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5 Things Sony Really Needs to Fix in 2017

Saul at GameSpew discusses the top five things that Sony really should fix over the next year.

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Officialxandr3422d ago

Where's better PlayStation Plus lineup? That and PSN name change are my most wanted.

kmeck5183422d ago (Edited 3420d ago )

or possibly account merge for those of us that took the plunge with a new account because we outgrew the old one (that we created when we were younger and no longer like the name). I would love to have access to my stuff from my older account that i no longer use.

Ra3v3r3422d ago

Can you not do that by adding the other account? I have a US and a UK account and I can access purchases made on both. For example rather than waiting til the UK launch of TLG I bought a US copy and played it on my main account (my UK one). Or do you mean trophies?

badz1493422d ago

@Ra3v3r

Of course he meant trophies

dantesparda3421d ago

-External HDD
-Custom Backgrounds/Themes
-Trophy Tracking
-Auto Sync Trophies
-The ability to keep DLC after deleting the main game.
-Auto save sync like on the X1
-The ability to save our pictures and videos on the cloud.
-Smaller save files (3.15MB is the smallest save file allowed by the system and most are really at least 10.49MB or more!) (Space is valuable, especially when we cant use external hard drives)
-Trophy sorting in the quick menu

DipDopDoopidy3421d ago

The issue with merging trophies together, in my opinion, is that you could just get 5 friends or family members together to merge 5 different accounts and it would just undermine the entire trophy system.

This could easily be abused, but trust me, I know the feeling since I am in this situation as well.

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Kaneki-Ken3422d ago

I wanted balance of Indie and AAA games on the line up.

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zombiewombie3422d ago

Thats more of a personal internet issue, isn't it? My download speeds are pretty awesome.

ziggurcat3422d ago

to an extent. also, depends on whether you're wireless or wired. i have both my consoles wired, and my PS4 gets somewhere in the 120-150Mbps download range - which is pretty damned good.

Kokyu3421d ago

No it isnt, I get horrible downloads speeds and Im on a 150mbps feed my average PSN download speed is around 40mbps.

Vitalogy3421d ago (Edited 3421d ago )

@zombiewombie not entirely. I'm wired connected to a gigabit router with a cat-6 cable and I have an optic fiber symmetric connection with 200Mbps down / 200Mbps up that should allow me to download at 20MB from the psn and yet most of the time I hardly reach 10MB of download speed (commonly ~5/6MB). I have ZERO problems with speed download/upload on pc, in fact most of the time I get ~24MB down/up.

So, in my opinion, the problem is either the psn servers or ps4 ethernet card (or even both).

kdmitchell_toh3421d ago

Nope. I have 125 up/down and my PSN speeds are crap. Everything in my house is wired using Cat6, meaning Gigabit and all switches are Gigabit. All testing out of the house are always resulting with 100+ up/down, except with PSN. Even if I test it, it jumps all over the place.

dantesparda3421d ago (Edited 3421d ago )

I have my router on the second floor, half the house away (wirelessly) and i still get my full download speeds on PSN, meanwhile my Live speeds fluctuate all over the place / a whole lot more.

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Ron_Danger3422d ago

Any issue you're having are with your ISP or router. As of noon today (I went home for lunch) the connection speeds on my PS4 pro were: download 84.8 Mbps/ upload 11.7 Mbps. I have comcast internet and the only reason I checked was because Last Week Tonight wasn't playing on Plex for me.

Aenea3422d ago

That's not 100% correct tho, there are other issues as well, there's someone who did some research on this and Sony uses 4 different CDNs and there's at least one of them that is a heck of a lot slower than the other ones and if you're in a region where the fast ones are taken you will be redirected to one of those slower ones which can be a pain. Also there's something else wrong that could be solved by Sony in the TCP/IP stack apparently.

So don't be too quick to blame someone's router or ISP when they have slow download speeds.

