Will The Playstation 4 Have A Disc Drive?

Playstation 4 Downloadable Content PSN Store

In the past Sony’s Phil Harrison has stated, “I’d be amazed if the PlayStation 4 has a physical disc drive”, but can Sony really release the PS4 without a disc drive?

It’s been proven by Microsoft that online downloads can generate a pile of cash, and with broadband getting faster and cheaper will we eventually see titles released purely online?

The PSN Store could literally offer the entire PS/PS2/PS3/PSP back catalog available to anyone with a credit card and a decent internet connection. But with Blu-Ray titles weighing in at upwards of 20 gigabytes each this option would surely only be possible if affordable fiber obtic internet services are widespread come the time of the PS4.

It’s certainly an interest concept, i guess only time will tell which route Sony decide to go down, but with online play and store downloads becoming increasingly more popular it’s surely an inevitable transition, don’t you think?

10 Responses to “Will The Playstation 4 Have A Disc Drive?”

  1. This will be a problem cause will only be available for non poor countries..

    Countries like South Africa where I am can afford games and we have a big enough community offline and on. but INternet well we pay 5 times more than the US and slower not to mention capped on it too….

    I hope our telecomunications realise this otherwise there is no reason to sell a PS4 in Countries like that which narrows the sales and decresses them…No company would want that

    Ouji-San said this at 11:33 am

  2. It would be a really stupid idea. By all means have all the games online and even cheaper online but you have to have a physical version. First it would be silly to limit your market due to factors outide your control. Some people just can’t get access to good broadband. Secodly, lots of people can only afford to buy as many games as they do ecause they sell them second hand, how can that happen f yo dont have a hard copy. Finaly, ost downloaded games have limits, they can only be installed xamounts o times, used on x amount of consoles, so no lending to mates and no uninstalling to make room on ur hdd.

    Big said this at 2:39 am

  3. ps4 will have a harddrive only for ps1 ps2 ps3 and amd support for psp. for ps4 games you will download them from the internet and you must pay for them. only demoes will be without paying

    vlad said this at 1:44 pm

  4. Crazy not to have a bluray drive, IMO. Nobody is going to use their bandwidth cap for games.

    renegadeviking said this at 6:50 am

  5. Sorry, no phisical = no go for me. With a 1TB HDD I’m already coming up on 800GB fast, so there’s no way I could store my BD’s. I have to have a library.

    RedundantInsomniac said this at 10:29 am

  6. COME ON GUYS EVERY ONE KNOWS THAT THE NEXT FOMAT WILL BE FLASH DRIVE ON USB’S, OR SD CARDS THINK ABOUT IT NO MOVING PARTS IN THE HARD DRIVE NO SCRACHED UP DISKS AND YOU CAN FIT ABOUT 10 OR 20 IN YOUR POCKET.

    SPORTSMAN_0822 said this at 8:59 am

  7. We have released the PS4 with a Floppy Drive as this is the latest state of the art peripheral.

    I hope when you purchase our new machine that you enjoy the addition for the Floppy drive..

    Thank you, Mr Sony

    Sony said this at 3:58 pm

  8. thats so stupid, i could bet the sales are ganna decrease. if the ps4 does not have a disc drive ill get a wii 2 or a xbox 720.

    Swirly said this at 8:11 pm

  9. ps3 is the best, not all users can play online and purchase games from the internet and some parents may reject this idea and feel it unsecure, another thing is what if playstation game store had a problem or under maintenance it will led to aborting games for a maybe long time, i think you must think deeply about ps4 and its causes and effects

    00 said this at 5:14 pm

  10. It’ll have a disk drive, it’s ridiculous to think otherwise.

    Let’s ignore the whole “massive download” thing for a sec (which BTW I have finer op and a 20GB download would still take several hours) and look at things other than games.

    With the PS3 Sony revolutionized the game console as an entertainment unit. It can play blu-rays, DVD’s, etc, etc. Chances are a lot of people chose it over the 360 because of it’s blu-ray capability. If they remove the disk slot how is one supposed to play the blu-ray collection they built up with the PS3? Answer, they can’t. Sony can hardly expect people to download all their movies, and pay for them again.

    Add onto that the fact that without game sales places like gamestop would likely go out of business, limiting the amount of consoles that can be sold, which hurts the sales for Sony.

    I believe that, yeah, they will offer the entire library for digital download IF YOU WANT TO but they won’t remove the disk drive. It would be suicide for everything they’ve built the playstation up to be.

    AcesHigh87 said this at 2:59 pm

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