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Will You Be Able to Buy Physical Copy of Palworld? Answered

Adam Adamczyk, 30 January 2024, 01:12

Is physical copy of Palwrold possible? Well… it is one of the most popular games on the world.

Xbox Series S With Optical Drive? Microsoft Has a New Patent

Przemyslaw Dygas, 11 May 2022, 13:31

Microsoft may be working on an external device for the Xbox Series S. It would enable us to run physical, not just digital copies of games.

Hideo Kojima Fears the Death of Physical Media

Paul Musiolik, 07 August 2021, 20:54

Hideo Kojima is critical of the inevitable trend towards digitization of media. The death of physical media will not do us any good, he claims.

Steam Deck - Valve Made Sure Games From SD Cards Work Well

Adrian Werner, 20 July 2021, 13:17

The Steam Deck console is designed so that games installed on SD cards run fast enough. Journalists who tested the device, mostly played games that use this solution.

Microsoft Invents an Alternative to Discs and Hard Drives

Laty, 07 November 2019, 13:33

We are probably witnessing the start of a new era of data storing. The engineers from the „Silica” project in cooperation with Warner Bros. managed to write a copy of „Superman” from 1978 on a quartz glass tile. Interestingly, the tile is extremely durable, and its size is only 75 x 75 and 2 mm thick.

PS5 Devkits - Rumors About Console's Appearance Were True

Adrian Werner, 09 October 2019, 13:12

Reports from August about the unusual appearance of PlayStation 5 devkits have been confirmed, and we've also learned that the console will use 100GB discs and offer backward compatibility with PS4.

Blu-ray Sales Drop by Half in 5 Years

Bart Swiatek, 15 April 2019, 16:49

THEME report, prepared by the Motion Picture Association of America proves that Blu-ray discs are becoming less and less popular.

Samsung Stops Manufacturing Blu-ray Players

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 February 2019, 21:09

Samsung informed of the decision to stop manufacturing 4K and 1080p Blu-ray players. This year, the company will deliver no new device of this type.