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Using same account on 2 PS4s interchangeably

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  • 21-08-2017 11:28pm
    #1
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,741 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm going to be getting a second PS4 for another property and it will be a PS4 Pro as I have a Slim already.

    I want the Slim to remain in one property, and the Pro will be in the other place.

    I understand that in order to download my games to the other PS4 Pro I need to set that as the primary is that correct?

    After I do that, can I continue to use the Slim as normal when I'm back home, or does the Pro need to be deactivated?

    Say I'll be switching between them every 2 months or so but I want them to remain installed in their respective locations and not transporting them around.


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    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,298 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    No need to deactivate anything.

    On one console set main account as primary.
    On 2nd console also set up your main account, you now have access to all your games on both consoles.

    My pro has my Irish account as primary and my launch has my US account as primary.


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    #3
    gimli2112
    Registered Users Posts: 13,408 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    If I own a digital game and log into my brother's PS4 as a guest with my own account can I play the game?


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    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,298 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    If I own a digital game and log into my brother's PS4 as a guest with my own account can I play the game?

    Yes, you can access any of your games on any PS4 you log into.


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    dudeeile
    Registered Users Posts: 2,146 ✭✭✭dudeeile


    F1ngers wrote: »
    Yes, you can access any of your games on any PS4 you log into.

    You make it sound so simple but in a few weeks from now gomli will be back explaining how after he put the bread in his brothers toaster and pressed the lever, it still came out untoasted.


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    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,543 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    F1ngers wrote: »
    Yes, you can access any of your games on any PS4 you log into.
    dudeeile wrote: »
    You make it sound so simple but in a few weeks from now gomli will be back explaining how after he put the bread in his brothers toaster and pressed the lever, it still came out untoasted.

    Instructions for Gimli:

    Step 1: Enter account details on Brothers PS4.
    Step 2: Do not set as active primary console.
    Step 3: Enjoy playing on your bro's non 4k ps4
    Step 4: Get drunk


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    gimli2112
    Registered Users Posts: 13,408 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    yeah I'm not great with technology. If something doesn't work I have a fairly limited work around.
    Turn it off and on again.
    Did that work?


    Yes :)
    No. Shake it.
    Did that work?


    Yes :)
    No. Buy a new one.


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