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icicle22 · 09-10-2014, 09:15 AM

So I decided to get the "Retail" version rather than digital for this item since I am not a huge hockey fan and figured I might end up trading it at some point. Most of my games are digital so I can practically leave it in the PS4 all the time anyway.

My experience with disk based games is the PS4 accesses the drive when the game launches to verify that you "own" the disk. I can hear the drive spin up. Usually within 4-5 minutes of launching the title, I hear the drive spin down and then it never accesses it again as the games access the hard drive directly after this.

Well with NHL 15 last night, several hours after I inserted the disk, the game was accessing the disk while I was playing. Almost like it was seeking and looking for play by play or something. It did not seem to have an effect on the game itself....but I found it distracting to hear it spinning up to speed and spinning down over and over.

Has anyone with a hard copy experienced this? I am pretty sure the game was completely installed. When sitting at the main PS4 menu and looking at the "NHL 15" tile there is a disk icon to the right (showing the disk is inserted) and to the left a constant spinning circle (the kind you would associate with loading). However the properties of the game say 23GB and does not indicate that it is being installed in any way. The update was also downloaded and installed as well.

Can anyone weigh in on this? I'd prefer to not hear my drive getting accessed over and over if at all possible.

Thanks.

09-10-2014, 09:15 AM	#1
icicle22 MVP OVR: 7 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio (Hall of Fame City)	excessive disk access with Retail copy? So I decided to get the "Retail" version rather than digital for this item since I am not a huge hockey fan and figured I might end up trading it at some point. Most of my games are digital so I can practically leave it in the PS4 all the time anyway. My experience with disk based games is the PS4 accesses the drive when the game launches to verify that you "own" the disk. I can hear the drive spin up. Usually within 4-5 minutes of launching the title, I hear the drive spin down and then it never accesses it again as the games access the hard drive directly after this. Well with NHL 15 last night, several hours after I inserted the disk, the game was accessing the disk while I was playing. Almost like it was seeking and looking for play by play or something. It did not seem to have an effect on the game itself....but I found it distracting to hear it spinning up to speed and spinning down over and over. Has anyone with a hard copy experienced this? I am pretty sure the game was completely installed. When sitting at the main PS4 menu and looking at the "NHL 15" tile there is a disk icon to the right (showing the disk is inserted) and to the left a constant spinning circle (the kind you would associate with loading). However the properties of the game say 23GB and does not indicate that it is being installed in any way. The update was also downloaded and installed as well. Can anyone weigh in on this? I'd prefer to not hear my drive getting accessed over and over if at all possible. Thanks.