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by dagmx 808 days ago
a controller isn’t part of the security verification chain, and again, it’s disingenuous to compare the two because they happen at a significantly different frequency level.

The more salient comparison for “why” is look at PC games. Even if you buy a physical copy, most require you to authenticate them online.

Sony chose instead to do a one time drive authentication so you don’t need to authenticate every game online instead.