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[Celcius]

This generation of PlayStation has been unique in that the disk drive is optional. At first most PS5 consoles were the standard edition and the digital edition was hard to find.
Over time that changed, then some people bought the digital edition but later regretted not being able to play disc games. On the other hand if you don't play disks at all then the digital console is a little sleeker and arguably better looking (and cheaper).

Have any of you bought one edition but then later switched to the other version? or are you still on your original PS5?

 

[Mr Moose]

Still use my day one disc edition. I mostly buy discs with the odd digital game thrown in.

 

[Drizzlehell]

I went with digital and my only regret is not being able to play 4k blu-rays. Which isn't a big deal anyway because I own none, lol.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

If you buy the right one from the beginning you don't need to swap(Day One disc edition)

 

[NewYork214]

Nope. Bought disc version for 4k blurays and 100% happy with that decision.

Bought a 77in sony oled and full surround sound set up since then. Such a huge difference in quality from 4k blurays to streaming

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Launch day PS5 disc edition. I'll swap it with the PS5 Pro when it drops next year.

 

[R6Rider]

I have a Disc version since day one.

I'd either swap with a Pro or keep it and put it in the living room.

 

[buenoblue]

I did this with my wife, it never works out

 

[angrod14]

I bought the standard one because I have some PS4 physical games I still have to complete. Once I do that I'd like to get the upcoming version with optional drive. I don't care much about the dettachable drive but at this point there's no reason to swap for the OG Digital Edition.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

I would never buy a digital only system, I bought the disc version.

 

[Mahavastu]

I kept my PS5s (1 digital, 1 normal) I got at launch. Never thought about changing it.
If there would be a cheap way to add a disc drive to the digital edition I might do that, but somehow most of the games I have on disc ended up at PS+ or in my digital library anyway, so I don't really care that much...

 

[ReBurn]

I will swap if the rumored slimmer model with detached drive appears. I would definitely swap for a pro model.

 

[Puscifer]

Had a digital one, but sold to my little sister for her son. Bought a disc version the next morning from Target lol during the shortage, no clue how I managed that

 

[Banjo64]

I had a digital one but it was too ugly to keep under the same roof as my children.

Give me a slim Jim and I’ll be back on board.

 

[danklord]

Digital day one. I'm a lifelong PC gamer, so buying digital doesn't bother me, and I buy most of Sony's first-party games on day one anyway. I appreciate not having the clutter in my living room. With an additional m.2 drive, it's great to never think about discs and have your whole catalog instantly available. Though it does sometimes sting when I see the retail deals during the Holidays.

I went with digital and my only regret is not being able to play 4k blu-rays. Which isn't a big deal anyway because I own none, lol.

Also, it doesn't do Dolby Vision or perform as well as standalone uhd blu ray players, so if that's what you're chasing, it's not the thing.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I have bought a disc since PS3, and I hardly bought them there.

 

[Leonidas]

I've only ever had the digital edition, that's the only model I ever wanted. And it's a nicer looking console.

$100 less and no useless (to me) disc drive.

I don't even have to buy games, I've beaten over 10 games on PS5 in the past 5 months thanks to PS+ Extra.

With PS+ Extra I have no reason to buy any games as it seems every PS5 exclusive I've been interested in has come to it so far, and it allows me to try other games I might not have tried.

 

[GHG]

Digital here and no interest in swapping it.

Only use it for exclusives anyway.

 

[Valonquar]

I have the disc version from launch. I have put a total of one disc inside of it, one time just to see how loud the drive was. My next console will be completely digital 100%

 

[Lone Wolf]

Had the digital. Sold it when I got the disc version. I’m all digital with games, but I buy all my movies on disc.

 

[CrustyBritches]

I originally wanted a digital edition, but bought a HFW bundle with the disc version because that was all that was available at the time. I got bored with PS5 and sold it for what I paid. Bought a PS4 Pro for a killer deal to play GoW Ragnarok then sold it all for what I paid. The PS5 digital edition finally came up for sale at GameStop so I bought one and, in effect, used the difference between the HFW disc bundle and the PS5 DE to get a Pulse 3D headset and black side plates.

 

[Celcius]

I have the disc version from launch. I have put a total of one disc inside of it, one time just to see how loud the drive was. My next console will be completely digital 100%

I was the exact same way lol. I put one disc in a few weeks ago just to see how loud the drive is and then went back to never using the disk drive.

 

[bender]

I got a disc edition at launch thanks to Wario64. I've only used the drive one time for Wanted: Dead.

 

[Danjin44]

I buy majority of my games physical so bought disk version from get to and I never needed to swap it.

 

[killatopak]

Physical. I borrowed so many games, I practically saved myself a new console.

 

[THE DUCK]

No point until a slim or pro arrives.

 

[01011001]

I actually swapped a digital for a disc version.
a friend of mine had a disc version, he doesn't buy discs tho and he liked the look of the digital version more, so we swapped and I gave him an Xbox controller as a bonus on top to seal the deal.