Nobody complains about it on PC because the people who want disc drives plugged in a USB one.

PS6 won't have that option.

Do you guys not have disc drives in your towers?

I’ve complained about the lack of PC disc drives on multiple occasions. Isn’t it funny how when you make big broad statements a single contradiction proves two things. One, you’re full of shit. Two, you’re a tremendous asshat.

We can run software on our PCs by copying the software directly to it in any one of numerous ways, including physical media.

PS has DRM and that means that the only way to run software is on Sony's terms. And with digital-only delivery Sony can change those terms whenever they want.

This analyst is either clueless, or a shill.

I haven't used a console since my Xbox360 ring turned red. Fuck that garbage. PC is, and always will be, the best way to play games.

PCs stopped typically having disc drives because the demand was down but they were and still are available. How's Sony's gaming market share doing these days, I'm sure this and other anti-consumer moves like pulling out of the PC market are going to get people flocking that way /s

I think it's misleading to compare Sony's actions regarding their proprietary ecosystem to the slow movement of the decentralized PC market over time.

I think there’s a nugget of truth here.

For all that we praise physical game media, in aggregate we sure didn’t support it with our wallets on PC.

Same for DRM-free gaming. GoG is doing basically everything right, and are gamers flocking there? Nope. It’s losing market share. GoG might die off, by the looks of things.

I think people, on average, do what’s most immediately convenient, not necessarily what’s principled. And for most that’s going to be digital media and DRM.

Of course I don’t like it. But that doesn’t mean there’s critical mass to stop it. That’s fanciful thinking, IMO.

It's funny because on this platform I've seen nothing but complaints about this.

Ha Sony doesn't know that my ps5 is a complete waste of money and I was never going to buy a ps6 no matter what.