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[Sephzilla]

Did the 4.50 beta emails go out, btw?

 

[3rdamention]

Are external drives cheaper than internal ones?

You can sometimes find them a bit cheaper, considering many people (myself included) just removed the drive from an external drive we bought, and put it inside our PS4.



Then you put the original PS4 drive, into your external enclosure, and you have an External Drive now too.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

No. Internals are cheaper since external drives are just internal drives with a casing, cables etc.

They're cheaper when compared to laptop size HDDs.

 

[family_guy]

So the USB drives would be additional space and not in place of the built in one correct? Want to make sure I can do something like 2TB internal + whatever external.

 

[Pantz]

not mentioned in the release note:

boost mode for PS4 Pro
higher frame rate for old game which dont have Pro patch

 

[Cyriades]

I hope you can change the settings to make quick menu one tap to bring up the menu as opposed to holding it down.

I think they did a really great job with the menu. I love hitting share and then pressing square to upload a video, as opposed to the old way that took me out of the game and took forever.

One thing they need to be able to do is allow us to message in quick menu. Can you message in quick menu?

Features I still want:

-PSN name change
-Friend folders
-Icon customization (resizing)
-Multiple copies of games into multiple folders

3D SBS Video.

 

[Ahasverus]

I just bought an hdd yesterday hahaha fml. This is great, thank you Sony.

 

[t hicks]

Damn really nice update, great to finally have external HDD support

 

[TimeEffect]

External HDD support is great to see.

Custom wallpapers is almost great, they just need to get rid of that dumb screenshot-only limitation (since it isn't actually a limitation given that you can screenshot the browser, it just adds some extra hoops to jump through).

With the notification changes, are they going to be changing how download management works? Having to sift through a bunch of other bullshit to find my downloads sounds seriously annoying.

Quick Menu improvements seem nice, having those huge labels always visible seemed unnecessary. Seeing the convergent evolution of the PS4 Quick Menu and the XB1 Guide is interesting, and hopefully it continues, as they both have a few things I'd like to see on the other. Hopefully the Quick Menu picks up the clock that the Guide just got in the latest insider preview, along with access to the Trophy list for the current game.



Pretty sure that won't be possible - the Xbox takes over the entire drive, without regard to any pre-existing partitioning, and I'd bet the PS4 will be the same.

You can already see trophies for the game you're playing

You can also get a quick list of who's playing the game you're playing in quick menu

I definitely want a clock. I also still want it to be slimmer. Xbox menu looks so much more sexier.

 

[wumster3000]

External HDD is what I have been waiting on.

 

[GreenTornadoX]

blog.us.playstation.com/2017/02/03/ps4-system-software-update-4-50-features-detailed/

Omg external hdd support megaton.

External HDD Support
Upto 8tb

Custom Wallpapers

Quick Menu Refresh

Simplified Notification List

Post on PlayStation Network Activity Feeds

3D Blu-rays on PlayStation VR

Ok, I want the biggest, cheapest external HD I can use. Any good suggestions?

Edit: Can we also use screenshots within video apps for backgrounds? I'd love to use the title screen of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K as a wallpaper.

 

[Hydrargyrus]

Do you need a empty external HDD or you can use one with already used (with files...)?

 

[AudioEppa]

Happy about CW. Don't care about the other stuff. Can't wait to find out what else this update contains.


I guess for whatever years left before next gen, I'll enjoy a nice custom wallpaper. Hopefully this feature is there day 1 on PS5 lol

 

[j-wood]

So what's a good usb 3.0 external?

Also I hope it's just the wording, otherwise it's REALLY lame that only a game screenshot (i'm assuming taken by the system) can be used as a wallpaper.

 

[AngelOFDeath]

I never thought I'd see the day where external HDD will be supported. Anything is possible I guess.

 

[Tjamato88]

So when are those beta codes coming out?

 

[BlondeTuna]

The one thing I have been waiting for! External HDD support! I had 25 GBs left on my 2 TB internal.

 

[Coxy100]

So what's a good usb 3.0 external?

Also I hope it's just the wording, otherwise it's REALLY lame that only a game screenshot (i'm assuming taken by the system) can be used as a wallpaper.

its better than nothing at all...

 

[spookyfish]

blog.us.playstation.com/2017/02/03/ps4-system-software-update-4-50-features-detailed/

Omg external hdd support megaton.

