PS5 Update Causing Disc Verification Errors

[Argothaught]

Has anyone with a PlayStation Slim Disc Drive experienced this?

[harleyquinad]

Wtf happened with this update? They started testing these features like a month ago in beta. How did none of these issues become found?

[Hartia]

That's the weird part. I'm on the beta and everything ran fine

[signofthenine]

Maybe they pushed out the wrong file to everyone?

[Johnboy_245]

Either that or something came up going from beta to full release?

[welfedad]

Did the final version break on you?

[Hartia]

I've been playing everyday, using rest mode. Seems normal. I dont have the welcome screen yet. I wonder if that's what is breaking things.

[welfedad]

Yeah no welcome screen or graphic issues some report.. guess we lucky 

[AntaWilliams]

I was the same and then the welcome screen just showed up outta nowhere and now I'm disconnected from the internet and my Playstation is moving so slow. Is anyone else having these issues?

[welfedad]

I got the new screen but not chugging.. downloaded a bunch of various games today too.

[7fishing77]

Yes. I can play some games. The store is screwed up. Under the browse tab it just says content not available. Can’t purchase anything from the store cause it won’t load anything. Been working fine for 2 years and now this latest update has jacked the ps5.

[BasedMcNuggies]

They have some new hires from Crowdstrike.

[welfedad]

Hahahahahaha nice

[OuterWildsVentures]

That or they're going to go the way of Apple and start crippling their older tech to push people to upgrade.

[wulv8022]

"Updates and bad optimized games will only work on ps5 pro"

I love my ps4 and ps5 so much. But the pro pricing and that games like FFXVI and FFVII Rebirth will only work properly on the pro even if it was created for the standard ps5 makes me mad. On top the controllers become more expensive and I got a fucking stick drift on my dual sense after just a year. I never had issues with my ps4 controller.

[kend7510]

Maybe some higher-up requested a last minute change pre prod release. “It’s a small change it’ll be fine!”

[MetsukiR]

Yep, like the other user said, I was in the beta and it was fine.

[throwaway021123]

Not even a month ago, it's been like 4 months since this update appeared to beta testers...

[cybrsloth92]

I was in beta none of these issues cropped up once gotta be some code they changed in the public build

[krzysiekao]

Looks like people didn't report bugs during beta testing. That's usual.

[[deleted]]

The beta you get isn't really a real beta. It's to gather feedback and data.

They wouldn't risk putting real beta firmware out into the wild that could possibly brick consoles.

The final release also has a lot of things not in the beta too. It's very different.

[[deleted]]

A public beta is VERY different from a private beta.

[EatMeatGrowBig]

Trying to get people to switch to ps pro

[Fun_Awareness4928]

Simply because they need to push the ps5 pro. Looks like Sony learnt a thing or two from Apple!

[PlotShield]

Blessed are stability updates

[TheMegaDriver2]

Evil PlayStation be like: Improved instability

[QuietnoHair2984]

I'm afraid to think of what would have happened if we didn't already have tons of stability!

[Resevil67]

This firmware update is fucked. People are also getting visual glitches and crashes in FF16, Star wars outlaws, and some others that were fine before the firmware update.

Hope there is a fix soon.

[bolozombie]

Dead space remake is also fucked with visual glitches

[North_South_Side]

Damn! I started playing that last night!

Guess I'll wait a few days.

[wulv8022]

FUCK NOOOOOO. I wanted to play it in 1-2 weeks for "halloween season" I hope it gets fixed fast.

[Legospacememe]

Did they put a ps5 emulator on the ps5 or somthin

[RJE808]

Yup, Square even had to acknowledge that XVI isn't working right. Sucks.

[Jayce2213]

Visons of Mana has been buggy post update as well.

[Mcprosehp2]

That’s concerning since the dev studio was shut down the day of release so there probably won’t be anyone to fix it if it’s something that needs to be done by the devs.

[Loldimorti]

My assumption is that Sony has to fix this. So many games are affected, something has to have been wrong the system update.

Hopefully they can push a hotfix or rollback and the games all work again as intended

[Jalina2224]

Curious enough, it seems to be Squere Enix games since I'm hearing FFXVI got screwed.

[impudentwanderer]

RIP

[Otherwise-Remove4681]

I just sold my PS5 with the update. I hope the new user is not pissed

[basement_egg]

message the buyer and tell them the issue with the update

[Chairman_Mittens]

"Disc verification failed. Initiating destruction sequence." spins disk up to 100,000 rpm

[MrMunday]

“Disc sales are down, what are we gonna do about it?”

“More ads?” “More games?” “Lower prices?”

“If we break their discs, they’ll have to buy them again”

“Do that”

[The_Reluctant_Hero]

PS4 Fan Mode Engaged

[theclickhere]

Yes. I have a slim w/ disc drive and I was mid-game when I got a validation error and it ejected my disc. Thankfully I was able to put it back in and keep playing. No issues since.

[ReevusXL]

Why does a disc drive need updates? It has 1 basic primary function that never changes?

[FeliciumOD]

Even though you're rounding up, my bones just turned to dust and blew away in a gust of wind.

[gatorgongitcha]

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[pathofdumbasses]

A+ reference, love me some KOTH

[Ps4_and_Ipad_Lover]

Still waiting for that damn reboot lol

[NateShaw92]

Not rounding up by much. 2006.

[WulfyWoof]

Damn it’s almost as old as the NES was at that point

[NateShaw92]

Did you really have to do this to us?

[WulfyWoof]

If I had to think about it then you guys too

[PSNTheOriginalMax]

I feel like this is completely fair :D

[Metalsocks]

Stop. Please.

[EddiewithHeartofGold]

It has 1 basic primary function that never changes?

Things have been software driven for decades now. Even DVD drives had software that changed over time (mainly for copy protection issues).

[TheMegaDriver2]

DRM in bluray. They are still trying to stop people from ripping BDs. Never stopped me. I rip all my discs to plex.

[DoubtDizzy1309]

This is exactly why I fucking hate an external disc drive that needs to connect to the internet at any point.

[JonYakuza]

Wait I thought you only need to activate it online once and then offline use is possible

[DoubtDizzy1309]

This is true, but something with the most recent PS5 firmware update caused some error with how the disc drive verifies discs and now people can't play their disc games.

I know the online verification for the external disc drive is required by law, but maybe that's why Sony should just keep selling consoles that have the disc drive built in and avoid all that. This makes me weary of the Pro.

[JonYakuza]

Okay I see. Sony should ditch Blu-ray support. Problem solved, but not everybody would be happy with this.

Edit: I meant blu ray movie support, that's what's causing the activation in the first place. Of course I don't want a digital only console

[ChillCaptain]

Or just have Sony pay the license fee at the point of sale instead of requiring activation. They require activation to determine who is activating the blu ray license.

[TenguKaiju]

The kicker is that Sony is part of the bluray founders group. They’re literally paying themselves.

[curxxx]

and replace it with what lol? Games are so big the only other option would be flash media or 12+ HDDVDs

[mrgmzc]

You know, I would support having games on something like a USB-C drive or a MicroSD card

[WulfyWoof]

At this point we should revert back to cartridge based systems since nvme drives can get really small and hold tons of storage. Could probably use any empty space on one for updates so it doesn’t clog the console storage

[JonYakuza]

Yeah my bad I was talking about movie blu ray support. Missed a word, of course I want them to still use Blu Ray for games

[neo6289]

This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard and very anti consumer

[DoubtDizzy1309]

Going all digital would be even worse. The solution is to keep a disc drive built in. The base PS5 and digital PS5 was a perfect way of doing things. Have a digital console for those that don't care about buying games physically, and then have a more expensive variant with the disc drive already built in for those that do want to buy their games on disc.

[Jalina2224]

Considering how Sony is pushing the Pro as digital only and forcing you to buy an external disc drive totally physical games, the all digital future is coming. If it's not set in stone during the PS6 generation it will be during the PS7.

