Online retailers might be completely sold out of PlayStation 5 compatible SSDs right now, but at least the system's new firmware update finally brought the ability to use one to everyone. Activating access to the internal bay came as part of the console's biggest patch yet, but the PS5 generation is young and Sony still has many potential features it may very well choose to implement in the future.
In fact, the firm already has a list of ideas to pull from according to SVP of platform experience Hideaki Nishino. Detailed in a new PlayStation Blog post, the chief architect is quizzed on the work that goes into PS5 firmware updates and what sort of features future patches could contain. "We learned a lot through PS4 and continue to learn about how players are using the system and how games are behaving. We know what is most accepted and most popular; what features are not used. So, we had a gigantic list of things before PS5 launch that we wanted to do. Actually, we dreamed of doing everything."
Nishino then goes on to explain how Sony has a list of "interesting, exciting, fantastic ideas" for future PS5 firmware updates. "There’s a lot the community is asking for as well. I want to say in the Japanese way, I’m diligently working on these lists and there will be more coming out in the future." The chief architect signs off by thanking the community for its feedback and support, praising the thoughts received and "how much the community loves PlayStation".
What sort of features would you like from PS5 firmware updates in the future? Make sure Folders are one of them in the comments below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Folders for sure.
My only gripe with the PS5 they took a lot of good features that were in the PS4 away, why I don’t know like folders.
At least things are getting a bit better now and we have memory expansion external and internal.
Sony should be faster off the mark with this stuff, sometimes I do wonder what their firmware engineers do, like do they employ just once person working from home to look at all this stuff 😂
Also where the hell is ALLM and VRR.
I hope they don’t get as bad as their TV firmware engineers their updates are terrible or never happen.
Hence why I have an LG C1 and hence why Sony are third in the tv market now.
How the mighty fell there.
And we''ll still wait 4 years for folders...
PlayStation could definitely benefit from a Quick Resume-like feature such as on Xbox Series. The way saves are handled (cross-gen or not) could also be improved.
I hope they allow us to make our own themes like they did on PS3. Most of the gripes I had with the features have been addressed so far. The messy friends list at the start, the messy party system, having to go through 5 menus just to send or view a message. It's getting there.
I hope one of them is PS1, PS2 and PS3 backwards compatibility.
The PS5 is so big that the person in the picture had to put theirs in the garden
@Xenomorph_79 Exactly how I feel. I had several good themes on my Pro back when I was still using it.
1) Being able to move games in the background It is frankly ridiculous that you have to sit there looking at a screen while the file moves and cant do anything else
2) folders
@Snake_V5 its not
@twitchtvpat You never know...
Can’t think of anything else needed in all honesty. Now we have vertical trophy lists I’m good.
What I want most is For "Performance and Stability to be improved" Because let's face it we don't get that enough. LOL.
Folders + Premium themes (that also change icons and fonts etc.)
Bring back 3D Blu-ray support!
PIP with others from my party as we're playing
For the love of God. Exciting firmware updates.
This gen has just sunk to a new level of boredom.
Folders, themes, super-sampling and ability to copy game saves to USB stick.
Basic PS4 functionality that's missing from the white monolith...?
I can play Mortal Kombat 9 in PS3 emulation.
@Snake_V5 maybe they can in the future.
Folders, 1440p, and a robust media player wouldn't go amiss
@Snake_V5 if you want to get your hopes up sure, but im sorry to say its not coming , its never happening.
Modern consoles are little PCs so there are a lot of possibilities with the firmware.
In the other hand, Sony was never know für huge changes (especially in terms on design) for their PlayStation UI. We will see.
I mention this in every firmware update article on this site --- VRR, to fix the screen tearing on the PS5 ...
Choice of game icons would be fun! No idea why it's not a thing already.
Folders and the option when installing ps4 games on ps5 then upgrading to ps5 for the disk to stop downloading the ps4 version
@eagletrippin
Well mentioned I mentioned this as well.
Also the 4K blu ray player good do with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision.
I don’t think it will ever happen though.
Sony dam lucky they have such talented studios and games, which I guess is always the main thing.
Variable refresh rate support. If nothing else, Sony, VRR. For the love of all that’s holy. (And not holy.)
Please let us back up save files to USB....please....
Sort the PlayStation store out !
@Snake_V5 PS5 (and PS4) cant even play normal CDs so PS1 BC is already impossible
Is VRR interesting?
Is 1440p support exciting?
Are Folders fantastic?
I hope folder is one of those exciting idea. I just want to categorized my games man.
I would be satisfied for the rest of it's lifecycle with folders, quick resume and VRR in that order 🙂
The top thing missing is ps5 save transfer to usb. Next comes themes and folders...
