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[isb]

As a person from the UK who knows shit all about basketball I am enjoying it. Though I don't know how all the stuff is supposed to be so not in the position to give a technical answer!


Yes, that's what I do.

Yes, you need a US postal address on your amazon account, some Gaffers are reporting that Amazon has requested a fax for their credit card address though to authorize some payments, though I'm a little unclear on that.

The codes must be redeemed on a US PSN account, but if that account has your PS4 registered as it's primary console(which it should), any other account can play the games on that account.

Thanks for the help! Just got my code, payed $43 instead of $92 that is the cheapest here in sweden.

So all i need to do is create a US psn account, put my PS4 system as that accounts primary PS4 system and im good to go?
Even though my system is my EU accounts primary system?

 

[Loomba]

Can I enter an Amazon code into the SEN web store

Anyone? Or does it have to be redeemed on the console itself?

 

[Replicant]

Anyone? Or does it have to be redeemed on the console itself?

In my experience, PS+ code needs to be entered via account management on PS3 or PS4 or PSVita.

I've heard others saying for other type of codes can be entered via SEN website though.

 

[Hasney]

Anyone? Or does it have to be redeemed on the console itself?

In my experience, PS+ code needs to be entered via account management on PS3 or PS4 or PSVita.

I've heard others saying for other type of codes can be entered via SEN website though.

What he said. PSN credit and game codes can be entered on the web store fine though. Not sure why the PS+ ones have that restriction considering you can buy it directly through the webstore if you like.

 

[Witchfinder General]

Picked up my Killzone PS4 bundle along with Knack today thanks to my lovely wife. Can't play with it 'til tomorrow as it's my birthday (and Christmas) present. She also made me mars-bar slice. Tomorrow will be a good day.

 

[ParityBit]

Man, when is Amazon going to get stock! This is silly.

 

[witness]

Man, when is Amazon going to get stock! This is silly.

Best Buy and Wal Mart will have them Sunday morning if you don't mind lining up.

 

[the_batman]

Its just an error on amazons part. I just bought it and got the correct code.

people are still buying NBA2k14 after they patched in the always online crap?

Best Buy and Wal Mart will have them Sunday morning if you don't mind lining up.

this is why i pre-ordered a console back in June. makes no sense doing stuff like that these days.

 

[ParityBit]

Best Buy and Wal Mart will have them Sunday morning if you don't mind lining up.

I would love too, but I have an infant at home so my wife would not be too keen on it. Plus we have snow coming Saturday night!

 

[Field]

people are still buying NBA2k14 after they patched in the always online crap?

What was the reason for the always online patch?

 

[Nyx]

What was the reason for the always online patch?

Virtual Currency checker iirc

 

[Yiorgos]

Is there a way to know when a disc game is done installing? Except listening to the drive noise of course. Clearly it installs data after its ready to play. Nothing in notifications and nothing on the game icon itself in options. When you hit info on the game icon it just shows the how much hdd space is going to take in total. Thanks.

 

[Hasney]

Is there a way to know when a disc game is done installing? Except listening to the drive noise of course. Clearly it installs data after its ready to play. Nothing in notifications and nothing on the game icon itself in options. When you hit info on the game icon it just shows the how much hdd space is going to take in total. Thanks.

Depends on the game. On the games I own, NBA 2k14, FIFA and Killzone have progress checkers within the game. Knack didn't that I could see anywhere and I think AC4 & Rivals were just ready to go after the initial install.

 

[Loomba]

Is there a way to know when a disc game is done installing? Except listening to the drive noise of course. Clearly it installs data after its ready to play. Nothing in notifications and nothing on the game icon itself in options. When you hit info on the game icon it just shows the how much hdd space is going to take in total. Thanks.

I don't think so, unfortunately.

EDIT: ^^^ never mind.

 

[the_batman]

What was the reason for the always online patch?

i think it was something about allowing 2K to control the amount of virtual currency people collected, to prevent exploits and stuff.

I would love too, but I have an infant at home so my wife would not be too keen on it. Plus we have snow coming Saturday night!

just say you're going out to buy baby formula.

 

[marrec]

just say you're going out to buy baby formula.

Hell, take the baby with you.

 

[the_batman]

Hell, take the baby with you.

in the freezing cold? NOOOO.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Soooo i just accidentally a ps4.

I made the preorder a while ago before I decided i wasn't getting one but i just got an email saying payment was taken and its coming tomorrow.....ooops.

At this point id be buying one just to have one. I decided not to buy one because im not really interested in the games yet, but I know im going to get one anyway.

