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Originally Posted by Edward R. Meow
I don’t believe that to be true. I’m not sure how Zivouhr went about it, but there are dedicated YouTube channels out there that test PS5 games offline. I know of at least one where the guy has never connected his ps5 to the internet.
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Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity
The vast majority of PS5 discs include firmware updates for the console. The PS5 can play most disc games without ever connecting to the internet.
After it's been updated with a game disc the PS5 can also play Blu-ray, 4K Blu-ray, and DVD. The PS4 required a one time online activation to play Blu-ray and DVD (and couldn't play 4K Blu-ray at all).
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Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity
That's correct. The PS5 can play Blu-ray without ever connecting to the internet.
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I got the launch November 2020 PS5, so I promise/guarantee that when I went to play PS4 and PS5 discs on launch weekend back then, and tried DVDs and blu rays, every single one refused to play on PS5 out of the box, and every one of them prompted "Please update the PS5 to play this disc" error message, to that effect. I was not happy Sony couldn't even update the console before putting it into the box brand new for customers.
I connected and updated PS5 day 1, and thankfully it let me play discs after that so I could test out my PS4 and PS5 games, but they still didn't solve the extreme slowdown interface issue back then till a week or more later.
Since the launch PS5 batches of consoles sold, if they've added the latest patches/updates for PS5 before boxing a new console, then that's great. That's how it should've been at launch, as there could be units out there that still require connecting online to play games.