Sony is getting ready to end production of game discs in 2028, so it seems like physical discs are truly in the rearview mirror. But a recent report shows even buying a physical disc doesn't give you a great chance of being able to play the game without a download.
That's according to Does it Play (via Ars Technica), which is an outlet dedicated to testing the physical versions of games to see if you can play them offline or without a download. It has a statistics function on its home page that allows you to scroll through different consoles and check out how offline-friendly they are. As you might expect, Sony and Microsoft's latest consoles don't fare too well.
For PS5, Does it Play registers 792 games and states that 66% of them don't need any sort of download to play the game as intended. 17% are categorised as being beatable but being too buggy or ...
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