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via Reddit: verified Sony Employee provides info on DLNA, MP3, PSNow,
- Thread starter Khalifa Jayy
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ethomaz
Banned
5GHz WiFi needs a new hardware revision but I don't see any advantage for online gaming or even download things between 5Ghz WiFi and the 2.4Ghz WiFi.
It is only the different frequency... 2.4Ghz have some advantages over 5Ghz to be fair like range or objects penetration (2.4Ghz signal woks better over walls).
For home with a lot of objects/wall 2.4Ghz is the best choice yet.
Edit - A good article: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/5ghz-gear.htm
Admiral Woofington
Member
Check your privilege Sony.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Always worth grabbing screenshots...
Can someone with a reddit account ask him if/when we can expect pause downloading.
Can someone with a reddit account ask him if/when we can expect pause downloading.
Ahh, okay. Rental is kinda shitty, but I'd like to think I'll live if the pricepoint is decent. Guess I'll have to see this rental model confirmed before I should jump in on getting a cheap PS3.
FonkyByNature
Member
Really ? did you have one of those old phones that crashed as much as a Galaxy ?
I have an Xperia Z1 and it's probably the best phone i've ever owned, updates do take time but the phone is solid and functions solid... and i owned a Galaxy S4, iPhone...
Bottom line, i agree some updates do take time but it's not like Microsoft are doing way better software wise... I still think the PS4 OS is the best OS right now. It's fast, simple and effective.
I should've assumed it but I was really hoping everything bought on PS3/PSN was coming with PS Now... maybe I can just hope for more Dead Nation & Flower style cross-buy ports... and PSX support... ugh.
I kept my PS3 and it's in great condition so it's not a huge deal, just would've been nice.
I kept my PS3 and it's in great condition so it's not a huge deal, just would've been nice.
AtomicShroom
Member
New customers who will buy hardware sold at a loss so they can access media from zero-revenue sources? I bet it would.
Seriously, who buys a console based on the presence or lack of DNLA? Sure, it looks bad if your competitor has it and you don't, and you may lose somewhat of an edge there, but considering neither are offering it, they're in absolutely no hurry to provide it. PS4's are flying off the shelves as is. In the grand scheme of things, the weight of DNLA is negligible and you can bet that their ultimate master plan is to make it disappear from the face of the earth by slowly accustoming users to living without it and defaulting to their paid services instead.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
A discount, though, would be helpful and the "right move."
Doesn't the OP say that MP3 is coming in the holiday season of this year?
Okay, then. I wonder if Sony will offer the option to upgrade for a reduced price, if you already own the original game on PS3's PSN. Similar to how Nintendo still charges an upgrade fee for VC games on Wii U. I think paying for the new infrastructure, while not having to pay the full price for a game you already bought once, would be fair for both sides.
outunderthestars
Banned
Really shocked at how poorly Sony has handled firmware improvements.
KenPokesBarbie
Banned
Didn't it take Sony almost 3 years to add DLNA to ps3? So technically we will get the feature faster this time around on ps4. Sony is getting better 
#4theplayers
#4theplayersCambriaRising
Member
Skeptical. This isn't the first time reddit has had a random magical insider.
With MKV files I will make a bold prediction and say never.
Crimson_Gold
Member
With that said, where's Demonite? Where's Verendus? Has the age of insiders come to an end?
hodayathink
Member
When it comes to some of these things (like native DLNA and 3D Blu-Ray support), I basically think that if both companies are implementing them around the same time, then it's obviously not an issue with their OS teams, but something external to them that they're waiting on (for example, I think jeff rigby has been posting for a while about a DLNA implementation that's set to be brought out near the end of this year). Stuff like the Youtube app, though, is just a matter of Microsoft having better software/OS engineers than Sony (which makes sense, seeing as Sony is a hardware company and MS is a software company).
Psykodoughboy
Banned
"The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a nonprofit collaborative trade organization established by Sony in June 2003, that is responsible for defining interoperability guidelines to enable sharing of digital media between multimedia devices."-Wikipedia lol
Chobel
Member
He deleted his account.
RedAssedApe
Banned
early 2015 seems in line with DLNA 2.0 certification requirements
Oh ok then
What was the thing he leaked or discussed? I can't quite remember it. Thanks for the info btw.No Problem thanks anyways
The Last Wizard
Member
Wasn't the firmware team supposed to be moved to the west?
