Recently there has been a lot of fuss in the media and across the internet in general about the discovery that the PS4 will not play MP3 files or act as a DLNA receiver for media server capability. There have been people jumping out of windows and general chaos over the omission of features that are supposed to be basic amongst most entertainment devices today. Individuals have been seen on forums and comment sections everywhere threatening pre order cancellations, or even switching over (or back) to the Xbox One.
Everything seems like a legitimate claim after all; the PS3 has had these features all generation, correct? Even myself, who did not pick up the PS4 until around 6 months after it had launched, was content with the multimedia features that the system offered at the time. I knew that Sony had updated the XMB before but did not realize the barebones nature of the OS before I purchased the system. I have recently made some comments showing my dismay at this aforementioned omission, cementing in my mind the decision to wait to buy a PS4 as the right one. It was easy to be bewildered after all, since Sony has gone to great lengths over the last 8 months to fix the mistakes of the current gen, only to apparently commit a major foul right before launching into next gen. I decided I needed a break from all this next-gen hoopla since all the back and forth changes from both Microsoft and Sony have had my mind in a spin.
After taking some time to think about things after reading this news before it had spread like wildfire across the gaming community, I came back to do some digging around and to see if Sony had responded to the angry mob now pointing torches and pitchforks back in their direction. Many sites were directing to Shuhei Yoshida's official Twitter and displayed his response to the issue with surprising quickness. The dev team is listening and they appreciate the feedback they are getting. This is certainly good news, but not exactly a direct confirmation that the features would be added, right?
Off to NeoGaf for some reading around! After digging through the thread - which is now over 60 pages long and growing - here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
the revelation appeared to me in the form of reassurance, via this post here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
which highlighted my ignorance on this issue. As you can see, the PS3 didn't have such media capability at launch either!
The evidence is clear that doubting Sony this early despite the console launch right around the corner is shortsighted yet easily committed with a lack of prior perspective. I am looking forward to the months ahead where Sony shows how committed they are to the customer by providing an array of new features. It's up to the gaming community as a whole to continue pressuring the industry to move forward with integrity.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
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Sony have already said that their 2nd update would have dlna/mp3 support for ps4 :). Your right, just because something isn't available at launch doesn't mean it will never be
In general, this is what needs to be done! It's not really about console vs. console. It's about what we as gamers require to make our console "complete". Of course, this is not with "trivial" things. It's with the things that really matter to us. It was consumer pressure that forced the hand of MS with all of it's various changes. If we continue to speak up, not just with voices but with wallets, things can and will be forced to change. That being said, I was an early adopter of the PS3 and was well aware of the many changes that were made to the service over time. That's one of the things that Sony have been very good at. When they can do something, they DO! When they can't, as with the voice chat, they explain the hurdles and usually apologize.
I don't think people (the internet) reacted as much as you imply.