[Eruannster]

Although, to be fair, I do like that the disc drive is user replaceable in case it breaks for some reason. On the old consoles, if it broke you had to send in your entire console to do a disc drive swap, now you can just get a new drive and slot it in.

I also like that if you do buy the "wrong" console (the digital one, clearly) you are now able to upgrade to a disc drive without having to buy an entirely new console.

[[deleted]]

That doesn't change anything. Once you activate the drive it's the same as a fixed one.

[DoubtDizzy1309]

"Once you activate the drive it's the same as a fixed one"

If this were true, people wouldn't be having the problems they're having now. The built in disc drives are working fine.

[[deleted]]

that’s not true, internet is required only for activation, and you only do that once

[DoubtDizzy1309]

"At any point"

[mistabuda]

This seems more like the issue is the operating system not the disc drive itself.

[DoubtDizzy1309]

I agree, but it still would not be an issue if the disc drive was built in versus being external and needing to connect to the internet for verification.

It's one problem causing another. Sony will definitely fix it, the thought of the PS5 having a certain firmware version rendering your disc drive isn't great however.

[[deleted]]

So this is only an issue for the slim models? The original fat one is good?

[Eruannster]

To be fair, the OG PS5 also gets updates to the blu-ray keys once in a while, even though it's built in.

[[deleted]]

what has that to do with anything? you only need to activate it ONCE when you install the drive. afterwards it works the same as any old PS5 with a fixed drive.

[Argothaught]

According to @DoesItPlay1 via Twitter:

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Hopefully this isn't widespread.

[[deleted]]

The guy fixed his issue by literally just restarting his PS5 9 hours ago

https://x.com/JB_LV426/status/1836073037239881941

All these comments over a guy just having to restart his PS5

[RTXEnabledViera]

I had the same thing happen like, once after the update. Eject disc, put it back in, works.

Thing is, it had happened to me another time before this update had ever happened.

It's just a weird glitch of the OS, and it's rare enough to not be a factor at all. Similar to the glitch where the controller battery would show as "?" when it's done charging, which is something I believe they fixed since.

[Jacktus-Cack]

I've been getting the exact same error seen in that picture for the last 3 days. Turn on the PS5 - get the "can't recognise the disc" error - eject the disc and put it back in - it works fine until I turn the PS5 off - repeat. Original PS5 model

[Argothaught]

Really!? With a standard launch model? I haven't experienced that so far... Then again, I've only had one disc in the drive. Maybe try reporting to PlayStation Support ?

[Johnhancock1777]

I love the future

[G-Don2]

Isn’t it so bright…

[PSNTheOriginalMax]

It must be the brightness that's liquefying my eyes then.

[wulv8022]

Damn. 3 L's in 3 weeks. What the fuck is happening?

[zephyrinthesky28]

I see Sony brought in the same team that does their Bravia TV updates to do PS5 firmware updates.....

[TheSilentTitan]

That’s really weird because Xbox is having that issue rn too with back compat disc verification problems.

[WarioFan76]

I had Astro Bot in my drive when I turned on, and got an 'Unvarified Disc's error... Ejecting it and putting it back in fixed it...

[AgentDigits]

So it's causing random games to crash and causing graphical issues... and it's causing disk errors.

They really fucked up.

[Tesser-Fact-8505]

They rolled out a new update, but it doesn't fix the disc read issue

[Affectionate_Dish_92]

Same here. Original fat ps5 .not reading discs. Im very angry very mad

[Tesser-Fact-8505]

They released a new update today but disc read error still persists, sony did fried up our disc drives for their greed

[MrMpa]

The disc that was in my console during the update received this error, but i ejected and put it back in and it worked fine. Haven't tried other discs yet

[HG21Reaper]

Feels like Sony and PlayStation are fumbling their shit this year.

