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Top PS4/PS Vita firmware ideas from PlayStation "Share" website

ZeroAKA

Member
> That this and the above aren't an option yet makes me believe that Sony originally created PSN on very fragile foundations
I'm pretty sure that Japanese users have the ability to change PSN display names. Don't know why this isn't an option for other regions.

Vita #1 doesn't sound appealing at all. Sure, the DualShock 4 controller is much more comfortable than the Vita controls, but where am I supposed to place my Vita while playing? Am I supposed to tape my DS4 below my Vita or buy a cradle/stand?
 
For the Vita list I care about #3 and #4 and #4 should be higher up because why that auto-dim function is mandatory is beyond me. I just don't understand it. Also, dualshock 4 compatibility for Vita remote play is number 1? I guess the whole "Vita as a companion device" is working out for Sony.....
 
I'm pretty sure that Japanese users have the ability to change PSN display names. Don't know why this isn't an option for other regions.

Vita #1 doesn't sound appealing at all. Sure, the DualShock 4 controller is much more comfortable than the Vita controls, but where am I supposed to place my Vita while playing? Am I supposed to tape my DS4 below my Vita or buy a cradle/stand?

Something like this, except tailored to DS4/Vita would be good.
 

noah111

Still Alive
To make some of these possible, PS4's UI needs a general overhaul and redirection. Hopefully that's what we'll be seeing with that supposed 'big' OS FW update.
 

Jigolo

Member
these are all great ideas and I'm glad someone compiled all of them on a GAF thread since Boyes and yosp read neogaf
 
Those are solid features. Shit give me half that and i'll be happy. Dynamic wallpapers to go along with folders please. Hate the blue screen.
 
Changing the light strip colour is above sorting games into folders? WTF! That's a serious lack of priority from people voting. Who cares about the light strip. I'd rather have the ability to sort my games before my home screen is a mile long line of boxes
 

fernoca

Member
PS4 #10 should be #1. Let me remove whatever I don't want on the Home Screen or let me at least put them in whatever order I want. Don't want Music Unlimited going to #1 in the list every time I use it to listen to a few songs.


No external storage mention is disappointing. Should be top 3 at least.
 
I want 3D Blu Ray, Name Change, and better XMB customization (hide items In folder, prioritize some)

Name change is probably the most wanted feature I want.
 
This liost is only missing suspend & resume ... but other than that i WANT everything in this , not necessary in that order but that would be awesome.

Multiple account on vita might be a real pain thanks to the way the security works on the mem cards but i hope to see it one day.
 

Ntsouls

Banned
I said:

"Replace the 26+ variants of Xperias that nobody buys,and the Vita with a synthesis called the psx or Playstation Xperia. Include controller case/bumper/battery extender/HDMI out. Vita/ps1/psp/ps2 BC with trophy support. FireOS-esque VitaOS(for easier ports of Android apps) ."

More or less.

What do you guys think?
 

Andrefpvs

Member
Multiple account on vita might be a real pain thanks to the way the security works on the mem cards but i hope to see it one day.

The "one memory card per account" restriction was introduced by a firmware update and could as easily be removed in the same way.
 
Philips Hue official support Sony. DO THIS.

Microsoft obviously tried with IllumiRoom but it ended up being too expensive. I hate having to use my iPad camera to give me full room illumination.

This would be a game changer.

Edit: Fuck it, submitted the idea on the website.
 
Why do they not include suspend/resume?

Other than that, I think they should fix what is there and broken before adding more. It's very annoying to me since I don't like the whole sharing idea to begin with, but it's there regardless and it's apparently broken for many people so it needs fixed first. Quality over quantity.
 
My #1 feature for both platforms would be something that keep track of the amount of time that you play individual games like we see with Steam and Nintendo platforms. It's a cool feature that I was hoping would be a standard feature in the new consoles.
 

93xfan

Banned
Is certainly rearrange the order of that list. I'd also add blue tooth headset support and suspend/resume.
 
Wait, you can't check trophies on the PS4 unless it's online? That's really strange since you can check them before it sync's up fully. Same with the Vita.
 

