A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows

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A hot potato: Since PC gaming went pretty much fully digital many years ago, some console gamers have bragged about their machines' ability to play physical discs and the advantages that brings. But a new report illustrates how just because a game is on a disc, it doesn't guarantee you won't need an internet connection to play it.

From Sony's decision to end production of discs for new PlayStation games in 2028 to the Xbox network outage that stopped some disc-based titles from working, there's been a lot of conversation about physical media recently.

One topic revolves around the many discs that don't work (to different degrees) without an online connection, usually to fix a game-breaking bug. The testers at Does It Play (via Ars Technica) found that most disc games are...

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