I have 150mbit down (15 up) and I was lucky if it would download at 1 to 3MB/s, sometimes dropping below 500KB/s. And yes, I run all my devices wired if at all possible (except my phone and tablet). Then I started using a proxy server that I installed on my Linux server at home and configured my PS4 to use that as a proxy server and suddenly I was downloading at 18-19MB/s. Same router, same ISP......

trooper_3422d ago

Nothing wrong with my speeds. Perhaps it's your internet provider.

Thomaticus3422d ago

This is an issue for most people. It's slow in my area.

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MRMagoo1233422d ago

well I'm sitting on 113mbps at the moment download

bluefox7553422d ago (Edited 3422d ago )

Check your internet, my downloads are plenty fast.

RosweeSon3421d ago (Edited 3421d ago )

Mine are fine even more so as can do more than 1 at a time. As well as updates and other stuff in the background. Download speeds might be faster elsewhere... 1 download at a time Zzz.
150MB Getting 40? You need to contact your service provider it's not Sony's fault your getting less than half of what should be.
I'm on Virgin Media 100Mb ever get that? No chance can be 10-20mb up to 50/60 if lucky... it's the service provider tho nothing to do with Sony.

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s3arch3422d ago

you can fix your dl speed by using Google DNS servers

thekhurg3422d ago

Only in minor cases. PSN download speeds are horrendous compared to other services.

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FITSniper3421d ago

I have bigger issues with download speeds on the XB1 than I do PS4. Updates take forever.

Aenea3422d ago

Doesn't work for everyone either, installing a proxy server does solve it for everyone tho....

s3arch3422d ago

PS plus line up needs a massive improvement. I am fed up of children's games!

TFJWM3422d ago

This War of Mine is a children's game...?

Kingthrash3603422d ago (Edited 3422d ago )

Yes....just like
invisible inc
Everybody's gone to the rapture
Resident evil
Lords of the Fallen
Journey
Furi
Gone home
Valiant hearts
Infamous first light
Hell divers
Dead nation
Dust
Apotheosis
Swapped
Styx
Grim fandango
Outlast
Ether
Gauntlet
These are clearly "kids games" and dispite facts saying otherwise.

Tross3422d ago

Well, there are children in This War of Mine...which I guess somehow makes it a children's game. I'm really just grasping at straws trying to reverse-engineer s3arch's logic.

The_Eternal_one3422d ago

You know you can buy adult games instead if that's how you feel.

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nitus103422d ago

Still playing that kiddy game called "Lords of the Fallen" and will be replaying "Resident Evil" when I get the chance. Of course, I could always play that toddler game "Zombi". Next, you will be telling us that Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series are far too easy.

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joethetimelord3422d ago

How about a decent search function or that weird bug that tells you there's been an error every time you buy something from the store?

joethetimelord3422d ago

Don't tell me people actually like the store's rotary phone search function.

Ra3v3r3422d ago

The rotary search is horrendous that's why I make all my purchases via the mobile app. I don't understand why they didn't just use the pop up keyboard...

joethetimelord3422d ago

It tends to miss things, too. There have been times where I had to give up and browse the store on my PC to find what I was looking for.

Angeljuice3421d ago

I've never had an error message and download often.

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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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FPSRUSSIA21d ago

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

LiViNgLeGaCY21d ago

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

Eonjay21d ago

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

Profchaos21d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7221d ago

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

LiViNgLeGaCY21d ago

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

TheColbertinator21d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum21d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z21d 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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SimpleDad22d ago

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

Cacabunga22d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot21d 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…

HectixRose22d 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.

JEECE22d 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.

CantThinkOfAUsername21d 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.

Soy22d ago

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

DarXyde21d 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.

Ashunderfire8621d 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.

Ashunderfire8621d ago (Edited 21d 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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InUrFoxHole22d ago

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

pwnmaster300022d 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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-Foxtrot22d 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.

solideagle22d 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

Relientk7721d ago

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