Playstation 5

B&H photo will be selling PS5 disc and digital in ~3 hours from now, 515pm PDT / 815pm EDT. i think there will be better opportunities but if you are desperate

China Bat Soup said:

I don't have a dog.

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How’d you know it was meant for you?

rip bhphoto

Tarrant said:

Got scared a bit ago. Checked the ol' bank account and noticed my charge from WalMart was gone and got scared they canceled my preorder. Went to check and it's still there so must just be a weekend thing with the bank I guess.

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Walmart shouldn't actually charge you until it ships. I used an AMEX and it just did the usual temp authorization hold to make sure the card was valid/had enough credit line available/etc. Temp holds disappear after a few days.

grumblethorn said:

Is there a downside to going digital edition only? I mean 100 difference seems substantial.

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One thing I didn't see others mention is that if you have any physical discs on PS4, not only do you need the drive to play them via BC, but also if the studio is doing the free next gen upgrade thing on PS5 you need the PS4 disc in the console to play the PS5 version that you download.

Vorph said:

One thing I didn't see others mention is that if you have any physical discs on PS4, not only do you need the drive to play them via BC, but also if the studio is doing the free next gen upgrade thing on PS5 you need the PS4 disc in the console to play the PS5 version that you download.

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There's really no reason though to own PS4 games on disc, literally every PS4 game has gone on sale digitally for 75% if its over six months old. My PS4 digital library is absolutely massive, and new games I want I just wishlist and when they drop 75% i'll usually buy them.

The PS5 digital has a smaller form factor which is nice. Sony is losing more money on each one though so they are making a lot less, numbers seem to play out to 1 PS5 digital for every 4 or 5 disc PS5s made.

It will suck if there is a fantastic b2g1 kinda deal at a store you miss out on, digital stores pretty much never do a B2G1 sale. Still, I haven't really bought a single physical game for ps4 or xbox this year, really been no need between gamepass, EGS, and digital storefront sales. I still buy em on switch because that runs games off the cart and has a near zero footprint on memory card, which is nice for SP games.

I've got both PS5-D and PS5 preordered and still not sure which I'll keep. slightly smaller is nice, and I doubt i'll play any disc games. Don't care about movies, don't buy them physical anymore.

Utnayan said:

Digital Vs Disc is a subjective choice. There isn't a right or wrong answer for either.

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Yep, and that's why there's no way I'd even consider buying the disc-less model. My PS4 library started out 100% physical except for games that were digital only, but now is skewed about 60/40 still in favor of physical,. That's counting PS+ games that replaced physical versions I already owned, and not counting Gamefly (which would push it back to more like 80/20). Only had X1X for less than a year, so that's almost entirely digital aside from Gamefly again. With $70 games becoming the norm, that makes being able to play physical discs even more important imo.

I don't go through enough games in general to care about b1g1's or sales most of the time. Digital is objectively the better looking of the two options. My choice is clear.

Hateyou said:

And if Sony ever stops hosting a game it’s gone. That’s not likely but it could I guess.

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There are famous examples of digital games that became unavailable like P.T. or Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Has it ever been the case for games that were also available in physical format ?