When the PlayStation 5 originally launched in 2020, it came in two different versions: a standard console with a built-in optical disk drive and a digital-only model that was offered at a somewhat ...

Today marks National CD Player Day, and an interesting fact is that the inventor of CD-ROM technology was from Rome.

Unlike previous generations, however, you only get one SKU — and it does not sport the optical disc drive. With the industry largely moving to downloadable games as the standard, Sony appears to ...

Nope! Like the Xbox Series S and PS5 Digital Edition, the PS5 Pro doesn’t include a disc drive. But Sony does offer an optional optical drive that you can buy for about $80 and slap onto your PS5.

What you don't get is an optical drive ... PS4 titles on Blu-ray Disc. It also lets you watch movies and shows on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs, Blu-ray, and DVD. Sony unveiled the PS5 Pro in a ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the PS5 Pro will not come with a built-in disc drive and will instead offer punters the option of adding it via the already-available Ultra HD Blu-ray ...

While the disc drive appears to be back in stock at the official PlayStation Store in the US, other countries are not having the same luck. In the absence of knowing if it is a general lack of ...

But if you want to play your physical games on the new console, you’ll have to pay extra: a disc drive isn’t included, so you’ll have to buy and install one separately for an additional $79.99.

Today may have marked the beginning of the end for game console disc drives. Sony finally announced the $699.99 PS5 Pro, and while it looks to be an impressive machine, it’s the first ...

Now, though, the better question might be whether the world ever needs a new game console with a built-in disc drive at all. On Microsoft's side, things seem to be trending away from console disc ...

No, there is no disc drive in the PS5 Pro. If you want to play games from a disc on the PS5 Pro then you must purchase an external optical disc drive like the one previously released for the PS5 ...