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PS4 System Update 2.50 Available Tomorrow, Features Detailed

Tomorrow, PlayStation 4 will get an update to system software version 2.50, codenamed “Yukimura,” which will bring an onslaught of features: some you’ve been anticipating, many you’ve requested, and others that might surprise you. This update will make significant improvements to your PS4 experience, making it even more streamlined and enjoyable.

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Mankey4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

Keep em' comin' Sony

I'd love to Play my music off my Hard-Drive, while streaming content from my home computer as a freind notification pops up, before closing my native Twich application and starting up an emulated PS1 classic.

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DragoonsScaleLegends4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

I will use PlayStation Music when that comes out but of course playing media off the hard drive would be nice. I like PLEX 10x more than the DLNA features PS3 had. Twitch app.. I think the current way to view Twitch streams is fine but I guess a app wouldn't hurt. Now a PS1 emulator is something we really need. Hopefully it's better and has more graphics features than the one on PS3. If you made games widescreen they wouldn't even center on the screen correctly and most of the time they still have black borders and look horrible. The PS1 emulator on PC can do all these things almost perfect but it has lots of bugs and I don't own the discs of most of my favorite PS1 games.

UKmilitia4070d ago

i went to set plex up and it wanted £3.99 a month to stream stuff from my network to ps4

XBLSkull4070d ago

I wish my Xbox would let me do the controller customization, that feature rocks. Not really interested in all the other stuff, still no DLNA sucks. PLEX would be great if it was free, but it isn't. It's something that is worth $20 not the $150+ they want for a lifetime subscription. Get it together Sony, almost 18 months and counting waiting for this basic functionality.

fr0sty4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

Joining a friend's game from the home screen rocks too, it'll definitely cut down on the number of steps needed to jump into a game with a friend.

I agree on DLNA and media playback. I used to use my PS3 to play all of my promotional videos that I could conveniently store on its hard drive and take with me to conventions. I no longer can play any video clips at all on my PS4 unless it is streaming media or a blu-ray disc. That sucks. Thankfully, as the owner of a video production company I can just author all that stuff onto a blu-ray now, but it still sucks.

Sony nailed the gaming end, and I'm all for new gaming features as some of these are really cool, but I'm ready to start expanding the multimedia properties as well. I think the next major update should focus mostly on that.

deadpoolio3164070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

The only people worried about DNLA are the pirates..God forbid they have to watch the movies they steal on their PC...Obviously studios are getting wise since more are starting to use Cinivida making it impossible for the consoles to play the movie, without streaming it using DNLA...

fr0sty4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

@deadpoolio
God forbid anybody want to be able to pull up an entire archive of family movies, pictures, and their entire music collection from their living room no matter which PC in the house the data is stored on... No, only pirates would have any interest in that sort of thing.

God forbid me, as the owner of a multimedia production company, would ever want to stream media that showcases my work to clients who are in the viewing room no matter what PC in the building that media was stored on. No, I'd only want it for piracy.

God forbid anybody back up their legally bought movie collection on their PC. No, just pirates.

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DOMination-4069d ago

@clericbeast

What are these three AAA rated games on ps4? the Xbox One has Sunset Overdrive, FH2 and Ori which i believe all score around the same as Resogun and now helldivers.

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WitWolfy4070d ago

I just jizzed a little in my pants by picturing all those features...

Apollosupreme4070d ago

Hey, don't be ashamed.

You're sonysexual, be proud and strong. You're brave to come out like this. A fine example to all. Congrats.

Eonjay4070d ago

Lets push for PS1 classic native support. There is no reason why they should be selling us Final Fantasy 7 PC port when most of us have the PS1 classic purchased already. DNLA is definitely coming so its time to work on other things, namely decent backwards compatibility with PS1+PS2 games (not just PSNow) and friend notifications.

_-EDMIX-_4070d ago

Who's "they"? Sony doesn't own Square...they have stock in them...they don't own them. That decision is up to Square.

Also...I'm sorry but I'd rather not pay MORE for a PS4 JUST to have BC on other systems...I already OWN!

If you own those games...then clearly you've also owned the system....merely keep or rebuy the system. Its no a companies job to keep giving a free system every damn gen.

I'd rather they got a new CPU infrastructure, they waste time just upgrading the dated older one JUST to have BC.

Neither have BC based on the updated infrastructure.

I'd rather they not waste time with such a thing post launch.

But hey, maybe later we will likely see a lot of those games ported over to PS4 any, just like many publishers last gen ported over many ips on PSN and XBL.

Mind you...I have a huge PS1 and PS2 library of games and I really could care less about PS3 later on or PS4 from day 1 not having BC.

...and I own a 60GB BC PS3 and still don't care.

Aghashie4070d ago

@edmix

I had to disagree. I own 40 plus PSOne games on disc format and I no longer have a PSOne system to play them. I can get another, sure. But why to spend the cash when I just could play them on my PS4? So yes, I want BC on my gaming systems. No point getting them again on the store in digital. I already own then, dammit.

CorndogBurglar4070d ago

Still no notification when a friend logs on? Thats all i really want....