Not sure if I should just sell or return it yet. The very thought of having a new next gen console sitting in my house and not relieving my inner gadget geek hurts just to think about...... but 430 quid (Killzone+psn code bundle) is a lot for the privilege......ffffffffffffffffff

What to do?

 

[wizzbang]

and another "am I the only one???" post.

I'm using audio through my controller playing KZ:SF and it's breaking up (just dropping out entirely) about once every 30 to 60 seconds.
I don't run much BT stuff in the house at all and the PS4 is literally 6.5 from the controller. Wifi is not being used on the PS4 just incase that would interfere.

Audio is not dropping out via HDMI -> Home theatre audio, only via controller. Anyone else seen this?

 

[Loomba]

So I redeemed the 2k14 code on the web store fine, how do I now download it to my ps4?

EDIT: Never mind, didn't appear in my Download List for about 5 minutes; it's there now.

 

[wizzbang]

Yes. You have to go to ustream.tv and fix it there. Just delete your current channel, which has that 's PS4 Live Show and create a new one and this time just use your shorter name. Just make sure you re-sync again when you get into PS4.

Hang let's be sure we're talking about the same thing here.
I already have been to Ustream.TV on my PC and manually deleted my channel, disconnected Ustream from the PS4 then re-initialised it. The PS4 re-made a channel on my account, the default name was again "'s-PS4-Live-Show" however I made a point of changing it on the PS4 to be just the short name. None the less when I open my browser and check out the stream it's appending the bullshit to it, despite being recreated without.

Are you suggesting I should consider making a channel manually on the PC rather than the PS4?

 

[Copenap]

Alright guys, need your input. Finally got some games on sale in a store nearby so I'm going to bite.

BF4, CoD, NFS or FIFA 14?

I'm lieing towards CoD eventhough I'm usually quite critical on that franchise but I know my brother is gonna get it and I'd like to play with him, so the real question is, how bad/good is it? Are the technical problems fixed? Is it fun? Alternatively I could get FIFA 14 since he's getting that as well. Is it fully featured or stripped of some content compared to last year?

 

[the_batman]

Alright guys, need your input. Finally got some games on sale in a store nearby so I'm going to bite.

BF4, CoD, NFS or FIFA 14?

I'm lieing towards CoD eventhough I'm usually quite critical on that franchise but I know my brother is gonna get it and I'd like to play with him, so the real question is, how bad/good is it? Are the technical problems fixed? Is it fun? Alternatively I could get FIFA 14 since he's getting that as well. Is it fully featured or stripped of some content compared to last year?

even though BF4 has been plagued with technical issues, it's still the better game compared to the rest of your choices. when it works, damn is it good.

 

[RoadHazard]

and another "am I the only one???" post.

I'm using audio through my controller playing KZ:SF and it's breaking up (just dropping out entirely) about once every 30 to 60 seconds.
I don't run much BT stuff in the house at all and the PS4 is literally 6.5 from the controller. Wifi is not being used on the PS4 just incase that would interfere.

Audio is not dropping out via HDMI -> Home theatre audio, only via controller. Anyone else seen this?

Maybe there's just a lot of Wi-Fi traffic in the 2.4 GHz range (which is where Bluetooth also works) where you are. BT tries to avoid interference by constantly switching channels, but I guess there's only so much it can do.

 

[mrklaw]

Soooo i just accidentally a ps4.

I made the preorder a while ago before I decided i wasn't getting one but i just got an email saying payment was taken and its coming tomorrow.....ooops.

At this point id be buying one just to have one. I decided not to buy one because im not really interested in the games yet, but I know im going to get one anyway.

Not sure if I should just sell or return it yet. The very thought of having a new next gen console sitting in my house and not relieving my inner gadget geek hurts just to think about...... but 430 quid (Killzone+psn code bundle) is a lot for the privilege......ffffffffffffffffff

What to do?

if you can afford to keep it, why not keep it? If you're thinking of buying one in the next six months or so?

 

[TerryWogan]

Alright guys, need your input. Finally got some games on sale in a store nearby so I'm going to bite.

BF4, CoD, NFS or FIFA 14?

I'm lieing towards CoD eventhough I'm usually quite critical on that franchise but I know my brother is gonna get it and I'd like to play with him, so the real question is, how bad/good is it? Are the technical problems fixed? Is it fun? Alternatively I could get FIFA 14 since he's getting that as well. Is it fully featured or stripped of some content compared to last year?

Hugely disappointed with CoD. Multiplayer has lost that "something" that made previous titles so addictive. The maps are too big and you seem to spend an inordinate amount of time searching for someone to kill.

