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Simply called the PS5 Digital Edition, this version of the hardware has no optical disc drive, as you can see in the image Sony provided on its live stream.

Blu-ray and HD DVD, two new optical disc technologies, were battling for support from movie studios and for shelf space at retailers.

“Scarlett will have an optical disc drive. I still have films at home on physical media — not many, but a few of my favorites,” Booty said.

Even though the PSP was more powerful, its games were often less well-suited to portable play, with convoluted control schemes, a short battery life, and slow loading times due to the UMD optical disc format.

After all, they were phased out decades ago as optical discs began to offer greater storage capacity.