Downloading game disc on ps4

Physical discs. I would think you'd need a PS4 license and I'm sure it would be a project transfer to the PS4 instead of using discs. But of course I could be. 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! But the nature of disc based games is not without its upsides — going physical sometimes means savings, the ability to sell and trade, and a lack of reliance on the internet.

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Do you need to buy a game twice? If this were the case you could download a disc game and then sell off the disc version. Disc vs digital: which is worth it? Disc and digital PS4 games are identical in all aspects but convenience and pricing.

Can you download disc games in rest mode? Do disc game installations require an internet connection? In summary For all of the simplicity of consoles, even the most basic features can be a bit of a head scratcher. Jan 4, - On why you spent hours installing games on Christmas Day instead of playing them. Have to go home and install the game -- and then download an update.

PS4 games on Blu-Ray discs have the capacity of 50 gigabytes,. Previous post. Call it installation or call it caching, but the bottom line is that you will have to save large chunks of PlayStation 4 games to the system's hard drive. It's not an option. It's mandatory on Sony's next-gen system. Today, at a stylish waterfront hotel in New York City that's been taken over by Sony for all things PS4, the system's lead architect, Mark Cerny, explained just how these requirements work.

If you are playing a disc-based game, the system will begin caching the disc when you put it in the console and get ready to play. The game is saving part of itself to the system's hard drive. The amount of data that has to be saved before you can start will vary per title. Cerny said that for the launch game he directed, Knack , users should only have to wait 10s of seconds to play the game. After that, as you play, the game will stream more content to the console's GB hard drive.

Knack will use 37GB of space overall, as noted on the game's box. Obviously, it won't take many games to fill the console's hard drive.