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PS4 Nitpicking

Despite his love for his PS4, Chris Smith lays out a list of flaws and foibles with Sony’s console.

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GeofferyPeterson4335d ago

All of those problems, like you said, are extremely nit-picky.

SpinalRemains1384335d ago

The controller light is a real issue. It reduces battery life tenfold.

That's not exactly nitpicky.
There should be an option to turn it off. A battery saver option under "adjust devices".

ShowGun9014335d ago

im pretty sure they said in the next update that option will be included (cant really remember tho)

regardless, it should have been an option from the start.

diehardmetallicafan4335d ago

i thought after people first started complaining about the light draining the battery, it was looked into and it actually used bugger-all of it? personally the light doesn't affect me at all, even in the dark. and the battery size is smaller, but i don't have day-long sessions at least without a break. it charges fairly quick too.

TitanUp4335d ago

agree with just about everything except the fan noise, i have no problems with ps4 fan noise even when system is turning on.

Pogmathoin4335d ago

Just waiting for the next wave of games, thats the only issue for me. Nothing is perfect in life, nothing has ruined playing on PS4, used to the battery life, prepared for it......

randomass1714335d ago

I remember reading that there is an upcoming update to turn off the controller light. Besides, can't you leave it plugged into the console?

Conzul4335d ago (Edited 4335d ago )

The controller battery is great. I can play inFamous for many hours (game is heavy on vibration) without a recharge. The only thing I had was with the rubber wearing off gradually on mine.

The problem isn't the battery or the light in the DS4. The problem is that you only bought one of them.

Baccra174335d ago

Isn't the light an LED? It can't possibly be using that much energy. Sound takes energy too, it's probably the built in speaker and head phone jack that's using up the juice and not the LED.

levian4335d ago

Not being able to pause and resume your downloads. If I have 10 things downloading, I can't choose what I want to download first, without a lot of work around.

The light on the controller is pretty annoying sometime. Playing at night, in the dark (which is the best time and way to play a lot of games, IMO) there's an bright blue light shining on my screen and wall.

I'd agree about wanting the ability to organize your games. That'd be niiice

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Mankey4335d ago

A number of them could be patched.

system224335d ago

i agree but there are some things that bug me that seem like a bigger deal. the controller battery and LED are really kind of annoying to me. My ps4 also gets kinda noisy after playing a while. The non-customizable thing isn't a huge deal but like on the x1 you can pin games, apps, even shows to your home screen and its super handy.

I also kind of wish it multitasked more like the x1. the x1 is super fast at app switching, runs a realtime preview of the current app in a window on the dashboard AND you can snap apps to the side of the screen. its cool when you have a party and want to change things without having to dump out of your game screen and you can do it all with your voice. if the ps4 dash can "borrow" some of these concepts then man... that said - the ps4 is way better at organizing game related info and shares etc. notifications are probably better on the ps4

Blackleg-sanji4335d ago

omg every since yesterday all ive been seeing is nitpick articles on ps4, ps4 is not actually winning, whats next for ps4,
damn can sony and the fans enjoy some success lol

hkgamer4335d ago

Well, its not a perfect machine, but its still early days. Lots of small tiny adjustments need to be made. What seems to be the most important is to let users have the freedom of options.

dodgefate4335d ago

I don't like fast food cause...

1) Burgers never look as good as on t.v
2) Fries are cold 40% of the time
3) Nothing on dollar menu is a dollar anymore ($1.16)

Well, I am hungry going to hit up Burger King /wave

zeuanimals4335d ago (Edited 4335d ago )

Fries can actually be cold about 99.9% of the time, depends on the time you let it sit. There could be a thousand year old fry, and then it'll wake up and meet a robot named Bender, fall in love with a one eyed mutant beauty Lela, and plenty of others, and they're going to have some great adventures together.

I miss Futurama.

http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/me...

Geekman4335d ago

Whoa, whoa... number 3 is legit.

hkgamer4335d ago

My nit-pick list:

Not able to rearrange the list of games to your prefereable order.

Controller batt drains way too quick.

Slows down alot, sometimes when I am on home screen my PS4 is struggling a lot. It's unbearable and most of the times I will have to restart.

browser sucks. Not that I really use it.

Mouse support? I can't seem to get my wireless mouse to sync up with my PS4.

incendy354335d ago

These are pretty much my main complaints as well. Also frustrated with the lack of a unified searching system. So hard to find things on the PS4 whether they are on your system or in the store.

zeuanimals4335d ago

Your first two are actually pretty big problems, the second one is much bigger though.

