March 26, 20187 yr Several years ago I bought the PS4 for my son for Xmas. Of course it was partly for me too but I digress. Somewhere along the way, I missed where PS4 games where you were buying the actual hard-copy discs were installing portions of the game on your hard drive -- not just saved games -- and now any time my son gets a new game we've got to delete entire games from the system. We are only talking about 8-10 games and only one of them was d/l from the Sony online store. Is that right? Anyway, looks like the solution is to buy an external HD for $75-$80.
March 26, 20187 yr Author Man, there is nothing else on there other than FIFA, SW Battlefront, a couple of COD games, Madden 17 and maybe a couple other things. Oh, and Rocket League. I love that fucking game. You're going to have pry that one from my cold, dead fingers.
March 26, 20187 yr 43 minutes ago, C-Man said: .... Is that right? Are you asking us if you need to delete games to be able to install new games because your hard drive is full? It's really not a big deal. You can reinstall them if you still have the disk (which you need to play them anyway). How many games to you play simultaneously anyway? ADHD generation.
March 26, 20187 yr Author Just now, bernorange said: Are you asking us if you need to delete games to be able to install new games because your hard drive is full? It's really not a big deal. You can reinstall them if you still have the disk (which you need to play them anyway). How many games to you play simultaneously anyway? ADHD generation. Man, I don't play hardly any of them. It's a PITA though when my son tries to pop in a new disc and we have to delete things. I just had no idea these games were installing this much data instead of reading completely off the disk in the old (PS3) days. I'll check tonight but I really think there are just 10 games at the most on there.
March 26, 20187 yr Major games will install anywhere from 20 to ~60 MB. The game boxes will tell you how much HD space they need (see back cover). When you have the PS4 on, go to Settings > Storage > Applications and you can see how much data each game is taking up on your HD.
March 27, 20187 yr You run into the same problem going all-digital. But you can delete games and redownload at a later time if you wish. You retain the licenses. Definitely a modern gaming problem, but I'll take the huge ass files for great looking/performing games.
March 27, 20187 yr I filled my PS4 HD not too long ago and just bit the bullet on a $50.00 1 TB ext HD. works just fine and then you don't have to delete games and then redownload if you ever want to play them again.
March 27, 20187 yr Just replace standard 500 mb hard drive with a 2TB one http://www.ps4storage.com/ps4-hdd-upgrade-guide/
March 27, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, texasjacket said: Just replace standard 500 mb hard drive with a 2TB one http://www.ps4storage.com/ps4-hdd-upgrade-guide/ This is the answer. I'm a game hoarder too, and I find myself jumping around or back to games from time to time. I ended up putting a 1 TB hard drive in my PS3 too, and I'm getting ready to upgrade the PS4 soon. I prefer the internal hard drives, but my FIL uses the external drive and it works fine for him. Edited March 27, 20187 yr by ulukinatme
April 15, 20187 yr On 3/26/2018 at 8:46 PM, Constant said: You run into the same problem going all-digital. But you can delete games and redownload at a later time if you wish. You retain the licenses. Definitely a modern gaming problem, but I'll take the huge ass files for great looking/performing games. I just miss the old days of popping a game out of the case and the only requirement being the need to blow into the cartridge...
April 15, 20187 yr I’ve got a WD elements external. It’s also helpful if you ever have move stuff to a new unit.
April 15, 20187 yr I need to replace the factory hard drive on mine. Never really thought about it until I went to dl the A game and it wouldn’t. All of mine are disc based, I like to resale or trade them in. I only buy a couple a year though. How can I transfer the stuff from the drive in the PS4 to the new one when I order one. Would an external one make that easier?
April 15, 20187 yr You don't really need to save the games themselves. You can upload your game save data to the cloud with PS+ and then download onto your new PS4 whenever you get one. You can simply reinstall the games from your discs or re-download if you own digital.
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