That is only the case because your console is connected to the internet. For example, I can dust off my old PS3 today and play the version 1.0 release of GTA V after installing it from the disc because the console is offline, meaning there won’t be any prompt asking me to update the game to the latest version, and it simply works.
You might argue that this is a bad example and that GTA V runs better on modern hardware, so let us consider Bloodborne on the PS4 instead, a title you will not find anywhere else and for which current emulation remains, at best, sketchy. I can insert that disc into my PS4 unplugged from the internet and play it immediately without any mandatory update.
Killing physical support means the end of this possibility for further releases, not that Sony has many exclusives these days, but for the handful of PS6 games that won’t make it to PC.
OK, I was looking over Does It Play and a lot do let you play without updates, although the site notes those can have a lot of issues before being patched.
It was more than I would have thought, since everyone I know with a ps5 seems to spend more time getting updates than actually playing, lol.
That is only the case because your console is connected to the internet. For example, I can dust off my old PS3 today and play the version 1.0 release of GTA V after installing it from the disc because the console is offline, meaning there won’t be any prompt asking me to update the game to the latest version, and it simply works.
You might argue that this is a bad example and that GTA V runs better on modern hardware, so let us consider Bloodborne on the PS4 instead, a title you will not find anywhere else and for which current emulation remains, at best, sketchy. I can insert that disc into my PS4 unplugged from the internet and play it immediately without any mandatory update.
Killing physical support means the end of this possibility for further releases, not that Sony has many exclusives these days, but for the handful of PS6 games that won’t make it to PC.
And there were ps5 discs that did this. I played Astrobot for a month with no downloads or updates.!
I agree it wasn’t the norm, but it was possible.
Were there any ps5 games that could play from the disc offline anymore?
I guess that was my point: that ps5 players already were used to having to deal with online content.
As I mentioned above, whilst not standard, yes there were titles that could be played without updates.
OK, I was looking over Does It Play and a lot do let you play without updates, although the site notes those can have a lot of issues before being patched.
It was more than I would have thought, since everyone I know with a ps5 seems to spend more time getting updates than actually playing, lol.
Fair point, I don’t own a PS5 so I can’t tell.