[brokenmachine]

>Unless you go out of your way to get the add-on drive for PS5

Just out of interest, if I bought a PS5 with the drive, and a physical game, would that work forever (just for single-player games)?

Like you, I like to own the things I pay for, so it's a non-starter for me if it doesn't.

[officeplant]

In my experience it varies on a game by game basis. Some games have limitations (ie. Gran Turismo 7 having only Arcade mode offline)