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The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How many people actually download and store those installers though? I think GOG is awesome too but practically if you exclusively shop there you have the same problem unless you have a massive NAS on hand

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

How many people actually download and store those installers though?

... The hundreds of GOG-based torrents disagree with this sentiment. You don't need EVERY person to store it. Just a handful of seedboxes can feed the world sort of thing...

Edit: But this does risk someone being malicious with the torrent of course...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've still got my original installers and CD keys for Unreal Tournament 99 GOTY, Need for Speed Underground, Trackmania United, and a bunch of others, and even some DOS games, so there's at least some of us that keep the installers. I have a few of them on USB hard drives I've collected over the last 25 years or so... I really need to move them onto my NAS. :)

I used to buy directly from the publisher though. Some of them still have working download links, for example Ubisoft/Nadeo still have a working download link for Trackmania United even though it's nearly 20 years old now.