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The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive

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 Verge

Sony’s new PS5 heralds the end of disc drives

With the PS5 Pro requiring a separate disc drive if you want to play physical games, it seems Sony might be testing the waters for an all-digital future. With the PS5 Pro requiring a separate disc ...
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It's taken a week for the PS5 disc drive to sell out for real, but with PS5 Pro on the horizon I fear scalper mania is only beginning

With the news that the PS5 Pro would be launching without a disc drive, the disc reader upgrade that originally launched as a PS5 Slim accessory suddenly started looking mighty valuable to a lot of ...
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Scalpers are already profiting off PS5 Pro disc drives on eBay because people don't seem to realize they never actually sold out at retail

Update: In the days since this story was first published, PS5 disc drives have started to sell out for real, though new stock continues to trickle in here and there. Original story: In the wake of the ...