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Mad-Dogg posted...

How PS5 disc installs work is that if you have your PS5 connected to the internet, it will always install a portion of a game off the disc, and then the rest off the internet. It does that because normally with a average internet connection speed nowadays this will get the full game installed faster than any current disc reader or whatever reading speed can.

However, if someone is dealing with some jank internet (which is understandable. There is still way too m any areas in ol' murica' where someone is stuck out in the middle of nowhere and the only thing available is slow ass satellite internet or like, having to use a mobile phone hotspot or something), then this will end up being slow as shit, like with what the TC showed lmao.

If you want your PS5 to install the initial data all off the disc, then intentionally disconnect your PS5 off the internet. Just uncheck the connect to internet box in your PS5 network settings and its going to be a good deal faster getting everything installed off disc.

*Lmao @ that shit show of a topic on the PS5 boards.*

Yes, I really wish Sony made it more clear this is what happens with PS5 disc installs, especially considering it only happens with games that actually let you play a portion of the game before it's fully installed.

However the main problem with Hogwarts Legacy is that the entire game isn't even on the disc in the first place. If you disconnect from the internet and just install what's on the disc, it's about 59 GB of data, and then there's a mandatory update that's like 35 GB in size that needs to be downloaded once you reconnect to the internet.