Can You Download Game From Disc To Ps4

And don't be ignorant and say hurr durr just lend your friend the disc. I'm asking if I buy a physical copy of a game can my friend sign in on my account on his console and download it and play it. But you still have to buy the game even if you own the title on a PS2 disc. Video Games Classic PlayStation 2 games ready to run on the PlayStation 4. PS4 owners will be able to download. Generally anything you buy through the playstation store is a digital version of the disc based game. I have Last of Us downloaded on my PS4 and I.

Digital Foundry compared load times from a Seagate 4 TB Expansion drive and the PS4's internal drive and found the external Seagate drive was noticeably faster on every game they tried running on either the base PS4 or the PS4 Pro. Even faster load times can be had with an external SSD (solid state drive) if you're willing to pay a much higher cost per GB of storage and do some after-market work to slot the SSD into a USB enclosure.CanDigital Foundry compared load times from a Seagate 4 TB Expansion drive and the PS4's internal drive and found the external Seagate drive was noticeably faster on every game they tried running on either the base PS4 or the PS4 Pro. Even faster load times can be had with an external SSD (solid state drive) if you're willing to pay a much higher cost per GB of storage and do some after-market work to slot the SSD into a USB enclosure.

Move to Extended Storage

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Games are easily moved from the internal to the external drive. Press the Options button while you’re in Storage and an option to move to extended storage will appear. Movement is fairly slow so you might want to run a test with a small game before you launch a move for everything you want to get off your internal drive. Wherever a game is stored, save files, screenshots and video clips are stored on the internal drive.

If you disconnect the external drive while the console is powered on, data loss or corruption may occur. To disconnect the external drive go to [Settings] > [Devices] > [USB Storage Devices] and press Stop Using This Extended Storage.

If the system is not shut down correctly, you may get a message that the external storage drive needs to be repaired. When it happened to me, the process didn’t take long and I didn’t notice any loss of data.

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Eight TB is a lot better than 500 GB or 1 TB but sooner or later you’ll fill it. However, with that much storage, it should be easier to decide which games to banish to your Library when you need to make room.

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Can You Download Games From Disc To Ps4

I have a PS4 (original version) and a new Slim PS4 at two different locations.

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I would like to be able to play the games I have at either place, without having to move the games between them. Some games I have are purchased via discs, others via download from the PlayStation Store.

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Is it possible to share the games between the 2 PS4s without having to physically move the discs between the 2 places?

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For the discs part - no. The disc is used to validate that you own the game. Even if you install the game off the disk, the console will expect to see the disc. The PS4 uses the disc to basically say 'Hey! You really do own this game!' If this wasn't the case, you could essentially buy one disc and share it among many people and they would all have the ability to play the game if they install it to their PS4.

Can You Digitally Download Ps4 Games From Disc

For your downloaded games - yes. You will just have to download the game onto both consoles. As long as you are using the account you purchased the game with, it should work. Digital purchases are linked to your account.

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