The graphics are absolutely abysmal, too. I don't care what anybody says. It looks bloody awful.

 

[Copenap]

even though BF4 has been plagued with technical issues, it's still the better game compared to the rest of your choices. when it works, damn is it good.

I think I would prefer BF4 on my PC whenever I feel the urge to play it, it is a possibility however.

Hugely disappointed with CoD. Multiplayer has lost that "something" that made previous titles so addictive. The maps are too big and you seem to spend an inordinate amount of time searching for someone to kill.

The graphics are absolutely abysmal, too. I don't care what anybody says. It looks bloody awful.

Yeah I keep hearing that but for some reason I always have the hope it's gotten better...

I think I will stick to FIFA14 for now.

 

[Derrick01]

Is this worth buying? I was up for it a while ago but I've heard people saying it's gone down the toilet..

The on the court game is decent but they've ruined it by implementing a F2P coin system that is required for just about everything. If you want to play GM mode everything you do is locked with VC, you can't even change a rotation without buying the level 1 coaching upgrade. There are a ton of boosters and facilities you can and often have to buy as well to increase your productivity otherwise you'll get fired, and you only get about 800 VC per game when everything starts costing over 1k very fast. Hell to buy a franchise (required if you want the trophy) it costs 50,000. They basically force you to spend real money on VC if you go that route.

"So I just won't play that mode". Not so fast, it's just as bad in My Player. Literally every single thing in that mode has to be bought by VC. Every stat upgrade, every booster, every skill, every piece of clothing. It's horrendous. It's pissed off most of the NBA 2k regulars and some (including me) have sworn the series off forever until they drop this. In fact I'm actually trading this game in today.

edit: I should mention the game is always online DRM too. The funny part? They patched that DRM in after the game came out and everyone bought it. If your internet connection drops even while you're already playing you're booted to the main menu and most of the modes in the game are gone from the main menu. No GM mode, no my player, no online (obviously there). You can pretty much only play a quick game.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

if you can afford to keep it, why not keep it? If you're thinking of buying one in the next six months or so?

I dont know......tbh there were other things i planned to spend money on and the ps4 wasnt included. Just seems like lot to spend when i dont have much use for it.

I think im going to sell/return it. Doesnt feel right to keep it.

But when that package is delivered tomorrow who knows if ill be able to resist.

 

[ParityBit]

just say you're going out to buy baby formula.

Haha. Maybe I could say, "Hon, lets go be some of those crazy people we make fun of who bring their kids to the 24 hour Walmart at midnight!"

 

[FlashFlooder]

Alright guys, need your input. Finally got some games on sale in a store nearby so I'm going to bite.

BF4, CoD, NFS or FIFA 14?

I'm lieing towards CoD eventhough I'm usually quite critical on that franchise but I know my brother is gonna get it and I'd like to play with him, so the real question is, how bad/good is it? Are the technical problems fixed? Is it fun? Alternatively I could get FIFA 14 since he's getting that as well. Is it fully featured or stripped of some content compared to last year?

I've been playing a lot of NFS. I haven't really picked up a racer since Burnout Paradise came out, so that might be part of it (I'm not sure how it compares to more recent entries). I own KZ, FIFA, and NFS and the latter is the one that keeps me coming back.

 

[Hasney]

I think NFS: Rivals is worse than Burnout Paradise and NFS: Most Wanted, but better than Hot Pursuit & The Run. It is pretty, I just need my big crashes back.

 

[delta25]

Soooo i just accidentally a ps4.

I made the preorder a while ago before I decided i wasn't getting one but i just got an email saying payment was taken and its coming tomorrow.....ooops.

At this point id be buying one just to have one. I decided not to buy one because im not really interested in the games yet, but I know im going to get one anyway.

Not sure if I should just sell or return it yet. The very thought of having a new next gen console sitting in my house and not relieving my inner gadget geek hurts just to think about...... but 430 quid (Killzone+psn code bundle) is a lot for the privilege......ffffffffffffffffff

What to do?

I highly recommend selling it to someone for what you paid for system.

 

[Replicant]

Hang let's be sure we're talking about the same thing here.
I already have been to Ustream.TV on my PC and manually deleted my channel, disconnected Ustream from the PS4 then re-initialised it. The PS4 re-made a channel on my account, the default name was again "'s-PS4-Live-Show" however I made a point of changing it on the PS4 to be just the short name. None the less when I open my browser and check out the stream it's appending the bullshit to it, despite being recreated without.

Are you suggesting I should consider making a channel manually on the PC rather than the PS4?

