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PS4 System Software Update 3.0 | Everything You Need To Know

A full rundown of all the new features.

suckingeggs3882d ago

What I need to know...

Hasn't got

External HDD support
Folders
Friend notifications
Bluetooth headset support (and I have a freaking Sony Bluetooth headset which works on ps3 but not ps4)

Yeh thanks for listening to gamers Sony s/

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Flyingdog6703882d ago

Agree, though I do like these new features, they still need to add the ones you stated, its been almost two years now and they still have not been added. I love my ps4 but cmon, is it really that hard to put friend notifications?

XisThatKid3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

When Sony does grouping friends right THAT'S when that ridiculous feature of "online" and "offline" notifications. People may not realize it because it's so fun complain about what they don't have or "supposed" to have but people have friends lists that exceed 1000 friends or even having 300 friends across PS4 PS3 and the Wi-Fi finicky VITA constantly signing on and off would get annoying really fast.
I'm not against it at all I just want it done right and don't want to complain about it not being there without the right parameters.

XisThatKid3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

Calling it now great things are goin to happen from "Communities" it's like txt based ps home without any of the bs or a simplistic thread is cool my fav feature I used the most aside from vid tweets. So many AwesomeNauts and PlanetSide kills still to be posted

Mehmeh3882d ago

@XisThatKid

Its not really that big of a deal, just add a filter option aswell as the notifications and the evt. annoyance you talk about would be gone.

UnwanteDreamz3882d ago

Jesus guy, just buy a damn laptop.

Flyingdog6703882d ago

Can you tell me where to buy a laptop that plays ps4 games?

Flyingdog6703882d ago

@Heavy

Lol that actually made me giggle. But still, that "laptop" won't have External HDD support, Friend notifications, or other Bluetooth support, so really your just paying an extra 500 bucks for nothing.

Maddens Raiders3882d ago

@sucking

Funny... my Sony *Blutooth (not BLUEtooth) headset works just find on my PS4 and PS3. Friend notifications for me are a biggie. Hopefully they can add it in soon.

suckingeggs3882d ago

@madden 'fine not FIND'

Sorry bud... hate tit for tat but you started it :p

Wintersun6163882d ago

Dude what? No, it's bluetooth! Don't confuse it with blu-ray.

Maddens Raiders3881d ago

Hahaa I got owned on the Bluetooth deal but it still works just fine. Just sayin..

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Genuine-User3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

Hopefully they add those in the next update for people such as yourself.

This is my favourite update so far, communities, events, PNG captures and 10GB cloud storage are all fantastic additions to the OS.

Edit: Insecure fanboys are on a roll today.

x_RadicalAura_x3882d ago

Yes, Nicholas Cage, 10GB of PS+ storage is fantastic.

dantesparda3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

Insecure fanboys? Why because a lot of Sony owners are upset because they still haven't gotten simple features that really should have been there since the beginning? And the only the only insecure one here is you, trying to downplay and defend this sh't. And its not like its MS fanboys talking sh't in here. The only MS fanboy I've seen so far is Shloomb. And mind you, I normally agree with you, but not this time, not on this. I am tired of waiting for simple sh't. Its taking WAY to long.

Update: I take back the MS fanboy bit, as I'm seeing more and more of them as I read on. But most of them are right and not being dicks.

Genuine-User3882d ago

@dantesparda

Could you at least provide some evidence of how many people feel upset with software update 3.0 out of the 23+ million owners?

How am I insecure, what am I downplaying and defending?

PhucSeeker3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

Seriously, how can anyone use a Ps4 and not ask for a folder feature !!! I'm tired of looking into that freaking big library to find my games. Even the Vita got the feature just a bit over a year. Come on!

3.0 is a good big update but no folder still sucks.

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jv19913882d ago

Im with you on externall support and folders and friend notifications. Although i have a 2 tb in my ps4 i still think its not gonna be enough

nitus103882d ago

Two terabyte should be enough for everybody, until the next increment in disk size appears.

There is a rule in the IT industry. No matter how big a disk and it's file-system users will always find a way to fill it.

For some reason users don't seem to understand the word "house-keeping". Sigh!

PudgeyBurrito3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

My external works fine for backing up the system or playing media off of. If you are talking about running games off of USB well... many concerns with piracy there and performance.

Mine usb headset works fine on Ps4 as well. Check your bluetooth version and compare it to whats compatible with PS4.

