Ps4 Hard drive & external hard drive/thumb drives question

[MCNewYork71]

My ps4 is running low on space. My applications are what's taking the room up. Its all games and a few I've downloaded but most of those I've deleted because I can redownload them. I know you can transfer save files to thumb drives or external hardware. I would like to know if you can plug them in and load from there as well or do you need to transfer from external hd to the ps4 again. I was thinking of buying an external hd just for my ps4 games. Also does anyone know if you can transfer the downloaded from the disc install to the external devices? That's what seems to take the most space. The application. I'm afraid to delete a game like gtav then when I want to play it agàin have to wait like an hour or more for the fucker to install again. I hope this makes sense by thanks for the help.

[Fizzymoon]

I don't think you can copy application date to a hard drive, if that would be possible I would be interested to do this too

I have big ass games installed: Elder Scrolls Tamriel Unlimited, Dragon Age GOTY Edition (both downloaded from the PS Store and good for 65 GB each)
and then I have AC Syndicate (with all DLC) and GTA V, also good for 55 GB each
So my PS hard drive is quite full

I think XBox One has this feature, you can buy a special hard drive for the console but for PS4, I'm afraid it won't work

[2psah]

This is the best solution.

[MCNewYork71]

This is the best solution.

Just watched that and wow it was so easy. I did that on my ps3 but was afraid on the ps4 but for sure needs to be done for the upgrade.

[kamp]

This is the best solution.

I remember doing this with my PS3, think there was a cap of like 500GB back then though lol. Man the amount of space available now is crazy.

[MCNewYork71]

I remember doing this with my PS3, think there was a cap of like 500GB back then though lol. Man the amount of space available now is crazy.

yeah it is. i think i did a 500gb on my ps3 as well. now these games are so huge though so a 2TB is like the way to go. i need to do it eventually.

[kamp]

yeah it is. i think i did a 500gb on my ps3 as well. now these games are so huge though so a 2TB is like the way to go. i need to do it eventually.

Yeah games take up so much space these days, I remember when the PS3 came out and people were making a big deal out of Devil May Cry 4 taking up 10GB of space.

[Immortal]

yeah it is. i think i did a 500gb on my ps3 as well. now these games are so huge though so a 2TB is like the way to go. i need to do it eventually.

as far as I know there's only 1 2tb hdd that is compatible for ps4 at the moment (seagate or samsung hdd or something) but many ppl have problems with it (beep sounds etc.)