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Octane on 15 October 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
Octane said:


I've been told that the PS4 downloads physical games from the disc as well, therefore it doesn't even matter if you get physical games if you want to save on memory. I don't have enough games yet to test it out myself, but I wonder if that's true...

All games install on the HDD. The advantage of using the PS4 is that you don't have to wait for the game to fully install before you can play it, so deleting a game to make space for another isn't that much of an issue.

I see, thanks. Hopefully it won't be much of an issue for me.



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asqarkabab on 15 October 2015

Good will change my hdd to xtb asap



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Intrinsic on 15 October 2015
Toxy said:
That being said; 1TB models are definitely necessary. It has become common for a game to have a 10GB patch, which adds up if there are multiple patches across multiple games. That and if you are going to download titles as well - you will need to eventually upgrade to an external hard drive if you are a serious gamer with the 500GB model.

I think it would do gamers good if they don't look at the internal HDD in these consoles in the traditional sense of a HDD and rather as something put into them to ensure the efficiency of the consoles.

The primary reason of having a HDD in these consoles isn't to store data per say, but to make games load as fast as possible being that a HDD reads faster than a disc drive. This is why all games even physical ones are installed on the hdd

It would have been nicer if they came with 1/2TB outta the gates, but even that is unreasonable being that putting in 1TB in the consoles in 2013 would have cost them at least $15 more than it would have going with 500GB. it may not sound like much, but when deals are being made to make over 20Mil consoles it adds up fast. especially when that money could have gone to more essential and inflexible components like RAM or processors. They can always change what hdd is in a console, you can't change its apu or ram.



Cloudman on 15 October 2015

Well, that's good. More space is better. Hopefully they still come at a good price though.



 

              

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Cloudman on 15 October 2015
twintail said:
Cloudman said:
Well, that's good. More space is better. Hopefully they still come at a good price though.


They will phase out the 500GB and replace them with 1TB at he $350 price tag.

So yeah, still a pretty good price. Probably the best of the 3 atm in terms of overall value. Though I imagine the X1 wll get a price cut.

Well, that sounds plenty good to me. That was a question that came up when I was browsing a store, seeing bundles at the entrance. I saw 500 TB models there, wondering when they would be fased out, haha...



 

              

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Dr.Henry_Killinger on 15 October 2015
Cloudman said:
twintail said:
Cloudman said:
Well, that's good. More space is better. Hopefully they still come at a good price though.


They will phase out the 500GB and replace them with 1TB at he $350 price tag.

So yeah, still a pretty good price. Probably the best of the 3 atm in terms of overall value. Though I imagine the X1 wll get a price cut.

Well, that sounds plenty good to me. That was a question that came up when I was browsing a store, seeing bundles at the entrance. I saw 500 TB models there, wondering when they would be fased out, haha...

Why would they phase out 500 TB models in favor of 1 TB ones. O- o



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Cloudman on 15 October 2015
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
Cloudman said:
twintail said:
Cloudman said:
Well, that's good. More space is better. Hopefully they still come at a good price though.


They will phase out the 500GB and replace them with 1TB at he $350 price tag.

So yeah, still a pretty good price. Probably the best of the 3 atm in terms of overall value. Though I imagine the X1 wll get a price cut.

Well, that sounds plenty good to me. That was a question that came up when I was browsing a store, seeing bundles at the entrance. I saw 500 TB models there, wondering when they would be fased out, haha...

Why would they phase out 500 TB models in favor of 1 TB ones. O- o

I guess cuz more is better...? : P I'd rather have more space than less.



 

              

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sabvre42 on 15 October 2015
Intrinsic said:
Toxy said:
That being said; 1TB models are definitely necessary. It has become common for a game to have a 10GB patch, which adds up if there are multiple patches across multiple games. That and if you are going to download titles as well - you will need to eventually upgrade to an external hard drive if you are a serious gamer with the 500GB model.

I think it would do gamers good if they don't look at the internal HDD in these consoles in the traditional sense of a HDD and rather as something put into them to ensure the efficiency of the consoles.

The primary reason of having a HDD in these consoles isn't to store data per say, but to make games load as fast as possible being that a HDD reads faster than a disc drive. This is why all games even physical ones are installed on the hdd

It would have been nicer if they came with 1/2TB outta the gates, but even that is unreasonable being that putting in 1TB in the consoles in 2013 would have cost them at least $15 more than it would have going with 500GB. it may not sound like much, but when deals are being made to make over 20Mil consoles it adds up fast. especially when that money could have gone to more essential and inflexible components like RAM or processors. They can always change what hdd is in a console, you can't change its apu or ram.


Actually the real reason for installing games on a hard drive is that the ps3/360 setup of game patches was horrid.

When you install the whole game to the HDD, you can patch any and every piece of the game without causing significant fragmentation.



CosmicSex on 15 October 2015

I'm gonna get a 2-TB SSD and put the 500GB in my monster rig.



rolltide101x on 15 October 2015
GamechaserBE said:
1TB still is to low should have been 2TB from the start all people are doing is buying extra HD's or deleting games.

Yeah...... No, 2.5" 2 TB drives are very expensive