A hardware feature that used to be standard on computers and consoles has quietly disappeared. Several practical shifts explain why it stopped mattering.

When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more The slim PS5 with disc drive costs $500, while the slim digital-edition PS5 costs $450. Both slim models ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

The PlayStation 5 Disc Drive has been a difficult device to find in most parts of the world. It’s been sold out at most retailers across the globe, with small quantities popping up from time to time.

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I bought the fat PS5 with the disc drive at launch because I’ve always bought my games on disc. I had a collection of PS4 games I could use on the system. I also had UHD Blu-rays to watch. The only ...

They can’t sell them if we don’t buy them. Tomorrow is the day, the PlayStation 5 Pro is being launched. That means that the reviews are out and the buying frenzy is about to begin. In fact, it has ...

I should qualify that headline by saying almost anything with a disc drive. I’m sure you can’t copy games to your 2010 Honda Pilot using the janky 6-disc CD changer, but I’m sure some brave soul out ...

Registration system may be tied to DMCA protection for drive firmware. Not for nothing, and I do understand the general animus towards online checkin requirements ...