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PlayStation has seemingly added a 30-day DRM check to all newly purchased digital PS4 and PS5 games
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this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2026
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So physical purchases only then. Understood
Until they aren't being offered anymore. On PC, physical games are practically dead and on console, they are only making up less than 20% of sales at this point (which is why both Sony and Microsoft are offering versions of the consoles without disc drives). Not to mention, there's often mandatory day-one patches in the tens of gigabytes or (particularly on Switch and Switch 2) the physical media only containing some of the game files, requiring a download to play.
Ahh good point. That's frustrating and something I always forget. The numerous updates and adjustments required for games is annoying. There's certainly something to be said about the days when games were thoroughly play tested and then released in a mostly solid state
Or 100% solid-state, if you know what I mean.