Copying application ps4 game not downloading

So you either suck it up and wait, or, you replace your internal hard drive. Once the update has been downloaded, if you restart your PS4 at that point, when it boots back up again, the update will be completed. Odenpeth Topic Creator 4 years ago 8. Unfortunately I'm not seeing any resolution other than returning the game.

Yeah it seems to be a issue with NBA 17 hell some folk had it with 16 too. You could try deleting everything and trying again assuming your system has anything to delete. I don't know what more to tell you. Odenpeth Topic Creator 4 years ago Yeah it sucks. I deleted everything and tried again like two more times and still nothing. People in the comments on that video were saying there was a bad batch of discs that are causing the issues. Not sure if that's true or not.

But I guess I'll return it since it was a used copy and there's a 7 day return policy. Try with another disc and if still having issues I guess I'll just have to download the digital copy. More topics from this board Does downloading a system firmware patch automatically install it?

How to fix this issue? In this post, MiniTool Partition Wizard will offer you several solutions. If you google this issue, you will find that this problem seems to be a global issue and many users complain it on various forums. Then, why does this issue occur? Why does PS4 need to copy update files? Start the game, and play through the tutorial and then quit the game and THEN download and install the update file.

This way the update downloads and installs OUTSIDE of the game instead of causing you to be stuck in-game during this process which totally provents you from doing anything else. The game should be fully functional after. Hope this helps! View in thread. February July - last edited July July Do you have a physical copy disk?

If so, please clean the disk first - This has resolved the same issue for many players. If the issue persists:. January Help us improve Answers HQ! The unfortunate consequence of this bandwidth preservation is that, in order to install the 5MB change, the PS4 needs to rewrite i.

This process makes it as if the entire file had been downloaded fresh, reducing the risk of the 5MB patch causing problems with any old, conflicting data. As games continue getting bigger and bigger, this process will take even longer. The only way this could be sped up is if the PS4's internal processor got faster, so PlayStation fans will have to wait for a next-gen hardware change for the problem to be solved.