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PS4 BETA firmware 5.00 out today

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Darkchaser3

Neo Member
FuzzyAssassin said:
I'm not sure if this is related, but right after updating to the 5.00 beta, all of my PS2 classics, Dark Cloud 2 and the GTA trilogy, all had small updates waiting to download and install.

Can anyone else confirm their version numbers?

DC2: 1.02
GTA3: 1.02
GTAVC: 1.02
GTASA: 1.01
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I can confirm DC2, before update 1.01 and now 1.02 is downloading at a total of 63.84 MB
 
FIREKNIGHT2029

FIREKNIGHT2029

Member
The most worthless major FW Update I've ever seen from Sony. Why even bother with a shit update like this full of features I never heard anyone ask for?


What about universal downsampling option for Pro owners? What about webVR for their shitty browser? What about an improved media player that gives us the option to play side by side stereoscopic VR videos? What about a fix for the drifting issue in cinema mode for PSVR? What about the ability to change our usernames? These are features people asked for, not this crap lol.
 
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Vashetti

Banned
FuzzyAssassin said:
I'm not sure if this is related, but right after updating to the 5.00 beta, all of my PS2 classics, Dark Cloud 2 and the GTA trilogy, all had small updates waiting to download and install.

Can anyone else confirm their version numbers?

DC2: 1.02
GTA3: 1.02
GTAVC: 1.02
GTASA: 1.01
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Several of those GTA updates have been out for awhile I believe.
 
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mollipen

Member
Sangetsu-II said:
I know where you getting at, I'm just saying those things aren't in the majorities lists of things they want. But the more things the merrier no? :p
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People talk about the free space when downloading thing all the time. A few examples from this very forum:

PS4 keeps telling me I don't have enough space for downloads, yet I do.
PS4 "Cannot Download" error due to storage; have 20GB free
PS4 "cannot download" glitch?
Has this PS4 "not enough free space" been addressed?
The PS4 needs to be more upfront about download size
PS4 low system storage error when installing games?
 
thatJohann

thatJohann

Member
There must be some stealth goodness in this update or maybe in a future beta of 5.0. No way they would make this a 5.0 with the current “features”. Otherwise this sounds more like a .5 update.
 
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NYHorn36

Member
So I downloaded and installed the update, and when it turned back on and said beta firmware 5.0 and then and error. It restarts to the same error and I can't get out of this loop.

Is there any way to revert back or can I do anything in safe mode? I don't want to fuck anything up here.
 
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Endo Punk

Member
Just to echo what everyone is saying it indeed does not feel substantial. Sure I appreciate additions to the quick menu, ability to finally create/group friend lists without notifying friends and of coure the return of black notification but come on there's gotta be something Sony is hiding. This is a 5.0 update but barely feels it.
 
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Panajev2001a

GAF's Pleasant Genius
RayCharlizard said:
On my PS4 Pro, home screen scrolling has been improved dramatically. I have 60 games on my home screen and five folders, plus Library, TV & Video, What's New and PlayStation Store. After an initial scroll to the end to get to library, scrolling back and forth is far more responsive and icons for apps and folders stay loaded in memory for much longer. Only once I get to the last 5 apps or so do they go back to the "unloaded" placeholder icon for a second, maybe less. But hitching is completely gone during scrolling.
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Yes!!!!
 
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RayCharlizard

Member
FuzzyAssassin said:
I'm not sure if this is related, but right after updating to the 5.00 beta, all of my PS2 classics, Dark Cloud 2 and the GTA trilogy, all had small updates waiting to download and install.

Can anyone else confirm their version numbers?

DC2: 1.02
GTA3: 1.02
GTAVC: 1.02
GTASA: 1.01
Click to expand...

None of those are new, either you hadn't played them in a while or you had the usual glitch of games not updating automatically like they should all the time. It's probably the later, or possible that those "automatic updates" are now more automatic lol.
 
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hardcastlemccormick

Banned
Stuck again. I can't speak on how this will work for anyone else, but I can't install the beta! I've got a US launch-era PS4. It says it's trying to install beta 3.
 
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UpDownLeftRight

Banned
NOFUNAGA

Seriously though that's one hell of a boring feature list. Though having said that I can't really think of much else I'm really looking for the system to do.
 
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Kyoufu

Member
henhowc said:
easy to cherry pick one video. but there are random hitches now and then makes me think of when i have a slightly outdated phone and update the OS and you start noticing random lag. also you can't tell me that it doesn't often run like ass when a game is running. although that may be a game specific issue. i often experience it with COD games
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I recall others saying Infinite Warfare would bog the OS down, but I don't have it so can't say. Of all the games I have on the system at the moment, none of them have any impact on the OS speed.

The only issue I encountered was the quick menu appearing slowly when the Share button was set to "easy screenshots mode".

Maybe having an SSD helps in my case.
 
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CoffeeKillquest

Member
First time I've gotten in a firmware beta. If the beta re updates does v2 v3 etc auto download or do I have to do it manually when newer versions come out?
 
timmyp53

timmyp53

Member
I see a lot of people disappointed with the update but then they list the things they actually want and it's just as boring... hmm
 
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Conjo

Banned
timmyp53 said:
I see a lot of people disappointed with the update but then they list the things they actually want and it's just as boring... hmm
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I don't see how many of the features people actually request are as boring as notification's color change or the clock in the quick menu
 
timmyp53

timmyp53

Member
Neith said:
Yeah, I got a fucking Samsung Pro 1TB SSD in my Pro and there is no way in hell I am using a beta of the firmware lol.



Supersampling is not boring in any way possible.
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If you say so. You think the most gamers loading up their console will see some advance video settings of their console and care? Nope.

How about PiP oovoo video chat.
A discord system integrated app.

Some stuff that can actually elevate the system. Idk maybe it's just me but y'all just seem nitpicky af.
 
Aaron Olive

Aaron Olive

Member
Finally got into a beta, the black notification pop up looks so much better than the white one and having the time in the quick menu is a +.
 
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Zero315

Banned
Conjo said:
I don't see how many of the features people actually request are as boring as notification's color change or the clock in the quick menu
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Speak for yourself, the notification color change is something I've wanted since they switched it to white. I hated the white notifications.
 
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