@Bentleyma- Yeah that seems to be the case, but the thing is that you can start a game up immediately and the install process seems to be very fast considering you'll never run into a screen where it says "wait 10 minutes for this section to be installed". That's how it was in the early days of PS4 where you had to install a fairly large chunk at first and then the game would tell you that you can only play through the first level or something like that. There's nothing like that now so it's not even relevant that the game is installing in the background because you'll just keep playing like normal and not notice anything different. It doesn't disrupt your experience in any way.
Either way, I just like how you don't need to wait at all now before you can play a game (disregarding patches of course).
So, I was going to start playing God of War (2018) today, but, despite not having had an issue with Horizon Zero Dawn, the moment my system booted the game, the fans started going crazy and, after a few moments, the system itself was hot to the touch.
Might just leave my PS4 alone until I work up the energy to open the case and clean it. Can't imagine why else this would be happening.
@Ralizah Apparently God of War is notorious for making the PS4 into a mini wind tunnel, but honestly I didn’t really notice my machine being any louder or hotter than with any other large game. I cleaned out the PS4 once over the last two years, but now that I think about it, it was probably a few months before I played GoW. I played off a disc, by the way, which I’ve always thought a disc game would run the machine harder and hotter than a digital game but I have no idea if that’s true.
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@nomither6 Base model. Launch-era version from back in 2014.
The system becomes physically warm to the touch when playing God of War? Because, more than the jet turbines, that's what really got me. I've played other "demanding" games on the system and never had it act this way before.
@Th3solution I've never cleaned mine before, but seeing what my computer looks like after a few years without cracking open the case, I wouldn't be surprised if it was choked with dust.
@Ralizah more like physically hot than warm for me , yeah . i never worried about it , i feel as long as i keep it in open space and clean enough , itll be fine .
@Ralizah I’m sure I posted pics of mine when I cleaned it out for the first time last year. It wasn’t pretty! I felt better for doing it but I’m not sure it made a huge difference to the amount of work the fan was doing.
I’ll just post links in case the images are massive;
It’s worth noting that on the original models you need a specific type of screwdriver to open the console up. I had to order one online as it wasn’t something I already had in my toolbox.
@RogerRoger@Thrillho So, I'll definitely still be cleaning my PS4 soon, but I decided to just play the game for now and not worry too much about the fan/heat. It hasn't exploded or anything so far (even though it sounds kinda like it's going to), so I guess I'm good for now. I need to order a special screwdriver anyway.
Seeing those before/after pictures is definitely going to motivate me to do it, though, since mine almost certainly looks as bad or worse.
@RogerRoger The sound has been skipping lately when I've been plugging my headphones into the controller, so I'm full stereo speakers with this game for the moment. I'll just... pretend I'm playing it on an airplane that has blown out one of its engines or something...
Been hearing a lot of positive reactions to the Tales of Arise demo… with a lot of people comparing it favourably to Final Fantasy VII Remake (which I loved). I haven’t played any of the Tales of… series though (and really don’t need yet another series to work myself through). So to anyone familiar with the series, are the individual games connected to the others or independent stories like the Final Fantasy games… and therefore perfectly fine to just jump in at any point?
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