Why need a subscription. Just make it so anyone can SOS via satellite and add that to the rescue bill. Even better if just pay a little more in tax for the FCC to mandate SOS via satellite.

It’s just less manufacturing costs for Sony. I bet they will prioritize making a lot of digital PS5 Slim’s so they can sell it at cheaper price and anyone who wants to have a disc will buy the disc drive. They don’t need to manufacture 2 different models and just 1 to simplify manufacturing.