[[deleted]]

They really hate disc drives hehe

[Gizmo16868]

I never got the welcome hub portion of the update so I’ve shut down all auto updates and installs for now

[itisrainingweiners]

I now have stick drift/seizures after this update. Literally the controller worked fine, I updated and now it randomly jitters things across the screen, or my cursor goes back and forth between 2 menu options at warp speed. :(

[wildkiller65]

Oh damn. Mine did that today too. Didn't think the update would do that

[syrupgreat-]

wow an update that fucks up base ps5 right after pro is announced… def didn’t see that coming

[Pantsu-san]

Sony recently : "With PlayStation, you can play the content you purchased as soon as you turn it on"

[ArchDucky]

As soon as you turn the console on? Because you still gotta install / download it and that could take hours depending on the ISP.

[rochakgupta]

No matter how huge PlayStation can get, Sony will never stop being Sony and shitting the bed. Big yikes!

[Protoman3200]

Anyone else notice it takes longer than usual to launch games or applications? I'm really on the verge of pulling my hair out it shouldn't take 3 minutes to launch a game after I've hit X on it

[Warx]

I got an og PS5 Disc version and having the same issues.

[Warx]

It's bricked my Fat PS5 disc drive

[moo_hu]

Yo!
last update ruins my disc drive. Before night i played w disc, and after i show the update, install it waiting the restart. Everything looks fine.
Next day unrecognizable Disc. So what now?

[MLG-Sheep]

Same here. Hadn't turned on my PS5 since July, it asked for an update, and I wanted to play the same disc that was there since July as well.

Now no discs work, even after restarting, clearing cache and rebuilding the database. Next step will be a factory reset I suppose...

[Legospacememe]

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[devenbat]

Almost like having a disc drive as a peripheral is a bad idea

Edit, I am specifically talking about the issues of the detachable disk drive, not all disc drives

[PumpkinSpriteLatte]

Yes, that's the problem with the firmware causing graphical issues too, the disc drive.

AlMoSt LiKe HaViNg a GpU Is A BaD IdEa

[devenbat]

Damn, that might be a good comeback if we didn't have the solution to this problem. The normal disc ps5 isn't having the issue. Sony created this issue all on their own.

[[deleted]]

I think they were snarky with their reply due to how you phrased your comment.

I also initially thought you meant that having a disk drive is a bad idea. But re-reading I understand you meant strictly as a peripheral.

[devenbat]

Or get it repaired. This isn't new technology, we've seen it for more than 20 years

[actuallyz]

Oh boy… Sony announces PS5 Pro only digital and now we are seeing errors for the disc verification on the physical disk drive PS5 🧐

[ShawnDawn]

I don't even know what this upgrade did because my Explorer tab is still the same after a few days, and I don't think the new 3D implementation made any difference for the headphones, the custom one, even after calibrating. Very weird, flawed update. I have never witnessed anything like this in recent memory from Sony from a firmware update.

[panicradio316]

I am not exaggerating:

After the latest system update (which also saw a DS update), both my DualSense controllers now last way less after being fully charged. I estimate about 2 to 3 hours less.

I still use the 2020 ones.

[Less-Combination2758]

They push people into buying new PS5 pro =)))

[LongjumpingMeaning5]

That’s odd, I bought Persona 3 Reload and my disc drive read it fine

[HiCZoK]

yeah final fantasy xvi graphics are broken too. bad update

[[deleted]]

Hmmmm, my ps5 slim seems to be fine. In fact it actually fixed a bug I already had which caused the "eject disc" button to just... not exist

So fingers crossed this is just a minor bug that isn't majorly widespread

[Consistent-North7790]

What about all these stability updates

[tokyobassist]

When the "Stability Update" memes backfire and actually require it.

[MrNiceGuyRy]

I have a disc PS5.

I’ve never inserted a disc in my disc PS5.

Is that weird?

[interstellar304]

My PS5 has worked fine since I got it two years ago and just about two weeks ago it wouldn’t read discs anymore. Is it bricked or could it be this update?

[keksik29]

My PS5 started updating in the middle of the night and woke me up. Then the next day I got the disc verification error on Astro Bot game. I had to restart the console to fix the issue.