Folders or any kind of organization would be nice. Still waiting for the firmware

N4g_null3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

Hold on the (super less powerful /s)wiiu can use external hdd out of the box to run games. The system was cracked a long time ago yet games still sell... Come on man? There is an AMD APU in there, 8 cores of hardcore gaming. My phone has folders man! The ds and wiiu have folders! wtf. This thing is a laptop almost, why can't normal laptop functions be in this system?

I can't believe all of the praise this thing gets after looking at all the issues it has.

I'm sorry I had to add that. Carry on with the sony praise!

PudgeyBurrito3882d ago

@scissor_runner I'm not sure if you are aware how GUI development works but this is Sony's first time on this particular operating system. Typically they use very very stripped down version of UNIX in this case and add features as they see fit which takes some time. Folders should be an easy add you would think but it might not be in there interest. If you go to there blog and look at the wish list its very low on the priority scale from consumer voting. I actually find it easier to have the list as is. It shows you your most recent use games and apps first. If I haven't played a game in a very long time its at the end.. not that hard to understand.

Also there is a massive difference in terms of bus bandwidth needed to run a Wii U game over a PS4 game. The issue would be with the amount of bandwidth you could send over usb3.0.

Wii U games and the system itself do not sell well at all. Mario games sell upwards of 2 to 5 million but besides that its all 1 mill and below. The core reason you don't want piracy is so devs make money and support your platform. Its a great thing. You really don't need EXT with a 500gb or 1 tb drive. I have 10 digital games on there and about 4 disc games and still have around 30% and I don't play them all..

You really need to do your homework before you post.

nucky643882d ago

how do you have so many disagrees???!! everything you listed SHOULD have been available months ago (if not at launch)

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dantesparda3882d ago

"What I need to know...

Hasn't got

External HDD support
Folders
Friend notifications

Yeh thanks for listening to gamers Sony"

Or custom wallpaper/themes
Or appear "Offline", "Busy" or "Away"

Seriously! WTF Sony, what are you doing? you are seriously asleep on the wheel on this. Why is it taking so freaking long to implement such seemingly basic and simple features? What is the problem? Do you just not want to give us these features for some reason? Or are your OS programmers just incompetent? Cuz seriously, they are starting to come of as straight up incompetent to me.

@ Heavy
Yeah, sure, i'll take some cheese with that wine, and drunk up in this mofo!

And I cant believe I'm agreeing with that annoying little.... shloobmm3, you know something is seriously wrong when I'm agreeing with him.

UKmilitia3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

>folder creation
>decent media player
>external HD support with more than fat32 ffs
>friend online notifcation(the group one annoys me though)
>ability to mirror my z2/z3 to my ps4
>auto upload saves to cloud while its on and not just in standby
>custom themes like ps3 used to have.

should change its motto from #4theplayers to #4theUtubers

WitWolfy3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

"should change its motto from #4theplayers to #4theUtubers "

I cant agree more with this... Everything PS4 is turning into is what people moaned the Xbox was trying to be when it launched.

Hypocrites.. Remember when Sony said "PS4 is a gaming console first"? I think they changed their minds...

Its becoming more and more clear by each passing day that Sony is trying to sell a PewDiePie budget friendly streaming device by the looks of it.

magiciandude3882d ago

All those features are more important than what's shown here. They should have been on the PS4 long ago for the players. The PS3 has those features, minus external HDD support.

Christopher3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

***Yeh thanks for listening to gamers Sony s/***

More features requested by players have been added or came initially with the PS4 from the PS3 than have not been added. New features you didn't even know you would like and most gamers use now were in and improved in the first year.

Because they haven't added EVERYTHING you think they aren't listening to gamers?

Seriously, grow up. You want some features that aren't in, I get it. I want features that aren't in as well, but I'm not sitting here acting like Sony isn't doing anything to improve our system. They are. It's just not going to be everything we all want, but they are adding things that a ton of gamers do want. They are listening. So stop acting like because those few features you mentioned aren't in there that they are ignoring you.

Freaking, there is no pleasing you guys ever it seems. This is why that stupid #BetterPSN thing was a bust, because people will always whine about everything, even when they get something they have been asking for (increased Cloud saves).

Brettman20083882d ago

No Sony is not listening and are arbitrarily adding social media rubbish that is not what the majority of gamers want. Friend notifications and proper game folders etc is basic functionality that should have been the priority.

Christopher3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

***No Sony is not listening and are arbitrarily adding social media rubbish that is not what the majority of gamers want. ***

1. Upping cloud saves is not listening? Adding YouTube streaming is not listening? Adding tons of other features that gamers have asked for like thosee two in the past is not listening?

