Topic: General PlayStation 4 Thread

@Th3solution
I posted another video for the Ps5 makes me kinda second guess my future PlayStation purchases especially since people are claming Xbox doesn't have this problem

@TrueAssassin86x I saw that. It’s good to see that at least the PS5 will play most all PS4 discs even when the battery is taken out and internet turned off.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a patch eventually. It’s a problem weren’t not likely to have to face for many years, for the PS4 anyways. PS3 might be an issue within the next few years, but hopefully the concern from the gaming public has Sony’s attention so they simply keep the PSN authentication servers up. So long as they do that, we’ll be okay, or at least patch the requirement for authentication out of the firmware.

It turns out not all my trophies transferred correctly to Tony Hawk’s PS5 version and so the platinum is impossible to achieve. I’m gutted to be honest, only got a few trophies left to get and I’ve almost finished one of the hardest trophies in any games I’ve played.

@nessisonett I wonder how that happened?! That stinks! Well, does it mean you can go back and at least earn the platinum on PS4 though?

Happens. to a few games. Sometimes they never get a fix. Doom 2016 was one of those games. Platinum's feel a little more pointless then they already did though thanks to the removal of Communities. I mean they were bragging rights and now they're really not even something to brag about. In regards I see posts of people who support it and say things like "what were communities?" on reddit. I personally used them for several games from MMORPGs to team building and support and just regular banter chat with about games or giving tips to those needing them.. I think it's just one more poor decision from Sony since the start of the PS4 era of gaming. Previous consoles and games Sony seemed all for the consumer and quality of the experience as well. In regards they're taking pages out of Microsoft and Nintendo's flaws from shut downs and pushes to furthering the newest console. I'm honestly thinking of just building my Steam Library at this point as it keeps it's communities and I won't lose out on any of my past games unless the creator of the game does something like Microsoft for Fable 3. lol. In regards I still won't go down Microsoft's route as lack of trust with their consoles and lack of great exclusives to enjoy asides Fable which when was the the last decent Fable game? lol.

With Sony falling behind because their consoles can't end up better then a PC I use to think Sony's best option would be keep the console gaming but also start developing their platform on PC. However it seems Sony is doing less and less with the assumption they're on top and don't need to do anything. However that's not the case they're falling behind. They aren't making big announcements at things like E3 anymore and they don't really show us anything that makes their new console seem desirable anymore. There also taking away things that helped their console thrive so it's more of a disappointment. I already had issues of Sony also not fixing half their features like messaging in the past. Took them a year and a half to fix it so I could sctoll up and read my friends messages. Any thoughts about Sony moving forward?

@Th3solution I could go back to the PS4 version but then I couldn’t get my progress from the PS5 version across, meaning that all my weeks of work doing this one specific trophy would be down the drain 😂

@nessisonett Oh, I haven’t tried this yet but I understand now — so you can port over from PS4 your progress into the PS5 version, but not vice versa. Did the actual game save transfer over from your PS4 or did just your trophies [inaccurately] transfer?

The closest thing I can think of I had was a lot of progress in the Vita and PS3 version of Borderlands 2, then when I booted up BL2 in the Handsome Collection on PS4, strangely only certain random trophies transferred over. But my progress and my character all ported over fine. I didn’t play it long enough on PS4 to really see, but it does seem like the trophies that didn’t transfer weren’t achievable anymore, but I can’t be certain.

I also had some trophies that got ruined during my Assassin’s Creed 2 playthrough when Sony had the PSN outage related to leap year a few years ago and that locked me out of the platinum for that game too. I think I had found all the feathers and everything. 😣

@Th3solution Yeah, the save transfer is one way but it’s meant to unlock all the trophies you’ve unlocked on that version. Which it didn’t. The only thing I can think of doing is completing this file to the point where I have the harder trophies and then completely restarting to get the trophies that didn’t transfer.

@Th3solution Finally managed to get those trophies to pop, I had to back up my save to PS Plus, delete it and then retransfer from PS4. They popped and I restored my old save. That would be impossible if I didn’t subscribe to PS Plus though.

@nessisonett That’s a relief though. Cloud saves ftw!

@Th3solution Shame it’s all for nothing, I’m completely and utterly stuck on one challenge that I need for a trophy. Like ‘playing till my fingers bleed’ stuck.

What the hell happened to the UK Store, half of the genres are missing? Mainly Action, Shooter and RPG

Was playing on my dad's PS4 this weekend and for the first time I really struggled. The games I played felt a but blurry and sluggish. Maybe it because it was the first time I played the same games on both consoles at similar times, but when I was back on my PS5 the games felt so much better.

@JohnnyShoulder I’m actually surprised at how quickly I’ve become spoiled by my PS5. I honestly thought I’d still use my PS4, but I also can see the difference, even in the PS4 menu where the lack of visual sharpness is actually noticeable.

I should have known that I would do this since I completely sidelined by PS3 within 6 months of getting my PS4, and that wasn’t even backward compatible.

@Bentleyma- yeah, I’ve had a PS5 since launch and only played Bugsnax and Spider-Man Remastered on it so far (oh and Assassin’s Creed Unity, as I didn’t want to delete anything off my PS4 in order to install it on that). I’m acquiring a nice little PS5 backlog though and looking forward to delving into it... just need to get the PS3 backlog sewn up first (& whittle down the PS4 one a little too).

@Bentleyma- yeah, I have a lot of games progress saved on PS4 games and heard of issues with downloading that save data to the PS5’s ssd... it’s fine 95% of the time but I don’t wanna give the possibility a chance of ****ing up my PS5. As a result, the only time I’ll use my PS5 is for PS5 games... or PS4 games I’m yet to start.

@colonelkilgore I'm pretty sure that was fixed not long after launch. There are games which don't allow progress to carry over from the PS4 version to the PS5 version, but that is different from playing the PS4 version on your PS5. As long as you have the saves backed up to the cloud, you should be fine.

@Bentleyma- I never used to be bothered about 4K and all that, but now having experienced it first hand for a period of time, I can definitely notice it more. Everyone is different though, and some have a more severe reaction to game being at a lower frame rate for instance.

@JohnnyShoulder I’m sure it probably would be fine but I have no need to risk it even if the probability is infinitesimal... I got my PS3, PS4 and PS5 all hooked up, so I’ll just play anything that I’ve already started on the 4 to avoid the element of doubt.

It also negates unneeded hours of use on the 5 which ‘could’ prolong its life cycle. I didn’t even unbox my 4 for almost a year, even though I bought it at launch and it still works fine today, while a few of my friends who also bought at launch had to renew over the last 18 months or so.

In all probability I am WAAAAAYYY over-cautious but it’s never steered my wrong.

@colonelkilgore Yeah buying a console at launch only not to unbox it for that long is maybe being a tad over cautious. I probably wouldn't have bought one in the first place until I knew I was ready to use it.

@JohnnyShoulder nah I just didn't unbox the 4 as I was planning on moving house and there wasn't anything in particular I fancied playing on it. Just felt it was a pointless exercise to go through unboxing and hooking it up when I'd be reboxing it less than 12 months down the road.

I wanted it just incase a game so good released that I wouldnt be able to resist the urge to play it... one didn't.

I'm not someone who gets overly excited about tech and has to fiddle with it without necessity. When I got into uni on a film-making course, that summer I bought a £3500 camera... didn't unbox it until the morning of the video production class when we'd first be using the camera 3 or 4 months later.