@Sutorcen I get that. I am complaining about the fact that is should have been there on day 1. I understand that when releasing a console, choices have to be made, but I think it was a poor one not to dedicate time and resources to that feature.
@banacheck thanks for pointing that out. Although I think it is another key feature, I have a vague understanding of the technology required to make it happen. It is fairly challenging I think... I therefore can see it being pushed back to a later time. Be aware though, that this is not the feature I was talking about.
The stand by feature is a JOKE. I honestly CANNOT believe they would get this wrong... It is a necessary part of next gen! It DOES shut down your game, and as far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be a difference in boot time between shut down, and stand by. This is grotesque.... I should never have to shut down my PS4, period.
The background update (another critical next gen feature) is not always working (it did NOT work for me for 1.51). I got up, was looking forward to some Shadow fall, and instead, was greeted with a firmware update.... C'mon Sony what happened to "instant on"? "Minimizing the time to gaming"?? Most games still do NOT have play as you download! Hold the Vita remote play Sony (much needed Vita boost, but useless to some of us) instead, insist on 3rd party developers supporting play as you DL, so we can all enjoy that much needed feature!
Then there is the Playstation app... No dedicated in App store? Cumbersome remote download management.... To this day I still cannot see screenshots and videos shared by my friend (for some reason the app won't load the content, instead shows me an icon of a picture).... I understand that it makes sense for Sony to ride on top of the Facebook graph, but be clear about who the PSN friend shared their content with.
There are many stability and usability issues with the overall system, as well as third party games (I am looking at you Battlefield 4), several of which I am sure folks have experienced. Simply put, where did my two 1.6Ghz cores and 3GB of DDR5 go, and my dedicated secondary chip go? I really want these small, tenacious, and incredibly annoying issues to be resolved... This console has potential, and the few games on the platform are really good.
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Re: Feature: Five PS4 Features That Future Firmware Updates Must Include
@Sutorcen I get that. I am complaining about the fact that is should have been there on day 1. I understand that when releasing a console, choices have to be made, but I think it was a poor one not to dedicate time and resources to that feature.
@banacheck thanks for pointing that out. Although I think it is another key feature, I have a vague understanding of the technology required to make it happen. It is fairly challenging I think... I therefore can see it being pushed back to a later time. Be aware though, that this is not the feature I was talking about.
Re: Feature: Five PS4 Features That Future Firmware Updates Must Include
sammy760,
The stand by feature is a JOKE. I honestly CANNOT believe they would get this wrong... It is a necessary part of next gen! It DOES shut down your game, and as far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be a difference in boot time between shut down, and stand by. This is grotesque.... I should never have to shut down my PS4, period.
The background update (another critical next gen feature) is not always working (it did NOT work for me for 1.51). I got up, was looking forward to some Shadow fall, and instead, was greeted with a firmware update.... C'mon Sony what happened to "instant on"? "Minimizing the time to gaming"?? Most games still do NOT have play as you download! Hold the Vita remote play Sony (much needed Vita boost, but useless to some of us) instead, insist on 3rd party developers supporting play as you DL, so we can all enjoy that much needed feature!
Then there is the Playstation app... No dedicated in App store? Cumbersome remote download management.... To this day I still cannot see screenshots and videos shared by my friend (for some reason the app won't load the content, instead shows me an icon of a picture).... I understand that it makes sense for Sony to ride on top of the Facebook graph, but be clear about who the PSN friend shared their content with.
There are many stability and usability issues with the overall system, as well as third party games (I am looking at you Battlefield 4), several of which I am sure folks have experienced. Simply put, where did my two 1.6Ghz cores and 3GB of DDR5 go, and my dedicated secondary chip go? I really want these small, tenacious, and incredibly annoying issues to be resolved... This console has potential, and the few games on the platform are really good.