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PS4 Launch Thread [Thread being archived 1/1/14]
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MagicWithEarvin
Member
Mine isn't showing up in my history =/
I pre-ordered Ghosts on PS3 (day 1 digital), then upgraded on PS4.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
I just collected a couple trophies on resogun through remote play while my gf watched tv. Still cant believe how awesome this feature is lol
MiniBossBattle
Member
Any news on if Sony's Official Wireless PS3 headset will work? It says its incompatible. I could have sworn they used them at press events. So strange others work.
So my PS4 will be here tomorrow and im wondering do i need to do anything like disable anything on my PS3? Like when you get a new PS3 you have to disable video services etc? Can i just go ahead and give this PS3 to my niece and when the PS4 arrives just sign in with my account?
I'm a junior, so can someone create a new thread for this article?:
Sony's Video and Music Entertainment chief wants the PS4 to be your everything
BY MICHAEL GORMAN 3 hours ago
The reviews are out, and the PlayStation 4 is, in fact, much of what we'd hoped it'd be: a fabulous gaming machine with a social personality. It has lived up to it's next-gen label, thus far. But there's another aspect to the PS4 that may prove to be equally as important to the console's long-term success against its main rival from Microsoft. I'm talking about video and music services.
Yes, the PS4 was very much designed as a gaming machine first, a point made clear by Shuhei Yoshida and reiterated to us when we recently spoke with Michael Aragon, Sony's VP and GM of Global Digital Video and Music services. That said, Aragon's job is to make Sony's gaming rig a video and music streamer, too, and he thinks that a key to giving Video Unlimited an advantage over its competitors is speed. Folks can get new releases (both movies and TV shows) earlier from VU than from, say Netflix or Amazon. Additionally, Aragon's fanatical about making his offering the fastest streaming experience possible. "I want it to be instantaneous," he said when asked about buffering times, and with that as the goal, he's constantly searching for ways to shave another second or two off of the load time -- including working with studios to get the rights to tweak the movie feeds for optimal streaming speed.
Another asset is Sony's forthcoming original video content that'll be produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment for PS4. Aragon couldn't give us any specifics about the shows in production, but he did explain how his team is approaching programming for the console. "We're going after 18-35 year old males hard core," he said. No surprise there, but how he finds out what those gaming dudes want to watch is more involved than you might think.
"I've built out my analytics team," says Aragon, "so what we do, especially on the PS4, is we pull a whole bunch of data and we run regressions on things to find out what characteristics and features resonate." It's not all based upon numbers, of course, as Aragon's relationship with the folks from Sony Pictures has grown into one of mutual trust and respect the point that show development is a collaborative effort. According to him, "we think about what things worked in the past, because we have five to six years of PS3 data to draw from, then we work with the studios to combine the math and the art."
And, what works can be surprising. Aragon's team also gets data from every Blu-ray that's been played in a PlayStation, and they found that Jillian Michaels ab workout was the third most played disc on PS3. Based on that information, a fitness section was created and displayed prominently on the PS3's video storefront. Proof that Sony is paying very close attention to what users watch on its consoles, and is hell-bent on giving its users what they want... to a point.
We asked Aragon if the originals, when they arrive, will be available on Video Unlimited or will be offered as a part of a separate service, and whether they'll be free to PS Plus members. Unfortunately, he couldn't say, as his team is still wrestling with the economics of this new content. Neither would he commit to providing every episode of original shows at once -- to best serve the binge-watching crowd. Instead, Aragon said "we'd probably do some sort of hybrid, so have some binge viewing, but portion it out some way to build momentum." Naturally, these plans are still being ironed out, so further details were nowhere to be found.
Video is, of course, only one half of Aragon's responsibility, the other half is music. We all know that the PS4 will, eventually, get MP3 and CD playback, and when asked why that function wasn't on the console at launch, Aragon echoed Yoshida's earlier statements about Sony prioritizing gaming features over all else. As for music options outside of Music Unlimited? Aragon's included in the decision making process about allowing competing services like Spotify and Rhapsody on PS4, but it's not solely his call -- the PlayStation device and business development teams have a say in the matter as well.
We get the impression that the business end, unsurprisingly, is steering the ship on the issue and that team favors music services proffered by Sony's retail partners over other Music Unlimited competitors. "Walmart and Amazon are key retail partners that are important to us," according to Aragon, "so you have to balance that with the fact that they have competitor services." As for other services, well, they would have to pony up a price high enough to outweigh the resulting cannibalization of Music Unlimited's user base in the eyes of business development. In other words, retailers with competing services seem to have a distinct edge over their service-exclusive counterparts at Sony's PS4 negotiating table. Aragon wouldn't foreclose the possibility of Spotify showing up on the console, of course, but it's safe to say we don't expect to see such an app any time soon.
What we can expect is for Music Unlimited to worm its way into more and more parts of the PS4 experience, gaming or otherwise, in the future. "My focus is on new business models and how to get our 22 million-song catalog to our customers in new ways," according to Aragon. "I want to be different from what's already out there and leverage our strengths." Whether Music Unlimited proves to be a strength or a pain point on the PS4 remains to be seen.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/20/sony-ps4-video-music-michael-aragon/
Dead Prince
Banned
its my everything and more already.
dragonflys545
Member
Party chat is awesome. I never use it on the 360 back when I own one, but really it's an awesome feature!!!
Darryl M R
Member
Any news on if Sony's Official Wireless PS3 headset will work? It says its incompatible. I could have sworn they used them at press events. So strange others work.
I recently bought and returned Sony's official Pulse Elite headset. They will work if you can connect the headphones to the controller. But I would suggest buying a good pair of headphones (or earphones) that you would use with other things since mostly all headphones are compatible with the controller.
