Yes, you do. When you play a digital game on Playstation you also download the files...

It may be harder like you say but the law doesn't really see it any differently PC vs Console if you want to archive/backup your digital game media.

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TuxSH 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

On consoles in general, backing up digital media (if even possible) requires full-system exploits, thus bypassing DRM, and decrypting them also requires breaking DRM

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dcow 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Woah, we're not talking about cracking your games. I think every console from at least the last two generations has supported copying game files to external/removable media.

	▲	ndriscoll 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Disabling DRM is required for basic archiving if the issue is someone else having the ability to decide the thing you bought will self-destruct. Copying doesn't matter if it doesn't produce a usable backup. If you remove the DRM, then you do actually own the thing.

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PenguinCoder 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How do you backup game files from a console, to an external drive/location that you own; and ensure the validity of that backup will still be usable on the console later?

	▲	dcow 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		By inserting storage media into the removable/external media port and copying or moving the files.