If the console is diskless, it will be the last console I ever buy from that company. Sucks to say that about Sony but this is an incredibly out of touch move, that will always linger in the back of gamers minds that it could be tried again in the future if rolled back.

Disc consoles are superior in nearly every way:

- Disc consoles also have a hard drive, best of both worlds.

- You own the physical game. You don't own the digital version, just a license to it, which can be revoked, and deleted.

- You can trade games in 2 seconds.

- People can collect and play hundreds of games over the years on an moments notice, not waiting to download something. Games do try to compete to have the most of the players time, but it's not how all gamers play.

- Patches are normal for all games, and patches are usually smaller sizes than the entire game.

- Vintage is kind of popular now. None of those vintage systems, the original PS1/2/3/4 or Nintendos would be able to be experienced easily or at all if the physical media still didn't exist and survive. Digital platforms disappear when the system is EOL. Emulators can help, but it's a specialty and niche crowd. Handing a Nintendo to kids is something else.