I got the disc version because that’s the only I could find near launch at official price. Haven’t used the drive though, and I think I would’ve been perfectly happy with Digital version too.

I was able to secure one a few months after it launched and wanted a disc one. I always believed in collecting physical copies and believed I would continue to do so now. The turning point for me was during covid I couldn’t even get FF7 remake from a store day one and decided to just go digital. On top of that I also am not happy that even some physical media now is just a digital code in a box, or the disc just activates and downloads the game without having the game even on the disc. So I gave up on buying them unless I can get a huge discount on them over digital. I probably have like 3 physical games for the PS5 and 1 was a kickstarter that I gave money to prior to even having a PS5. Otherwise, I may have just asked for digital as well. When I first got the console, it was very nice to play my ps4 games, though, so I have no regrets.

I bought the disc edition almost two years ago now. I wish I just bought the digital edition, because I’ve still yet to buy a physical game for it.

I no longer play on consoles since I mostly play on PC but I saw no point in buying digital on consoles since you can’t sell the games you don’t want to keep after playing or buying heavily discounted ones from second hand.

I think there was a brief moment on the enshittification curve where it may have seemed to newer generations that digital was the better option because having your library with you at all times was just a “feature” without obvious anti-consumer downsides.

Now that companies are starting to deactivate post-sale content, pointless always-online barriers to using content are getting more frustrating, and there’s generally a feeling like companies are forcing everything into a subscription-for-life model, I’m hoping people are seeing the benefits of just buying an object that lets you play a game forever.

Disc version is what I got, I wanted a blu ray player too for movies and didn’t want an extra device separate for that. It’s why I always go for the disc versions.

No more physical games would probably push me toward a Linux gaming PC as the games would be cheaper and the system more polyvalent.

Still, I don’t want to have to go through a lot of settings to find a way to make the game run properly so I hope I’ll still see advantages in future consoles.

Very interesting in my view. In a lot of online discussions, people are often dismissing physical media, but it seems the majority of consumers prefer to have a disc drive (myself included). This also gives me hope, that the next generation of consoles will also come with a disc drive, giving us more options to buy games.