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[gofreak]

So it's not limited to 2 consoles like Vita/PS3?

I'm guessing it auto-deactivates one of your other ones, your other non-primary system.

edit - or more simply, just requires you to manually deactivate if you don't have a free slot, as presently.

 

[Durante]

Isn't this exactly the same as PS3?

And any sane (read "not nintendo or starforce") DD system?

With the exception of play as you download of course (though a few PC games which also have that).

 

[phierce]

I'm a fan!

 

[zomgbbqftw]

What? Are you being sarcastic or am I missing something? This is exactly how it works now, the only difference is the play as you download feature.

What do you think...

 

[jond76]

I can do this on ps3.

and the 360. People here are screaming that this is X1s family plan reincarnated.

 

[dancmc]

As far as I can tell; this is the same as Xbone, 360, and PS3. Your digital library can go to any machine where you log-in with your account info

 

[Omni]

Has almost everyone ITT lost their minds? Except for the optimization of downloads/installs PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One all do this.....

It's just the same old blind MS hate that people love to shovel onto the forums without checking to see if what they're actually shovelling is correct.

 

[Mrbob]

Does this mean we can install PS4 blu ray discs too or is there some storage set aside as a cache?

I want to be able to buy from retail, but also install my discs so I don't have to get up and switch them out to change games.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

What do you think...

It's hard to know for certain at times...

 

[Projectjustice]

I dont share, buy your own games.

 

[ultron87]

Basically the same system as PS3, but they're just highlighting the new partial install system/play off the disc capabilities of the ps4 now.

Xbox One (from the info that's been released so far) has to install the entire game before playing it and cannot play a game right from the disc either. Good to see Sony finally promoting this (AFAIK) differentiating feature.

Your entire second paragraph is entirely false.

 

[Palette Swap]

Conversely, does this mean they're getting rid of activations and the game's owner has to be logged in to use it? That could suck for importers.

 

[Dreamgazer]

and the 360. People here are screaming that this is X1s family plan reincarnated.

One person scream that

Calm down

 

[Famassu]

No. You can play your digital copies from your profile in any console.

I can't, at least not on PS3. I'd have to deactivate one console for this to work, I can't even download a game let alone play it if I already have two PS3's activated.

 

[GitarooMan]

Nice, but where are all the Family Program comparisons coming from? It's just the way it always was with PS3 and Xbox 360, just more comfortable. Am I missing something out?

You're not missing anything; same as always just with play as you download; Xbone will have the same access, just like 360.

 

[PotionBleue]

I still don't get that hype for the “only download part of the game” function. Most next-gen games take at least a dozen of GBs and you just don't need the first world map in order to play but also the whole graphics engine and stuff. Have they already said how much GB it takes to be able to start playing a game partially? Where I live, even 1 GB takes half an hour to download.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

It's hard to know for certain at times...

It doesn't convey well over the internet.

I was just getting at the fact that we can do this on PS3 already and this isn't really news. What could change this is if Sony up the limit to 5 consoles again, but that leaves the system open for abuse so I don't see it happening personally.

 

[xValentine]

The only new thing here is the play-as-you-download.

 

[farisr]

Your entire second paragraph is entirely false.

Please direct me to a place where it says the Xbox One plays games off the disc without installing it fully to the harddrive first, or that the Xbox One can play a game while it's being downloaded.

Either way it can't be false, as I said, that whatever I was writing was AFAIK.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Xbox One (from the info that's been released so far) has to install the entire game before playing it and cannot play a game right from the disc either. Good to see Sony finally promoting this (AFAIK) differentiating feature.

So you're saying it doesn't let you play as it's installing? Is this something new as I'm pretty sure you can...

 

[Dead Prince]

will you have to be online with said account for game to keep working?

 

[tokyostomp]

Same as current gen except fr the pre-loading first level/beginning of game.

Actually Last of Us did that, so same thing.

 

[keit4]

I can't, at least not on PS3. I'd have to deactivate one console for this to work, I can't even download a game let alone play it if I already have two PS3's activated.

I don't know how it works on the PS3 because i only play on mine, but i know that the 360 allow this because i use this feature every weekend in my girlfriend's console.

 

[Killthee]

Xbox One (from the info that's been released so far) has to install the entire game before playing it and cannot play a game right from the disc either. Good to see Sony finally promoting this (AFAIK) differentiating feature.

It supports partial installs according to the leaked documents.

Second to last paragraph.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Remember when not reading the OP was bannable? This is exactly how it works now only huge downloads you access quicker.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Not a single new thing in this thread. Lol

 

[Exile20]

People can't wait to scream that PS4 is better, it seems. You have to sign into your account. Reading comprehension here is dreadful.

This.

It is getting ridiculous actually. What's next? Sony stating the PS4 can play games?

