Ps4 download hames from discs

 · If you plan on buying The Division 2 for PS4 on disc, be prepared to download 90GB. According to a support page for the game spotted by Game Informer, expect your data cap to take a hit. Digital Copy vs. Physical Disc Game. Console games for PS4, etc. No PC games or downloads, just console game rentals. Digital games take centuries.  · I thought most retailers do not accept opened discs as returns. The logic seems to be more around the resale of discs, or, the “circulating disc” where one person buys the game and lets ten other people use it. Either way, downloading the game from disc would certainly be abused by many and thereby lower physical copy sales. –Reviews: 3.  · How To Download Game On Ps4 From Disc The game is installed from the disc to the drive, which allows the game to run faster and quieter (no constant disc spinning necessary). The trade-off being that the console checks for the disc while the game is running, and if you try to eject the disc during play it'll boot ya out.

The Hybrid Path. There's another, more strategic class of PS4 gamer that buys certain games as discs and others as digital versions. A longer, more complex game that takes dozens of hours works better as a digital purchase. Its replay value is high, and the experience is ongoing, so the hybrid gamer prefers to keep it as a digital copy. When you download an update, PS4 will take a second copy of the game file. So, you need around double the storage space for a game so as to download and update it. Both can lead to insufficient PS4 storage space. To fix it, the most effective method is to free up PS4 space. How to fix it when PS4 can't download games and updates? @devianttea: I'm not sure why Sony made it this way, but you have to delete the disc version and download the digital version. I've done this with both Destiny games and a few others. Until you delete the disc version (even though both games are the same), it will require the disc to be inserted.

The short of it is that you can’t download disc games. You’ll need to have the disc inserted into the PS4 every time you want to play. Alternatively, you could sell the disc version of the game and buy a digital license on the PlayStation store. Hi – Bumblebee’s reply is correct, you can plug your HDD into any PS4, but to play the games installed on it you’ll either need the disc that the data came from, or be signed in with the PSN account that downloaded the game. If you’re upgrading to a PS4 Pro, you should be able to just plug in and play without re-downloading anything. If you plan on buying The Division 2 for PS4 on disc, be prepared to download 90GB. According to a support page for the game spotted by Game Informer, expect your data cap to take a hit. Digital Copy vs. Physical Disc Game. Console games for PS4, etc. No PC games or downloads, just console game rentals. Digital games take centuries.