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[SargerusBR]

not mentioned in the release note:

boost mode for PS4 Pro
higher frame rate for old game which dont have Pro patch

This potentially means 60fps for Bloodborne? I may buy a Pro after all.

 

[mdubs]

External HDD Support

FINALLY

 

[McFadge]

Wonder if this will fix the rest issue with Stardew Valley (and I think Doom?)

 

[Fersis]

This potentially means 60fps for Bloodborne? I may buy a Pro after all.

No it doesnt.

 

[mike6467]

External HD support is the megaton here IMO. YAY

 

[Brian_FETO]

Expecting Bloodborne at 60fps is setting yourself up for disappointment

If it happened I'd buy a Pro that day though.

 

[crimilde]

Oh, so it has nothing to do with the actual drive? Just the enclosure?

Yep, the stock PS4 HDD is directly connected through its SATA interface to the console, so it all depends on which enclosure you'll use with it.

 

[Syranth]

BOOST MODE! I'm most excited to see this in action on the Lego games! Yes.... the Lego games......

I don't Bloodbourne. Sorry.

 

[SimplexPL]

Expecting Bloodborne at 60fps is setting yourself up for disappointment

If it happened I'd buy a Pro that day though.

Did they fix the frame pacing issues yet?

 

[LelouchZero]

not mentioned in the release note:

boost mode for PS4 Pro
higher frame rate for old game which dont have Pro patch

OH MY GOSH!!!! I can't wait!!

 

[c0de]

DF should to a test for external hdd load times.

 

[MrBenchmark]

I like it but I also question the 8tb limitation.

 

[Oppo]

hey if it just fixes the frame pacing in BB, it's worth it.

I like it but I also question the 8tb limitation.

address space, sir.

 

[c0de]

This potentially means 60fps for Bloodborne? I may buy a Pro after all.

Lol

 

[Cyriades]

Yeah, I doubt a media player update is big news though. Fucked up if they leave it out after doing the blu-ray work. I might buy a 3D blu ray now though...

Weirdly, there's a porn site that claims to have PSVR media player support. No idea how that works.

There are lots on 3D Bluray porn movies. I know its not the same as 3D SBS video porn. But we are getting close...

Just release the 3D video patch Sony!

 

[OléGunner]

This is a Godly update.

Hyped for external support, my 2TB is already crying.
Framrate boost mode for my Pro will also be greatly appreciated when I dive back into some older games.

Custom wallpapers is sweet too, I'm guessing we can just put a jpg file to be our wallpaper?

 

[Barrel Cannon]

OMG external HDD support. This is a huge megaton for me. I like to save a lot of clips but they take up tons of space. I just finally ran out of space on my HDD and had to delete something(thankfully I could just delete the Nioh Demo since it was timed)

 

[DJwest]

Can someone please educate me regarding installing games on an external HDD? Once I plug in the HDD, will I be given the option to choose where the game is installed? And can I transfer an installed game from the PS4 HDD to the external and vice versa?

 

[Flow-Walker]

hey if it just fixes the frame pacing in BB, it's worth it.


address space, sir.

Xbox One can support 16TB of storage so you can plug in two 8TB drives.

I guess Sony is only expecting people to use one drive due to the two ports on the base PS4?

Can someone please educate me regarding installing games on an external HDD? Once I plug in the HDD, will I be given the option to choose where the game is installed? And can I transfer an installed game from the PS4 HDD to the external and vice versa?

Yes

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Does the external HDD allow you to save and run games off of it?

 

[Pillville]

from PS Blog:
"This update adds the ability to set your favorite in-game screenshot as the background image for PS4's home screen"

So only game screenshots as wallpaper?!?!
FUCKING. STUPID.

 

[Omnistalgic]

oh wow...finally will be able to get some of my own wallpapers up. Not as elegant a solution as my PS3, where I literally had tons of media sitting on it, but this is fine for a few of my favorite pictures as my background. For me, PS4 is pretty much perfect now, particularly for a OS I navigate with a controller.

Besides b/c with the older Playstation library and of course the infamous name change, I don't see any highly requested features that I'm dying to have.

Solid update, but please Sony, up the speed of the PS2 library coming back and put up some software emulation for PSP/PS1 games.

 

[-griffy-]

from PS Blog:
"This update adds the ability to set your favorite in-game screenshot as the background image for PS4’s home screen"

So only game screenshots as wallpaper?!?!
FUCKING. STUPID.

You can browse to any website on the web browser and take a screenshot of whatever you want to use as a wallpaper.

 

[Bojanglez]

from PS Blog:
"This update adds the ability to set your favorite in-game screenshot as the background image for PS4’s home screen"

So only game screenshots as wallpaper?!?!
That's not "custom wallpaper"!
FUCKING. STUPID.

Just screen shot any image you want from a cloud hosting service (using the bowser). It's a bit crap that you have to though.

 

[Omnistalgic]

from PS Blog:
"This update adds the ability to set your favorite in-game screenshot as the background image for PS4’s home screen"

So only game screenshots as wallpaper?!?!
FUCKING. STUPID.

You should be able to login to say twitter or Facebook or something from the browser and screenshot photos to set as your background.

Lol...yeah, not as elegant as even the PS3, Sony really doesn't want PS4 to be a media machine it seems, but it can be done, and I'll go through the slightly annoying hoops to make my PS4 feel a bit more mine finally!

 

[RAWRferal]

Wait... Boost mode?? This sounds fucking hella awesome.

 

[jroc74]

I never trusted this company after using a shoddy cooling thing on my 360.

Wait, non PS+ accounts can cloud storage if there is a PS+ account on the system? I thought only accounts with plus can access cloud storage. Or are you saying 5 people all play on the same PSN?

