The PS4 Pro is a nice upgrade for existing owners of standard Playstation 4s and a solid gaming console for new Playstation gamers.
With a little effort, you can quickly have it up and running with all of your existing data transferred to your new machine so that you can concentrate on more fun things, like playing games. Michael Connell a freelance writer who has focused on solving problems for many years, formerly as a trial lawyer and currently by offering solutions to the everyday problems encountered while using current technology.
Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. Sign Out Sign In Register. Latest Insider. Check out the latest Insider stories here. More from the IDG Network. Sony PlayStation 4, the unboxing video. Coldheart likes this. If you could do that, hardly anyone would buy games. NoSoul81 , Mar 14, I've often wondered what would happen if a game system had no security. I remember reading about some pc gaming company that started selling drm-free games that could easily be pirated only to break their own sales records.
But games have often higher prices than i. That's the cost of been free. And what is surprising me, they still exist, they doesn't bankrupt and slowly expanding. Berion , Mar 14, Does anyone know if the drive is linked to the system it is formatted by or to the users PSN account? You can only store game data, apps and DLC, this will also be tied to the PS4 itself, not the user, but you will still require the owner of the relevant content to be signed in when you play.
This will be for Primary systems only, you cannot store game data and use the HDD on another PS4 as it will require formatting to that system first. Thanks for the help. I was mainly interested in finding out for the future when I get around to getting a PS4 Pro. Some of them are absolutely massive, especially ESO. Or is that a feature not available, or thought of, yet? Thanks Val. I was just asking to future proof myself???? Options are always great!
Just keep in mind you can only transfer game data to an external. No saves, themes, videos or screenshots. Any updates on this? Paranoimia the fact of the matter is that downloads on my xbox one are much much faster. Download speeds for that and my PS3 were always comparable. Even Xbox one maxes my connection that is direct competitor of Sony. I actually have answer from you guys support in my email saying that bandwidth is limited to around 50 Mbps per connection, this can be worse with heavy traffic.
Thanks Ageranu for the tip! Have to give it a try. Is it possible to download my games in my friend ps4 then move it to my new ps4 because my old one not working? Your trophies are attached to your psn account but games would more than likely have to be reinstalled. Does the external USB need to have its own power suply, or does the PS4 power it throught the usb connector? That depends on the hard drive. But 3. I think that depends on the type of HDD, as Bumblebee says.
Which HDD is best? I have a seagate for my wii u and my ps4 is completely maxed out XD also, would I need a Y cable?
Why the pointless minimum size? If i install a agame to the external hard drive , will i still need to insert the disc to play the game? What happens if i lose my external drive with my games on can i redownload them or what and can i take my games on a external drive go to my friends house log in as me and play my games. Now, if you try to start a game the following message will show up:.
To install this application on another storage device, first delete it, and then download it again or insert the disc for it. Your downloaded games will stay in your library — you could just re-download them to a new HDD. I have changed my internal HDD 2 years ago, since that time my console seems to run more hot, the fans are almost always on.
Or it will automaticly format the usb one? I know this question will be somewhat off topic, but I think it would be better to simply upgrade my internal HDD. But I am uncertain which internal HDD to purchase. Could someone link me the a good Internal HDD? Can we have a partition? I use an 8tb external for backups but really only need well under 4tb. Can I partition it and use half for backups from pc and half for PS4? What about Networked Attached Storage?
Can I use same disk on another PS4 when I create my account there, so console can check I own content on it? Why do I have to leave 50gb free on my internal hard drive in order to play games off my external hard drive? What a waste of space. I upgraded to a 1tb hdd while back,I still have my gb,so how do I attach it to use as an external drive?
Does the system run slower, hang up or stutter when playing resource heavy games like Destiny and Horizon Zero Dawn? For fast paced games like BlackOps 4, MW and such, i would transfer all those games to system storage. If I go to my friends house and I want to play a game that is on the usb will the game saves stay or do I have to start a new game?
Settings — Application saved data management — Saved data in system storage — Upload to online storage. No, you need to connect the USB cable directly to your console, not through any external ports or extenders.
And yes, it does work perfectly when I connect it to my PC. Googling this gives me a couple of results of people having the same problem with this particular HDD. Does anybody have any ideas? Maybe my specific HDD will be added to the compatibility list in future. Well y dont you post what external devices work for the ps4 sony its your JOB to do that unless we use the wrong external device and our ps4 goes wrong then its your falt sony.
Hopefully have an answer for you soon! Rhys, thanks for trying to answer as many of the questions here as possible. I have a question that you may not know the answer to immediately but it would be great if you could find out and get back to me:.
Will it cause issues having games and their DLC on different drives? If I download new DLC for an old game should I manually copy the installed game to the external drive too, so that everything is on the same drive?
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