People need to STOP whining about ps4 download sizes. Here is why
1) PS3 and PS4 games, when delivered on disc are BLURAY discs that hold 25-50GB of content. So what when you DL a 45GB game, you are DL the FULL game.. unless you'd like sony to compress textures more, remove code, and features. So if you don't like the size. GO BUY IT ON DISK!!
2) YOU DONT HAVE TO DL THE WHOLE 50GB! After 2-4GB a game will stop DLing and you can RUN it. It will continue to DL in the background while you play it OR in standby mode... The game with DL the executable and enough data to get you going. ALL PS4 GAMES ARE THIS WAY. IT IS MANDATED BY SONY. NO PS4 GAME DEVELOPER MAY DEVIATE FROM THIS
3) Those of you with data caps with your ISP... I'd stick to Blueray discs then as many ISPs have a 300-500GB a month cap. I have TWC Business class cable modem with a 112Mbpsx20Mbps here in Charlotte, NC, USA. I pay 3X more than residential, but I get: no caps, no throttling, and priority bandwidth using while in the TWC network over residential data, including locally in my neighborhood.. so I NEVER slow down at peak times.
4) What if you have a SLOW connection? (DSL .. or basically anything under 20Mbit, I consider slow these days).. you wait for the minimal 2-6GB to DL.. then play...then let it DL in the background
5) sony wont go all digial for 3-5 yrs.. by then a new playstation will be out
6) now that the PS and Xbox are PCs, they can EASILY be upgraded MUCH more often.. so we could see the PS 4.1 in 1-2 yrs and devs just adjust the games for the console revision... just like windows and mac users can adjust game performance to fit their machine... in this case the devs do it for you...
That's about it folks... 75% of PS4 and Xbone game will be on disk..but 5 yrs from now.. it'll be flipped... 25% on disc... 75% DL only... so if you want to keep up with things.. Keep your internet at 20Mbps or faster... and I know that's not easy
but with the way the ps4 AND xbone does things, you can start playing the game after the first 2-6 (closer to 4-6) GB have been DLed... and 4-6GB doesn't take THAT long even on an 8Mbps connection
I've seen a 69GB ps4 game already...with digital DL, they can EXCEED the space on a blueray disk
The problem for me is the small 500GB HDD in the ps4
I replaced it with a 2TB drive... and you can install an external drive as internal to get the Ps4 up to 4-6GB of space.. actually. I have a friend who bought a SATA raid box... he put 5 4TB drives in it.. plugged it into windows.. formatted it RAID 5.. and hotwired it into his PS4.. he now has a 16GB RAID 5 array on his ps4.. if one fails.. the box puts a redlight on the failed drive and it's hot swappable... personally i think that's OVERKILL For the Ps4
2TB-4TB PLENTY