Game discs and PS5

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I’m new to console gaming. I bought a PS5 and I bought a game on disc.

Now I need the disc every time. Is there a legal way around that requirement?

In the future it seems I should only buy digital download games to avoid using the disc. Is that correct?

I have fiber, so there doesn’t seem to be any reason to buy physical discs.

Like I said. I’m new to this.

Edit. I’m asking because I’m thinking about getting Baldur’s Gate 3. I can get it download version or use my game stop discount for a disc.
 
Liver said:
I’m new to console gaming. I bought a PS5 and I bought a game on disc.

Now I need the disc every time. Is there a legal way around that requirement?

In the future it seems I should only buy digital download games to avoid using the disc. Is that correct?

I have fiber, so there doesn’t seem to be any reason to buy physical discs.

Like I said. I’m new to this.

Edit. I’m asking because I’m thinking about getting Baldur’s Gate 3. I can get it download version or use my game stop discount for a disc.
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Just think of a console like a PC. When PC games were still coming on disc you'd need the disc in the drive to play it as a form of DRM. Consoles have gone the same way. If you don't want to juggle discs then buy digitally.
 
Armenius said:
Just think of a console like a PC. When PC games were still coming on disc you'd need the disc in the drive to play it as a form of DRM. Consoles have gone the same way. If you don't want to juggle discs then buy digitally.
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True. I was hoping things had improved by now.
 
I think it's an Anti Piracy feature is the only thing I can think of. Reselling hard copies is also a good feature instead of just buying a game for a single use code making the disks worthless for reselling. If the disks get damaged oh well then your screwed
 
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Comixbooks said:
I think it's an Anti Piracy feature is the only thing I can think of. Reselling hard copies is also a good feature instead of just buying a game for a single use code making the disks worthless for reselling. If the disks get damaged oh well then your screwed
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It is. Generally, after the game is installed, nothing is read from the disc after verifying the correct disc has been inserted.
 
up until very recently I always bought disks because of resale ability. But now I don’t even do that. It’s so easy to just buy digital. Only games I use the disc drive for is RDR2
 
I still prefer discs, sure downloading is convenient, but I'm not so lazy that I won't get off the couch to put a disc in.
Also if I want to play something whilr the internet is down that's not installed, I can pop the disc in and install it.

Also, there's no risk of Sony ever deleting it from my account.
 
I stopped buying discs when it started to take longer to install from the disc than it did to download the game from the internet.
 
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