The PS5 Disc Drive is selling out at online retailers.
After the reveal of the PS5 Pro on Tuesday, it was made clear that in order to get a disc drive for the new console, you’d have to purchase the external drive. Since then, as spotted online by Wario64, the peripheral has been selling out everywhere.
As of writing, the drive is #8 on Amazon’s best sellers for video games. On Best Buy’s website, you can’t even order the drive anymore as it’s currently sold out. It is still available on sites like Target, Walmart, and PS Direct.
The external PS5 Disc Drive was made available when the new PS5 Slim consoles were announced and released in 2023. Moving forward, it seems clear that it you want to play physical media on your consoles, you’ll have to by an add-on rather than having a default option.
Currently, it retails for $79.99. With the $700 price tag of the PS5 Pro, you are looking at $800+ after taxes for the mid-gen upgrade from Sony.
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