Hold it a minute, is Starfield shipping on a disc, or not? Bethesda Softworks’ official support account said on Sunday — in a tweet since deleted — that “there are no physical discs.” Retail versions ...

The PlayStation 5 is a convenient console that is more geared toward digital downloads. In fact, there is even an all-digital version of the console with no disc drive. With the convenience of buying ...

While Microsoft’s Xbox Series S gives a lot of gaming horsepower for its price, one thing it doesn’t provide is a disc drive to access any of the physical Xbox games you might own. Microsoft seems ...

A hardware feature that used to be standard on computers and consoles has quietly disappeared. Several practical shifts explain why it stopped mattering.