 

[dude819]

So this is exactly like the Xbox One.

Imagine if someone had come up with a way to just give your friend access without having to log in on their console. That would have been something.

 

[farisr]

So you're saying it doesn't let you play as it's installing? Is this something new as I'm pretty sure you can...

I'm saying I haven't heard them mention anything about playing while you're installing from the disc. If you have, please direct me to where they said that.

Their first system was going to install the game from the disc entirely and run the game entirely off the harddrive. No indication of being able to play while installing.

Their current system is stated to run "exactly like the 360", the 360 doesn't allow you to play while you install from disc.

 

[MGR]

Perhaps you'll be able to manually deactivate one of your two licences remotely from the 'third' PS4.

Provided of course the PS4's are connected and at the very least in standby mode.

 

[Tratorn]

Hast it been confirmed, that you can install on the fly on XB1? And also playing while downloading?

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

While the "In your face Microsoft" posts are rather silly, This still has an advantage over the previous Microsoft system. IIRC if you downloaded a game on a friends console (not family shared) You would have a online check every hour. That was ridiculous and much worse than the 24 hour check.

But as that whole Drm scheme has been removed the whole thing is business as usual with faster downloads of the content you want to play.

 

[flamingotripod]

I can do this on my Xbox 360.

Nothing new to see here guys

 

[Troll]

Not a single new thing in this thread. Lol

Last gen feature is last gen.

 

[LukasTaves]

Microsoft are going to put this feature back in.

They never took it out.

 

[ultron87]

Please direct me to a place where it says the Xbox One plays games off the disc without installing it fully to the harddrive first, or that the Xbox One can play a game while it's being downloaded.

Either way it can't be false, as I said, that whatever I was writing was AFAIK.

Okay. So what you know is false, my apologies. Let's see here.

Official Microsoft Source: http://news.xbox.com/2013/05/xbox-reveal-introducing-a-new-generation-of-xbox-live

You can install games in segments so that gameplay starts quickly and updates download silently in the background.

This is particularly referring to digital downloads and is pretty much exactly the PS4 system described.

Here's Engadget. This was pre-180 but I don't see why it would change. http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-used-games/

#2 - GAMES ARE INSTALLED IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE YOU PLAY

Just pop the disc in and start playing and the game will start installing while you play. No need to hit the Y button and go through any other theatrics.

 

[def sim]

Oh ho ho

You're a tricky one, Shinobi.

 

[keit4]

While the "In your face Microsoft" posts are rather silly, This still has an advantage over the previous Microsoft system. IIRC if you downloaded a game on a friends console (not family shared) You would have a online check every hour. That was ridiculous and much worse than the 24 hour check.

Wrong.

EDIT: oh, you meant the Xbone, not the 360. My mistake then.

 

[mrklaw]

I'd like it to let you download the game when you aren't there, and then you just log in and play. So your friend could download it in advance for you. Otherwise, no matter how fast your Internet, it won't be 'instant play' at all

 

[Oni Jazar]

Ps3 has a limit to this. It's not the same. I don't know about 360.

 

[GANGSTERKILLER]

And another smack in the face of MS...

What's the final blow? PS4 release 10/17/13?

 

[dorkimoe]

pretty sure the 360 and ps3 already do this

if you login to your own account

 

[S¡mon]

Greatness Awaits.

You, sir, can read my thoughts.

 

[LukasTaves]

Basically the same system as PS3, but they're just highlighting the new partial install system/play off the disc capabilities of the ps4 now.

Xbox One (from the info that's been released so far) has to install the entire game before playing it and cannot play a game right from the disc either. Good to see Sony finally promoting this (AFAIK) differentiating feature.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but doesn't the released info so far states the completely opposite of that?

 

[Nags]

Kinda expected, no?

 

[farisr]

Okay. So what you know is false, my apologies. Let's see here.

Official Microsoft Source: http://news.xbox.com/2013/05/xbox-reveal-introducing-a-new-generation-of-xbox-live



This is particularly referring to digital downloads and is pretty much exactly the PS4 system described.

Here's Engadget. This was pre-180 but I don't see why it would change. http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-used-games/

Okay, cool to see. Must have missed that install while you play thing before (obviously) due to the many negative aspects of the documentation before.

 

[Raymo]

The game changer is the play as you download feature combined with this option. Better than steam. Better than the PS3 game sharing.

 

[shinobi602]

Oh ho ho

You're a tricky one, Shinobi.

Eh?

 

[Sleeplessnights]

The background install of games has me worried, bigger hard dives in the first year of the console?

 

[googleplex]

It is not like Xbone.

You have to log in with your account to download a digital game. Just the way we can do with our 360 and PS3 already.

Xbone was going to let us share a game with different users.

No not really and there was a 60 min time limit on those Family Plan games.