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Almost every ps4 game can be played on ps5 -- so get a ps5!!

Yeah it would be sad if all games were just online multiplayer games. But thats not up to the consoles, its up to the game makers/developers. And there are still tons of couch co-op games being made. And Sony has said they are really sticking with the single player narrative games like God of War and Last of Us, so i dont think it will be an issue? The biggest games of the year in 2023 on each console are single player games (Balders Gate, Starfield, Zelda). So I think we are safe :) But this video isn't about online multiplayer games -- its about "can single player games (like you enjoy) play offline when PSN goes down". And yes you can play your single player and couch co-op digital games and your disc based games offline (as long as they arent online focused games or "always online"). The guy I was talking to on Twitter said you cant play single player games when PSN goes down, his were disc based even, but digital games will work as well. In my example I cant play the digital games offline - but that is only because this is technically my "back-up" ps4 since Im sharing games with my 6 year old nephew on my other playstation at his house. But if you have just one ps4 you use, yeah all games that make logical sense to work offline will work offline. A new game wont install patches etc, but again common sense that they wouldn't.

@@squidracerX yeah I have Internet I just don't want to play online with other people. The only exception I make is For Honor. But story mode games are the corner stone of the whole video game medium.

You may need internet if the entire game isn't on the disc. But I haven't heard of that with the older Far Cry games. Ubisoft is a very weird publisher though with a lot of "always online" services (like the Division is unplayable without internet). But that shouldn't be the case for the dozen other games? Is this not a game specific thing but a console thing? I am pretty sure you have to go online at least once with an xbox (at least last gens xbox), but I dont think a ps4 has to update or anything, I know people keep it offline when they want to keep older firmware. It should just say that online features arent available? But yeah I dont have a new ps4 to test out the initial set up without internet on it, sorry i cant help! Did you buy a used ps4 and maybe it has a messed up hard drive and needs a firmware update? That's the only thing i can think of.

Take it somewhere that has internet and get the latest update.

All game discs work without the internet. If it needs the internet then it is an online game. What game is it?

​@@squidracerXnot all game discs do ( a lot don't) if you don't update the ps4.

If you have only one ps4 then there is no reason to not get digital -- as i say in my video - my digital games are only locked when I go offline because this is my 2nd PS4, my nephew has my main one -- digital games stay unlocked on your main ps4. You just set it to "primary". I dont do that because this way i can share my games with him. I buy 1 copy for both of us to share.

Yeah Im not an online multiplayer guy. But that being said -- that time is pretty much here already -- big games like Fortnite are always online, Gamepass has me streaming newer Xbox games on my old Xbox, Switch has Streaming only games even. So we aren't forced to play "only online" right now (in all cases), but there is a % of big named games that requires online, a % of styles of gaming that require it (streaming and live service games), and just about everything needs patches (which you dont need to pay for online for -- but you do require internet - which is the point of this video). Plus there is a pretty good swath of games that are only available online off the digital store - digital sales are higher than physical sales on all 3 consoles now. Have been on PC for a decade. So like it or not -- online only is probably what next gen consoles will be 100%. Gamepass will just be an app on your TV, and you wont have a new physical Xbox next gen is my bet. (maybe some storage device for downloading things at most).

@squidracerX Well, then my gaming days are numbered because I seriously have no interest in playing games with others at all 🤣😂😆😭💀☠️ and I will never support games that come out unfinished and use Internet connections along with downloads to fix their problems that you clearly do pay for. Psn is not free.

@@gems8426 - If you have a PS4 you are already in that generation that releases unfinished games - If you have a PS4 - you are 100% supporting games that come out unfinished and use Internet connections along with downloads to fix their problems. Call of Duty was like 1GB on the disc and 100GB download. So you're already there!!! Gaming days not over! :) Keep playing! It is a crappy trend, but its here to stay, and physical is going away for good soon. Its like PC. But really, you are confusing two issues. This video is about digital PSN bought games running without PSN being able to connect to the internet to verify the games, and then having no internet - will the games run? (short answer, yes). PSN is very much free -- PSN is Sony's online store front where you purchase digital games. PS+ is the multiplayer component, and thats not not free. -- they are different things. So you have to pay for PS+ to play multiplayer games -- just dont do that :) But with modern games -- with no internet connection - there would be many games you cant buy, many games you cant play, and many games you cant update. That's true right now. -- Connecting to the internet to update them and buy them is free though, and you're on the internet on TH-cam so even with a slow connection you can just leave PS4 in rest mode and download what you need to update the console. I mean the console itself has updates you need to download. Has since PS3.

