-09-17, 15:26