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When do I have to watch out for mandatory downloads? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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This was brought on by the Sony news that all disk based distribution will stop.

At what point do I have be concerned that a cart or disk I buy won’t work on my system without a mandatory download?

The ps3 seem pretty clear but I seem to recall a game or two that did require a download, or system update, to play.

How many ps4/ps5 games would I be able to play without a server connection?

What about switch 1 /2 games?

Is there a website that tracks this or a way to tell?

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[–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you can, buy it from somewhere like GoG or (I believe) itch.io for DRM free games. Download your games and back them up. I have a server for other things homelab and it runs the GoG client to auto install games and back them up on my NAS. if they ever go away for some reason, the last update is still stored locally. You can do that for Steam as well, but not all Steam games can run offline... most can't due to DRM.

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