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It's taken a week for the PS5 disc drive to sell out for real, but with PS5 Pro on the horizon I fear scalper mania is only beginning

With the news that the PS5 Pro would be launching without a disc drive, the disc reader upgrade that originally launched as a PS5 Slim accessory suddenly started looking mighty valuable to a lot of ...
Ars Technica

The PS5 Pro brings the game console’s disc drive era to an end

Here at Ars, we’ve been publicly musing about whether the world was ready for a disc-free game console since as far back as 2015. Now, though, the better question might be whether the world ever needs ...
Gizmodo

PlayStation 5 Disc Drives Sell Out, but Sony Still Doesn’t Think the PS5 Pro Needs One

The $700 PS5 Pro requires gamers to buy a separate $80 disc drive if they want to play physical copies of their games. Reading time 3 minutes The PlayStation 5 Pro will be the most expensive modern ...