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[RoadHazard]

Sadly it is not. I believe it is the same for other PS5 disc games. Insert the PS5 disc version of the game. I get 2 downloads. I delete the PS4 version. Play the game. Eject the disc to play something else. Insert the disc again to play the game. The PS4 version pop up as a download that I had to delete again. Every time. Again, it is just bizarre that this hasn’t been patched, unless it is something weird related to my country store that make it does that even though I don’t have to go to the store as it is the disc version. Or maybe the country version of the disc. I just don’t know.

PS5 discs definitely don't make the PS4 version download. This has only ever been a problem with PS4 discs (which I thought they had fixed).

 

[tommib]

I'm pretty sure it always said "PS4" on PS4 games.

It didn’t. This is what the UI looked like on release. You can see the uncharted icon without any reference to PS4.

 

[RoadHazard]

It didn’t. This is what the UI looked like on release. You can see the uncharted icon without any reference to PS4.

I mean next to the game title when highlighted.

 

[tommib]

I mean next to the game title when highlighted.

I think it would show on the game description after having it selected. It wasn’t obvious.

 

[GymWolf]

Sony system to manage double version of a game is utter trash and millions of casuals play videogames, next news at 11.

 

[NeonGhost]

This is why Smart Delivery exists, and why it isn't just a marketing term like so many claimed during the launch period of the Series X.

 

[Barakov]

This is why Smart Delivery exists, and why it isn't just a marketing term like so many claimed during the launch period of the Series X.

Yeah. Phil and Xbox know how the normies think.

 

[Roman Empire]

AVERAGE GAMER

 

[sainraja]

To this day whenever I put my original Ghost of Tsushima PS4 disc into my PS5 (after purchasing the PS5 upgrade) it tries to install the PS4 version. If I restart the system with the disc in... it tries to install the PS4 version...

After 2 years of using both I do think I'd judge the Microsoft solution to be superior. I'd judge the Sony approach as "shoulder shrug".

Check the size of the icon for the PS4 version that shows when the disc is there and see if it is actually installing the game. Many people on a reddit thread were sharing that when they put their PS4 disc in, the system adds a shortcut for the PS4 version that can be selected for installation. I can't check this myself since I don't have a PS4 game disc that I upgraded to PS5.

The system is doing what it is designed to do, install a game from disc. The disc happens to have the PS4 version so we are running into this odd issue. The system should keep track of PS4 disc games where the user upgraded so it can prevent auto-install.

 

[AGRacing]

Check the size of the icon for the PS4 version that shows when the disc is there and see if it is actually installing the game. Many people on a reddit thread were sharing that when they put their PS4 disc in, the system adds a shortcut for the PS4 version that can be selected for installation. I can't check this myself since I don't have a PS4 game disc that I upgraded to PS5.

The system is doing what it is designed to do, install a game from disc. The disc happens to have the PS4 version so we are running into this odd issue. The system should keep track of PS4 disc games where the user upgraded so it can prevent auto-install.

No. It installs the game and requires a delete from external storage (where I put my PS4 games) to be rid of it. Because it is copying files from disc the drive is going bananas. It's not a design choice... It's a design oversight.

 

[sainraja]

No. It installs the game and requires a delete from external storage (where I put my PS4 games) to be rid of it. Because it is copying files from disc the drive is going bananas. It's not a design choice... It's a design oversight.

Design choice vs design oversight? uh what...hm? I wasn't trying to argue a point (I've already stated earlier this is not ideal)...I was just sharing what I found people saying on a reddit thread in hopes that it MIGHT help in some way. People there were saying that the PS4 icon that shows up for them isn't that big in size and they had to click it to install the PS4 version but even there some people were saying it wasn't working like that for them. I will share the thread if I come across it again.

As for my comment on the system doing what it is designed to do....I was simply pointing out that the system will install what is on the disc as it is suppose to do - somehow you are taking this as me saying they don't need to or can't improve/fix it. You can frame the problem however you want, I wasn't debating that it is not a problem, lol.

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Found the thread, here:


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PS4 and PS5 versions of the same game used to share the same icon and you had to switch between them, this confused some people so now they are separate. It doesn’t actually install the PS4 version, but the icon will appear every time you insert the disc. Annoying if you use a PS4 disc to play a PS5 upgrade but there’s currently no way to stop it or hide the icon permanently.

Yeah I preferred the old way too. It doesn’t actually install the full game though (not for me anyway, I have to manually press copy to install it), it just installs a small temporary file that disappears when you remove the disc.

Yep same here, it install like a place holder of a couple of mb but you end up with two icons