2. Players never asked for Shareplay and a ton of other features on the PS4 and those are awesome features. Somehow now these are rubbish solely because you won't use them? Solely because they're not more of what you'd rather have? Get out of here with that logic.

magiciandude3882d ago (Edited 3882d ago )

Increased cloud saves is awesome. Good on Sony for that, but where are some of the key features the PS3 had that the PS4 still doesn't after about 2 years since the console launched? Still no friend notifications? That's inexcusable, especially for a console that places huge focus on social gaming. People need to hold Sony to higher expectations than this.

DarXyde3882d ago

Agreed, Christopher. Sony may not have hit everything on the list (and I do believe suckingeggs has valid concerns), the console is still getting some great updates. PNG screenshots and broadcasting to YouTube are pretty awesome, as is Shareplay which is a huge deal and the ultimate "try before you buy" idea. According to the video though, we're likely jumping the gun since they said those features "and more" will be present. For all we know, some cool stuff is still under wraps, folders and other device support included.

I will say though, 10x the online storage is an absolutely awesome feature.

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AizenSosuke3882d ago

I know man but time is our enemy.

DarXyde3882d ago

While I do enjoy my PlayStation very much and more than my Xbox or Wii U, I think Suckingeggs makes a valid point. People buy third party hard drives, so there's no market to corner with internal ones. They could readily allow for external HDD support and have an official PlayStation brand. Not sure if your external drive is supported? This one definitely is. Easy money to be made there.

Folders I don't consider much of an issue since I'm a disc gamer so my games pop up in my feed whenever the relevant disc is inserted. Regardless, it's a fair criticism. There's honestly no reason the console supports Bluetooth but not the older headsets. I like Sony and PlayStation a lot, but sometimes a cigar is a cigar--in this case, blatant greed is blatant greed. Don't save all of this for a big future update to say you've been listening to your fans or you run short on ideas. At the very least, these basic features should totally have been available yesterday.

Friends notifications would be nice, but I can live without them. Again, very valid concerns. Maybe we'll see some big happenings at PSX.

wsoutlaw873882d ago

They may never have external hdd support for security reasons. Folders would be cool but im not even sure how much it will help. I wouldn't want friend notifications on mine but they should have options. My friends just send me invites, I don't need to see right when they sign on. I seriously doubt they will add support for Bluetooth headsets. They would have included it before. Those Sony headsets are old and im very glad they don't have Bluetooth support anymore. It sucked listening to those people. Just get a wireless one.

CKPan3882d ago

Nothing updated important to me, Nothing below important to me as well;
External HDD support: just remove one game & install new one, never worry about the space.
Folders: most recently games are at the front, very easy to find.
Friend notifications: play games, no time for friends that time.
Bluetooth headset support: using home theater.

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Grave3882d ago

Will I finally be able to organize my games under a game tab? I hate having them all spread across my screen with everything else.

deadpoolio3163882d ago

Yeah its been there since day 1....Its called Library and its located at the end of the media bar, and get this when you go into it, and you focus on just games it keeps them all right there in alphabetical order nice and neat....And the best part it literally takes 3 seconds to get there

JakeAndBake3882d ago

I dont know about you but my library is full of demos, betas, alphas, and games I dont own anymore. Nice and neat my ass. Sony needs to get their head out of their ass and start allowing us to customize our library and dash. Been waiting since launch.

freshslicepizza3882d ago

shareplay is definitely a great feature but this new update isn't much considering it's 3.0

DialgaMarine3882d ago

I'm really digging being able to set up game sessions. Gonna be great for games like Destiny and UC4.

Viryu3882d ago

Youtube support is a definitive plus, though it should have been just a part of normal updates earlier.

Communities and live streaming rework is a big minus in my book. Communities is kind of a wasted opportunity and a giant mess, with a lot of content being mearly spam of other communities. Lacks potential for creative input by others, like normal forums do. The streaming rework is horrible, you can't find what you're looking for anymore. When you want to browse through games list, it will now list the same game even 4 times in a row, and you don't know which one is live streaming, the rest being archived streams and screenshots, sigh.

Events and PS Plus section is meh, not bad, not good either. It's just taking extra space on the homescreen without doing anything new.

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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-

Profchaos17d 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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SimpleDad18d ago

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

Cacabunga18d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot17d 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…

HectixRose18d 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.

JEECE18d 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.

CantThinkOfAUsername17d 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.

Soy18d ago

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

DarXyde18d 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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InUrFoxHole18d ago

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

pwnmaster300018d 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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-Foxtrot18d 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.

solideagle18d 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

Relientk7718d ago

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