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The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 63 points 5 months ago (10 children)

One big reason people still play on consoles to this day is because they own a physical copy of their games and can play on their consoles even offline.

Sometimes

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I couldn’t play Baldur’s Gate 3, a single-player game, when my internet went out. That pissed me right off.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's what I meant by sometimes

Its becoming a trend where game companies are now making single player games require a internet connection just to play. I saw some games on Steam where single player games come with anti-cheat, like wtf.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Becoming a trend? This has been a regular frustration in gaming since the PS3 generation.

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