eli5: Why are games sold in disks? Wouldn’t usb drives be more efficient and save space on the console?
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This thread would have made sense 8 years ago, it makes no sense today. Physical media will be phased out the same way headphone jacks on phones was, and the same way floppy disks were years and years ago. Nintendo may be an exception, but I don’t see Microsoft or Sony bragging about outdated usb drives replacing disks anytime soon. Once the game is installed on your console, what’s the point? Do you really want to have to keep a bunch of USB drives laying around? I lose them when I only have 1 or 2. You’d also be forced to keep the usb drive plugged into the console to play it, the same way you have to keep a disc in your console.
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