This is what happens when you go back n forth between systems....I'm getting mixed up with how XBO does it.

I just assumed it did it like XBO now after that last update. I have to go and do some cleaning on my saves now. One of my kids I do let use my profile tho.

Well thats one more thing that needs to be added...lol.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

from PS Blog:
"This update adds the ability to set your favorite in-game screenshot as the background image for PS4’s home screen"

So only game screenshots as wallpaper?!?!
FUCKING. STUPID.

view screenshot on the web browser and take a screenshot with the share button. Workaround for a lot of PS4 screenshot limitations like PS4 community wallpapers

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

External HDD Support
Upto 8tb

OH MY GOD FINALLY

 

[Bojanglez]

Does the external HDD allow you to save and run games off of it?

The wording isn't actually that explicit.

You can download and install applications directly to your extra storage, and the saved contents are easily manageable through the settings menu.
Also, all the applications saved in the external HDD will appear in the Content Launcher of the Home Screen so it's easy to keep track of what apps you launched recently.

So to me it sounds like to run them you'd have to move them to the internal?

Time to add rip out my 2TB to use as external and invest in a reasonable SSD for internal.

 

[Oppo]

Xbox One can support 16TB of storage so you can plug in two 8TB drives.

I guess Sony is only expecting people to use one drive due to the two ports on the base PS4?

hmm good point.

question: can I use a partitioned drive? or will the PS4 "eat" the whole drive and format it with some weird filesystem?

I have an external HDD that is half mac/win but I'd rather not format it.

 

[bombshell]

If real, oh wow. This is huge and I'm surprised they wouldn't mention it in the existing article.

Because now Sony gets two rounds of news articles

 

[asariN7]

Now I can install many games that Im not gonna finish lol

 

[Begaria]

Sony didn't add up to 8 TB external HDD support and also not allow you to put your games on it, regardless of the wording. That would just be stupid.

 

[dracula_x]

This is huge too. Bloodborne,Dark Souls 3 users rejoice.

I guess Bloodborne and DS3 locked at 30 fps, so they wouldn't run higher than that.

it could be good for unstable games though, like AC Unity for example

 

[LordOfChaos]

Omg external hdd support megaton.

External HDD Support
Upto 8tb

That's it! That's all I needed from this update! Everything else is gravy on top

I guess Bloodborne and DS3 locked at 30 fps, so they wouldn't run higher than that.

The issues are the frame pacing (one frame updated in 16ms, the next updated in 49, the average is still 30 but it looks stuttery), as well as occasional dips below 30 (holding a torch in co-op is still painful)

 

[Agamer2006]

from PS Blog:
"This update adds the ability to set your favorite in-game screenshot as the background image for PS4’s home screen"

So only game screenshots as wallpaper?!?!
FUCKING. STUPID.

You could also send an image through a message using the message app on your phone and send it to someone, view it on your PS4 and screenshot it

 

[Insane Metal]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Custom wallpapers and external HDD! Holy shit finally! 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

 

[blackMamba1187]

Extnernal HDDs, Boost Mode & Wallpapers all sound fantastic to me. Not that I need another external hard drive. Perhaps I can simply re-purpose another.

 

[-griffy-]

The wording isn't actually that explicit.



So to me it sounds like to run them you'd have to move them to the internal?

Time to add rip out my 2TB to use as external and invest in a reasonable SSD for internal.

It specifically says you can install to the external. Why would you be able to install but not run?

 

[Zaventem]

I guess Bloodborne and DS3 locked at 30 fps, so they wouldn't run higher than that.

it could be good for unstable games though, like AC Unity for example

Maybe it could keep it stable.

 

[Kyrios]

THANK GOD. Time to get a 2TB external.

 

[Captain.Arabia]

This will be my theme

very relaxing for my eyes

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

Because now Sony gets two rounds of news articles

You mean they get to control the discourse and flow of discussion?

GASP

 

[Pillville]

You can browse to any website on the web browser and take a screenshot of whatever you want to use as a wallpaper.

Just screen shot any image you want from a cloud hosting service (using the bowser). It's a bit crap that you have to though.

You should be able to login to say twitter or Facebook or something from the browser and screenshot photos to set as your background.

view screenshot on the web browser and take a screenshot with the share button. Workaround for a lot of PS4 screenshot limitations like PS4 community wallpapers

You could also send an image through a message using the message app on your phone and send it to someone, view it on your PS4 and screenshot it

ok, ok, plenty of workarounds....

What we will actually need now is a GAF thread of PS4 wallpapers so I can just bookmark that on my PS4 browser.

 

[LordOfChaos]

External hdd support? YES!

EDIT: Does it have to be 3.0? dammit, I don't have any of those.

You can get just a USB 3.0 enclosure, or even just the connector cable going from SATA to USB 3, pretty cheap, and make any hard drive into one, or replace the cable with a USB 3 one on some external hard drives.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

Now I can install many games that Im not gonna finish lol

exactly

all those backlog games and games i'll never revisit will forever be on my homescreen

 

[dracula_x]

The issues are the frame pacing (one frame updated in 16ms, the next updated in 49, the average is still 30 but it looks stuttery), as well as occasional dips below 30 (holding a torch in co-op is still painful)

yes, but I guess some people think about 30fps->60fps, and it won't happen.

Maybe it could keep it stable.

that what I meant actually

 

[NoKisum]

Custom wallpapers based on screenshots only? No option to upload my own pictures?

 

[jroc74]

It's real...more Boost mode info

https://twitter.com/ILikeLego/status/827516432753770500/photo/1

So becoming more and more like a PC.

Please turn off if unexpected action happens during game play

I agree with those saying having this as an option is great.