Ah, the PlayStation MVP programme – Sony's attempt at throwing its fans a bone, which almost always results in leaks. Respected community members were invited to take part in a beta test for PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 earlier today, and while the information is under NDA, it's already being shared around the Internet. This is why we can't have nice things.
According to a batch of images on Twitter (since removed), the changelog includes the long awaited Suspend/Resume function, which will allow you to put your console in Rest Mode, without closing any applications. This means, theoretically, that you'll be able to pause your game mid-session – but still cut down on your electricity bills, as the console will remain active in a low-power state.
Other improvements – again, as per second hand sources – include the ability to remove games from your profile where you haven't earned any Trophies, as well as the ability to search for specific trinket details online. Share Play, which enables you to virtually pass your controller to a pal, will also allegedly be upgraded to support 60 frames-per-second.
Lastly, the changelog mentions some form of 'Accessibility' feature, which will allow you to adjust settings "such as zooming and button assignments". It's a little bit vague that one, so we're not entirely sure what it's referring to. Either way, we should find out officially soon, as the Japanese giant has promised that a big firmware update is imminent. Are these the features that you wanted, though?
[source twitter.com, via twitter.com, gematsu.com, neogaf.com]
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I just mentioned something about this. Lol
I would love to see an option to make folders
Why would you post this on your twitter? Are you asking for a lawsuit for breaking a legal contract?
@Jaz007 The funny thing is, about three or four different people all leaked it at once! XD
Im hoping these come for it!
On another note, I'd love to see these added too.
1. Folders
2. Delete games in library
3. Data backup utility number 3 is a must, I have a 2 TB HDD for my ps4 and no way to back it all up. If that function is on it by all means please tell me. My internet is to slow to redownload all my games and patches/dlc. It took an entire week for shadow fall to download.
Suspend & Resume has beaten Driveclub PS Plus Edition to launch, one of two of PS4's promised features at the reveal.
"ability to remove games from your profile where you haven't earned any Trophies" Sounds cool
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I 'think' i found a cure for my 'rest mode' problem now(kiss of death then) Sometimes in the past when i put my PS4 in 'rest mode'(i.e i go to the right of the PS4 screen to the 'Power' icon & enter & hit 'rest mode') it would go on 'off mode' then i would have to hard reset my PS4 to get it working again :-/ It started to happen a lot last month to(3 times in 1 week) So now what i do is from the main PS4 screen i press down the 'PS' button & then select 'Rest Mode' & do it that way & for over 4 weeks now my PS4 hasn't gone on 'off mode'. I just hope this new update don't mess up my cure now(knowing my luck)
Sounds good to me, I hope it lands this month!
I want two things.
1. Folders
2. The ability to buy and transfer Vita games. Am I the only one that assumed that I could do this from launch? Seems bizarre to me that this feature is missing.
I don't care about the Suspend/Resume feature to be honest. The PSTV does it and I haven't even used it on that in the few months I've had it. The Saturn & Dreamcast I have plugged into my TV beside the Ps4 both function perfectly fine without the feature too. Yeah, not really fussed myself. Since 3D bluray playback was added I haven't really been much bothered about firmware updates
@Carl-G the trophies thing sounds awesome at first glance, but in reality its not that useful. I have games that give you a trophy for just starting a new game and others that give a 3 or 4 easy trophies in the first level. The point of a feature like this is so you can delete games from your list you tried for a few mins and didnt like. But if that game gives you even one trophy in that time frame, you are SOL.
If Sony lets us delete games that are, say, under 25%, I would be estatic. At 10% I would be happy. At 0%, meh, that might cover one or two of the hundred or so games I want to remove from my list!
@thedevilsjester while I agree, it does remove some annoying games I've had blight my trophy list and completion ratio for a while now. Games like Terminator Salvation and some party games, and crap like FIFA 11 or whatever. Excited about this feature (if it turns out to be true), but I would welcome < 10%, but not 25%, that's too far.
the fact that Sony seems to have no interest on incorpororating Vita content management features makes me sad
where is my f@#%@# media player?
@seeafish why is that too far? Why does there need to be a limit? If it had 99% or lower, I would buy and play about 5x the games I do now. If I am not going to 100% it, then I dont even want it on my list. This means that currently I have to wait for the trophy list of a game to be released, and scan it for trophies I wont get (like online ones) and just not buy the game if there are any trophies I wont get.
It doesnt hurt anyone to have no limit, and it means that i would buy games that I dont care about the trophies, and just delete the entry from my list when I'm done playing it (alternatively, being able to disable trophies on certain games before I play them would work as well, but it wouldnt clean up the massive list of games on my list right now)
Give me a better Menu, the actual one its one of the worst laouts ive ever seen, its so bad its not even funny. Even the 3Ds one makes more sense, and that one sucks too
It makes a chore to play old games
Whatever it is, sort it out
@thedevilsjester yeah it's true and people should have the choice. Part of me agrees but I also think that an unfiltered list is a good record of all the games you've played. I kinda like that:)
@belmont it is quite bizzare, seeing how thevita has more support from ps4 than ps3
@MadchesterManc when was bluray support added? I tried it awhile ago(Xmas) and didn't work so it must have been recent?
@seeafish to me a list of game less than 100% is a list of games I didnt like enough to finish everything. Its a list of games that I gave up on, of games that I got tired of. Its a list of failures. And I dont want a list of those games. I want a list of the games I loved, and those games I 100%.
@Alpha (Slow Clap) Everything you said and full control over USB Input and Output, also a promise to never remove features -_-, rant done
Please add the ability to delete games from library
@thedevilsjester cant you just make another account for games youre not going to 100%?
@Alpha 3D blue-eyed has been available a while now - definitely since way before Christmas.
@belmont an extention of number 2 I would love is the ability to play downloaded PSP and Vita games on the PS4, yeah I know we have PlayStation TV but it would be great if the PS4 could do it too and also allow you to use PS4 functions such as recording game play and streaming
@professorhat huh, weird
Suspend and resume function will be really handy always nice to get new options
@Flurpsel thats a non solution for many reasons, more importantly, of the hundred or so entries I want to remove from my profile, there are only a few that I went in knowing I wouldnt 100% them. I also dont want to buy digital games or DLC on a throw away account.
Why can't we have folders? The overall XMB is much better than PS3 but I don't like how certain games will fade away, I am like many others-I want my stuff organized my way! Still, this will be sweet for certain hard games with few checkpoints!
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