Ha ha!! You know what's funny? If people have cancelled their pre-order based on this and they announce tomorrow that those features are incoming. Then people won't be able to get their hands on a console until like March next year. Oh man... ha ha!
PS4 can't play MP3, Music Unlimited needed for background music [Up:Yoshida responds]
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Ha ha!! You know what's funny? If people have cancelled their pre-order based on this and they announce tomorrow that those features are incoming. Then people won't be able to get their hands on a console until like March next year. Oh man... ha ha!
Bob Dobalina
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Why would I listen to music on my iPhone when I have a full speaker system hooked up to the TV that can do a better job?
Your rebuttals to everyone in this thread are beginning to cross the crazy border.
AuthenticM
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I seriously do not understand what they could possibly gain from taking out DLNA.
Does anyone have any idea ?
Does anyone have any idea ?
flyinpiranha
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I, uh ... play games besides Killzone? Try playing hours of Forza or Gran Turismo with their soundtrack, it's awful. Or sports games, or fighters, or screwing around in open world games ... I mean. I get it. YOU don't use it. But there are A LOT of people that do.
Selling you a service that provides that video/music you would have streamed.
Okay, you're just bragging about your soundtrack-to-videogame parings. But point taken.
(Those are some FUCKING AWESOME combinations by the way.)
It costs less than 400 to make, they are trying to squeeze a profit out of there product - how dare they not spend an extra 2 dollars to appease your entitlement! How dare they not spend millions to appease the horse driven chariots of the world!
Are you going to sit there and suggest to me that a person buying this doesn't own a phone? or a tablet? or a PC? The system only works on HDTV's. Everyone that is buying this, owns a multimedia device of one sort or the other.
What consumer listens to music on a videogame system instead of their phone or tablet?
Did I say it was a back breaker? You're welcome to start paying attention to what I, by myself have posted, instead of lumping me in with others at any time.
But yeah, I guess your analogy works if almost every other single piece of technology at the time played SNES cartridges. Or wait, if PS4 added a feature that was more beneficial to the user and experience like a disc drive and DVDs did.
Great analogy. Really nailed it.
. Retarded decisions.
Chaplain
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Most games do not need this functionality. But at least with the 360 MS gave the user the ability to listen to whatever they wanted to. Sony was limited by their ram allocation for this functionality (like cross game chat) and that is why very few games had it. Many of us expected Sony to finally give us the functionality that the 360 had with the PS4 and not remove 2005 functionality because of whatever reasons the higher ups at Sony decided.
As someone who likes using custom music in games, this is absolutely terrible. No chance in hell I am ever going to get Music Unlimited, I don't fucking want it. Perhaps there is another reason like mentioned earlier, but if it's just a "fuck you, give us money" situation, I will be extremely disappointed. I am going to scream at Yoshida later.
Viruz
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This why I don't get the logic behind this. Do they think that anyone will subscribe to musicxxx just to listen to their mp3s? Everyone can do this on the cheapest phone available.
I bought and own my music collection, if I want to play/stream it to my PS4 I have to buy it AGAIN? Is it available on their service? WTF?
And I'm not playing my music/movies trough PS3 so often. Disgusting.
NullPointer
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Anything connected to your speaker system is a right place to play music.
Arrogant Bastard
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Sigh.
I cannot understand what they could possibly gain from taking out headset support.
/rolleyes
EmptySpace
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netflix, flixster, sony's own video unlimited?
iPhone?? What would you do with an iPhone in this situation? Serious question...
I think it's a matter of their Home Entertainment eco system. I know my brother has his PS3 connected to a huge system and he plays CDs/MP3s in it all the time. This will be a huge bummer for him.
NullPointer
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Oh, my bit about naivety wasn't aimed at you. It was a general statement. Sorry for being unclear there ;P
This feels more like a cynical money-grab than a scheduling issue.
Bob Dobalina
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The worst part is he recognizes it's entirely an anti-consumer policy yet he's feverishly defending it.
tensuke
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I got a MU subscription when it was $12 and use it on the Vita all the time, it's really handy to have a streaming service on there because of lack of space. I hope we can at least use it in the background while it's streaming, instead of only offline like in the Vita.
And I hope they do plan to add DLNA support and all that in the future, MU will cut it at launch maybe, but it's not enough a year or two down the line.
And I hope they do plan to add DLNA support and all that in the future, MU will cut it at launch maybe, but it's not enough a year or two down the line.
Chaplain
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Ty for clarifying your views Null. ^_^
flyinpiranha
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LOL, what is this horseshit? Tons of people do this. It's one of the best features of the OG Xbox and 360, mostly used in-game but I used my OG Xbox as a media hub because you could burn music onto it from a CD, I didn't have my PC hooked up to my main stereo system back then. I used the PS3 as a streaming device to my HDTV which was hooked up to my main speakers. A lot of people do this. It's not uncommon.
Is that a serious question, or you being sarcastic?
Blak_Status
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No DLNA... is just crazy. I already cancelled my PS4 pre-orders about 2 weeks ago.
Dreamgazer
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Damn it Nelson/Yosp - post a fix already.
dr_octagon
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I wasn't comparing it to AC and your point about popularity is a fair one. Linux removal was definitely worse but my point is that if it's not considered a key feature then it's easier to justify removal. It's the principle of it, even if Linux users on PS3s are far fewer than those who stream media / play MP3s.
EatinOlives
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Who DOESN'T hook up their iPod to their car stereo and blast their music all the way to their entertainment center?
scoobs
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Ya its media server, and yes it is total bullshit
Prisoner KSC2-303
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Erm, the ones replying to this thread saying just that?
Chaplain
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Shouldn't this be added to the OP then?
I really hate the "I never listen to music through a console, so I don't see what the big deal is" defense posts.
There should never be an excuse for basic functionality to be stripped from your console from one generation to the next. Even simple DVD players are capable of playing mp3's. I had a car stereo in 1999 that could play mp3's loaded onto a CD. It's fucking ludicrous for basic features like Compact Disc playback and mp3 playback to be removed from a system with so much power.
We can play .mp4 videos off a thumb drive on PS4 but can't play .mp3 AUDIO off a thumb drive?
I knew Microsoft was pushing their system to be a multimedia machine and Sony wasn't, but I didn't expect Sony to remove really fucking basic media functionality from their machine to come across as even worse for media than the PS3.
There should never be an excuse for basic functionality to be stripped from your console from one generation to the next. Even simple DVD players are capable of playing mp3's. I had a car stereo in 1999 that could play mp3's loaded onto a CD. It's fucking ludicrous for basic features like Compact Disc playback and mp3 playback to be removed from a system with so much power.
We can play .mp4 videos off a thumb drive on PS4 but can't play .mp3 AUDIO off a thumb drive?
I knew Microsoft was pushing their system to be a multimedia machine and Sony wasn't, but I didn't expect Sony to remove really fucking basic media functionality from their machine to come across as even worse for media than the PS3.
No fun in that.
Passive aggressive paywall
He's currently on a plane from Seattle to London, so don't expect anything anytime soon.
PrivateWHudson
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Who does listen to music at home on their phone or tablet? The speakers at shit. I'm not saying this is a deal breaker, and if it's going to be patched soon, that's fine. But yeah...I'm starting to reconsider my pre order. It's a prettybig deal for me. I use the 360 to stream music to the living room today, and I plan on putting it in the kid's room to make space for the ps4.
With watch dogs getting pushed back, and this... we'll see.
Oh wow wtf. What's the point in removing that!!! That's a feature I used a lot on my ps3.
Uncle Ulty
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Does anyone know if the Xbone will act as a media server. Don't really care about the MP3s too much.
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