PS4 hard drive full

[C-Man 27184]

Several years ago I bought the PS4 for my son for Xmas. Of course it was partly for me too but I digress. Somewhere along the way, I missed where PS4 games where you were buying the actual hard-copy discs were installing portions of the game on your hard drive -- not just saved games -- and now any time my son gets a new game we've got to delete entire games from the system. We are only talking about 8-10 games and only one of them was d/l from the Sony online store. Is that right?

Anyway, looks like the solution is to buy an external HD for $75-$80.

[C-Man 27184]

Obligatory "old man yells at the clouds"

[TexasFootball18 48]

Delete the porn an option?

 

[C-Man 27184]

Man, there is nothing else on there other than FIFA, SW Battlefront, a couple of COD games, Madden 17 and maybe a couple other things. Oh, and Rocket League. I love that fucking game. You're going to have pry that one from my cold, dead fingers.

[Landomatic 3813]

Wait for PS5 release an option?

[bernorange 8359]

43 minutes ago, C-Man said:

.... Is that right?

Are you asking us if you need to delete games to be able to install new games because your hard drive is full?  It's really not a big deal.  You can reinstall them if you still have the disk (which you need to play them anyway).  How many games to you play simultaneously anyway?  ADHD generation.

[C-Man 27184]

Just now, bernorange said:

Are you asking us if you need to delete games to be able to install new games because your hard drive is full?  It's really not a big deal.  You can reinstall them if you still have the disk (which you need to play them anyway).  How many games to you play simultaneously anyway?  ADHD generation.

Man, I don't play hardly any of them. It's a PITA though when my son tries to pop in a new disc and we have to delete things. I just had no idea these games were installing this much data instead of reading completely off the disk in the old (PS3) days. I'll check tonight but I really think there are just 10 games at the most on there.

[bernorange 8359]

Major games will install anywhere from 20 to ~60 MB.  The game boxes will tell you how much HD space they need (see back cover).

When you have the PS4 on, go to Settings > Storage > Applications and you can see how much data each game is taking up on your HD.

[Constant 6723]

You run into the same problem going all-digital. But you can delete games and redownload at a later time if you wish. You retain the licenses. Definitely a modern gaming problem, but I'll take the huge ass files for great looking/performing games. 

[coolsax 49]

I filled my PS4 HD not too long ago and just bit the bullet on a $50.00 1 TB ext HD.  works just fine and then you don't have to delete games and then redownload if you ever want to play them again.

 

[texasjacket 289]

Just replace standard 500 mb hard drive with a 2TB one 

http://www.ps4storage.com/ps4-hdd-upgrade-guide/

 

 

[ulukinatme 1763]

10 hours ago, texasjacket said:

Just replace standard 500 mb hard drive with a 2TB one 

http://www.ps4storage.com/ps4-hdd-upgrade-guide/

 

 

This is the answer.  I'm a game hoarder too, and I find myself jumping around or back to games from time to time.  I ended up putting a 1 TB hard drive in my PS3 too, and I'm getting ready to upgrade the PS4 soon.

I prefer the internal hard drives, but my FIL uses the external drive and it works fine for him.

Edited March 27, 2018 by ulukinatme

[SmokeyBear1861 107]

Make the switch before you waste more money on console stuff. 

[kopp0e 1135]

On 3/26/2018 at 8:46 PM, Constant said:

You run into the same problem going all-digital. But you can delete games and redownload at a later time if you wish. You retain the licenses. Definitely a modern gaming problem, but I'll take the huge ass files for great looking/performing games. 

I just miss the old days of popping a game out of the case and the only requirement being the need to blow into the cartridge...

[GottaB 594]

I’ve got a WD elements external. It’s also helpful if you ever have move stuff to a new unit.

[Jkwellborn 6686]

I need to replace the factory hard drive on mine. Never really thought about it until I went to dl the A game and it wouldn’t. All of mine are disc based, I like to resale or trade them in. I only buy a couple a year though.

How can I transfer the stuff from the drive in the PS4 to the new one when I order one. Would an external one make that easier?

[bernorange 8359]

You don't really need to save the games themselves.  You can upload your game save data to the cloud with PS+ and then download onto your new PS4 whenever you get one.  You can simply reinstall the games from your discs or re-download if you own digital.