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How to play old CD-ROM games on Windows again

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar ...
The Verge

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 ...
Ars Technica

any tips on playing diablo2 without the cd in the drive?

hey all,<BR><BR> after seeing all the diablo 2 threads popping up here, i decided to re install it, and re play an old favorite.....which leads me to this:<BR><BR> i dunno if my cd drive is going ...
Ars Technica

The PS5 Pro brings the game console’s disc drive era to an end

Here at Ars, we’ve been publicly musing about whether the world was ready for a disc-free game console since as far back as 2015. Now, though, the better question might be whether the world ever needs ...
Kotaku

PS5 Slim Disc Drive Comes With Bizarre Online Requirements [Update]

Sony’s forthcoming smallerPlayStation 5 will make the disc drive swappable, allowing owners to remove or connect it as they wish. However, a new leak of the upcoming slim redesign points to an ...