How To Download Pre Ordered Games On Ps4

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Downloading games can have hours, peculiarly if you lot accept a boring cyberspace connection. This isn't ideal when the time to come is increasingly becoming digital and nosotros want to jump into our games as quickly equally possible. Luckily, we can pre-install games that we have preordered on PlayStation 4 so we can start playing as soon as the game unlocks later on its release. Here'south how to exercise just that.

The Guide

Starting time, coil to your Library from the habitation screen.

PS4 Home screen library — Source: Android Fundamental (Paradigm credit: Source: Android Cardinal)

Navigate to the Purchased section.

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Select the preordered game that you want to pre-install.

At this indicate, you'll see a page with a inaugural timer. If the game supports pre-installation, it should automatically practice so within about 48 hours before the game is fix to launch.

How to enable automatic downloads

From the dwelling house screen, go to Settings.

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Curl downward to System.

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Select Automatic Downloads.

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Make sure that Awarding Update Files is checked.

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Fifty-fifty after your game is pre-installed, you won't exist able to play information technology early. You still need to wait until the game unlocks on its release date. If you would similar to practice this process manually instead of having the game automatically download when bachelor, follow the showtime set of steps again about two days before the game's launch if it's a title that supports pre-installation.

If you lot're looking for a game to pre-gild, hither are some ideas.

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Jennifer Locke is Android Central's Games Editor and has been playing video games nearly her entire life. You tin detect her posting pictures of her dog and obsessing over PlayStation and Xbox, Star Wars, and other geeky things on Twitter @JenLocke95.