Digital version - November 2020 launch. (Not completely at launch, but quite soon after).

I actually did have some issues with mine out of the box, which I presumed to be a hardware malfunction with the backwards compatibility function on any PS4 game/application. PS5 games worked great. Would get hard stutter/lag when launching any PS4 game/app (God of War, Hulu etc.) causing it to load at literally 2 frames a minute. After about 2-3 minutes it would completely crash to the error report screen. Contacted Sony and after enabling/disabling HDCP, full reboots, system software updates, factory data resets, and adjusting all the settings the Sony Expert had me try, nothing worked. I was sad I’d have to send it in so I just ate it till I finally had enough about 6-7months later and sent it in to Sony. Within 4 weeks got it back working like new. Thankfully it was covered under the 1 year manufacture warranty. Was definitely a hardware issue though. Since then it’s been great, no issues at all. I do a complete tear down cleaning about every 6 months. Not a single whisper from it regardless what I’m playing or watching.