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The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive (www.theverge.com)
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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups

Going to have to plug GOG here as these are both things they offer. I try to buy games there instead of Steam, purely for this reason.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Going to have to plug GOG here as these are both things they offer.

Note that this is a major selling point for GOG and available on most of their library, but unlike their early days, not everything is DRM-free.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Piracy is the only way, clearly capitalism doesn’t give and inch.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Nor a funk