Doesn't matter I just bought astro physical a week agopeople are buying more digital as the years go by. By next gen it will probably 80-90 percent of games sold are by digital. Sony is just going with the market. PS6 will probably be digital only, but you can buy a disc drive for like 80 bucks. Just like the pro.
Sony left themselves open to criticism by selling a higher priced system where an aspect of its functionality is downgraded compared to the system for $200 less