game discs

Console software media

Game discs are optical media—CDs, DVDs, or Blu-rays—containing video game software.

Before digital downloads dominated, buying a game meant buying a physical disc: I still have all my old PlayStation game discs.

The format is declining as digital distribution expands, though collectors and those with slow internet connections still prefer physical copies.

Related

PlayStation · Xbox · Nintendo · backwards compatible · cartridge · jewel case · spindle · scratch · laser · optical · read error · loading · insert · eject · shiny · reflective · data · install

Opposites
physical media format

game discscartridges

Encased charges for firing

cassette tapes · memory cards · floppy disks · flash cards

distribution method

game discsdigital downloads

Electronically delivered files

digital distribution · game streaming · subscription services

Family

game, games, gamed, gaming, gamer, gamers, gameplay, disc, discs

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G