Registration system may be tied to DMCA protection for drive firmware. Not for nothing, and I do understand the general animus towards online checkin requirements ...

If you want to play your physical games, you’ll have to buy Sony’s $79.99 disc drive. If you want to play your physical games, you’ll have to buy Sony’s $79.99 disc drive. is a senior reporter ...

The PlayStation 5 is nearly five years old at this point, and Sony is already planning the future of their platform. Given the strong brand-new Sony still has with PlayStation, it's unlikely they'll ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and is sure he began doing so professionally in 2010 or thereabouts. If he was forced ...

With the PS5 Pro releasing this week on November 7, existing PS5 owners with a library of physical games will want to pick up the official PS5 Disc Drive, if you haven't already. The PS5 Pro's GPU ...

Retail boxes for the PS5 Slim have revealed an internet connection is required to pair the detachable disc drive to the console before it can be used. As Eurogamer reports, Sony decided to add a ...

A new version of Microsoft’s top-end Xbox Series X will launch without a disc drive for the first time this holiday season. The new “Digital Edition” console option—which sports 1TB of storage and an ...

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 disc ...

A teardown video of the PS5 Slim reveals that the console’s disc drive is easily removable and players don’t necessarily need to purchase a vertical stand to place it upright after all. The new PS5 ...

After several months of leaks and rumors, Sony has officially revealed the PS5 Pro console, a mid-gen refresh of its current console generation. That includes a confirmed price, release date, specs, ...

PS5 Disc Drive stock is actually looking pretty healthy in the US. PS Direct, Amazon, and Walmart all have the accessory on the shelves at regular MSRP - and this availability seems to be holding out ...

More games are being sold digitally than ever before, but the Black Friday sales on the PlayStation Store are proof we need to hold onto physical media and disc-drives for as long as possible. One ...