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PS4 Firmware 2.50 (Yukimura) coming March 26
- Thread starter Kyoufu
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That's the other theory that was going around. I'm not sure how big a deal it is, since Sony owns half the CD patents, and nearly all of them are long expired anyway. There's two that are still active from Philips but at least one of them is probably non-essential since it wasn't even filed until 1998. But I'm sure Sony, of all companies, has some sort of patent cross-licensing agreement with Phillips in regards to CDs anyway.
Goodacre0081
Member
I've looked at the PS4 data sheets many times and never saw the CD laser listed, where did you get that from? Also really curious what the *3 footnote references.
Hydrargyrus
Member
I'm only interested in PSOne CDs
:lol
lol
Well, it's the official user manual, so it's probably more of a "CD's won't be played because we don't feel like" thing most likely. Considering how paranoid Sony was about music playback in general on the PS4 I'm not terribly surprised.
No excuse for lack of PS1 disc support now!
It's there.
What's your system language? There's a note on Text to Speech that it only works when the system is set to English (US), maybe the option doesn't appear when the system is set to another language.
| Praxis |
Banned
Really surprised at how quick it booted back into Gta v. Not that I'll use it much at all, but it's a nice option to have.
So remapping is a universal thing that applies to all games, right? You can't customize it per game so you don't have to constantly swap around, correct?
More importantly, can you remap games while remote playing on the Vita? It would do wonders for the shoulder buttons if you could.
More importantly, can you remap games while remote playing on the Vita? It would do wonders for the shoulder buttons if you could.
huffster999
Neo Member
English UK.Just changed it to US but still did not appear.Hope i can get it to work my brother suffers from an extreme form of word blindness and this would be so useful for him
The Dutch Slayer
Member
I'm afraid to go online right now but I would like some bloodborn.
Any know issues with the download or the firmware itself?
Any know issues with the download or the firmware itself?
Spectromixer
Member
giant_frying_pan
Member
Played about 1.5 hours of Bloodborne online after the update and didn't experience any problems.
I had played about an hour pre-update also.
Wouldn't have any way to indicate that it was on at all.
Well it wouldn't work when you tried to use it, so I'd hope people are smart enough to figure out it's turned off. Also, Sony forces a damn notification on your TV to let you know it turned off. Gee thanks. Don't think I could figure that out. What would I ever do without that forced notification popping up while I watch Netflix?
It's more that you wouldn't know if it was left on, draining the battery while not in use.
You can set it to turn off after 10 mins of inactivity.
NullPointer
Member
Soon enough a lot of PS4 users are going to wonder how they went without this feature for so long
Soon enough a lot of PS4 users are going to wonder how they went without this feature for so long
I've rarely used it on XB1, but it came in handy one time when I was playing Forza 5 and I had to leave, but I didn't want to start the race over later. I put the Xbox One in suspend and shut it down, and came back later and picked right back up where I left it. It was pretty awesome.
Hero Prinny
Member
That would be awful for the phantom pain.
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ʃunknownstranger
Member
Anyone know if this update makes it where if your internet cuts out for a minute in rest mode, downloads will restart once it comes back up? I have slow internet and mostly download things overnight. Annoying as hell waking up with barely anything downloaded because my internet crapped out for a minute.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
But.. but.. ripping CDs to my PS3 was a neat and lovely feature
Fix this shit, Sony!Go to the settings in the vita for the ps4 link.
family_guy
Member
Sounds like Nintendo's situation where the Wii can play DVD movies, but they just didn't want to pay the license fees.
Thanks, I was looking at the wrong options screen.
Jack Scofield
Member
Is SharePlay broken? It's saying that my 40mbps download speed and 4mbps upload speed is not fast enough for SharePlay. What the heck? That should be more than enough. I actually have a 100mbps, but the PS4 throttles the connection anyway.
Also, what does the drop shadow option for text do? I tested it out and didn't notice any difference.
Also, what does the drop shadow option for text do? I tested it out and didn't notice any difference.
Seems like a bug. Happening for me too.
killdatninja
Banned
Update woes/PSA...
If you already updated your PS4 to 2.50 and are trying to install a brand new HDD.. don't bother yet.. sony hasn't updated the new system installation file (it's supposed to be 700+ MB, not the 300 MB file). Because of this the PS4 expects a 2.50 system install file which sony hasn't provided yet in their firmware page... it's still displaying the old file.
