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Introduction System called "PlayGo" (Play As You Download) allows users to begin to play portions of a game (such as opening levels) once the installation or download reaches a specific point, while the remainder of the game is downloaded or installed in the background. Updates to games and system software are also downloaded in the background and while in standby. Details PlayGo (by using a secondary custom chip) allows immediate start of supported games, with only the need of the first chunk of game data. The following chunks are downloaded/installed independant of the mainprocessor and relinked/copied when complete. Order of chunks can be rearranged as game progresses (e.g. user takes a different road in game, thus requiring different maps/data). There seem to be a maximum of 100 chunks, with no limit of size. If users prefer to play their game directly from disc, PS4 will install data to the hard drive during play. Similarly, system updates are downloaded seamlessly in the background without interruption. PS4 also features technology that attempts to determine trends, including titles a gamer is likely to express interest in next, and then automatically download a small percentage of those games in the background, even in sleep mode. Supported Games Bloodborne Bloodborne: Game of the Year Edition Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Edition Bloodborne MagicalShion documented this PlayGo feature for Bloodborne. If you manage to sprint through Bloodborne and kill Father Gascoigne before the game has finished copying from the disc or downloading, you get "Cannot proceed until game is fully installed." message at the Oedon gate.

MagicalShion also made a video using the Scourge Beast clinic skip to be able to explore more of Bloodborne while game is being downloaded. You are free to explore Iosefka's Clinic but everything after the first ladder leading to the Forbidden Woods is not loaded in and you will fall into the void.