There’s been a trend of “full games” not being printed on disc these days when they’re printed on disc (see for example DOOM The Dark Ages or even Halo I think?). Ie. mandatory day 1 patches that are required to play the game in the first place which without an internet connection you won’t be able to access. It used to be that you’d have a full gold master on the disc and could play fully install the game offline and play it with no issues. However, that requires additional time and resources poured into it - it’s easier to release an unfinished product and add to it after release than have it fully finished in the first place.
I can’t find a pic of the label on the box that says “Internet required”, but it’s been used more often these days:
iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
The majority of games released on disc, even today, are playable by putting them into a console, installing, and playing. No internet, no downloads.
There may be debate about “full games” given day one patches and future content updates, etc, but it is a misconception bordering on misinformation campaign that games these days don’t ship on disc.
They do. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, for example, has so much game shipped on disc that it came with two.
You can check out http://doesitplay.org to see what games do (the vast majority) and don’t play from disc.