In total, during 'Day Zero' launch day, I got about 30 minutes of playtime during an eight hour download/install.

Eventually I did managed to play a bit more, yet when I did I found it killed my download, either purposefully or by accident. I waited several hours until about 60% to try to play more, but I still couldn't get past the first mission. For example, for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the game was 'Ready to Play' at 25% completion, but all that was available was the first tutorial mission which I completed in 15 minutes before I was booted out. That's certainly a cool feature in theory, but in practice, it's just frustrating.

The PS4 and Xbox One have both touted their ability to let you play the game as you download.

To have so little information available only makes games that have multi-hour installs even more frustrating. installing) and HOW FAST it is happening (with either an actual MB/s download speed or at the very least an accurate 'time remaining' readout). Is the game downloading? Installing what's been downloaded? Doing both at the same time? Clicking on the tile either does nothing, or takes you to a screen with no further information, and certainly no download speed.īoth of these systems need a clear layout that shows you WHAT is happening (downloading vs. But the progress bar just continues to say 'Installing' for an indefinite period of time, and you have no idea what's actually happening. Xbox One is slightly more up front about things, with a progress bar staying in place and turning to 'Ready to Play' when enough of the game is done.

Download tell me why ps4