I boughtForspokenon PS5 for 5.

I didn’t want to play Forspoken at all, but I had 5.

Yes, this was a waste of 5.

Image showing an equasion: a copy of Forspoken plus a PS5 Pro equals question mark

Long story short, the boil takes over, completely changing the person he was.

His wife ends up leaving him because he’s become a nasty, cruel, obsessed man.

I’ve got a boil and it really wants a PS5 disc drive.

A man looks horrified at a sentient, faced boil that is growing on his neck.

And it’s got a point.

It’s not just Forspoken that now lies unplayable.

I’ve got about 40 PS4 games on a shelf and a smattering of PS5 ones.

A man attempts to insert a disc into a disc-drive-less PS5 Pro

The boil’s right, isn’t it?

I do need a PS5 disc drive.

A future without a drive in a console feels restrictive, and gated in a bad way.

What an idiot I’ve been, again.

The official PS5 disc drive for the PS5 Pro and discless PS5 costs 99.99.

There are no third-party options.

I’m six days into “Operation Disc Drive” and I’m starting to unravel.

eBay has been calling to me in the darkest moments of the night.

“140 isn’t so bad,” it suggests.

And I have thought about it.

Soon I’m going to have three unopened PS5 games I want to play that I can’t.

Is 40 worth it if it means I can get off this bullet train to misery?

I have some dignity, you know, and it seems to stop at 99.99.

All this has got me thinking, though.

Losing physical games would be a real kick in the teeth to price-savvy gamers and for collectors.

I’m not ready for that future and I hope other people feel the same.

Being forced to buy a disc drive add-on for the PS6 will be the beginning of the end.

And it’ll be a long beginning, because there’ll never be any in stock.