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PlayStation will no longer be offering games on disc (blog.playstation.com)
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[–] 16 points 4 months ago* (12 children)

It's this or go back to multi disc installs. Modern discs have 100GB capacity so Halo MCC would be on two. The largest games, like the modern Call of Duty amalgamation-launcher-thing and ARK, would push over 3 discs. I for one wouldn't mind -- it at least keeps the fantasy of owning game media alive, just a little bit -- and I wish updates and patches weren't so damn mandatory.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago* (4 children)

    The disc doesn't have to have the full data on it..in fact most don't nowadays and they require downloading the additional data from the store...so there shouldn't be any issue here in terms of storage... essentially what a Switch 2 game key card is.

    It's for a physical license and entitlement of ownership

    This is Sony wrestling away the last bits physical ownership they can take away to force the middleman out and make used games history. This is going to result in higher prices and significantly fewer sales

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    But then you don’t fully own it when the server is taken down. Doesn’t sound like the solution people in this thread want.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    So that's a console game setup, yes?

    I use an older PC so everything is backed up on a storage drive but currently right now I'm stuck with a 500 GB SSD to run the games I'm actively playing. It's nowhere near enough space for what I want to do. Ugh. Am waiting to see when I can get my mitts on a 4TB WD Gold drive (I have two on my MacPro systems) and slap that into the PC for the storage and then get a similar sized SSD (or an NVME drive in an adapter) to use.

    I think when I get that sorted I'm also going to switch up to running Bazzite for the games and bail on the Win 10 Pro..

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    Personally I've got a mix - I have most Call of Duty games on Xbox, buying on the same platform as the ones I had in childhood, but have largely dropped the console for my PC running EndeavourOS. My biggest game is a bit of a cheat - Clone Hero - 550GB aha!

    Good luck with the upgrade! I have a 4TB HDD, a WD Blue from 2017, and am hoping to upgrade to an NVME SSD before the drive dies of old age. looks at the component market Before I do.

    I recommend Seagate Ironwolf Pro or any CMR/HAMR storage for the best balance of capacity, price and lifespan.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Ack! No one has the 4TB Ironwolf Pro drives!

    This is bullshit.

    F'ckin' datacenter pricks.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah I feel you. It's hurting all of us, seeing parts at over double the price they're worth or simply out of stock. I heard that after taking all the DDR5 RAM they went after HDDs.

    These are my notes on components I was looking at, dated

    Motherboard

    ASRock Phantom Gaming X870E Nova WiFi (1.3x base)

    • Base £250
    • £320 in 02/2026

    CPU

    AMD Ryzen Zen 6 10700X3D?

    AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (1.1x base)

    • Base £250
    • £280 in 03/2026

    RAM

    Corsair Vengeance / LPX - DDR5, 6800MT/s, CL32, 2x32GB (4.6x base)

    • Base £230 / £3.60/GB
    • £290 in 10/2025
    • £1,050 in 03/2026
    • £480 used
    Depressing compromise RAM

    Corsair Vengeance DDR5, 5600MT/s, CL40, 2x16GB

    • £270 used

    Note: RAM in current build was £170 for 2x16GB in Feb 2017, equivalent to £230 in Jan 2026

    Games SSD

    WD Black SN850X 8TB (2.4x base)

    • Base £450
    • £700 in 01/2026
    • £1,060 in 03/2026

    OR Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB

    OS & Program SSD

    Samsung 990 Pro 4TB (1.7x base)

    • Base £260
    • £315 in 01/2026
    • £440 in 03/2026

    Fans

    Noctua 140mm x 8

    • Base £264
    • £264 in 02/2026

    Case

    NZXT H6 Flow (1.1x base)

    • Base £80
    • £90 in 02/2026

    PSU

    Corsair HX1200i Platinum (2025) (1.2x base)

    • Base £210
    • £245 in 03/2026
    • Purchased for £200 new

    GPU (1.3x base)

    Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB (1.3x base)

    • Base £700
    • £900 in 03/2026
    • Purchased for £520 used

    Hypothetical:

    High Capacity HDD

    Seagate Ironwolf Pro 20TB, 7200RPM, CMR (1.3x base)

    • Base £480
    • £510 in 02/2026
    • ST20000NT001

    Seagate Ironwolf Pro 24TB

    Xbox Expansion SSD

    • Seagate 2TB
    • £200 in 02/2026 (for standard 2TB Seagate NVME)
    • Purchased for £267 new

    Notes

    base = ~Sep/Oct 2025, just before hell
    RAM eBay Sellers ~ 2x base

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    This is very close to my exact PC build. I bought in December of 2024 because I was sure Trump with fuck everything up with his tariffs. While that ended up being true, AI bullshit made it far worse.

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