i have a 1TB drive in my ps3, its filling up, Im a playstation + member so every month i dload everything they release. if you miss the windows u cant get them again, so i have 2 years worth of PSN+ games thats all really.

I think sony may bring an external device, because your right itll fill up quick. i got Metel gear Solid on and it was 19gb dload, and took nearly an hour After it had dloaded to install

 

The only difference being that each time you wanted to play a PS3 game you put the disc in and you had to wait for it to load up,but with the ps4 when you put the disc in it downloads parts of the game so no need to wait,as it downloads in the back ground while you are playing meaning faster start up times,all those GB'S of data are put on to the PS4 HD,I reckon that 12 or 13 full games will eat up the majority of a 500GB hard drive,plus your playstation start up firmware takes up a good few GB from the get go,and if you play Blu-ray Disc it takes the extras from the Blu-ray Disc and creates menus for each BLU-Ray film you watch,so in conclusiona 500 GB hard drive can be eating up quite quickly if you are into buying a lot of games.There may not be a lot of games out at the moment but come next year there will be plenty.SJ.

 

Blimey, does the XBO do the same thing? if so, 500Gb seems a little misguided!

 

Geezer,

100 games!?!?...... you need a new calculator mate!


I don't see 500GB being a major issue but 1TB would have been a better choice in reality...... but it all adds to the cost.

 

Yes it does mate.SJ.

 

However, once it has been downloaded, you can then wipe it at a later date and re-download it if you wish (as long as you stay as a PS+ member and the game remains on the PSN network).

 

As I said before it is a good idea for faster download times,but the rub being is that the next Gen style of doing things eats up a lot of memory,it would not of been to bad if they at least made the console with 1TB of space,but as everything in this world it seems to come down to profit margin I.E money,but at least the PS4 made it more accessible to get to the HD and upgrade it without voiding you're warranty.SJ.

 

From a commercial perspective I suspect MS will release a new console in the future, either with more HD space and/or ability to swap drives out etc. This generation is supposed to be looking at a 10yr life span..... we'll be on many TB's of data storage by then.

 

You can say that again mateSJ.

 

I got another from Argos today too. That'll be on ebay soon.

 

Is it really worth the hassle? They seem to be going for ~£530 on eBay so once you factor in fees, time to go and get it, package it up and send it, you must only be coming out with £40 profit?

 

£140 profit on the last one.

Cash on collection, so no postage.

No fees either

 

Wor lass has just got hold of a ps4 for me today from game, the lad in the shop was trying to sell her a "care package" for £60 pound as apparently you need to do a big download when you first turn it on and if the connection drops and the download is interrupted it can corrupt the hard drive and sony don't cover the ps4 if its you're internet that affects the download??

This sounds like total bollocks to me and I'm pretty sure if something went wrong with the console after just being switched on somebody (game or sony) would refunding or replacing under warranty anyway.

Anyone heard anything along these lines? The lad told wor lass that I should only perform the download in the middle of the night lol, is this just some numpty in game winding me up or is this the future of next gen gaming, only being able to play in the middle of the night!!

 

I'd have told him to shove the PS4 up his **** and walked out. Sounds like total bollocks just to sell a warranty.

 

It sounds like Someone's looking commission mate,as long as you have a reasonable internet connection mate you will be fine,we're not talking dial up Internet hereSJ.

 

Spot on.SJ.

 

sounds like bull****.

anyway you can download the 300mb update on your pc, put it on a USB stick then update the console from that.

 

The Xbox is going to support external storage in a future update. So you will just be able to plug an external drive in one of the usb ports.

 

Yes your right...

 

Has anyone seen how much Xbox day one boxes are changing hands for on ebay.....anywhere from £60 +....Have seen a BIN for £400 and one bid up to £200!

 

How did you manage no fees?

 

haha, yes indeed! Schoolboy error *cough*, perhaps I should consider a new drive!

 

Ebay don't charge fees on uncompleted sales.

 

I hope it's soon.SJ.

 

my ps4 from very arrived today £280 with a m8s staff discount

just need to buy a ps+ sub and BF 4

 

Definitely get online,PSN+ works very good they have made it that if you have facebook that you can link all your accounts together in one place.SJ.

 

Yeah will be doing if I get the sub from very it comes in at 32 quid so not bad its just bf4 is still at a stonking price even with discount

Wonder what my custom firmware ps3 is worth

 

Whats the best deal people have got for PS+ for a years sub?

 

cd keys do it at £35 but out of stock and blockbuster had it at 30 quid but out of stock - CEX had it at 28 quid but out of stock lol

Also in the box you get 2 days free i believe but how do you use the 2 week free trial thats also in the box as ive never had PS+ apart from the time the PSN got hacked and they give you a free month of it?

 

Apparently HMV have them at 29.99 in store so will check that out later this week before my 2 week trial ends.