They can tell us when a friend joins some other party but they can't tell us when a friend logs on? Come on.

medman4070d ago

Is it really that difficult for you to hit the psbutton and see which friends are online or not? Are you that lazy? Good grief....not to mention many games let you see who's online playing the particular game you're playing at the moment, so what's your complaint really about??

EinRobot4070d ago

Well @ medman, I also would like a notification when a friend logs on. When I see a friend log on while I am watching Netflix I can instantly know its time to do a heist or whatnot. Otherwise I would have to keep interrupting my movie to hit the PS button and check. So simmer down with the venom just because you in your obvious infinite wisdom do not see a valid reason, it might just mean you don't see something that is clearly there.

deadpoolio3164070d ago

Did it ever occur to you that IF your friends wanted to talk to you they would send you a message....They notice your online when they get on, clearly if you don't hear from them they don't want to chat...

EinRobot4070d ago

@deadpoolio Its funny that you think you know what my friends are like. Based on what exactly?

FamilyGuy4070d ago

What's stopping you from sending friends a message that reads "Hit me up if I'm online when you sign in."? or something like that?

Online prompts would be nice, as long as there's a way to categorize exactly which friends the notification pops up for. In the mean time a simple message sent to all your gta friends would work.

Rattlehead204069d ago

Why should we have to wait for people to message us when we're online, or expect them to check right away?

It's a feature that we had last gen and to leave it out and refuse to put it back is ludicrous.

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sereal_killer4070d ago

I agree, i can wait for DLNA and if we had the option in the mean time to atleast play movies from USB.

I'm also fine playing music from a USB in the meantime and spotify is on the way so i think they wll push that (also had a free version).

But i would love a native twich app or atleast a new section on the ps4 that shows all twitch streams that are not being streamed from a ps4.

Muzikguy4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

I don't know of I like that trophy screenshot thing. I hope we can turn that off or it automatically deletes with the next trophy received. Great update though! I would still like some kind of media player with visualizers, DLNA, folders, and friend notifications but this is still good! :)

thereapersson4070d ago

Really???? Suspend / resume is only a game-specific feature and not a system feature?

/slaps forehead

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Shazz4070d ago

Excellent :) all I'm hoping for now is friend notifications, games folders and dlna

nucky644070d ago

those would be welcome. I'd still like to see sony add Bluetooth support so their ps3 headsets would work on ps4.

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bouzebbal4070d ago

talk about a surprise! Great stuff

spacedelete4070d ago

PS1 and PS2 emulation needed. i'd even pay for it if i have to.

G20WLY4070d ago

PS Now, or play on your PS1/PS2. 'Need' is the wrong word. You mean 'want'. :)

DragoonsScaleLegends4070d ago

PS Now = lower than normal quality and high latency
PS1 console = 144p quality
PS2 console w/ component cables = 240p quality
PS3 console = HD PS1/PS2 emulation but lacks any graphics options or upgrades and lacks 98% of PS2 library unless you have a original PS3.
PS4 console = Zero PS1 emulation and PS2 emulation and it probably couldn't even emulate the few PS2 game on the PS Store that even slim PS3s can emulate.
PC = Amazing PS1/PS2 emulation but lots of bugs which makes it suck for certain games.

By the way I 'need' PS1/PS2 emulation on PS4 too. :)

G20WLY4070d ago

^lol, no you don't, you 'want' it. And you also want a better internet connection from the sounds of things. ;)

WitWolfy4070d ago

PS NOW isnt even available in my country... But thanks for reminding me.

pivotplease4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

No I agree. Sony is certainly capable of getting PSone classics on the PS4. These should be a priority. They should also all be cross-buy. People shouldn't pay twice for the exact same product. All they have to do is finish that emulation software they've been working on. I'm not really holding my breath for PS2 games though unless it ends up being like the scant selection we see on PS3.

G20WLY4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

^I agree with everything you've said, Pivot, except that it should be a priority. New games should be a priority, in my opinion. New features come second. Then emulation of PS1 and remasters.

PS1 emulation should have been there at launch, IMO. Since it wasn't, I'd rather they worked on other things first and kept it ticking along nicely in the background.

They'll announce the feature during a game drought or to gain the upper hand when the competition does something that grabs the spotlight. That's just how it works, whether we like it or not.

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Canary4070d ago

The people disagreeing with you are the cancer killing gaming.
Way to actively fight against your own best interests, fanboys!

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

All available May 5.

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FPSRUSSIA17d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY17d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay17d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos16d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7217d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY17d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator17d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum17d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z17d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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Naughty Dog Was Reportedly Divided On Joel's Controversial Fate During Development Of TLOU Part 2

Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.

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SimpleDad17d ago

NO, that can't be... No! I can't... Really?/s

Cacabunga17d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot16d ago

Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.

Makes you think…

HectixRose17d ago

I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.

JEECE17d ago

It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.

CantThinkOfAUsername16d ago

I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.

Soy17d ago

Didn't have to kill him. Just have them part ways or Joel can "retire," whatever.

DarXyde17d ago

I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).

From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.

But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.

Ashunderfire8617d ago

Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!

Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.

Ashunderfire8617d ago (Edited 17d ago )

I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.

Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.

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InUrFoxHole17d ago

The only ND game that was so disappointing to me I couldn't finish it.

pwnmaster300017d ago

Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot17d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle17d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7717d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments