breakfuss
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No. This is absolutely not true.
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No. This is absolutely not true.
Your old controller must have been losing charge (pseudo-placebo effect) because they cracked the new controller open when the slim released and it had the same battery in it.
shadowsdarknes
Member
Is the DS4 batter just that bad compared to XB1? Or is the controller an energy hog?
I did check this already. I was hoping there was some other fix I missed...I don't even have the 5.1 option setting available inside Netflix and drawing a blank as to what the issue is.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I honestly can't tell the difference between the two other than the light bar.
Feels the same as my anniversary controller. Maybe the battery life is a tad better, but it doesn't feel like much.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I do not understand the whole P.T. thing. It wasn't that good.
Yeah, the backlight and contrast are both maxed.
Is it normal when quitting a game running HDR that the screen goes black for a minute? I'm assuming/hoping it's because it's switching back to an SDR signal.
I just want to be sure I guess that the tv is working properly so far since I haven't been able to tell a HUGE difference by toggling hdr on and off in those games.
They are but you get used to them. I think the reset button is easier to use than the power one.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
While it may not be 2X, i can personally attest that it's much better than the 6~ hours the DS4 version 1 seemed to have. I usually turn vibration off if the game allows it (can't find a universal setting for turning it off completely, maybe I missed it in settings), but I played about 12, 14 hours of Shadow of Mordor before I had to charge the battery.
The combination of turning vibration off and dimming the LED light seems to get it lasting a hell of a lot longer.
DJ Lushious
Member
Yes, your TV is switching the type of video input as the PS4 Pro changes, too.
Well, yeah, of course turning off rumble is going to make the battery last long. Anecdotal evidence, but same settings as I had with my previous DS4s, I didn't notice any difference in battery life.
Sometimes I hook up the new DS4 via USB just to get direct-connect response. Not that I notice any difference from Bluetooth.
You should be able to choose the 5GHz channel from network settings. If you don't see it, then you may need to configure the router or dig a little bit deeper.
D1renegade
Member
Kojima worship
LandStalker
Member
I have a question about my video output settings for my PS4 PRO. I have a 55 KS8000 and all my settings are set to automatic. Forgive me if that has been answered already, but is there suggested settings for resolution (2160p - YUV420 versus 2160p - RGB)? Same with the RGB Range, etc?
breakfuss
Member
Lol you turned vibration off so of course it lasts longer
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yeah, for games which allow it, there's games where I can't find that setting or didn't (like CoD IW) where I finished the entire campaign in a single battery charge.
Obviously turning off vibration will extend it, my point was that even despite that it feels longer, or at least longer than the OG PS4 battery impressions when that DS was new.
I played through it once at my friend's place before I had a PS4. It was fun when we were drunk at 3AM and provided a great adrenaline rush but apart from that...
Don't feel fhe need to play it again. People just want it because it's Kojima and not available anymore.
FonkyByNature
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I've got the new jet black DS4 and sorry, but the build quality is as shit as it was. I don't know about the battery life but it doesn't seem to be different either. The new DS4 actually feels cheaper than the old one. The grey buttons and sticks don't help make it better looking.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yep yep yep. On the 4K mode, there's literally no aliasing or shimmering or anything that can be seen.
This one's been downscaled to 1080p PNG.
ViolentP
Member
Game was praised even before it was discovered Kojima was involved.
Agreed, it's quite something.
Nah. Build quality is better and that's something anyone here can easily see by trying to twist the controller from the handles. The old controller was flimsy and not as sturdy as this one.
My problem with the controller is battery life is still inadequate and the sticks are still too low, making grips necessary.
I hear you. I keep imagining what glacial cave would look like in HDR.
I buckled today, £27.99 at Sainsburys and had some points making it £22.99. Early Christmas present... Along with the Pro, TV, and afew games lol
802.11ac 5GHz WiFi is capable of amazing speeds, but there are a lot of factors involved. Download speeds are still limited by your ISP, so if you're only getting 15Mb/s upstream then nothing you do locally will improve that. 5GHz is also supported for 802.11a and 802.11n, which aren't nearly as quick, so it's the combination of a router that supports the band and the newer standard. Also, 5GHz doesn't penetrate walls as well as 2.4GHz, so if you don't have short, clear line of sight to your router it may not actually be the best option.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Higher resolution, better overall performance, still some hitching in the hub areas but it's better performing than the base. There was a recent Pro specific performance patch which ironed out some kinks but some hitches still remain.
Rice-Eater
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Do you guys also find yourself wanting to stop and admire just how nice some of these games look in their "4K" mode? I have the Infinite Warfare Legacy Edition. MWR looks clean, but nothing that special. Infinite Warfare on the other hand looks very nice. I found myself pausing the game many times just to look at the background. Same goes for TLOU Remastered.
It seems like being old PS3 game actually benefited it in a way. Since it doesn't have very high end and up to date graphics, they were able to used the extra power just to make it look as sharp and clean as possible. It's just so pristine. I feel like I want to see more games like this. Mid level graphics just so we can have native 4K(or close to it) and 60fps(or close to it)
Another thing I just realized about myself, I've been way too use to 60fps that playing TLOU at 30fps was extremely jarring to me. I much preferred playing with the unlocked frames. It didn't hurt that the game was still being rendered at a much higher resolution than 1080p despite that. But no I'm not PC master race, it's just that I've pretty much only played 2 game series the last 8 years. And that's several games from COD series and SF4 and 5. I love higher resolutions I'm seeing in TLOU:R and the two COD's, but I'm hoping to see much more emphasis on 60fps on developers going forward. I doubt we'll see a huge change but I at least want to see the numbers rise.