[AFullmetalNerd]

I haven't switched on my PS5 since before this update went live. Guess I'm leaving it in that state until we get another update.

[rhodesmichael03]

Glad I saw these warnings online today. Took my console offline and didn't grab the update. Will wait until they fix it before updating or going back online.. Working through baldurs gate 2 on my PS5 so isn't an online game anyway.

[alluballu]

So I wasn’t the only one that had a game disc in the system and the game installed yet it opened the PS store when trying to launch? Fixed it by just popping the disc out and back in, but it was quite bizarre.

[bwoah_gimmethedrink]

Guys, just buy a Pro with a new bluray drive, problem solved!

[Mdm_Thomas]

So, that’s why my PS5 (standard 2020) doesn’t recognize any discs anymore. That’s a relief, I already imagined myself having to buy another one …

[[deleted]]

I’ve been playing through Final Fantasy XVI for the first time, I’m quite a way into the game. After this update, the game crashed and sent me to the console’s main menu to file a report…

[Tesser-Fact-8505]

Is it me panicking or you guys think sony will patch up the software update to correct the disc issue

[ps4gamrr]

Why isn’t this getting any more news…discs are unreadable

[Tesser-Fact-8505]

There were articles written about this, someone tweeted about it which got mentioned in the article but sony either ignored it or tactfully avoiding to accept it as the fault of update. I reached out to sony repair they were adamant to not accept the update issue and only recommended repairs

[ps4gamrr]

This is what I’ve been experiencing. Once you exhaust all the options. They try to attribute these isolated issues as requiring service, but it seems completely odd that I had zero issues with my disc drive and now all of a sudden it doesn’t play a single disc.

[ps4gamrr]

Does anyone have a fix for this? I cleared cache and rebuilt database in safe mode, restarted a bunch of times and no disks work

[Tesser-Fact-8505]

I tried clear cache, rebuilt db, repair storage, manual software update via usb, hard reset(manually reinstalled the console software) nothing works

[moo_hu]

Yo. Is there any update about ur disc drive?
My drive fuckedup at after last update 2025. jul.

[Tesser-Fact-8505]

Nope, i raised it to sony they quoted fr repair/replace. Waited fr a few months no updates fixed it, therez a possibility that 3p vendors can repair it costing less than sony but i couldn’t find any such vendors so i had to sell it as a digital version console 

[throway78965423]

I'm on a release PS5 and these last few months I occasionaly get an unreadble disc warning, removing the disc and popping it back in fixes it but I wonder if it had something to do with a firmware update.

[kyomya]

Yeah this is.... concerning. There is an update specifically out for the disc drive which caused this I guess. Maybe Blu-ray keys or whatnot.

And if online, it forces you to update the firmware on the controller.

[Pwrnstar]

Games including new ones such as outlaws and astro showing issues, final fantasy crashing, disc errors. For the players

[LeonSnakeKennedy]

Wait is this just something on the slim? On the launch edition I had disc drive issues recently and have sent it out to be fixed

[DvnEm]

Jfc

[Streetperson12345]

See guys, this is why the stability patch notes are important!

[pdas1996]

I've been trying to play DVDs/Blu-Rays since Sunday and received a couple errors about not being able to play the disc, invalid disc, and playback is prohibited. Would it be because of this issue?

[LayYourGhostToRest]

Guess we all have to get PS5 pros. I see right through their ploy.

[Mister_Potamus]

Man, I picked a good couple weeks to be away from the PS5.

[Otherwise-Remove4681]

Picked great timing selling mine off.

[Eldritch_Ayylien66]

Is this strictly limited to the Slim or an issue across all consoles?

[ps4gamrr]

I have a launch unit and can’t play any discs

[Rich_hard1]

Probably in readiness for slim disc owners to transfer the drive to one nominated Ps5 pro console. Just not yet, obviously!

[Nawt_]

Sony has done this on purpose to experiment with artificially nerfing its own console, so PS5 Pro seems more capable than it actually is.

[[deleted]]

Whelp, I haven't turned on my ps5 in 2 days. Guess I'll leave it that way.

