And so it begins. Sony Japan has announced that it's looking for users to beta test the PlayStation 4's next firmware update. The official Japanese blog doesn't mention any version numbers, but this must be 5.0 since the company makes frequent mention of new software features.
We assume Sony will soon come out and confirm a beta for North America and Europe, so keep your eyes peeled. In the meantime, tell us what you want from 5.0 in the comments section below.
Update: Sony has announced a beta for us here in the West. You can learn how to sign up through here.
[source jp.playstation.com]
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Here before the "change my name" comments
Im not actually sure what they could put in this update, the last update was pretty significant, be interesting to see though
Fix the UI lag. Does using a lot of Folders cause lag?
It's really hard to think of major features they could add other than PSN name changes and just general usability improvements. The only one I can think of is Trophy progress tracking like on Xbox maybe?
Fix the UI lag, fix the media player audio lag, ditch the dreadful what's new section and roll back the notifications tab to its previous version for starters.
Able to sort trophy organisation by, alphabetically, percentage completely or recently played. Fix black out bug on PS4 pro, also trophy progress much like Xbox achievements do where it gives you a status bar to see how close you are to popping an individual trophy. CD music playback and install would be welcome too.
Yeah, the UI lag. Even on the Pro there is lag when browsing my games.
loading the PS store is embarrassingly slow.
I'd love to be able to view my screenshots and video clips without manually uploading them like you can with the Xbox using sites such as xboxclips or xboxdvr. It's the only thing I liked about the Xbox when I owned one for around a month!
PS one games compatibility...
Maybe the option to pin games/folder to the front of the ui, I want to choose what games/folder is put in front.
And I want the old notification bar back, with different tab for download, upload, and games downloaded like before.
@manu0 I always browse psn from the website, browsing it from ps4 is not a good experience.
I would like to be able to play PSVR without it blacking out every few minutes. Yes it works okay if you turn off DCHP but then I can't use Spotify 😶
@CaptnSpaulding
Oh I really like this idea!
@Pinkman This and changing my name and I'll be sound as a pound.
I am afraid they will never fix the OS lag. It is here since launch and it is just getting worse.
Apart this it is way bizarre that I can't sort the games as I want, alphabetically for example. I hate that they change whenever I load a game.
Also you can't sort the trophies. And they somehow managed to break the notification system. The media player is a little crap too.
You know what I keep wanting a way lock the L2 and R2 buttons on YouTube so I can't accidentally fast forward or rewind I like to change vids a lot so turning the remote off is a pain but just bumping it sometimes will cause you to skip so far just let me lock it
Another good feature would be system-wide downsampling on PS4 Pro. It's been a bit inconsistent, so Sony should really bake this into the firmware like the Xbox One X is going to.
Improve download speeds.
Fix PS4 Pro.
@gmxs only thing i can think of adding that the system is missing is some form Backwards Compatibility with old PS Sytems
Game gifting?
Might sound dumb but would like to video chat with a friend while playing , would be fun to be able to see his reaction when we see somthing cool ingame or Im kicking his butt.
Also maybe fix os lag , but at least its not as bad as on my xbox ,that thing is furiously slow......
What UI lag? I have a pro and have no lag at all on mine - I have about 20 folder though with all the games put away in them. I'm also using a 4tb Hybrid SSHD 3.5" drive as my 'internal' drive, so that might make a difference if it is caching it for me.
@belmont - Stick all your games in a folder - then you can re-arrange them in whatever order you want.
I think the lag issue is caused by use. The more you download and delete stuff, the slower it's going to get. You can do some defrag type things in Safe Mode which is worth trying if you're experiencing some slowdown in the menus.
I play a lot of Asian games, I've recently found out you can re-map the PS4 pad in the accessibility setting son the PS4 so I can swap the circle and X for example or other buttons if the game is 'strange' (Danganronpa Ultra despair girls was X to run for example, so you can't run and turn the camera, so I set it to the R1 button) - but there is no option to invert the thumbsticks - I would love that for games that don't have the option. I can't play games that look up when you push up - it just doesn't feel natural to me as I've been pulling down pretty much since I got a console.
@get2sammyb - I have over 500 games downloaded and installed on my PS4 and I've not noticed any lag :/ - Like I said, may be the Hybrid has optimised the Dash into the 8gb SSD section as it puts the most common used data in there automatically? Or it might be that all my things are in folders so its only showing up to 50-60 things at a time?
Oh, i've just signed up for the Beta as well on my Japan account - will see if I get it this time
One kinda big thing that nobody has even mentioned is that trophies now auto sync - before you had to go into the trophy section for anything to be updated - now as soon as one pops, if you look on the app, the website or any sites like psnprofiles and run an update - it will show the trophy as soon as you achieve it.
Only a small thing but useful if you are like me and forget to sync their trophies after getting them.
@get2sammyb
They have to implement this
@Turniplord Yeah I noticed that recently. I got a Platinum and noticed it was already part of my total before I even synced it.
@manu0
It is embarrassingly slow in my opinion, I just buy things on the Store using my phone which navigates and loads faster.
You can sign up as a beta tester now in the US. It is indeed going to be 5.0
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/playstation-4-firmware-50-beta-registration/
The form only ask three questions, one being if you are a current PS Now Subscriber.
@AzlanWake13 yep. i almost never use the store on PS4.
@AXEL314 interesting that PSNow would be mentioned, perhaps the update will change the way the service works somehow?
@Turniplord That's good actually, thanks for sharing. Would be better if you could make folders within folders
As for the lag generally I have tried on a launch PS4:
1 The stock 500GB drive
2 750 GB 7200 rpm
3 Hybrid Solid State 1TB with 8 GB SSD
4 2TB 5400rpm
5 Defragment
All have lag. I have tons of games but so I do on Vita for example. It is not as terrible as the Wii U/3DS that are the king of slow OS but it is still very bad.
revert the notifications design to its previous incarnation.
the UI is always fast for me. i have a 2tb 5400rpm drive in my PS4, and the stock drive in the PS4 pro. the only time i see a slow down is if i use it whilst leaving a game running which is really hard on the CPU..
as for automatic supersampling.. this might not necessarily always be a good thing for 1080p displays - it might actually be better to use the GPU resources elsewhere, like increasing the level of anti-aliasing. 1080p with 8x-MSAA for example, might look better than 1440p supersampled. besides, i would expect that would need a devkit update rather than an O/S system update.
as for PS-Now.. what i'd like to see there is being able to read a PS3 game disc and launch it with PS-Now.
Id like a brightness option for custom screen shot themes or any theme for that matter. So i can darken or lighten the background themes. Plus id LOOOVE to be able to make a wish list in the psn store on the system
The only thing I want to do with my name is capitalise the first letter - about 8 years ago I stupidly picked 'turniplord' as my name - I want 'Turniplord' - just so it looks correct when games automatically use my username for things.
@Turniplord OMG I've got the exact same problem ! I just want to capitalise the first letter of my ID !! ( I want "Bobobiwan", not "bobobiwan") All these years... I thought... I thought I was alone !!!
@Bobobiwan - Nah, I expect there are a few of us. I even phoned and emailed Sony over it to see if they could just capitalise it a few years back and they wouldn't. It's just annoying in-game where it uses my name and it's calling me a 'thing' rather than a 'person' - not that 'Turniplord' is a person, but it is the Name I choose in most of my games.
Delete trophies for games. Makes me sad to see the games that will never be 100%....small issue, but the system is already great!
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