The PS5 Pro is Fulfilling Ubisoft CEO’s Wish to End Physical Copies of Games

PS5 Pro is knocking at the door. And when a Pro version of a PlayStation is about to be released, then the hype regarding it knows no bounds. However, amidst this hype, there is one major factor for which this upcoming console is facing huge backlashes.

And that is its price. This high-end console is going to be priced at a freaking $699.99, which is almost $250 more than the base variant. But this is not the only thing that fans haven’t liked. This upcoming console will not have a disk drive built in. However, Ubisoft’s Phillippe Tremblay will like this idea very much.

Ubisoft’s Director of Subscriptions Wants Players to Get Used to Not Owning Games

In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Ubisoft’s Director of Subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, stated players should focus on getting a knack of not actually owning the game. Talking about the Ubisoft+ subscription, this is what he stated:

One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games].

As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don’t lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That’s not been deleted. You don’t lose what you’ve built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it’s about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.

He emphasized more on subscriptions rather than buying a physical copy of the game. Thus, you are not only spending money on a single game but will also get to play a lot of other games together by spending a fixed amount of money every month on subscription services.

This is actually practical in a wider sense to not get loaded with the heap of physical copies of all the games you have. Your progress will always be saved from where you left off, as usual. He actually wants to normalize playing games through subscription services.

The PS5 Pro Doesn’t Have a Built-In Disk Drive

There has been huge hype all over the gaming fraternity regarding the Pro version of PlayStation 5. Many people still justified the overly expensive price point of the console considering all the significant boosts and upgrades in graphics and gameplay.

But things went out of hand when fans came to know that you have to buy a separate disk drive for your PlayStation 5 Pro for an additional $80 after spending a whopping $700 for the console.

Now this decision from Sony might actually backfire on the company, as people who mostly tend to play from their physical copies will hardly buy this setup. Although the former Blizzard president points out that the upcoming console is not for everyone.

On the other hand, this decision might well make Tremblay’s dream come true. Ideally, people will be leaning more towards subscribing to the likes of PlayStation Plus, Xbox Game Pass, Ubisoft+, or any other subscription service.

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