ash59fifty-uk
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So today I got the last of mini-me's presents
Xbox one S with Gears of War 4, new Call of Duty, Lego Dimensions, Titanfall 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5. All are discs however Gears of War 4 is a digital download
I own one myself, and know they take forever to install so I started everything this afternoon at 1pm
It's now the silly side of midnight and still have another hour or so of installing!
Rough sizes of the games-
GOW4 - 64GB!! (I think this includes GOW 1-3 as well, I'll check when it's finished)
Lego Dimensions - 16GB
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - 46GB
Titanfall 2 - 46GB
His console is the 1TB model and he now has 515GB left, the 1TB option is the one to go for but you can use any bog standard external hard drive via USB to create more space, needs to be USB 3.0 though
I mentioned similar about install times last Xmas, after which quite a few members pm'd saying thanks, so I'll note it again if anyone has purchased a console (even a PS4 it's the same) to save tears on Christmas Day because they don't get to play any games
1st thing is to turn it all on, connect to the Internet (wired is faster than wireless) and update the console if need be, connect controllers and update them
Disconnect the console (go offline) from the Internet, and insert each disc separately and install them all one by one
After all discs have been installed, connect to the Internet again and you'll then notice each game has an update which the console should then start installing separately, this can take as long as the disc installs
If you've purchased digital downloads only, then unfortunately it will take forever. Only way to speed this up is to not play any games, leave it online (set to auto update in the background) and put the console to sleep
If you keep the internet connected the entire time, updates will install first before the disc data so it's faster doing it offline, at least then halfway through a hard install you can play a part of the game while it installs
In the console box (Xbox) you should get a free 14 day trial code for Xbox live gold. Keep this to the side as Microsoft are doing a months Xbox live gold for £1, just make sure before the end of the month is up that you cancel the direct debit/subscription. When that happens, redeem the free 14 day trial. After that, don't go to Game or Microsoft for a years subscription it's a rip off, go to CDkeys or similar websites and get them half price. This is only needed if you're to be playing the games online though
To save money if you have two consoles, then gameshare. You and a mate/child both sign into each other's consoles, then sign back out again and then anything any of you purchase digitally will download on both consoles. DLC's, games, season passes, unlocks, everything. Half price gaming!
Hope this helps, if you've bought your kids the console and haven't installed anything yet, I'd suggest unwrapping it now and do the installs
Xbox one S with Gears of War 4, new Call of Duty, Lego Dimensions, Titanfall 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5. All are discs however Gears of War 4 is a digital download
I own one myself, and know they take forever to install so I started everything this afternoon at 1pm
It's now the silly side of midnight and still have another hour or so of installing!
Rough sizes of the games-
GOW4 - 64GB!! (I think this includes GOW 1-3 as well, I'll check when it's finished)
Lego Dimensions - 16GB
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - 46GB
Titanfall 2 - 46GB
His console is the 1TB model and he now has 515GB left, the 1TB option is the one to go for but you can use any bog standard external hard drive via USB to create more space, needs to be USB 3.0 though
I mentioned similar about install times last Xmas, after which quite a few members pm'd saying thanks, so I'll note it again if anyone has purchased a console (even a PS4 it's the same) to save tears on Christmas Day because they don't get to play any games
1st thing is to turn it all on, connect to the Internet (wired is faster than wireless) and update the console if need be, connect controllers and update them
Disconnect the console (go offline) from the Internet, and insert each disc separately and install them all one by one
After all discs have been installed, connect to the Internet again and you'll then notice each game has an update which the console should then start installing separately, this can take as long as the disc installs
If you've purchased digital downloads only, then unfortunately it will take forever. Only way to speed this up is to not play any games, leave it online (set to auto update in the background) and put the console to sleep
If you keep the internet connected the entire time, updates will install first before the disc data so it's faster doing it offline, at least then halfway through a hard install you can play a part of the game while it installs
In the console box (Xbox) you should get a free 14 day trial code for Xbox live gold. Keep this to the side as Microsoft are doing a months Xbox live gold for £1, just make sure before the end of the month is up that you cancel the direct debit/subscription. When that happens, redeem the free 14 day trial. After that, don't go to Game or Microsoft for a years subscription it's a rip off, go to CDkeys or similar websites and get them half price. This is only needed if you're to be playing the games online though
To save money if you have two consoles, then gameshare. You and a mate/child both sign into each other's consoles, then sign back out again and then anything any of you purchase digitally will download on both consoles. DLC's, games, season passes, unlocks, everything. Half price gaming!
Hope this helps, if you've bought your kids the console and haven't installed anything yet, I'd suggest unwrapping it now and do the installs
but for some reason I love that fact.
