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> "At least with a console you have the option of buying a physical copy of the game and loading it onto the device"

Possibly not for much longer. Sony is releasing the two versions of the PS5, the "digital edition" of which has no BD drive and can't use physical game media. It'll be interesting to see whether it has much uptake.

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I feel like that's an interesting approach though. My PS4 sits idle most of the time, the rest of the time it's playing a bluray movie. only fractionally ever playing a game on it nowadays.

I guess the sales numbers will tell the bigger story.

> It'll be interesting to see whether it's has much uptake.

It will. Physical media is a practical annoyance for most consumers.

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