A hardware feature that used to be standard on computers and consoles has quietly disappeared. Several practical shifts explain why it stopped mattering.

Is there anything that you can do if your PS4 is not reading your game discs? The answer to the question really depends on what is causing the problem. If the cause is software-related, you’ll most ...

We may not be living through another game-breaking widespread crisis like the Xbox 360's red ring of death, but as with anything you purchase, there's always a chance that your console will ...

I have an older PS2 - it was a "Network" edition (so, not a "first wave" PS2), and it has played every game I put in it... until I bought Taito Legends. The system simply will not read the disc at all ...

The new all-digital configuration of the Xbox Series X ditches the disc drive and (slightly) drops the price to under $450. Sean Booker Former Senior Video Producer As Senior Video Producer at CNET, ...

Q. Do some Blu-ray players have a problem reading certain disks even if they have received the latest firmware updates? I received a replacement movie disc for the first one that would not play, ...

The next revision of the PlayStation 5 could include a removable disc drive, potentially letting you play games using a drive connected via USB-C, according to Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming. The ...

My kids have finally gotten old enough that I thought it was time to jump back into video games, and I got them a Wii for Christmas. We've played all the Wii Sports games, Donkey Kong Country Returns, ...

Sony’s forthcoming smallerPlayStation 5 will make the disc drive swappable, allowing owners to remove or connect it as they wish. However, a new leak of the upcoming slim redesign points to an ...