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[Nags]

I never use background music for 360 or any games that support it on PS3 but I know that this feature is especially popular for teenagers and college students.

Ultimately this won't effect me, but this is some shitty news.

 

[darkwing]

Sony concentrated on games too much and they forgot about DLNA/MP3

 

[bidguy]

So are you calling the Amazon MP3 store and google music store backwards? Honestly.

its a meme dude

 

[Tsundere]

Yes, they're giving you the option to not use a pay service.

Who knows if that'll be offered at launch or not. It's unconfirmed.

 

[Khrysler Jerikho]

I'd love to subscribe to Japan's Music Unlimited service... if only it wasn't IP-restricted.

So, yeah this bums me a lot.

 

[Z3M0G]

If I ever played my own music while playing games... or loaded a single MP3 on my PS3 since I replaced it 2 years ago... I might care...

 

[ironcreed]

This is seriously the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. What the hell is Sony thinking?

From Music Unlimited subs.

 

[Cidd]

You can always count on Sony to fuck up on the OS side of things...

ridiculous.

 

[Marleyman]

I was going off this:

Which is apparently unconfirmed.

Yeah, so someone just mentioned Albert confirmed that you can play your own music on Xbox One. Would be cool to get that confirmed.

 

[Espada]

This is a stupid fucking decision. Not playing CDs is one thing, but preventing MP3 playback and forcing you into their service? Bullshit.

This is the kind of dumb shit that made Sony stumble last gen.

 

[Domino792]

If I ever played my own music while playing games... or loaded a single MP3 on my PS3 since I replaced it 2 years ago... I might care...

Same, but i can see how people who use the stuff would be upset.

 

[jmdajr]

So are you calling the Amazon MP3 store and google music store backwards? Honestly.

YES!!!!!

Spoiler

obviously I'm joking. Lets fuck the people on the one digital thing they can buy drm free.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

So we lost media streaming. Fuck.

Don't do this to me Sony. You were on the ball, you had everything right. Considering the key features they added with the day one update, I can't imagine it will stay this way, literally a downgrade from basic functions on the PS4.

In the meantime, let's do what we do best, backlash, backlash, backlash. Yosp, prepare to be twittered.

 

[Camel Master]

Who thought this was a good idea....well I definetly won't sub and probably won't miss the feature that much. Sucks but Sony can actually afford this in a PR sense, they are so far ahead because of MS blunders. Still, it's keeps me thinking that why should I not stay with currentgen+PC if nextgen consoles downgrade in some features..

 

[see5harp]

People want their DLNA so they can steal content from the bit torrent sites then stream to their TVs.

Ha ha good one.

 

[TetraGenesis]

Awesome. M$ony want to position these things as ultimate media devices. They propose to do that by removing media support. Does the Wii-U support DLNA?

I'm upset too but get that dollar sign out of there. This isn't the IGN comments section. You're better than that.

 

[DogMeat77]

Not a feature I use or care about but it sucks for those that do want it. Such a simple request being denied to push a service.

 

[Black Republican]

MU behind a paywall is the bigest surprise for me, wtf is up with that shit

 

[Muppet of a Man]

maybe the Sony suits were pushing for this

gotta recoup the MU investment

Why not just shut MU down? Who the hell uses that anyway?

 

[UNCMark]

I'm beginning to understand why people love Gabe so much. Save me, Steambox.

 

[Salex_]

I didn't realize this affected so many people. I just use bluetooth from my sound bar to play music from my phone.

 

[trustter]

It's very sad they didn't add such a simple and old feature that tons of people including me uses it.

If at least the internet browser works in the background we can stream music form Grooveshark or something similar.

 

[avaya]

It is fucking laughable that in 2013 we effectively don't have custom soundtracks.

 

[enzo_gt]

People want their DLNA so they can steal content from the bit torrent sites then stream to their TVs.

What the? This doesn't even make sense to me. Stream.. from torrents? wat

 

[bud]

sony always fucks up in some way or another.

who the hell wants to sign up for a music service just to listen to their own soundtrack during a game? it truly is a baffling decision.

 

[eoa-swam]

Are users able to record, distribute or stream any gameplay video?
No. Users may not be able to record certain areas within the game. Developers can select the area of restriction, and what will be restricted will depend on game titles. In these cases, recording will be temporarily suspended during the scene.

So this is saying that a developer can limit what you can stream via Twitch etc?

