Yea I really don't see why people are so pissed. This is getting to xbox one 24 hour online checks level of bitching. The no external hard drive thing sucks for sure. But I'm not about to cancel my preorder over not being able to play mp3s while gaming. Who does that so much that its a make or break feature?
PS4 can't play MP3, Music Unlimited needed for background music [Up:Yoshida responds]
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Yea I really don't see why people are so pissed. This is getting to xbox one 24 hour online checks level of bitching. The no external hard drive thing sucks for sure. But I'm not about to cancel my preorder over not being able to play mp3s while gaming. Who does that so much that its a make or break feature?
External storage isn't supported on the XB1 at launch, but will be coming in a later update.
Fenderputty
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Turns console into a server. Allowed my PS3 to play my home video as well as my music stored on my computer on my TV that's in a different room and connected to my stereo.
Yep. Major's answer was better. He actually said he's going to go get answers. If he never returns with answers, than his response will be as bad as Yosh's.
Quadraphonic
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When Sony Online Entertainment went from being owned by Sony Pictures to SCEA, they were SOOO happy. It fixed a lot of budget and access issues. They were essentially treated like a 3rd-party before that.
game2brain
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every sony device since post ps3 Launch has the ability to play avchd/arw from usb (like NEX cameras) ... I highly doubt that this feature will be dropped, otherwise it would mean you could not connect your beloved sony multimedia devices via usb to playback you pictures/videos/Audio to a newer playback device (Ps4)
makes no sense at all
my bet features will be added in the future, as usual
makes no sense at all
my bet features will be added in the future, as usual
NullPointer
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"Future consideration" is marketing speak.
Have people never heard that before? I've seen that used all my life by those in the spotlight to handwave problems away.
AnyColourYouLike
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We gotta get him to tell the dev team to implement exporting captured video to external drives now. That shit needs to be accessible for editing.
I seriously don't see it the need for it.
If you aren't a "pirate" and have ripped your vids they are mostly 4GB+ and won't play on any ones TV/BR player, they don't support anything that big -.- highly doubt the XBO or PS4 will support that if it's not downloaded from their respective stores. They want $$$
MP3 is a licensed format.
But then again I'm pretty sure this will be fixed for both machines in the future....I hope...probably...
Fixed1979
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Why don't you send a tweet to Julie Larson-Green and see if you get a response? Or for that matter the head of just about any division of a major corporation...The fact that he is accessible should be applauded even if the response isn't what people want to hear.
Principate
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It makes sense if they expect you to buy their subscription which as revenue source in comparison to upgrading to a new playback device which in itself is not unless your weren't going to buy a ps4 without that functionality.
I'm using Universal Media Server to stream from my PC to my PS3, and although it would be nice to have DLNA support on the PS4, I don't think it is a deal breaker. DLNA support was only added in version 1.8 of the PS3 firmware anyway. After @yosp's tweet, there's a chance that DLNA support will be added in the near future.
Windows > Xbox One PlayTo (DLNA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbUQ6CG6tc4#t=2960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbUQ6CG6tc4#t=2960
Its not his job to fix this problem. His job is to be the boss of all Sony 1st party studios and relations with the 2nd party teams. He is not involved directly with Sony hardware division that is responsible for PS4 design and OS work.
We can be all extremely happy that he has such an awesome approach to the community interactions, responding directly to the fans without PR bullshit. Sure PS4 OS has some things missing, but neither of those things will endager playing games on day 1.
Why dont people scream at MS for forcing Xbone Music app to be active only in the Snap mode, downsizing gameplay to smaller window and automatically lowering the sound of the game? That kind of setup for me is so gaming-unfriendly that I have no words to describe it accurately.
flamingotripod
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Someone needs to make a spreadsheet of which console has which feature because I am very confused right now with what is rumor and what is real
Ryse looks pretty fucking good to me with compromises
Ryse looks pretty fucking good to me with compromises
Miles Quaritch
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Sigh...
Pretty much. Par for the course with Yosh though; he can do no wrong.
DangerMouse
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Basically this. With the launch deadline and praised games focus I'm starting to think that they are still working on the standalone media player and don't really want to say yes to anything yet.
Andronicus
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Never played my own music in game or w/e but this is indeed some bullshit
We already have answers on the PS side. It doesn't play MP3s and it doesn't support DNLA at launch. It's the XB1 that we still don't have answers for.
AnyColourYouLike
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Hmm I hope your right. When i first read that I assumed the Facebook part was going to be patched. Now that I see it again I'm hopeful.
Lolz at this being an oversight. They want to sell you their music and video streaming services.
Captain Tuttle
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Thanks for the explanation, I really appreciate it. So it's comes down to Sony pushing MU?
TheKastorian
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After Shu's response I'm pretty confident that they will have a firmware update (post-launch) that will enable mp3 playback. He doesn't seem too worried but his aware that Sony fans are unhappy by this!
Yeah I don't think it's an oversight at all.
Both MS and Sony want people to get sucked into their ecosystems.
Fixed1979
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Pretty much, I'm not sure what kind of response people would have anticipated. We know how it's designed to work. There's no question to answer.
Micromegas
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Holy shit, 40 pages
Much ado about nothing.
another part of the faq says that facebook uploading is available at launch, so they are saying the copying part will be in a future update. they just worded it really horribly.
zomgbbqftw
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I don't. Sony's overall corporate culture hasn't really changed all that much since then. The top management has changed which is why these poor decisions don't stick like they used to, but the middle management is essentially the same, usually it's the same stupid people.
Fenderputty
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Yes. Onto a segment of their fan base that can see through the bullshit at that.
BibiMaghoo
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Have to laugh at the irony in this.
Consumer - We want a gaming machine, not that other media box thing.
Sony - Ok, here you go.
Consumer - What the fuck Sony, why is it not a media center?
Sony - *scratches head*
Consumer - We want a gaming machine, not that other media box thing.
Sony - Ok, here you go.
Consumer - What the fuck Sony, why is it not a media center?
Sony - *scratches head*
At least Shu didn't pretend he doesn't know anything about it. There's absolutely no way Hryb doesn't know everything about the Xbone's basic media functionality.
NullPointer
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Jesus. Both companies are being idiots about this.
infiniteheteroskdasticity
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It's definitely a weird oversight. I'm not sure what it accomplishes. The only reason I can think of is that they're concerned about the game recording/streaming features bringing copyright issues into play. If it is indeed true the Xbox One doesn't support this either then that would pretty much confirm this theory. A possible workaround would be to allow DLNA and music playback in the OS but then disable it in a game. Its not a big deal for me but I'm sure it gets some people upset they can't use a custom soundtrack.
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