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Ok, let's say I have no interest in Jailbreaking my PS5.
What happens if I just don't have PS+? And no intention of getting PS+? Will this make it harder for ME to play disc games? Or games I downloaded from the store?
Absolutely nothing will change for legitimate users. If you are not jailbreaking this means nothing to you. I really can't imagine the PS5 jailbreak community is that big.
So the title is just straight up a lie?
I am trying to think of scenarios where this will screw with normal users because companies never do moves like this unless they're after some sort of grift.
But I am not seeing it at present. Maybe I'm just too tired and my brain isn't working, but if a game is downloaded digitally and the license comes with it, there's effectively no difference. Take it offline, you still have the license, no issues.
The only potential impact I can think of is if you have two users on a console that is the home console for neither person, and both of them bought the same game digitally. User 1 downloads the game, the license comes with it, and they take the console offline. User 2 then uses the console, tries to play the game they own, and gets a license error because the console is offline and doesn't know they own it and therefore it can only be played by the person who downloaded it. But I think that's how it works already, since User 2 would still need the console to be online to import their licenses.
Is this an actual edge case?:
Someone whose hard drive is full and buys a bunch of new games and wants to go play PS5 at a cabin in the woods