Can you play games on ps4 while another downloads

You can only play a certain part of the game, as pointed out by Nitro. You are more likely to hit the limit when your download is slow. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more.

Playing while downloading game in the PS4 Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 7 months ago. Active 6 years, 7 months ago. Viewed 2k times. Improve this question. Originally posted by cinedine :. Sometimes you have to alt-tab and manually un-pause the download still. Originally posted by Greece4ever :. Or play a non Steam game whilst the Steam game downloads. White View Profile View Posts. Start the game you want to play Alt tab to steam and hit downloads.

Then resume the download you want. Next Up In News. Loading comments The Latest. Share this story Twitter Facebook. Apparently before the actual game download started it downloaded a "combat" mode I found out is to tide you over until the game is done, essentially it puts you in a huge room and it constantly spawns enemies, so its never ending combat.

I think it's supposed to get you used to fighting for when the game is ready. That download was only a little over 7 gb. More topics from this board Would you play through a game with a cringe story if the gameplay is amazing?

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