I wasted 2 hours figuring this out.. only to find it wasn't my fault and it wasn't a bad HDD.
PS4 firmware page: http://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps4/
http://dus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/image/2015_0206/rec_c50ad2fe0438e4fabd7ada2cbbc97e56/PS4UPDATE.PUP (this is 700+ MB, old firmware, found under the "Perform a New Installation of the System Software" section)
http://dus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/image/2015_0320/sys_5c6e09a82250e1dde602521ab1faf715/PS4UPDATE.PUP (this is 2.50 firmware 300 MB file, "Download Update" button)
http://dus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/image/2015_0206/sys_402013820a65029ea44d97655e550ffb/PS4UPDATE.PUP (this is the older firmware 300 MB file, still on the firmware page in the "Update using a computer" section)
Fix your fucking links Sony. I hope I save someone time...
If you already updated your PS4 to 2.50 and are trying to install a brand new HDD.. don't bother yet.. sony hasn't updated the new system installation file (it's supposed to be 700+ MB, not the 300 MB file). Because of this the PS4 expects a 2.50 system install file which sony hasn't provided yet in their firmware page... it's still displaying the old file.
I wasted 2 hours figuring this out.. only to find it wasn't my fault and it wasn't a bad HDD.
PS4 firmware page: http://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps4/
http://dus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/image/2015_0206/rec_c50ad2fe0438e4fabd7ada2cbbc97e56/PS4UPDATE.PUP (this is 700+ MB, old firmware, found under the "Perform a New Installation of the System Software" section)
http://dus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/image/2015_0320/sys_5c6e09a82250e1dde602521ab1faf715/PS4UPDATE.PUP (this is 2.50 firmware 300 MB file, "Download Update" button)
http://dus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/image/2015_0206/sys_402013820a65029ea44d97655e550ffb/PS4UPDATE.PUP (this is the older firmware 300 MB file, still on the firmware page in the "Update using a computer" section)
Fix your fucking links Sony. I hope I save someone time...
Neff
Member
I've searched and I can't find it, which is annoying, because I don't want to have to sift through albums deleting pics I didn't take.
You can only use External HDD to do a whole internal HDD backup/restore.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I didn't realize this, but a pic is taken when you get a trophy now. That's pretty neat. I'd post a pic, but it's only done it later on in Bloodborne.
Just check out your trophies if you've gotten any today.
Just check out your trophies if you've gotten any today.
SwiftDeath
Member
Sooo I haven't tried to install a new hdd yet but was playing to in the next week.
I just want to thank you for the post though. I'll save it for use later.
lovely ladies
Member
Do you know if the external drive has to be formatted to store backup games or if you are free to use a drive with pre-existing files on it?
themightycasey
Neo Member
If you don't want to wait for Sony to update it's page, you can use link below to download the 2.50 system installation firmware
http://dus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/image/2015_0320/rec_4353941dacb69a6c22a82d704e3fd03a/PS4UPDATE.PUP
Found via http://www.ps4firmware.com/
wtf! i can't use it as additional hdd?
killdatninja
Banned
I'll be damned. I'll fix my post, if it works. Will make my night!
Let me tell you.. a quick support chat and tweet to Sony.. neither could tell me the link and to try again tomorrow...
Edit: link worked like a charm! Thanks!
roddjbrown
Member
To clarify, this isn't for every country. I did this yesterday and the uk one is up. On my phone so I can't link it but if you go to the uk playstation support page for ps4 the correct file is there
SolidusDave
Member
How does suspend work on the XB1, from your description it sounds like you have to manually choose to suspend a game?
Because once you check the option in the PS4 settings you don't have to think about it every time you turn off the console. The current game will always be suspended unless you manually quit the application before you shut down the PS4. I think this should help the feature to get more use because you will get more and more used to having your games ready just like you left them.
btw it's also neat that you can suspend/resume a game and an app at the same time.
I have a question about the new automatic firmware install option, I guess that doesn't mean they will push future update downloads? (would create a traffic spike)
The firmware updates always come out while I'm at work and there's no way to add it to downloads like you can do with bought games from the web store (I also tried to launch the console with the Remote-Play app but I couldn't connect).
So even with rest-mode enabled (and that new automatic install setting) I still have to do the update process manually once I'm home, I would prefer to come home and have everything ready already.
(similar situation with game patches that also only get checked&downloaded once per night, but it's less likely that I will play exactly that game that got a patch a few hours before)