KyRo4335d ago

Slows down a lot? I have yet to have this issue what so ever?

hkgamer4334d ago

it happens when I have a game running on background. maybe livestreaming. I can't remember. But it happens a lot. closing all apps wont solve this so I have to restart.

Maybe it's only my system

RiPPn4335d ago

I've never had the menus slow down, then again I replaced the hard drive with a hybrid sshd, so maybe it's hard drive related?

hkgamer4334d ago

it may be just my system.

I'm holding back on buying a SSHD atm. 500GB enough for the time being. once it starts getting low I probably go for a 1-1.5GB SSHD. Any recommendations?

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Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down, not Sony

Just days after Sony decided to close remake masters Bluepoint Games, a new report claims that wasn't PlayStation itself that stonewalled the idea of a Bloodborne remake by Bluepoint, but developer FromSoftware.

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BABY-JEDI19h ago

Sony should have proceeded with Bluepoint remaking Bloodbourne. Or even had the sense to get Bluepoint to make a sequel to Demons Souls. Through the broken Giants gate. It was all thereto build upon.
Idiots

Lexreborn219h ago

The more information that comes out, it keeps seeming like the studio really was just relying on redoing other people’s work. If they would’ve just had a team working on an original product aside from remaking bloodborne, a god of war game THEY admitted they just couldn’t get off the ground.

They would’ve had more staying power, clearly they were to dependent on being a port and remake company. And last I remember EVERYONE hates Sony for constantly remaking and re-releasing games. Then they also hate Sony for GaaS. But, Sony stops investing in. Both and pivot and they are terrible right?

neutralgamer199218h ago

And what is wrong with that again this industry is full of remasters and remakes and they were the best at it Sony has so many dormant IPS they could have used

You make it sound like remakes and remasters are a bad thing when the industries full of them Sony themselves have remade The Last of Us just this generation

ApexLanding239h ago(Edited 9h ago)

"Sony themselves have remade The Last of Us just this generation"

And received a ton of hate for it. It's not him that's saying it's a bad thing, it's the gaming community at large including this site that, with rare exception, rips Sony apart for doing remakes and remasters.

Christopher17h ago

There's a plethora of PS3 games that could do with being remade. inFamous series, MotorStorm series, Resistance series, all the PS Eye games w/VR updates, Heavenly Sword, Haze, Killzone series, LBP series, White Knight chronicles, Warhawk. Lots of good things just on PS3 that could be remade for modern consoles and ensure forward compatibility.

Lexreborn214h ago

All of those games can and probably will be remade in-house and with updates that the original developers want to add to them. Just how the GoW Remake is being done in house with upgraded mechanics.

We gotta stop pretending like this was some type of only Bluepoint could do it. If they could, then they would’ve had the green light.

People are so quick to blame the head as the only issue. But just like with Scalebound, perfect dark and several other games that were promised. The devs bit off more then they could chew. And in a sea of complaints of half baked games, decisions like this are sometimes necessary.

Christopher14h ago

***All of those games can and probably will be remade in-house and with updates that the original developers want to add to them.***

(x) Doubt

Lexreborn214h ago

@christopher

Not sure how you can doubt when give an example. But okay, that’s you

Christopher12h ago(Edited 12h ago)

1. It's a remake, not a remaster.
2. The other games have already been remastered before BluePoint even joined Sony.
3. BluePoint has been with Sony since 2021 after doing Demon's Souls and did zero remake jobs since there but helped Sony Santa Monica with Ragnarok and didn't succeed on a GoW Live Service game. That's five years of potential not utilized.
4. If Sony didn't use them during those 5 years to do a single remaster, I highly doubt Sony wants the other studios to focus on doing as such when they could instead focus on new games and IPs.

Lexreborn28h ago

They literally remade shadow of the colossus and demon souls. And still to my point, if Sony Santa Monica is Remaking their own game franchise. Miyazaki stated he would rather do the remake for bloodborne. What makes you think other companies with the umbrella wouldn’t want to remake killzone, infamous and the rest themselves.

If you worked for a company for 5 years, had no original ideas. Failed at the project that was given to you. And your last ditch effort STILL relied on someone else’s work/IP. Why would you expect to keep your job?

