According to a fresh report by Easy Allies' Daniel Bloodworth, the PlayStation 4 now seemingly downloads entire games that you haven't even bought yet if you have enabled the 'Featured Content' option in Settings > System > Automatic Downloads.
So I may have to wait until the download is complete to confirm, but this looks like a new twist on automatic downloads. Looks like it will put the whole thing on my drive then ask if I want to buy it.
— Daniel Bloodworth (@dbloodworth2) February 14, 2018
In his case, it was Shadow of the Colossus, a 14GB download now sitting on his drive that he won't be able to access without purchasing it.
Sure enough, downloaded a whole game and then asks me to buy. 14 GB ad. Weird stuff. #PS4share pic.twitter.com/eP9y4uTpPe
— Daniel Bloodworth (@dbloodworth2) February 14, 2018
This certainly won't sit well with gamers. With the file size of games constantly on the rise, gamers are always trying to juggle hard drive space between the games they're currently playing and they won't be happy to find out that their console decided to occupy even more space with a game they can't even play.
Moreover, some Internet Service Providers have monthly data caps, which makes things even worse in this specific case. Hopefully, Sony will see reason and scale back on what seems like a needlessly intrusive advertisement. In the meantime, you might want to make sure that it's disabled in your settings.
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