Digital & Retail size

IceStorm III · Jul 18, 2014

PS4 games have to be installed, same as Xbox One. The installation speed is faster on PS4, but the game still installs.

x24hrs2livex · Jul 18, 2014

Icestorm has a PS4 and Im sure he will tell you how wrong you are but hey you know everything anyway.

Edit: Thank you Ice.

ElectroFlying · Jul 18, 2014

I thought so as well Icestorm. Or at least, that's what I had read.

Must have been a Lemon eh!

IceStorm III · Jul 18, 2014

Don't know what you're talking about. No Internet connection is required by either console to install a game from disc. Both allow gameplay before the install is finished, with PS4 titles allowing gameplay somewhat earlier than Xbox One titles. Xbox One
allows a disc install to be converted to a digital title. PS4 requires download of the title from PSN.

bowski477 · Oct 31, 2018

Hey guys let's try to stay on the topic and away from the console comparison.

ElectroFlying

^^ Hands on says otherwise.

ElectroFlying

Egg. X1's direct competitor (Forum gods want allow me to say it on here) don't need to do that.

I've played one in a rural home, and without any net services whatsoever.

X1's main rival's Blu Ray optics will run it's latest games without "installing" (Thanks Icestorm) the game to the HDD.

So if the X1's main competitor can play the latest, and newest games directly from the optical drive. Why can't the X1??

Weird eh!

Reedickyoulus

I'm sure there'll be a way to give up rights to your digital games in exchange for credit to use in the Xbox Store, but that's probably in the distant future and it'll probably be a ripoff anyway.

tohellnbak

One of the luxuries of a digital age Ox is the ability to create fixes for bugs, problems etc on the fly. By a time a game goes "gold" and is mass produced for disc, there might have been some bugs and fixes made. Only way to get these into your game is
by a patch or or update. If it was years ago before this day and age.. if a game was broke... guess what.. it stayed broke

jkettinger

I don't know if there is a difference, but I was a little surprised when I bought the retail version of Dead Rising 3, put it into the console, and was prompted to download a 16 GB update. Maybe it's because I'm old school, but I miss being able to put the
game in, press start, and play. Now, I have to navigate menus, download updates, sign into Xbox Live... but I digress.

The other nice part about owning a disc is that you can bring it to a friend's house to play.

Digital & Retail size