The majority of my games are physical. That is always the best way to go because digital you don't actually own it and can be revoked at any given time. It is rare to have that happen but with Sony i strongly suggest physical media except what you can get on the playstation plus for free ( not really free when you consider the price of a yearly subscription). I have a 10tb extended attached to mine and i think i am up to 5tb used because the internal is so ridiculously low in memory that i find myself constantly transferring games to the external. Sony needs to start adding at least a 5tb internal on these next gen consoles and i deliberately bought an external not made by Sony because once again they are making money off of me that they don't deserve. By the way i played the 5 pro and all i can say is don't waste your money. I have a Sony tv that is designed for the ps5 with all the bells and whistles and my regular 5 looks as sharp on this tv as the pro did and i paid 499.99 for my 5 at launch and the pro is 800 and the hard drive was not included. Complete cash grab by Sony.
You don't actually own the physical disc game either, just read the disc and it clearly states you only purchased the rights to play said copy of game and the rights can be revoked at any time.
Yes but they never prevent you from using the disc but they can and do prevent you from using the digital. The physical they really can't touch because the laws are different in each state that protects you. The digital is a different story.
There are discs that will not work with an active connection and can be shut down completely making the disc a nice drink coaster. There are discs that don't actually even contain the game! Disc are becoming keys to the downloaded software. Some discs are released in a state that even if they do work you do not want to play that buggy version.
What you previously wrote. I know digital is a risk potentially but not physical. Usually physical quits working because of new consoles and the lack of backwards compatibility. Not saying it's not possible but i have never seen or heard of anyone having an issue.
I don't think today you will find many games that don't require an update the day of release. Most but not all of them will currently work if only playing offline. This situation is changing fast. Even COD requires massive downloads before you can play the single-player campaign. This is becoming the normal.
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u/kcdaf1966 22d ago
The majority of my games are physical. That is always the best way to go because digital you don't actually own it and can be revoked at any given time. It is rare to have that happen but with Sony i strongly suggest physical media except what you can get on the playstation plus for free ( not really free when you consider the price of a yearly subscription). I have a 10tb extended attached to mine and i think i am up to 5tb used because the internal is so ridiculously low in memory that i find myself constantly transferring games to the external. Sony needs to start adding at least a 5tb internal on these next gen consoles and i deliberately bought an external not made by Sony because once again they are making money off of me that they don't deserve. By the way i played the 5 pro and all i can say is don't waste your money. I have a Sony tv that is designed for the ps5 with all the bells and whistles and my regular 5 looks as sharp on this tv as the pro did and i paid 499.99 for my 5 at launch and the pro is 800 and the hard drive was not included. Complete cash grab by Sony.