Gaming Newbie to the PS4 What to Buy and What to Do?

Lumstar · Oct 9, 2016

HDD size is a priority. The ravenous PS4 devours space, some games exceeding 50GB (after patches and DLC).

Myself I've focused on "outside the box" games. Atelier Sophie of all things turned out surprisingly addictive.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is solid too.

Spotty translation aside, I'm hopeful Super Robot Wars OG The Moon Dwellers paves the way for something awesome. Maybe I should keep an eye on SD Gundam G Generation Genesis.

mgrev · Oct 9, 2016

Lumstar said:
HDD size is a priority. The ravenous PS4 devours space, some games exceeding 50GB (after patches and DLC).

Myself I've focused on "outside the box" games. Atelier Sophie of all things turned out surprisingly addictive.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is solid too.

Spotty translation aside, I'm hopeful Super Robot Wars OG The Moon Dwellers paves the way for something awesome. Maybe I should keep an eye on SD Gundam G Generation Genesis.

Buying a new 1 tb hard drive (or bigger) is a good idea.

IpsoFact0 · Oct 10, 2016

Ominous66521 said:
Should of built a pc instead.Ps4 has decent exclusives and even more exclusives to be coming soon but that's roughly it.Mixing 3rd party into a console with exclusive titles as its main strength is kind of hard and controversial because of the 30fps lock on most games there.My advice would be to try and avoid 3rd party on ps4,stick to the exclusives on there and save up for a pc where you get 3rd party at 60fps with limitless external mod support.

There you are!

migles · Oct 11, 2016

Ominous66521 said:
Should of built a pc instead.Ps4 has decent exclusives and even more exclusives to be coming soon but that's roughly it.Mixing 3rd party into a console with exclusive titles as its main strength is kind of hard and controversial because of the 30fps lock on most games there.My advice would be to try and avoid 3rd party on ps4,stick to the exclusives on there and save up for a pc where you get 3rd party at 60fps with limitless external mod support.

pc master race here!
btw, is this race as in running or species?
pc master race here with running meaning -> pc is winning the race like this
or pc master race with species meaning -> pc is the new hitler, it will kill all others who don't belong to pc race!

but ok, now back to the actual comment, OP is asking which ps4 to buy, not what gaming device he should get...
i am a PC fan, and yeah, pc is much superior and blablabla (however i also do enjoy consoles).
this convo of pc vs consoles is so worn out like crack whore.. pc is far superior. The end.. if you need to point it out each time someone asks about a console, maybe it's not that superior?
so let's stop it. like i said OP is asking what ps4 to buy, it's pretty much implied he already made his mind on what system to get, so either answer the actual question or stop shamming the pc master race...

ponygals · Oct 18, 2016

How does the playstation vue work, is it worth the $30 a month? Can you cancel at any time without any cancelation fee's or extra fee's? Is it an even $30.00 or more? Can you turn the channels just like a regular TV broadcast or have to use the vue player itself to browse the channels?

Sonic Angel Knight · Oct 18, 2016

ponygals said:
How does the playstation vue work, is it worth the $30 a month? Can you cancel at any time without any cancelation fee's or extra fee's? Is it an even $30.00 or more? Can you turn the channels just like a regular TV broadcast or have to use the vue player itself to browse the channels?

I never used the playstation vue, but from what i know, is basically a TV service for supported devices like ps4, you basically pay subscription to watch stuff like Cable tv but it requires internet. So is just a TV service, although perhaps networks on their services may not be on there, while on others in vice versa.

tbb043 · Oct 18, 2016

mgrev said:
Maybe? I am not sure.

Unless there's something special about the game for some strange reason, you need a paid account to play anything online.

Ominous66521 said:
Should of built a pc instead..

Keep your PC shilling to yourself. He asked about PS4 specifically, in the PS4 section.

digipimp75 · Oct 18, 2016

Lumstar said:
HDD size is a priority. The ravenous PS4 devours space, some games exceeding 50GB (after patches and DLC).

^^ Definitely this!! The first thing I did after getting a PS4 was install a 2tb drive, and it was well worth it. I have a ton of games and still have about 1tb of space left.

