PlayStation 5 consoles reportedly no longer lose game playing functionality when their internal CMOS battery dies
According to a new analysis by Hikikomori Media, the news of a PlayStation 5 with a missing or expired CMOS battery can now run physical and digital PS4 and PS5 games is confirmed.
The only exception being are games claimed via a PlayStation Plus subscription, which will no longer work with an expired or removed CMOS.
Previously, tests have suggested that PlayStation 5 consoles would retain game playing functionality after their CMOS batteries died, but most physical PS5 discs and all digital games would stop the ability to reboot.
The CMOS battery is used to power the PlayStation consoles’ internal clock, and to ensure if the player is verified to play the console, the internal clock with the date and time on a remote server to make sure the player is verified to play them. If the battery is removed or dies, the console will ask players to manually enter the date and time when it boots, and then attempts to sync the date and time online.
However, previously when the PlayStation Network was experiencing server issues and the console couldn’t connect to it, games would be unplayable. This was an issue as if Sony ever closed the PlayStation Network at any point, with the CMOS batteries having the ability to naturally die over time, it would theoretically lead to the inability of consoles to be able to play games.
Following much discussion and speculation around the issue earlier this year, Sony released a September firmware update for the last-gen PlayStation 4 which ensured that the console would continue to work when the CMOS battery died.
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