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weaveworld on 11 July 2013

Really... so that's how they prompote their new console. With a feature that kinda already exists on ps3?



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kupomogli on 11 July 2013
ethomaz said:
PS3 have it limited to two consoles... you need to manually deactivate the one console to play in another (and that can be make only in six months intervals).

Seems a evolution of the PS3 system... we need more info to know how that works.

This is incorrect.  It's only six months that you can use the online account deactivation. 

https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2616

If you deactivate and reactivate it from the console, you can do this as many times as you want in any amount of time.  Simple go into your account management, and then  video or games, then deactivate this console. 



Zappykins on 11 July 2013
ethomaz said:
Zappykins said:
Gosh, I just assumed the PlayStations could do that. I didn't know until last month the PS3 was limited to two - as my friend had to buy another copy to play cause his other PS3 had broken (it was his 2nd one.) It had broken and he couldn't deactivate it or something like that.

Seems like a no brainier to me As other have pointed out X360 has had this for years. And it really doesn't take long to download most games - even on my slow 15mb/s cable. Plus, you can often do something else and it will download in the background.

You can desactivate from internet (PC browser) once time each six months.

Thanks, I'll let him know.

But I seriously doubt he knows how to do it.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

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Zappykins on 11 July 2013
pezus said:
Zappykins said:
Gosh, I just assumed the PlayStations could do that. I didn't know until last month the PS3 was limited to two - as my friend had to buy another copy to play cause his other PS3 had broken (it was his 2nd one.) It had broken and he couldn't deactivate it or something like that.

Seems like a no brainier to me As other have pointed out X360 has had this for years. And it really doesn't take long to download most games - even on my slow 15mb/s cable. Plus, you can often do something else and it will download in the background.

He could. Online. It takes a long-ass time to download full blu-ray games. For many it could take up to a day.

I guess I have a pretty good internet speed, as it has never really taken anything near that long.  But I can always put it in the cue, and do something else.  It can continue download with the power is off.  It if takes more than 10 minutes annoyed.

 But I think they only added the download while off feature after the 2011 dashboard update.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

Tell me a funny joke!
MoHasanie on 11 July 2013
Hynad said:
MoHasanie said:
So you can login in on your friend's console and play the game without having downlaod it again on their console? That's a nice feature. On the 360 you have to download the game again when you're logged in on a friend's console and it can take a while if they have a slow connection.


Huh... right. You can play a game without the actual game data... ¬_¬

Well I think Microsoft said you could play the game without downloading the data again by accessing the game through the cloud, so I thought Sony would do something similar. I didn't realize Sony was way behind Microsoft on this feature. 



    

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MoHasanie on 11 July 2013
crissindahouse said:
MoHasanie said:
So you can login in on your friend's console and play the game without having downlaod it again on their console? That's a nice feature. On the 360 you have to download the game again when you're logged in on a friend's console and it can take a while if they have a slow connection.

you also have to download it on your friends console but to play the first part of the game you only have to download the first part of the game and while you play it downloads the rest in the backround. if the internet is fast enough it downloads the next levels faster as you play the game so you will only have to wait before you start the game. if it's not fast enough it could happen that you reach a level and then the console says "please wait until the next part is downloaded" or something like that.

Ohh right. Thanks for the explanation. :) I guess it won't be that great of a feature if the game is 10GB or more. 



    

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Hynad on 11 July 2013
MoHasanie said:
Hynad said:
MoHasanie said:
So you can login in on your friend's console and play the game without having downlaod it again on their console? That's a nice feature. On the 360 you have to download the game again when you're logged in on a friend's console and it can take a while if they have a slow connection.


Huh... right. You can play a game without the actual game data... ¬_¬

Well I think Microsoft said you could play the game without downloading the data again by accessing the game through the cloud, so I thought Sony would do something similar. I didn't realize Sony was way behind Microsoft on this feature. 

Microsoft didn't say such things. Sony are the ones offering this kind of service through Gaikai.

PLaying a game entirely through the Cloud can only be achieved via streaming a video of it running on the Cloud servers. The XBO isn't any different. It won't let you play a game if it's not installed first. Unless MS also has a service similar to Gaikai down the line.



Figgycal on 11 July 2013
MoHasanie said:
Hynad said:
MoHasanie said:
So you can login in on your friend's console and play the game without having downlaod it again on their console? That's a nice feature. On the 360 you have to download the game again when you're logged in on a friend's console and it can take a while if they have a slow connection.


Huh... right. You can play a game without the actual game data... ¬_¬

Well I think Microsoft said you could play the game without downloading the data again by accessing the game through the cloud, so I thought Sony would do something similar. I didn't realize Sony was way behind Microsoft on this feature. 

I don't think I've seen that comfirmed anywhere. The closest thing I've heard to that is the Xbox One would allow people to play games as the game is installing- but that was when the Xbox One had all the DRM on it and had mandatory game installs. I haven't heard anything about playing a game as it's downloading- but if the PS3 can already do it- I'm guessing the Xbox could also.



trixiemafia86 on 11 July 2013

is that a battery green bar at the top right of the image in the OP. PS4 portable CONFIRMED



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