That makes no sense and this is literally the most forced hate I’ve seen to date.

Christopher5h ago(Edited 4h ago)

***They literally remade shadow of the colossus and demon souls.***

Before Sony bought them. And afterwards? Again, **NOTHING** since purchase in 2021. NOTHING. Five years of nothing.

***What makes you think other companies with the umbrella wouldn’t want to remake killzone, infamous and the rest themselves***

Because if they did, it would be done by now. Santa Monica wanted it with GoW. It's done. They did it last generation. Now, they want to completely remake the first 3 games, not just remaster? Sony is letting them.

Why are they able to do these things but not others? Because they want to do them. Pretty sure Sucker Punch is the golden child of Sony right now. If they wanted to remaster/remake inFamous, Sony would not say no as long as they pump out Ghost games every 3-4 years.

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Michiel198940m ago

BECAUSE SONY FORCED A GAAS GAME ON A STUDIO NOT EQUIPPED FOR IT, OFCOURSE THEY CANT DO IT YOU DUMB FUCKING CUNT. God you're the grossest sony pony i've seen in a while, anything but blame daddy sony or you're a retard, I'm not sure yet. You thinking that Epstein is the godfather of mtx makes me lean to the latter.

shinXseijuro18h ago

Seems pretty clear that they’re focused on moving foward and giving us new games ? Sure they can do bloodborn but why go back if it’s already great ?

BABY-JEDI18h ago

Every sequel builds upon the successes of previous games. Bluepoint had many games they rebuilt. In which they could have developed sequels to. Sony & Bluepoint should have seen the obvious in front of their eyes. The base assets were all already built. This is an example of severe Managerial failure

shinXseijuro18h ago

Tbh I doubt fromsoftware needs anyone to rebuild a game for them … having to share profits etc . I’m sure they can release it on their own when the timing is right .

Chard3h ago

Ridiculous. That would be like the Foo Fighters trusting a cover band to create their next album, or like George RR Martin trusting the game of thrones show producers to finish writing the ASOIAF story beyond what the books had covered.

shinXseijuro18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Seems like they’re focused on bringing new games to the table and moving forward instead of clinging to the past ? I understand why the matter is not urgent . bloodborn still holds up pretty good

Sorry for double post the website got major lags nowadays .

-Foxtrot18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

I don’t get this

Sony has said they love Bloodborne

Hidetaka Miyazaki loves Bloodborne, it’s like his baby but is super busy with other projects.

Bluepoint pitches a remake like they did with Demons Souls

Sony rejects it because apparently Miyazaki wants to work on it himself and they want to respect his wishes

Miyazaki decides to do The Duskbloods instead…on the Nintendo Switch 2

I don’t understand the issue here, is Miyazaki annoyed with Sony or something. Are those rumours about him not being happy with the Demons Souls remake true? Like this could have happened years ago if they wanted, it should have been the next project after Elden Ring. It’s sad because if Bluepoint was allowed to do this it might have saved them from being shut down.

BABY-JEDI17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Seemingly Miyazaki had conflicted feelings about Bluepoint’s Demons Souls Remake. IMO all Miyazaki Souls games could learn from Bluepoint’s aesthetic approach/detail/refinement of the originals.
Sour grapes

oldenjon5h ago

Fans of the original generally don’t agree with this sentiment though. Bluepoint got a lot of things completely wrong and took away from the atmosphere of the original. It’s weird to say that souls games, which are highly regarded for their unique art direction, should takes notes from the westernized aesthetic changes bluepoint made to their games.

Deathdeliverer13h ago

Miyazaki is especially close to bloodborne. He said it is the perfect game that embodies everything he has ever wanted to make and the best of his teams efforts. It’s Sonys game, but do you think they would risk losing him as a dev because they did something he wanted to do himself? It’s like Miyamoto. You think him saying I want to make Mario a space duck in the next entry Nintendo will shoot him down? Some devs have earned that “superstar” status and unfortunately Miyazaki will have to leave gaming, one way or another, or decide the time is right to do it himself. Look at what’s going on with the metal gear series now when you have pissed off the GUY. Exactly. Nothing.

Chard12h ago

I’m relieved Bluepoint will never touch Bloodborne. Have a look into what Bluepoint changed from an artistic perspective in the Demon’s Souls remake. Those changes are an affront to god and should be damn near illegal. Bloodborne would’ve better served with a framerate and resolution patch.

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