This has been something I've been curious about for awhile but it was too soon for most people to test this out. On the PS4, Sony treated the physical and digital version of a game as separate IDs. What makes this annoying is if you have a physical copy of the game installed on your system and decide to get the digital version, you need to uninstall the game first and then redownload it rather than a digital purchase simply removing the need to insert the disc.
Now while I haven't tested this with a PS5 game on a disc and buying the digital version, I can confirm that my PS5 upgrade from the PS4 version of Maneater simply unlocked the need for the disc once I obtained the digital version from PS Plus which is a clear difference from how things were handled for PS4 games. My guess is the same will hold true for PS5 games on a disc as well. I wish Sony could fix this for PS4 games retroactively, but I'm glad that this barrier seems to no longer exist for PS5 games moving forward.
Edit: It appears this only applies to upgrades where as Sony still keeps physical and digital version of PS5 games as separate IDs. That's a pretty big let down for me that they didn't resolve this moving forward.
Now while I haven't tested this with a PS5 game on a disc and buying the digital version, I can confirm that my PS5 upgrade from the PS4 version of Maneater simply unlocked the need for the disc once I obtained the digital version from PS Plus which is a clear difference from how things were handled for PS4 games. My guess is the same will hold true for PS5 games on a disc as well. I wish Sony could fix this for PS4 games retroactively, but I'm glad that this barrier seems to no longer exist for PS5 games moving forward.
Edit: It appears this only applies to upgrades where as Sony still keeps physical and digital version of PS5 games as separate IDs. That's a pretty big let down for me that they didn't resolve this moving forward.
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