PlayStation support has confirmed that a new digital rights management policy for the console is intentional, not a glitch. Starting with any digital games purchased after the March 2026 system update, your PS5 will require an internet connection at least once every 30 days to validate - Kotaku In Action 2

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PlayStation support has confirmed that a new digital rights management policy for the console is intentional, not a glitch. Starting with any digital games purchased after the March 2026 system update, your PS5 will require an internet connection at least once every 30 days to validate (twitter.com)

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– Thumos 27 points 57 days ago +27 / -0

If video game companies are going to take away the digital products we paid for after a certain amount of time has passed, then it gives me all the more reason to pirate and save video games to my external hard drives so I can play them offline at any time without ever needing to connect to their online services to verify ownership.

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