• PrincessCory@lemmy.wtf
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    20 hours ago

    I dont own a sony or any other console but i dont understand one thing here.

    As far as i know, dvd discs and cd-s had about 4GB memory max if am not mistaking. It was long time since we stoped using them.

    So how can modern games that are like 200GB in size fit on any cd…? 🤔

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      16 hours ago

      New computers don’t even take cd’s anymore. They are shit compared to computers 15 years ago. Less ports, task manager doesn’t work, it’s more awkward to do anything as they made everything less functional.

      You can’t take the battery out anymore. If your computer gets compromised you are supposed to just let them spy on you I suppose, task manager is now worthless for sussing out and stopping malware.

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      20 hours ago

      UHD Blu-rays go up to 100GB so that covers many games, for more than that it’d have to be a digital download I guess

      The PlayStation 3 was the first console to use (standard) Blu-rays, 20 years ago :) some people argued it was cheaper than dedicated BD players, many used it to watch movies.

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        8 hours ago

        It would also seem people have forgotten the Installation disc that was common towards the the 360 era. The PS3 already copied the whole Blu-ray to storage with the only real difference being it was quicker to copy physical to rely on PSN’s awful bandwidth. A lot of people still have crappy imternet so it makes no sense to take away the option to wait a day for a box with 2 discs to arrive.

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        17 hours ago

        UHD Blu-rays go up to 100GB so that covers many games, for more than that it’d have to be a digital download I guess

        We used to deal with games that came as multiple discs. We can do that again, if we have to.

        But, I would personally rather see DRM-free digital downloads for many reasons.