Yeahhhh welcome to the world of gaming 🫡

As long as a game doesn't require an online connection, then a physical disc will work. many modern games though do not have the whole game on the disc. So you will never get the entire experience or most up to date version of a modern game without an internet connection -- these updates are free though, you dont need PS+ to download an update for a game. But yeah, buying physical really is pointless these days unless you like seeing the box on the shelf. Many Switch games come as cases with a download code inside the box now. No cart at all!!!!! I do still like physical myself, I have 3 friends borrowing games right now, and you can resell them.. Plus they tend to go on sale more than digital games often, or steeper sale.

Yeah I still like buying a physical game -- but I dont know if its any "better" these days -- heck one of the ps5 models doesn't have a disc drive. If you cant connect to the internet -- thats literally what this video is about -- you can still play any games you've downloaded. So in that regard its no different, digital or disc. Any game you didn't download obviously a disc would be the better option (you cant download a game with no internet). But then if you have no internet - you cant download any patches - and like we see with Cyberpunk 2077, that game was broken off the disc. So really, DVD based games arent any better these days if the internet goes down. Or if you use 2 PS4's like i do, on my non-primary console if the net is down i cant play my digital games. But on the other hand, I have my nephew on the other console (in another state) -- any digital game I buy, he basically gets a copy free. So i basically only buy digital now. When am I really not going to have internet anyway? (during a power outage when I cant play my console anyway?). A few days after a move? But any downloaded games still work. So there are pros and cons to both digital and physical. Modern games are so multiplayer and online heavy - whether thats a day one 40gb patch, or an always online component, that not having internet even makes disc based games pretty crappy these days. And if Xbox gets its way, we'll be streaming games one day soon anyway. Not to mention many modern games dont even get official physical releases these days, some get the "limited run" treatment at best. So yeah, i dont think its black and white anymore, id say ps3 era and before you could definitively say discs were better, I'm not so sure in the Ps5 era.

Honestly I bought the ps5 disc edition specifically to play my games without internet access it won’t let me open any Application without enabling offline play and to turn that on I need internet access it’s sooooo stupid

No clue, Ive never played a Fifa game -- but logically any "always connected to the internet game", live service games like Fortnite, or game that isn't all on the disc -- you need the internet to play. So if Fifa requires updates and a constant connection (like Ubisoft's the Division), if there is no single player base game on the disc, then no it wont work. But if there is an unpatched single player version that you dont have to be on EA servers to launch, then yep! its why owning modern games on disc becomes more and more symbolic - finished games are rarely on the disc and you need day 1 patches now... you see physical boxed switch games sold that are literally just cases and inside the case is a code to download it, no cartridge ha-ha

@@squidracerXI bought a ps4 a few weeks ago and now I decided to use it lol, anyways I need help with downloading games, I need free, low GB, offline really entertaining games, do you have any types of games I can download?

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Hmmmm... they did some PS3 updates, did some weird stuff with it, its possible they made them not compatible now? but I dont know. I wont be near my ps3 for a while to test. But it seems like it would still work?

Did you connect with a cable first?

@@squidracerX yes

@@squidracerX and my controller ain’t o where near the new one

I had so many glitches playing this game. it went on a long while, well before i started recording the video, I had to shoot the hostage (or cop?) eventually as I believe this was a mission and I couldn't finish until the robbers were arrested? I kind of forget now. just remember laughing a lot.

Im definitely not an expert here. But i would say that perhaps some games are not compatible. But if NO buttons are working is the controller getting shut off between the home screen and the game launching somehow? If you have a PS3 controller it may be taking over (I think i had that happen to me but its been a while). So maybe try to shut PS3 controller off, make sure PS4 controller is on and set as the main controller? That's all i can guess -- anyone else??

@@squidracerX most probably its the game im guessing. Its Saints Row 2 and when i get on the (play screen) only the R3, Select, and Start buttons work. But thanks for the help really appreciate it.

I wonder that stuff all the time!

No you just have to sort by date on comments. it still gets comments. Bill Murray is timeless!

Also it was thanks to this video that i anaged to pair 2 controllers on ps3. The new just doenst wanna work wireleslly ( its an official sony controller V2 )

@@bluevolutionn7711 - Glad i could help! :)

Its not optimal - most games do updates and patches etc. But its doo-able! :)

Not sure. they have tilt so thats strange it wouldn't be compatible and other games used sixaxis (Uncharted used it for grenades etc), so it must be some specific code in the game? Like I cant use generic PS3 controllers on the Ps3's backwards compatibility for PS2 games - it somehow knows and HAS to be an actual Dualshock 3 when you put a PS2 disc in. Weird but if its coded to sense for it I dont know how you can get around it. Anyone else out there know?

@@squidracerX Well damn. Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. I ended up buying an adapter that will hopefully bypass the issue I'm having, but we shall see. I'll try to come back here with an update when the adapter is delivered