The latest PlayStation 5 console firmware introduces some changes that will severely impact jailbreaks, making it difficult for users to continue accessing their digital libraries after the system is offline. As noted hacker Lance MacDonald explained on the X earlier today, the latest firmware update has changed the Restore License screen so that it can now only download licenses for games that are already installed on the system.
Until then, licenses for every owned game will be restored, even those not installed on consoles.
This means that once the PlayStation 5 game console goes offline, users will not be able to play the vast majority of digital games they purchased and will have to use pirated backups. This will also prevent users from making game backups to share with others. While this isn't a big issue for any legal use case, it will make it more difficult to jailbreak the console and modify the game.
The latest major PlayStation 5 firmware update is the 24.06 update, which introduces a new Welcome Center (a personalized space that users can customize with various widgets), a new party sharing feature, personalized 3D audio profiles, and new remote playback settings. Subsequently, updates fixed issues with some games, such as Final Fantasy XVI, that were caused by certain changes in the 24.06 update.