If you have not yet been able to get hold of one of the PlayStation 5 reservations , it is probably due to two reasons: either you could not arrive in time before the stock ran out at the authorized distributors, or it is that you still have nothing clear At the time of choosing. Buy with or without a Blu-ray drive?
The differences of one version and another
Sony has not complicated it much when choosing between one console or another. Contrary to the differences between Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, PlayStation 5 will hit the market in two absolutely identical versions, with the only difference being that one has a disc slot and the other does not.
And it is that both consoles arrive with the same guts, offering an AMD Ryzen Zen 2 CPU with 8 cores and 16 threads with a variable frequency of up to 3.5 GHz, accompanied by a Radeon RDNA-2 GPU with a variable frequency of up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS) and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with 825 GB of SSD storage.
There is no hardware or power limitation between one model and another. They are identical consoles, and the only thing that differentiates them is the Ultra HD Blu-ray drive. Although of course, this extra component causes certain differences to exist (normal version vs Digital Edition):
- Weight: 4.5 kilos / 3.5 kilos
- Consumption: 350W and 340W
- Dimensions: 390 x 104 x 260mm vs. 390 x 92 x 260mm
Knowing this, which version is the one that best suits your needs? What advantages does one offer over the other? Why should you choose the Playstation 5 with Blu-ray? And why should you choose the Digital Edition ?
Advantages of having a PlayStation with a Blu-ray drive
- Betting on the physical format. You are a romantic and you prefer to go to the neighborhood store for your boxed game and enjoy the moment of breaking the protective plastic.
- The games that you no longer want can be sold to invest in other titles.
- Expand your personal collection of games. That bookshelf has cost a lot of sweat.
- You do not depend on the PlayStation Network server or an internet connection to download the game. As long as you have the disc, you will have the game.
- You can play Blu-ray disc movies.
Disadvantages? You will always have the risk of a possible disk breakage, the need to switch from one to another to change games and avoid having an extremely wide console in terms of design. If the term fat sounds familiar to you, this year is super fat .
Advantages of having a PlayStation 5 Digital Edition without a reader
- Aesthetically it is better. Symmetrical and without a scary thickness.
- The limit of the library will be set by the SSD and you will be able to start the games immediately, without having to change the disk.
- The quick game change feature makes sense with installed games. Changing discs would slow down the experience.
Disadvantages? Relying on an internet connection and a server that offers the game is not the best option. The price of the digital version is the same as the physical version, so you lose the benefit of having something in possession.