 

[la flama blanca]

Hahahaha so much for "Sony won't force paywalls"

Next gen is here.

Meanwhile I have 5 browser tabs, music and plenty of other programs running and I'm able to play games at the same time. I use a futuristic thing called PC.

This is just weird and pathetic, even for Neogaf.

sony always fucks up in some way or another.

This is true.

 

[NullPointer]

No I'm not.

Then you're oblivious, and very, very wrong. And calling anybody who wants to stream content from their PC to their consoles connected to the TV a pirate.

Using media devices for simple media capabilities is now some kind of illicit activity.

 

[Noisepurge]

bullshit marketing tactic :/ oh well, no background music for me then. Its like a feature the console wont have then.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Sooo PC stays winning?

 

[Bad_Boy]

PS4 only plays games.

There is a meme in there somewhere.

 

[jony_m]

I'm really salty about this, but it makes sense. Both Sony and MS have media arms who would pressure against this, probably as part of deals with other media providers.

 

[Garrett 2U]

It is fucking laughable that in 2013 we effectively don't have custom soundtracks.

Seriously

Which one of you is this?

lol

"taking down systemwars"

LOL

 

[lastflowers]

Which one of you is this?

lol

"taking down systemwars"

timdog: taking twitter to a new sociopathic level of obsession and distress since 2013

 

[intheinbetween]

Yeah, so someone just mentioned Albert confirmed that you can play your own music on Xbox One. Would be cool to get that confirmed.

he corrected that tweet by saying he was talking about XB1 not being a Media Extender

 

[Verendus]

Get the fuck out....so you mean to tell me I'll have to turn off my PS4 in order to play music? This shit better be a..."we couldn't get it ready in time. we chose to focus on other priorities but it will come later" and not a "fuck you, that's why"

That's pretty much the reason.

 

[UNCMark]

Who knows if that'll be offered at launch or not. It's unconfirmed.

Albert said it. How much more confirmation do you need?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

I'm beginning to understand why people love Gabe so much. Save me, Steambox.

I going with that or a new PC unless things get fix .

That's pretty much the reason.

Well they can fuck right off also .

 

[level44]

So, it's a garbagy piece of technology that expects you to be a chump consumer. That is its purpose.


I'll stick to my gaming PC, and maybe a Wii U, thanks.

Even though sony should change their stance I can't take this post seriously .

 

[Hellsing321]

From Music Unlimited subs.

No one is going to be dumb enough to buy a Music Unlimited sub.

 

[Cidd]

I didn't realize this affected so many people. I just use bluetooth from my sound bar to play music from my phone.

That's what I've been doing for years now.

 

[Xamdou]

Sony cutting corners right before launch, no MP3 support is a huge loss. No way I am subbing to their own music to play my own background music for games.

 

[Kysen]

PS4 is being rushed out the door that much is obvious now. Adding mp3 playback is trivial.

 

[Senor Kami]

He corrected himself.

Well that's good. I was hoping that both systems would actually increase media support or for MS to step it up to Sony levels this gen. Now I've got my fingers crossed hoping that one of them will just stay where they are and it's not even the one that was more feature packed last gen.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I'm beginning to understand why people love Gabe so much. Save me, Steambox.

Not when it won't have the exclusives and be as easy to use as these new consoles.

I get people wanting to pile on and I'm on of those but that doesn't invalidate these new consoles as many people are anticipating them.

Cancel a game, that would be bad but these features will probably be patched in with time. The consoles aren't even out yet.

 

[jonnyp]

First time hearing this.

WTF Sony

 

[zomgbbqftw]

It is fucking laughable that in 2013 we effectively don't have custom soundtracks.

They do as long as you pay them $10/m. Which is why this is a shit move. Worse than putting the feature behind the PS+ paywall.

 

[Liamario]

Which one of you is this?

lol

"taking down systemwars"

There is no amount of cringe that can be reached to fully surmount this idiot.

 

[Gestault]

Boy, I'd find this really frustrating if this were an artificially created shortcoming to try to prop up a fledgling paid music service at the expense of users. Like, it would be ridiculous if we'd seen universal custom soundtracks and music streaming implemented on other systems from almost a decade before, right? Good thing none of that is true.

At least there would be an alternative from other new systems, right guys?

Spoiler

This really does bother me. I use these features constantly on current systems. Custom soundtracks on 360 in 05, oddly enough, felt like one of the more "next-gen" features that I used.

 

[Quadraphonic]

This is a bunch of shit and needs to change.