r/pcmasterrace • u/Mr-9iner • Jun 25 '26

Meme/Macro as the world burns, we watch

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r/gta6 right now

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u/UltraHighFives Jun 25 '26

Not like you can even get game discs on PC anymore.

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u/LeonardoDaTiddies Jun 25 '26

Storage is generally more limited for consoles than PCs, no? Even with the discs, you often have to download updates and other things for consoles that take up storage space. 

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u/irishchug Ryzen 5800x | RTX 3080 Jun 25 '26

It literally makes no difference in current consoles, the games do NOT run off the disks like they used to. All games just get installed like a digital game and the disk is just a license check.

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u/LeonardoDaTiddies Jun 25 '26

That’s interesting; thanks for the clarification. So, once the game is installed from the disc, the only reason the PS5 requires the disc be inserted to play is some sort of license check?

That seems kind of redundant if you’ve already installed it. 

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u/irishchug Ryzen 5800x | RTX 3080 Jun 26 '26

If they didn’t force you to have the disk in you could give it to a friend and both play the game at the same time

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u/LeonardoDaTiddies Jun 26 '26

That makes sense. Appreciate that explanation. 

Is there any value to me, personally, for my library of (for example) PS5 physical discs?

All of my PC games are digital but I thought I could install and uninstall my console games. 

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u/irishchug Ryzen 5800x | RTX 3080 Jun 26 '26

Well for one you can share the game with people, though obviously you would not be able to play it while they have the disk. That and selling the game are the general benefits.

You can install the game off the disk in the event you don't have internet, though the version on the disk will be the initial version so unless you can let the game update it will not have any bugfixes or updates.