Sonic Angel Knight · Oct 18, 2016

digipimp75 said:
^^ Definitely this!! The first thing I did after getting a PS4 was install a 2tb drive, and it was well worth it. I have a ton of games and still have about 1tb of space left.

Is it easy to install the drive? I also wonder this since having my PS3 Grill, since i actually have more games that i can't download since is only 500GB which sucks, just shows how much i buy games. Being a sucker for good sales and having free games for PS+ doesn't help Like turning into your steam account.

Deleted User · Oct 18, 2016

tbb043 said:
Unless there's Keep your PC shilling to yourself. He asked about PS4 specifically, in the PS4 section.

Doesn't matter because consoles are outdated and will eventually be the standard platform anyway which will take over the forums soon,all I did was give facts about each platform so take it with a grain of salt.

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migles said:
pc master race here!
btw, is this race as in running or species?
pc master race here with running meaning -> pc is winning the race like this
or pc master race with species meaning -> pc is the new hitler, it will kill all others who don't belong to pc race!

but ok, now back to the actual comment, OP is asking which ps4 to buy, not what gaming device he should get...
i am a PC fan, and yeah, pc is much superior and blablabla (however i also do enjoy consoles).
this convo of pc vs consoles is so worn out like crack whore.. pc is far superior. The end.. if you need to point it out each time someone asks about a console, maybe it's not that superior?
so let's stop it. like i said OP is asking what ps4 to buy, it's pretty much implied he already made his mind on what system to get, so either answer the actual question or stop shamming the pc master race...

Once again all I did was give facts and advice about the 2 platforms.I don't take the gaming console war seriously.Pcmasterrace is considered a joke btw so I could care less.

ponygals · Oct 21, 2016

digipimp75 said:
^^ Definitely this!! The first thing I did after getting a PS4 was install a 2tb drive, and it was well worth it. I have a ton of games and still have about 1tb of space left.

How did you install a 2TB drive onto a PS4 console? Isn't that illegal? lol

Sick Wario · Oct 21, 2016

you can easily install a SSD or larger HDD with 1 screw.
i was going to install an SSD but i just looked at the storage on my 500gb ps4, i only have 100gb free and all my 9 games are on DISC! forget the SSD i am going with a 1tb or larger HDD

EmulateLife · Oct 21, 2016

Well first you open the box assuming it's new if it's used you might not need to take it out of the box. Then you buy games for it, don't buy Xbox One games they don't work on PS4. Then you hook it up to your television, you need something called a HIGH DEFINITION Television because PS4 uses what's called an HDMI chord. ?. Profit.

p.s. you also need electricity, and a place to live that allows electricity. Hope this guide helps.

digipimp75 · Oct 21, 2016

Sonic Angel Knight said:
Is it easy to install the drive? I also wonder this since having my PS3 Grill, since i actually have more games that i can't download since is only 500GB which sucks, just shows how much i buy games. Being a sucker for good sales and having free games for PS+ doesn't help Like turning into your steam account.

Yep, it's incredibly easy. There's several tuts out there on how to do it.

ponygals said:
How did you install a 2TB drive onto a PS4 console? Isn't that illegal? lol

Of course it's legal

Sony made it easy for the end user to install a different hdd, unlike MS.

osaka35 · Oct 23, 2016

ponygals said:
How did you install a 2TB drive onto a PS4 console? Isn't that illegal? lol

sshdd are great for ps4 as well. part ssd(for speed),part hdd (for cheap space).

if i recall correctly, ps4 uses laptop sized hdd (harddrive) which means 2.5". so search "2TB sshdd 2.5" ". this is my personal opinion, but i find the speed and space are brilliant.

HaloEliteLegend · Nov 3, 2016

Don't forget to check out Square Enix's upcoming offerings. It's gonna be guud!

Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX
DragonQuest 11
DragonQuest Builders
World of Final Fantasy

Some heavy-hitters and some smaller spin-offs. Pretty nice!

retrofan_k · Nov 3, 2016

Install a 2TB drive, as even that fills up quick

ponygals · Nov 5, 2016

Maybe I should wait and see if any of these titles release a bundle with the console and game together.

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