Sony's President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida confirmed on Twitter that you can play your PlayStaion 4 without ever connecting to the internet. Thus, the Day One update is not required for the console to function.
@Jimmy_Lmao yes
— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) October 25, 2013
The PS4 will be released in North America on November 15th.
