Even at those speeds, downloading 50 gigabytes would take about one to two hours. So, if the speed to download the entire thing comes down to minutes, then I think disks would no longer make sense. But that is the future and the shift is already happening right now toward downloadable games with the rise of [the online merchant] Steam for the PC, as well [as] many games that are available both as a downloadable and as a physical disk on current consoles.
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January 04, Infrequently Asked Questions: Why do console games need to 'install' from a disc? Video Games Technology. Ps4 game disc wont install. I just recently bought Prey on disc and I put it in to install and it installed up to the end of the download and now it just shows the. Assuming your PS4 is on its default Rest Mode settings, it will just work. It will automatically download when you get home and turn on your PS4.
This will allow your PS4 to wake up and download games and updates. Launch the app after installing it and sign in with the same PlayStation Network account you use on your PlayStation 4. It's a highly advertised feature that almost never works as intended. Then there are the outright technical problems, which I've had across both system between stalled downloads and dropped connections, but lately things are getting downright strange.
At the time of this writing, I've been trying to download my review copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection for about 12 hours now, and it's been a thoroughly bizarre experience. This has also occurred in conjunction with random complete stoppages, and my console going dormant, despite there being an active download clearly struggling to complete.
But the percents going up and down fluctuate regardless of the system's power state. I can't imagine why the Xbox One's default setting is to power down after being idle when these games take many, many hours to install, if the system can't keep things going during sleep mode which I thought it was supposed to do anyway. You may want to chalk this one up to a personal problem, but my internet is fine, I've downloaded games in the past with far fewer issues than this. What's happening lately the percent dropping happened a bit with COD as well, but not this extreme is just downright bizarre, and searching online, I see I'm far from the only one having issues with downloading.
Never in the history of downloading anything have I see my percentages just straight-up drop , and Microsoft needs to A fix this problem and B at least tell me what on earth is going on. And either fix things so downloads can actually continue when idle, or don't let the console shut down when there's an active install going on.
Do you really think I want to sit there flicking a joystick every half an hour so my system doesn't shut off? Another dynamic to factor in is that if you often bring your games to your friend's house to play on their PS4 or if you often lend your games, physical disc is also the preferred option. So for myself, I've decided to go with physical discs as it's the better investment for your hard-earned money at a minor inconvenience of having to swap discs when I want to change the game.
For some gamers, the advent of the digital marketplace has been an immeasurable boon. For that second group, there's some bad news regarding the coming launch of Fallout 4: Even if you install from a disc, at least part of the game will have to be downloaded from Steam.
The word came from Pete Hines, Bethesda's Vice President of PR and Marketing, who confirmed on Twitter last week that the physical release of the game will include both a disc and a Steam key, and that the disc will have 'actual install data' on it.
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