There's a new software update out for PlayStation 4, and before we tell you what it does, do you fancy taking a guess? Go on, we'll wait.
Done? Hopefully you're aware of the running gag and said "stability", because that's what you're getting. Firmware update 5.53 improves system performance, and that's that.
Oh wait, that's actually not the only thing. After installing the 440MB update, you'll get a pop-up that asks about data collection. This refers to the data that's sent to Sony whenever your system is online, and this latest update essentially lets you toggle between sending more data and sending less data. The pop-up also mentions that you're able to change this setting at any time, and you can press the options button to learn more.
What do you make of this one? Don't forget to protect your data in the comments section below.
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My PS4 is on a solid concrete floor. How much more stable can you make it, Sony?
@NintendoFan4Lyf
No, but Pungent Blood Cocktails will.
Anyone would think that there are high-profile discussions regarding data harvesting occurring somewhere...
Making sure the system's stable ahead of Kratos' arrival.
@KALofKRYPTON that's just a coincidence though. the main reason is the new EU data protection law coming into force at the end of next month.
So patch, so stable
Stable like a tortoise bc my XMB is slow as hell.
@NintendoFan4Lyf No, but well timed Blunderbuss shots will. 😉. And don’t forget the value of antidotes.
Sony should have done this years ago
@NintendoFan4Lyf @Th3solution
I was lobbing the cocktails into a far corner two at a time then smashing it from behind (as it were). Logarius and Daughter of the Cosmos were my stinking bosses. Bastards the lot of them.
@JoeBlogs - And the son of something else, although it is probably best not to mention it here in mixed company.
And here I thought only Nintendo had stability.
@JoeBlogs Surfer Rosa? In MY Push Square?
@RegularGameFan no. this is just in response to new data protection legislation in Europe.
Sending more data or sending less data. How about sending no data. Can we not have an update so I no longer have to see the blue background with the square, triangle, circle and X symbols rotating with nothing else loading. Especially when viewing the ps store
I find that these so called stability updates have made the UI lag like hell on PS4 original especially when in game and accessing the quick menu
About time!!!!! I was fearing my stability wasn't good enough.
@NintendoFan4Lyf
Using fire enhanced weapons or Molotovs will wreck the Blood starved Beast
Data collecting of game stats are great I love to see it. PC and Xbox does this in a most games.
@RegularGameFan it's just you. apple has had similar stuff in their iOS betas long before the facebook thing.
@WanderingBullet
Your "On Your Mark" avatar is just awesome.
@takasugi77 Thanks. I'm both a Chage and Aska and a Studio Ghibli fan.
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