That's not what I asked. There's a 1,001 different types of multitasking. I asked specifically about multitasking without suspending the game. Or has Sony has confirmed you can switch to a web browser without suspending/stopping/pausing the game (as in the game is still running, the fighters still fighting, the racecars still racing, the shooters still shooting live on my screen while I use other apps)?
Because if the PS4 can do it then I'm sold. But if it can't, then I'm more than happy to sacrifice some resolution to have my system run two apps simultaneously without needing to suspend/stop/pause either of them.
LOL I'm just imagining someone racing their car around corners in Forza and trying to browse GAF at the same time. I mean great, that sounds cool I guess.
Honestly without television input through HDMI, there is less need for PS4 to provide that type of functionality because you need something active on one side of the screen and something passive on the other. Gaming and web browsing are 2 active things, while gaming and TV watching are active and passive, so it's a more realistic usage for snap by including the HDMI input.
I guess Sony could try to get Netflix watching while gaming? Just seems silly to me personally to have that level of multitasking. I can do it now on my PC which is my entire entertainment center in my bedroom with large TV and laptop hooked up with remote desk/keyboard/mouse, and I simply don't do it because I can't devote any kind of attention to 2 things at once.
I'm sure Sony will eventually work out that level of functionality because outside of HDMI input, there's nothing really that the XBO has that the PS4 is completely incapable of pulling off from a multitasking standpoint.