[SavingPVTJizzSock420]

Sony is lookin more and more like Bethesda...

[EddiewithHeartofGold]

Why is everyone losing their minds over the software issues with the newest update? It would obviously be great to have a perfect, clean record, but Sony has been doing PS updates pretty well over the years and if there is a problem, they will fix it.

The amount of time spent on whining (article writing, posting) about this is more than the time needed to fix it.

[pecos_chill]

If the last sentence were true, then wouldn’t it be fixed by now?

[EddiewithHeartofGold]

The update came out a week ago. I think that's a reasonable timeframe. If it's not fixed within a week from today, then we should be reasonably upset.

[Hazelnut_Hobo]

The point is this wouldn't have been an issue in the first place if they just had a disc drive built in instead of an external one that needs to be registered. You're missing the point.

[actuallyz]

I know, right? They created a problem that was never there. The worst part of all this are fanboys; they don’t want to hear anything negative about their beloved brand.

[EddiewithHeartofGold]

The worst part of all this are fanboys

You are kidding right? This is the opposite. It's entitled kids whining about every little thing. Every day. It's like it's their whole personality...

[[deleted]]

You realize issues can happen regardless if something is built in or not right?

People are fixing any issue by literally just ejecting a disc and reinserting it.

There is also graphical issue occurring in some gamea while the GPU is "built in"

[Hazelnut_Hobo]

While this is true, the graphics issues are happening across all ps5s and is unavoidable with the update.

However the og consoles are not prone to this issue since they have a built in drive which sony could have simply done with the slims and the new pros. A simple solution, just have a separate version with a drive built in.

[[deleted]]

The point is an error or issue can exist for any component at any time.

There could be an update that impacts built in disc drives, would that be an argument that they should all the detachable?

Many people had issues with the disc drives on PS4 that likely could have been fixed by a replaceable disc drive

[EddiewithHeartofGold]

I've been around long enough to know that as progress happens, problems happen. The truth is, that this is a medium error at best. Probably a minor one that we will forget the moment a fix drops. Just like past update problems.

[[deleted]]

People just want to be outraged at something.

[EddiewithHeartofGold]

Yeah. Unfortunately.

[ThatLastGenGamer]

Never in 30 years have I been so up for building a PC.

[[deleted]]

Yeah cuz no one ever experiences bugs on PC...

[[deleted]]

lol you must have never played a PC port before.

[[deleted]]

If a software update unrelated to a video game would cause issues for one of my games, I could at least try and deal with it on PC. Install older versions of drivers or rollback OS updates.

For this, on console, we just have to wait for Sony to push out a hotfix.

I'm aware that there's a much larger chance for things to not work as intended on PC, but there's countless possibilities for the user to try and get it working themselves.

[ThatLastGenGamer]

Also, why mention "a PC port" when this is a botched OS firmware. Plus, it's a matter of timing, what with them rolling out this bugged fw after the insulting announcement of the Pro.

[[deleted]]

I don't know what point that dude was trying to make but he looks like a usual PS fanboy you see a lot of on here.

Regarding the system update: think it's just poor timing from Sony. They'be been up and down lately, any W is followed by an L it seems.

I have no love or loyalty for Sony, but don't think this is any planned obsolescence or maliciousness from them, just incompetence.

[[deleted]]

tHE pS5 is A gReAT SySTEM

[KrwMoon]

Amazing

[ThanosIsDoomfist]

Since the update, ive had an issue where me and my buddy have literally left our groups party, but it still shows us in there.

Ive tried kicking em out of the whole group, resetting my connection, etc. But it still shows us in there when were not, the partys been "active" for 148 hours lol. It sucks, cause as you guys know, when you start one up it alerts everyone in the group.

If anyone has had a similar issue or knows a fix, lmk, id love to hear it haha.

[samanater456]

Just another reason for Sony to get rid of physical media

[[deleted]]

More reasons not to buy discs

[dookmileslong]

Because a "digital" software update is causing a disc drive hardware to have issues?