It seems like being old PS3 game actually benefited it in a way. Since it doesn't have very high end and up to date graphics, they were able to used the extra power just to make it look as sharp and clean as possible. It's just so pristine. I feel like I want to see more games like this. Mid level graphics just so we can have native 4K(or close to it) and 60fps(or close to it)
Another thing I just realized about myself, I've been way too use to 60fps that playing TLOU at 30fps was extremely jarring to me. I much preferred playing with the unlocked frames. It didn't hurt that the game was still being rendered at a much higher resolution than 1080p despite that. But no I'm not PC master race, it's just that I've pretty much only played 2 game series the last 8 years. And that's several games from COD series and SF4 and 5. I love higher resolutions I'm seeing in TLOU:R and the two COD's, but I'm hoping to see much more emphasis on 60fps on developers going forward. I doubt we'll see a huge change but I at least want to see the numbers rise.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yep, doing it all the time. I moved from a PS3 to PS4 Pro, so essentially everything is a huge leap visually for me
.IW at 4K was an eye opener, didn't realize a console game could look *that* good, but that title might be shifting to Rise of Tomb Raider now. Haven't tried Uncharted 4 yet, can't wait to see what that looks like on the Pro.
I'm currently playing The Witcher 3, the game looks phenomenal even on the base mode, I can only imagine what a Pro patch would have done for this.
Shin-Ra
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I got some Dead Space feels too.
digitalrelic
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Anyone else find themselves buying games just because they have a "PRO" mode? I certainly have, lol. I mean, I was interested in all of these games but the PRO mode pushed me to pull the trigger.
Just finished Infinite Warfare's campaign. Pretty solid actually. 7.5/10. Definitely worth playing. I'll be trading it in today to play Titanfall 2's campaign. I also already own The Last of Us, Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank, and Infamous Second Son. Picked up Bound with the Black Friday sale as well. I was hoping to play through Knack again but unfortunately it wasn't part of the sales this week.
Just finished Infinite Warfare's campaign. Pretty solid actually. 7.5/10. Definitely worth playing. I'll be trading it in today to play Titanfall 2's campaign. I also already own The Last of Us, Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank, and Infamous Second Son. Picked up Bound with the Black Friday sale as well. I was hoping to play through Knack again but unfortunately it wasn't part of the sales this week.
Unknown?
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That doesn't mean they didn't get it to draw less power. Has anyone even tested it?
my new ones certainly work longer, old ones were always the same, including my anniversary controler which wasnt old.
dragos495
Member
me too. but i went to game and got the book thingie edition for 30 quid minus some loyalty points, around 25 quid in the end.
i refuse to play it until my 4k oled arrives though!
DealWithIt
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I'm thinking of trading/selling my old PS4 and picking up a pro since it's on a deal for 370 today. What do you guys think? I only have a 1080p television.
Me! lol. Another reason why I think its absurd not to throw a couple people on a team to patch older gamers. Give a game like Bloodborne a decent PS4 patch and watch a sales spike and a flood of old fans returning to play it. Win Win. What was it, there was some PS4 pro patch thrown together by 2 people over a weekend but I forget what game it was.
Shadow of Mordor is a good example. Patch is ready for launch, game is quite old now but it looks fantastic and hey, watch the sales spike a bit more when it's on sale for black friday now.
I wonder when we will hear Sony talk about the Pro now that it's launched. It feels like a lot of silence on PS VR and Pro since their launches. I'd like to know that Sony is aware of the issues in certain games and is figure out ways to make Pro better and safeguard issues from coming up as much as possible.
I said in the Dishonored DF thread that what Sony should/could do to safeguard better against developer mishaps is add a "compability mode" option in system settings to essentially turns the Pro into a standard PS4 so games think they are being run on a non-Pro PS4. This would safeguard against any games where the Pro version ends up worse for some reason since you could just click that and play the regular PS4 version.
Another option they should do is allow you to pick resolutions higher than your TV is with downsampling enabled. That way in games like Dishonored 2 where they "oops" forgot to enable 1440p output if you have a 1080p TV, you could manually set it to 4k w/downsampling and D2 would run the 1440p checkerboard 4k mode and PS4 Pro would downsample it to 1080p.
Ideally developers shouldn't mess this stuff up, but they will and it happens so the more Sony can do on its OS side to damage control those situations the better. I think it'll be a worst case scenario if Sony never messes with the Pro OS again and just treats PS4/Pro as one system going forward. Pro definitely needs some Pro specific OS improvements still.
I said in the Dishonored DF thread that what Sony should/could do to safeguard better against developer mishaps is add a "compability mode" option in system settings to essentially turns the Pro into a standard PS4 so games think they are being run on a non-Pro PS4. This would safeguard against any games where the Pro version ends up worse for some reason since you could just click that and play the regular PS4 version.
Another option they should do is allow you to pick resolutions higher than your TV is with downsampling enabled. That way in games like Dishonored 2 where they "oops" forgot to enable 1440p output if you have a 1080p TV, you could manually set it to 4k w/downsampling and D2 would run the 1440p checkerboard 4k mode and PS4 Pro would downsample it to 1080p.
Ideally developers shouldn't mess this stuff up, but they will and it happens so the more Sony can do on its OS side to damage control those situations the better. I think it'll be a worst case scenario if Sony never messes with the Pro OS again and just treats PS4/Pro as one system going forward. Pro definitely needs some Pro specific OS improvements still.
PeterLegend
Member
I just opened up my PS4 Pro and there wasn't a PS Plus trial...
Is that normal???
Is that normal???
2blackcats
Member
Can't you just get a trial through the store anyway?
They don't let people who've had plus before use it though.
noomi
Member
Happy to hear this just picked up a 55" ks8000 and IW this morning, heard good things about the SP.