Bought some earphones I've been eyeing since the summer and I'm so happy with them. Great dynamic sound and great with my PS4, and it has a mic. Sony has kicked ass with this unmentioned feature.
Dead Prince
Banned
KoruptData
Member
Any micro-USB cable work to charge the controller?
RedNumberFive
Banned
Thanks. The items appear there but they won't let me add them to the download queue. The button to so so is not there. These are the ONLY items in my history that will not allow me to do this.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
That SUCKS man!
Call and complain and maybe you'll get another free PS4 like that one guy!
i got a 20$ credit because i told them they packed my ps4 like shit and i wont be ordering anything of value if they would just throw it in a box like they did.
Neuromancer
Member
I had this problem with my CoD DLC (Freefall map). What I did was delete the game install, then pop the disc out, then put the disc back in, then when it was reinstalling I went to the web store and my download history and resent the DLC to the queue.
If it works you'll see the notification pop up.
My theory is this happens when you download the DLC before you have the game, is that what you did?
So question about the updates and sorry if this has been asked/answered before. I had my PS4 on standby all of yesterday night and when I turned it on it said I had to install an update. I thought these automatically install when in standby? I have the option checked to do that. Do firmware updates require an OK from the user still? Would be cool to have an option for it to do that automatically.
RedNumberFive
Banned
I may have. I was drinking, so I don't quite remember the sequence of events. Regardless, I can find the Killzone stuff in my history, it just doesn't give me the option to redownload it. Is that the same situation that you had?
I'm pretty wrapped up in AssCreed4, so I'll delete the install and give your method a try. God forbid I play Killzone online without the Amazon exclusive "kick to the nuts" finishing move.
I contacted amazon and bitched to them. All they did was print up a return thingy and say they'll send me a brand new console. Hopefully they'll send it now so I don't have to wait for this PoS to get there in a week and then wait another few days for the console to ship out but I doubt it.
Blu-ray playback was in the day 1 patch. No 3D yet (nor was it stated/mentioned).
They work through the headset.
The Sony rep at the bestbuy I work at says they do, but people have said they do not.
Any news on if Sony's Official Wireless PS3 headset will work? It says its incompatible. I could have sworn they used them at press events. So strange others work.
Neuromancer
Member
Correct, I also had no option to redownload it that I could see. That's my biggest issue with the PS4 PSN store so far.
When in game, the colors are handled by the game. By example Killzone goes from green to yellow to red, depending on your health status.
Not sure why Fifa is red.
Any news on if Sony's Official Wireless PS3 headset will work? It says its incompatible. I could have sworn they used them at press events. So strange others work.
in a coming update, not at launch
DJ Lushious
Member
Are you second player? P1 is blue and P2 is red. I don't know what the rest are.
Nope first player. I only have 1 control.
Ah ok. Red is so bright though. ergh.
Dead Prince
Banned
are you losing?
Nope. I just bought the game and am sitting in the menu. It's red.
They apparently encountered some issues that had to be worked out so they held back including support for it in the launch firmware. The patch is scheduled for early January release.
Any news on if Sony's Official Wireless PS3 headset will work? It says its incompatible. I could have sworn they used them at press events. So strange others work.
http://www.livestream.com/onplaystation/video?clipId=pla_af400f4a-7984-4559-9fbe-3a3ed873ef8b (Skip to 17:15)
It's so bright that it actually reflects in your TV so you can see your health! It's a feature guys! lol
yeah, this never made sense to me either.
Dead Prince
Banned
googled it. unsure. could be blue/red team thing. maybe red is default? IDK. but seems like others have this.
try another game. see if it changes. killzone should be green but changes when you are dying and turns red.
knack is blue
by default it's blue for first player.
So Amazon's apparently sending me a new console already with 1 day shipping, even though the customer service rep told me 10 minutes earlier that they didn't have any in stock...I guess they must keep a certain amount as replacements. I don't know the whole conversation left me with more questions than answers because the person wasn't typing clearly but I figure I'll just let it go for now and see what happens tomorrow. My whole focus was just to make sure it's a brand new unopened console and not a refurbished console but I don't know if Sony's even been able to fix any and send them back yet, it's only been a few days.
It reflects on my index fingers, but I rarely look down at them. Just a gimmick.
They change color depending on the game but it's mostly blue for single player. For example, when you get busted in NFS the light goes from blue to red.
Yes to do this, when you log into facebook on PS4 only have it pull your profile pic. It lets you import the name, but don't. Then change on the PS4 your name to be First L in your account settings. I added myself to a test account and did the real name exchange and I see my facebook profile pic and First L only.
Sorry to hear about your PS4. Check your order history on Amazon. I contacted them yesterday (chat) about returning my PS4 and the replacement order appeared right away.
Also, if you are already logged into a PSN account and log into a different PSN account with the same controller, the controller color will change based on who you are currently logged in as.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Also in NFS when you are playing as a cop the light is blue, and as a racer it changes to red.
In Warframe something made the light flash purple and white but I don't know what it was.
Dead Prince
Banned
doesn't warframe have some purple in the game? probably related to skill or something. haven't bothered with the game since the tutorial. gonna wait until i finish some other games first.
noomi
Member
can we haz video chat or skype on the ps4 now please?
I bought the ps4 camera because I thought it would be cool to have, but it seems pretty useless at the moment. Playroom gets boring in about 5 minutes, and the only use for it now is streaming, and what... Just Dance? No thanks
I bought the ps4 camera because I thought it would be cool to have, but it seems pretty useless at the moment. Playroom gets boring in about 5 minutes, and the only use for it now is streaming, and what... Just Dance? No thanks