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    PlayStation 4 is Sony's fourth home video game console, released on November 15, 2013 in North America, and November 29, 2013 in Europe. On November 10 2016, Sony released the Playstation 4 Pro, an updated version of the console targeting 4K gaming.

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    k so far i have bought 3 physical games and 1 digital game and the physical games have been fairly painless as i can pop the disc in and play while it downloads and installs. However i bought need for speed digitally and it downloaded fairly quick but the install is taking forever. It's been installing for like 30 min and it's only 37 percent done and i can't play the game an any way till it's done except for the tutorial. Just seems kinda absurd cause i don't remember my ps3 games taking this long to install even. Just wondering how everyone elses experiences with it have been so far.

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    Super fast. BF4's 35 GB in about 10 minutes.

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    #3  Edited By Hallic

    I'm guessing it depends on the game. Watching the GB stream yesterday, NBA 2K14 was taking it's sweet time installing. Jeff and Vinny were stuck playing a quick match for a good while.

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    #4  Edited By MstrMnyBgs

    My NBA 2k14 download took about an hour, maybe less. But the Install took closer to 3-4 hours. At least it allowed me to play quickplay matches while it was installing.

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    I don't even know. I just put the disk in and start playing stuff. I have to say the background install and patching is FUCKING AWESOME for disk games.

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    #6  Edited By Tyrrael

    How do you install games? I checked but didn't even see the option. I just put in Killzone, it downloaded a small patch, and that was it.

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    Not great. It's on par with a PC. The playing almost immediately is nice, but I find the game hitches (at least in Need for Speed Rivals)

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    Very quick. Especially since I upgraded to a larger hybrid hard drive. My games installed in minutes.

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    @tyrrael: The game installs right when you put it in, and then installs as you play

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