YES. That's what I did because mine was also in the same situation as yours. I deleted mine on my Mac (or PC) then I created a channel that I want also on my Mac. By the time I chose "Ustream" on PS4, it already recognizes my channel as the one that I created on my Mac. No problem. From there on forward, I only have 1 channel and that's the one whose name I personally selected.

 

[nib95]

I think NFS: Rivals is worse than Burnout Paradise and NFS: Most Wanted, but better than Hot Pursuit & The Run. It is pretty, I just need my big crashes back.

Tempted to pick it up as my next game, but have a feeling I won't be done with AC IV or GT6 for a while lol.

 

[mrklaw]

I think NFS: Rivals is worse than Burnout Paradise and NFS: Most Wanted, but better than Hot Pursuit & The Run. It is pretty, I just need my big crashes back.

same. I like pissing around in a city

 

[SkoomaSuckinSwit]

I dont know......tbh there were other things i planned to spend money on and the ps4 wasnt included. Just seems like lot to spend when i dont have much use for it.

I think im going to sell/return it. Doesnt feel right to keep it.

But when that package is delivered tomorrow who knows if ill be able to resist.

Sell it, to someone who really wants one. Or return it, your choice.
I'm a wierdo in that I think a console should be bought with passion.
When you REALLY want one, and can't wait to play the games on it - that's when you'll really appreciate it. Your expience and time with it will be pleasurable, instead of guilty.

 

[theytookourjobz]

If I can find a cheap AC4 for PS3 on Craigslist, can I still upgrade to the PS4 version for $10.

 

[samman6]

Any other Czech Gaffers out there getting ready for the midnight launch tonight? I am so pumped can't wait. I still don't know what my 2nd game will be though. Already got Killzone, but no idea on the other, I think I wont be able to decide until I'm paying for it.

 

[RoadHazard]

If I can find a cheap AC4 for PS3 on Craigslist, can I still upgrade to the PS4 version for $10.

There's an upgrade code that comes with the game and can only be used once, so you should ask the seller about that.

 

[C00kie M0nster]

My last FIFA game was 09 for the 360... Is 14 worth it or should I hold out for 15 (the supposed REAL next-gen version)?

 

[Hasney]

My last FIFA game was 09 for the 360... Is 14 worth it or should I hold out for 15 (the supposed REAL next-gen version)?

I'd probably hold out. It's fun as it is, but there'll be more effort in the non-rushed one I'm guessing.

 

[Loomba]

Just tried to remotely download NBA from the web store (from my US account) and it's saying "It will start downloading when the PS4 is switch on or in standby mode".

Even though my PS4 is in standby... what gives? Can't I remote download from a US account to an EU console?

 

[Hasney]

Have you already enabled the US account to have your PS4 as it's primary system? Both ACIV and Killzone started downloading as soon as I did it in the webstore from work and were waiting in a downloaded state when I got home.

 

[Loomba]

Have you already enabled the US account to have your PS4 as it's primary system? Both ACIV and Killzone started downloading as soon as I did it in the webstore from work and were waiting in a downloaded state when I got home.

Yeah, that's all done...

EDIT: Just realised I might not have updated the settings to allow to to connect to the network from the standby state (From the US acoount), I'll update later if that's the case - thanks!

 

[Hasney]

Yeah, that's all done...

EDIT: Just realised I might not have updated the settings to allow to to connect to the network from the standby state (From the US acoount), I'll update later if that's the case - thanks!

Hm, I think that's a console-wide setting and not an account based one. But if it is off generally, it would explain the lack of updating from standby too.

 

[Loomba]

Hm, I think that's a console-wide setting and not an account based one. But if it is off generally, it would explain the lack of updating from standby too.

Ah crap is it?

I've bought and downloaded Blacklight and War Thunder from the web store and downloaded it to the PS4 previously, so if it is console-wide, it's definitely on...

 

[Lé Blade Runner]

I'd probably hold out. It's fun as it is, but there'll be more effort in the non-rushed one I'm guessing.

Just bear in mind that you will have to wait a good while until that non-rushed game gets a release. It all depends on how much you want Fifa right now, I guess. It is a fun, nice-looking game and I am enjoying it.

 

[Phaded]

Amazon UK seem to be getting plenty of stock, i pre-ordered a PS4 on the 29th of November and it's dispatching now

 

[quickwhips]

Question since I'm not sure how to this or if it is possible. Can you still share games on 2 playstation 4s? How do I do that do I have to log in as my account on both? I know how to do it on X1 and 360 but not sure how to do it on PS4. I'm talking about digital games btw.