{"id":256928,"date":"2023-10-26T11:27:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T15:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=312033"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:51:20","slug":"ps5-slim-will-require-if-or-if-internet-connection-for-something-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ps5-slim-will-require-if-or-if-internet-connection-for-something-important\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 Slim will require an internet connection for something important, no matter what"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two weeks ago, the rumors<\/a> became reality: Sony <\/strong>will release a smaller version of PlayStation 5<\/strong><\/a>, popularly known as “PS5 Slim”. Far from being sold as a separate version, PS5 Slim will directly replace the previous version of PS5<\/strong>, which will be sold until stock runs out.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Among the most striking features of this new version of the PlayStation 5 is the ability to mount and dismount its disc drive<\/strong>. Until now, users could choose (when there’s stock, of course) between two PS5 models: the traditional disc drive model and the digital-only model, which lacked a disc drive and only played digital games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While PS5 Slim will be available in both these models<\/strong>, Sony will allow us to remove the disc drive from our console at any time (presumably for aesthetic reasons) or install one. The disc drives will be sold separately<\/strong>, so if someone buys a digital model and later wants to use discs, they’ll have the option to purchase a drive and install it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this process will have one essential requirement. As seen in a screenshot shared by the CharlieIntel<\/a><\/strong> Twitter account of the PS5 Slim bundle with the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3<\/a>, “an internet connection is required to pair the disc drive and the PS5<\/strong> console during setup.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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This sort of DRM (Digital Rights Management) would allow pairing both hardware components, validating the authenticity of the attached disc drive<\/strong> and thus preventing the spread of cheaper third-party disc drives. However, the good news is that the internet connection would only be necessary during this disc drive installation process<\/strong>, being entirely optional once it’s completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of now, PlayStation has not made an official statement regarding this measure, although they did confirm a few days ago that we will be able to use fourth-generation NVMe M.2 SSD drives<\/a><\/strong> in PS5 Slim, similar to the previous version.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The new PlayStation 5 “Slim”; will be released on the market shortly, although a leaked detail could irritate many users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":256931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[2808],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-256928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionplaystation-app"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316924,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256928\/revisions\/316924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256928"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=256928"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=256928"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=256928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}