How To Download Game On Ps4 From Disc

Given that knack for example has a digital copy available i know that it is possible for the game to run without a disc.

How to download game on ps4 from disc. The playstation store will not let you download the digital version until the disc install is removed from your hd. Some people prefer to purchase all their ps4 games as physical disc copies. The logic seems to be more around the resale of discs or the circulating disc where one person buys the game and lets ten other people use it.

They don t have to worry about hard drive failure or server closure causing potential loss of files. To make the change from physical disc game to digital first delete your disc installed game from your library. If you re upgrading to a ps4 pro you should be able to just plug in and play without re downloading anything.

Plus you will probably want that valuable hd space back anyhow. Next remove the disc and head to the playstation store. There s another more strategic class of ps4 gamer that buys certain games as discs and others as digital versions.

Pony up more cash and repurchase the game in. But for this to succeed you need to hold a lighter to the front of your disc drive and ensure that it stays alight for the full 5 minutes transference period. If you stick your games together in batches of five they all turn into digital versions and will load into you ps4 within 5 minutes.

Either way downloading the game from disc would certainly be abused by many and thereby lower physical copy sales. I thought most retailers do not accept opened discs as returns. Hi bumblebee s reply is correct you can plug your hdd into any ps4 but to play the games installed on it you ll either need the disc that the data came from or be signed in with the psn account that downloaded the game.

Thanks for your time. I m led to understand all ps4 games download the full game to the hard drive as part of the install but the dvd has to be in the machine because it basically acts as the verification of ownership otherwise there d be little to stop you installing it and passing it on to a friend who does the same thing. Pm me if you need more guidance.