3D audio support for av systems and soundbars
Folders and themes defo most used in PS4 era and yet they are not accessable in ps5 not even almost a year in this gen
"Okay, so hear me out. How about we bring back horizontal trophy lists BUT this time you have to click four times to read a trophy's description? Pretty nifty, no?"
Jokes aside, looking forward to more improvements.
People still asking for PS1 to PS3 BC are idiots!!! PS Now for that or buy one of those consoles and stfu! PS5 is for just last gen cuz of shortage and next gen games! Idiots still gonna ask for PS1 BC when PS6 comes out! 1440p isn't needed cuz consoles are meant for TVs hence 4k120hz hdmi 2.1 came on TVs first. Quick resume is pointless too. Just need "What's New" feature and discord integration
Folders Please Folders it's so hard to find games.
Xmb like the ps4 would be great as well instead of a small on at the bottom of the screen.
Is there a straight forward media app yet? I don't have a 5 yet but playing movies etc off usb storage is a must for me and I remember it being ages before one was added to the 4.
I think the concerning thing is the most wanted, needed updates are neither interesting or exciting, they are features we have previously.
1. PS1, PS2, PSP, and PSTV support. It doesn't have to be complete backwards compatibility, but just let me play Persona 4 Golden and Xenogears on my PS5.
2. Store improvements that allow smaller games to be more visible. Maybe have a "most liked" or "most popular" feature for indie games.
3. Themes.
VRR which is still coming of course and just being able to move more things via USB would go a long way. saves, videos, whatever
@IonMagi
And a few PS2 games. Unreal Tournament for PS2 was issued on CD-ROM. PS2 CD games were uncommon but you could tell by the color of the read section of the disc. They were a dark blue color.
They were more common early in its lifecycle but after 2001 they were basically discontinued. Games had already grown by a significant amount and 700MB wasn’t going to cut it after that.
@CrushALL
Uhm a lot of people play on computer monitors. I used to myself. 1440P should be fully supported.
Also I don’t expect BC for PS2 or PS1 games. But there are a good number of us who would like to play some PS3 games we missed out on without resorting to streaming. I’ve tried it; it’s unusable on my network.
The PS5 could emulate the PS3. They don’t need to support every game, but a nice collection of 50 or so titles would be nice. Cerny even mentioned that the Tempest audio chip in the PS5 works in a similar fashion to the Cell’s SPUs. So that could make developing an emulator easier.
Considering that a decently speced PC can run MGS4 at 60fps utilizing software emulation of the Cell’s SPUs means that Sony could certainly do it since they own the source code and the Tempest already functions like a miniaturized version of the Cell.
@TheRedComet huh, Today I learned
Discord and Folders... that is it for me.
I want to play old PS1, PS2 games on my PS5 as much as I want to play old N64 and GameCube games on my Switch... Not at all.
They can burn that part of the list.
@IonMagi
It was really weird. My first PS2 games I bought back in early 2003 were MGS2, FFX, and Unreal Tournament (it was five bucks and while I already owned it on PC, I said why not since my PC was in a different room). I was perplexed why the disc had a blue read sector instead of silver like my other two games. Did some reading on the internet and learned about certain PS2 games, especially early ones, being released on CD instead of DVD.
All I bloody want are folders and themes back right now...also improve the download speeds.
@Agramonte @CrushALL Discord integration has already been announced, not happening until 2022.
UI is important but games make the machine Listen to what gamers want new Metal gear , new Silent hill, new Bloodborne
@sanderson72 Can you still backup your system? With everything or is thar not possible including saves?
I miss having folders and I miss the "What's New" section. I really miss seeing what trophies the folks on my friends list are getting.
I hope they add the ability to pin YouTube videos and better trophy statistics integration on the profile i.e. PSNProfiles, that's really all I want.
Why every gen do we have to wait years for folders? I mean surely can’t these be implemented from the beginning at the design stage or do they like to keep some things back to make people excited about future releases?
@Dodoo Yeah it really is irritating, I remember being annoyed about waiting for folders on PS4. I'm guessing this is some weird new Sony tradition and PS6 will continue the legacy 🤦
Since I'm one of the handful of people that doesn't care about folders (I'll be happy for others when they get added though), I'll say the What's New page returning so you aren't so out of touch with your friends list anymore if you only play single player games.
I also would like them to fix the Mutual Game feature they added for the PS5. It actually lists them for people I had on my friends list before the PS5, but for anybody I've added since I got one it shows a handful of games at most for most people. It wasn't a bad idea, but it needs to be fixed since it's clearly broken and has been all along.