External HDD Support
Upto 8tb

Custom Wallpapers

Quick Menu Refresh

Simplified Notification List

Post on PlayStation Network Activity Feeds

3D Blu-rays on PlayStation VR

These and Beast Mode ... wow.

 

[Hockeyguy412]

I still want the ability to post videos to communities

 

[Kysen]

Guess I gotta buy a pro now for the extra USB slot. Going to pick up a 6TB drive now.

 

[arhra]

You can already see trophies for the game you're playing

Wait, you can?

*boots up PS4*

...Oh, yeah, found it eventually... it's buried under the game entry.

Move that shit to the top level, ffs, I didn't even realise it was there.

 

[dancrane212]

Fingers crossed the external hard drives aren't encrypted for use only on the PS4 it is formatted for.

 

[Unknown?]

So do all external HDD of 5TB or larger require an additional power cord? That would be annoying but I guess it would be easy to hide.

 

[LordOfChaos]

So do all external HDD of 5TB or larger require an additional power cord? That would be annoying but I guess it would be easy to hide.

If it's 2.5 inch it may not, i.e -
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbrea...8/seagate-backup-plus-portable-5tb-hard-drive

 

[DieH@rd]

Is there a minimum capacity of the external HDD? Microsoft has that completely moronic 256GB minimum capacity which makes it impossible to hook up a 120 or 240GB SSD to install a couple of games that have long loading times on HDD.

Unknown for now. It would be nice if small USB 3 pen drives could be used.

Minimum allowed size for INTERNAL drive on PS4 is 160GB.

 

[Resident_UA]

Fingers crossed the external hard drives aren't encrypted for use only on the PS4 it is formatted for.

They have to be. I doubt they will risk a chance of piracy...

 

[CollectedDust]

Is this same same firmware rumored to have PS4 Pro Boost mode???

When will it come out? I really want to try 3d bluray in PSVR.

 

[StereoVsn]

I am not a fan of the notifications change though. There is nothing wrong with current system sorting things into tabs. Meh on having one big giant messy area with everything.

 

[J-Skee]

Does the external hard drive support also include USB 3.0 flash drives?

 

[univbee]

This update sounds amazing, although one big factor for my liking is whether or not the external drive will be console-specific or not (fwiw, the Xbox One external hard drive support isn't), which is kind of a big deal since it means, for example, I can bring an external HD with me to a friend's house to game on their PS4 without having to download some giant patch because the install on the external will be good-to-go with the patch and DLC.

 

[tearsintherain]

wow, external drive support is awesome!!

 

[Herp Derpington]

Can we just use one external drive or multiple like the Xbox? I'd like to use two if possible.

 

[E_Darkness]

External HDD support is great. Perfect timing too. Now instead of resubbing to PS+ I can buy an external HDD.

 

[Pijnboompit]

Just got my email for the Beta trial

 

[Memnoch]

Buying a 2tb seagate slim as we speak. Super stoked for this.

When does the update go live?

 

[foxbeldin]

Code just came in. Helllllloooo.


i didn't have access to the forum yesterday btw.

 

[LOLCats]

Custom wallpapers. Finally!

 

[Cappa]

Are external drives cheaper than internal ones?

I got this 4TB External HDD back in 2014 for $99 when it was on sale.... so yes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HFRWXQ0/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Hell the 8TB version is only $250.

 

[Broken Hope]

Code just came in.

 

[dancrane212]

They have to be. I doubt they will risk a chance of piracy...

They aren't encrypted in that way on XB1 and Microsoft haven't had any trouble with piracy because of it (at least as far as I know). Being able to copy content on a PS4 like you can on XB1 would be great.

 

[DieH@rd]

I'm in! [UK PSN]

 

[Menitta]

Fucking awesome! I've had a WD 2tb drive sitting around I used for Wii U and now I'll use it for PS4.

 

[Carl]

No code for me. Dammit. First firmware beta I've not got

 

[Hydrargyrus]

YEEEEES!!

I've received an invitation!

 

[FZW]

They have to be. I doubt they will risk a chance of piracy...

but MS does it and there is no piracy there.

Also, Why just 8tb? I know thats plenty but MS goes up 32tb. I wonder if you can have two HDD plugged in at the same time

 

[Cappa]

meh I dont remember if I signed up for the BETA or not.

 

[Pijnboompit]

Dunno if posted yet. The changelog mentioned a improved picture quality for VR cinematic mode.

 

[icespide]

gonna buy a 4tb external. thank god the Pro has a usb port on the back

 

[Drifters]

FUCKING FINALLY!