quite common. i vividly remember friend doing careful calculations whether to buy double or quatro speed cd rom burner and whether he will be able to make up for that big price difference with a number of cds he can burn and distribute among his friends...

before that when it was floppy disks, it was even simpler, because any floppy mechanic was able to both read and write. some of them had some clever anti piracy features though, like asking you "what is the fifth word on page 27 of the manual?" 😆

that is for pc, i have no idea about consoles.