Can't use the word "buy" if you can't actually buy the thing.
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2026
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Even if you keep your machine offline, many discs have required updates included.
Any one of them could brick your console.
If its not running freedom respecting software and standard hardware, you probably didn't own it anyways. (Unless you airgap everything and risk assess all new software with a test machine, like the feds.)
Some do, most don't. You can check here. I see this "physical media is unusable without an internet connection anyway" statement bandied about a lot and it's simply not true.
I guess but having DRM free installers does more for ownership than a proprietary (currently) impossible to duplicate disc.
I don't think physical media is the end-all to physical ownership is all I'm getting at.