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PlayStation will no longer be offering games on disc (blog.playstation.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Flash has a limited data retention time. With high capacity QLC flash, that time can be very short.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, flash certainly wouldn't work for actually running the game, but it would work great for a 1 time distribution/transfer method to the game to a pic/console's drive.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    The main reason for wanting a physical copy is so you can sell it when you are done with it. If the data degrades after a couple of years, it doesn't do much good. A pressed disc will last for decades when taken care of.

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