Salaadin

Member
Not a bad list. Id like to see some kind of remote control support too. I just bought a harmony and would love to control the ps4 with it somehow
 

James Sawyer Ford

Gold Member
Sony really should be more proactive in getting firmware updates released. We are now paying for PS+ for MP, and they said this would go back into investment in their online initiatives....
 
I agree with the Vita points, but the PS4 is lacking the ability to disable the 'beeping' when starting up, and the ability to turn off the joypad LED.
 

Andrefpvs

Member
I agree with the Vita points, but the PS4 is lacking the ability to disable the 'beeping' when starting up

OH MY GOODNESS, YES. Same on PS3. This may sound ridiculous, but sometimes I don't play late at night because I know that freaking *beep* is going to be heard everywhere in the house.
 
OH MY GOODNESS, YES. Same on PS3. This may sound ridiculous, but sometimes I don't play late at night because I know that freaking *beep* is going to be heard everywhere in the house.

Same here.. 1BR apartment.. and I have no 'stealth' way to turn on/off my PS4. It is ridiculous. The LED on the Joypad makes it even worse as it lights up the whole room.

The beep doesn't sound positive either, I find it bizarre.
 

quickwhips

Member
The fact that no one cares about notifications stay forever shows that people never played 360 or they love getting beat everyday by Sony.
 

mattp

Member
im not excusing sony's slow as shit updates to the ps4 os because its fucking annoying now, but it is pretty funny everyone is complaining that sony is "waiting to release features in one massive update instead of just giving us the features as they complete them" and praising ms for doing way more frequent updates to the xbone os when everyone's biggest complaint about the ps3 os was that it got updated too often and they should have done quarterly updates like xbox 360
 
EDIT: Searching for either "suspend" or "resume" brings up exactly zero PS4 results. So either Sony's actively deleting requests for PS4 suspend/resume or everyone that uses the requests site is really that stupid. Probably the former.
They did remove that request, because at one point I went through the list while the voting was still active (specifically to vote that issue up) and certain requests were being closed. Suspend/Resume was one of them. Super annoying.
 

wilflare

Member
I'm surprised that

- WPA2 Enterprise WiFi Support for Vita
- Upload to Dropbox for Share on PS4

are not part of the list ><
 
How the Ps4 doesn't have some of these basic things is baffling. (I mean seriously, it can't play mp3s? Can't change the background???)

I'm trying to hold off on getting one before some of these things are sorted, but I want that Destiny beta on a ps4.
 

kvothe

Member
All I did was ctrl+F "Follow," and didn't see it, so maybe it's in there using different terminology, but I'd really like for a feature similar to Xbox One's "Follow" feature, which allows you to follow users without them having to accept your friend request. It'd just be neat to follow some of the gaming personalities I listen to to see what they're playing/when they're online. It's a bit frivolous, but I think it'd be nice.
 

YoungOne

Member
I searched and I didn't see the ps4 being able to manage vita content. They advertise the vita for remote play for the ps4 yet i can't manage the vita content on the ps4.
 

wilflare

Member
All I did was ctrl+F "Follow," and didn't see it, so maybe it's in there using different terminology, but I'd really like for a feature similar to Xbox One's "Follow" feature, which allows you to follow users without them having to accept your friend request. It'd just be neat to follow some of the gaming personalities I listen to to see what they're playing/when they're online. It's a bit frivolous, but I think it'd be nice.

the WiiU/Miiverse has such a function... the PS4 does not... sigh

Where's PlayStation Home? /foreveralone

I hope they revamp PS Home... come on use the LBP IP rather than some generic looking characters.
 

RyoonZ

Banned
Multiple accounts on Vita should be number 1, I subscribed to 3 PS+ region but I only get the benefit of 1 region on Vita.
 

CamHostage

Member
I really liked the Share site when it launched, but honestly, I don't know that it has ever amounted to anything? Sony goes through and checks off stuff it ended up delivering sometimes, but all of those features seem to be roadmap features not taken from any clever user suggestion. At least the PS4's introduction swept up the pop charts, the biggest Share leaders were always pie-in-the-sky features that could never happen
 
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