Lastly, it lists how many friends played a particular game on that game's page in the store, but there's no way to actually look up who except for the avatar they pick to put on the page. Not a big deal, but it would be nice to actually be able to look at a list of who actually has it.
I tried to pick a couple of things people likely didn't mention, or at least not much (I didn't read through everything).
It doesn't harm me at all if they introduce themes but I don't really get the clammer for it. I'm happy enough with the backdrops you get for the different games.
VRR, themes, folders, the end... thank you
While I do understand that some of you want folders and themes, I honestly couldn't care less about either of those. That teased Discord integration sounds very interesting though. Would be so nice to be able to still chat with my friend on Discord while on the PS5, also making cross-play easier.
I can't believe I am asking for this 'BASIC' feature this Gen??? :-/ I just want to be able(like you could do on the PS3&4) back-up my PS5 game saves to USB really
@Carl-G everything is backed up in the cloud these days
1. VRR (my next big TV will have it)
2. Folders (so I can segregate my disc titles from my download titles)
3. Bring back the PS3 media player with modern codec support (the PS4 and PS5 players suck)
Firmware upgrades are the least of it's worries it's been out a year and there is all of 3 next gen exclusive games easily one of the worst lineup of games in console history got mine the day after it launched and have barely touched it due to this issue.
1.) Trophy Leaderboards!!!
2.) A system to look up people you played with online, so you can add them as friends later - PS3/PS4 support this.
3.) Folders
4.) Something to replace the What's New/Communities/Playstation Home of yesteryear. PS5 is severely lacking in social features. Anything that makes using PS5 a more social experience if you are into that sort of thing.
As of today, Sony's first party studios have released:
That's 11 games in 10 months. From one publisher. All, with one exception (Destruction All-Stars) reviewed very highly. Six of those games are only playable on PS5. By aggregate review scores, this is the strongest launch in Playstation history.
Chill.
Thea should have a stronger implementation of cloud and remote play, seamless gamesaves and also make a "create" tab for streaming, dreams and other user created experiences, with good options of exporting and monetisation.
Dolby Atmos sound would be nice.
Well, actually DTS:X would sound better.
The “other console” has had Atmos sound from day one - so this seems like a huge oversight to me.
@Xenomorph_79 Wow I've never done that and don't currently have a ps5 so I'm not missing out. But didn't realize Sony pulled a quickie on y'all.
Personally don’t want themes OR folders but CHOICE is good.
Reasoning
Sometimes less is more
Things I do want.
They should stop talking and get VRR out. One of the big negatives when comparing against the series X. WRC 10 owners will know the horror of trying to play it on a PS5! Have to play it at 1080p, 120hz and blurring off to make the game playable.
totally agree with the people wanting folders, vrr, allm etc. backwards compatibility will never happen from old disk copies, but for me Sony has to combine psplus and psnow. its just a no brainer! best way to compete with gamepass, there's no ps1 games in psnow but you can buy them from the ps store, so come on sony let's join up psplus and psnow then you can hand your customers a ps1,2,3,4 and 5 game every month! not that I'm really interested in backwards compatibility, but plenty of peeps are!
@PaperAlien Tagging would be much better. You can use that like folders and also you can have games multiple tagged (like multi-player, single player, kids,vr , party, etc...)
I have series x and ps5 and I still do not understand why 1440p and vrr are not supported nearly a year after release
@Flaming_Kaiser On the PS5, you mean? No idea!
Obviously the save data to USB (along with the full backup) is a useful facility on the PS4 but apparently it doesn't exist on the PS5. If I didn't have a PS+ subscription, I'd want some way to backup my game saves just in case Sony release a less than stable firmware update so it's omission on the newer system seems odd.
The latest update is now causing YouTube to crash almost everyone I start a video, so they could fix that for a start.
@Snake_V5 or some developer mode to side load emulators like you can on Xbox Series SX
@IonMagi One thing has nothing to do with the other.
The fact that the PS4 and PS5 don't read CDs at a software level doesn't mean that the drive is not capable of reading them.
That being said, I am not interested in PS1/PS2 emulation; but I would pay for an official PS3 emulator on the PS5.
@sanderson72 I just started up a petition if you want to sign it i know it probably wont help but if we wont try we wont make a difference.
Bring back local saves for PS5
https://chng.it/jD4BqpZc2q
@Flaming_Kaiser Until I bother to track down a PS5, it's a bit of a moot point for me but I can sign it anyway!
@sanderson72 Maybe its in the system by the time you get one. 🤣
Same goes for me. 😉
@Dezzy70 @dbunny @themightyant @UnlimitedSevens
How abour making backups of your saves without a PS Plus subscription.
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