New PS5 External Disc Drive Requires Internet Connection for Pairing

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Internet will be required to pair the Disc Drive on the new PlayStation 5 revision upon setup.

PS5 Disc Drive would require internet to be paired with the new PS5 Console. Goodbye game preservation. : r/PS5

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The new PS5's optional disc drive requires an internet connection to connect

PS5 Disc Drive would require internet to be paired with the new PS5 Console. Goodbye game preservation. : r/PS5

Built-in 8TB Capacity USB 3.0 External Gaming Hard Drive You can play PS4 games directly from USB extended storage, which lets you save space on your PS5 console storage for PS5 games. To play PS5 games, you need to copy game data from your USB extended storage drive back to your PS5 console's internal SSD storage. It’s much quicker to copy a PS5 game from USB extended storage than to re-download it.

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