They'll be back when PS5 in announced.
Nope, still in Japan. This just serves to highlight how incompetent programmers/coders are at Sony Japan.
ethomaz
Banned
Exactly.
Sony is waiting DLNA CVP-2... September starts the certification for products... after that Sony can update the PS4 to use it.
3rdamention
Member
I am too, and I love my PS4 and many of the things Sony has done with this new generation, but the firmware updates, or lake of updates, has been a big let down.
However, I am happy to see SOMEONE, anyone, from Sony at least give us some type of update on upcoming features. I just wish they would release this information in some type of an "official" announcement, instead of someone on reddit.
That does make a bit of sense!!
Chobel
Member
Oh ok then
I don't remember it either, sorry.
Duxxy3
Member
It's not as convenient as DLNA... but play to does work.
endresults
Member
You've earned yourself a co-signer on your full member application, Sir. Feel a bit burned as a day 1 buyer.
Majima Everywhere System
Member
Last time I saw this posted, I had the same concern. And then youtube.tv was pointed out to me accessed through the ps4s Web browser.
Works the same as the ps3 app, but just has a wonky cursor controller hybrid interface.
Spot on.
Hang on...
Are "PS3 entitlements" meant to mean games you own digitally on PS3 and that those games if on PS Now are not accessible even though you already own them? If that's true that is just ludicrous. PS1 and 2 and retail PS3 games, I can understand as ownership could be hard to define, but digital on PS3 is pretty much tied to the account. Hope that's wrong
ah well fair enough I suppose. Perhaps a subscription to have access to the games you already own at least? Makes previous investments seem a bit empty to me.
gamechanger87
Member
Hmm.... I've never had an issue. You should do a hard reboot once a month.
Game streaming is the single most expensive server based consumer service ever imagined.
It's exponentially more expensive to run something like OnLive than it is say, Netflix (per user.)
You have all of the expense of a streaming video service + on the fly video encoding + most importantly the CPU/GPU power to render the game. Not to mention you can't centralize your servers without causing latency issues for anyone too far away so you have to disperse way more servers than something like Netflix that can just add tiny amounts of extra buffering time to far away users.
I don't care who in the industry claims it's "the future" I think that's nonsense. The business case for it is hard to fathom.
The tech is cool but incredibly ironic at this point considering PS4 can out-render anything currently planned for OnLive.
It's exponentially more expensive to run something like OnLive than it is say, Netflix (per user.)
You have all of the expense of a streaming video service + on the fly video encoding + most importantly the CPU/GPU power to render the game. Not to mention you can't centralize your servers without causing latency issues for anyone too far away so you have to disperse way more servers than something like Netflix that can just add tiny amounts of extra buffering time to far away users.
I don't care who in the industry claims it's "the future" I think that's nonsense. The business case for it is hard to fathom.
The tech is cool but incredibly ironic at this point considering PS4 can out-render anything currently planned for OnLive.
Admiral Woofington
Member
A bit forced tbh.
Figured PS now was gonna be like that, and I had saints row 2 , uncharted 2 and hot shots golf on my account
Not even a discount like Nintendo does, oh sony
At lease I played space age for free from ps now a few weeks back
Uh Nintendo doesn't have a streaming service at all, this isn't applicable. And Nintendo charges money for games to go from Wii to WiiU something Sony has not done when buying PS1 games that work on PS3/PSP/PSV.
It's hard to fathom that the business case is getting Playstation games on hardware that currently can't play them? Playing PS3 games on my iPad with a DS3 or DS4 attached is hard to fathom? Potato please.
I never really saw PSNow being for the hardcore gamer. I always saw the concept as an easy way to get into PlayStation for people who are interested in gaming without actually having to buy a console or commit to full on buying a game. Maybe because they just don't have the time or the space in their media center. Something along those lines.
Thread tittle. "Whatever happened to that DLNA/MP3 support that was supposed to be coming 'soon'"
Why should they talk about everything coming in next firmwares?
Nintendo doesn't charge you to access your old Virtual Console/WiiWare games on your Wii U. The thing they charge for is upgrading them to the Wii U versions, which support thing like the Gamepad and savestates.
No cross-buy between the 3DS and Wii U sucks though.
No, you can transfer and play all WiiWare and Virtual Console from Wii to Wii U for free. The upgrade fee is for the native Wii U versions of VC games and it's only $1 to $1.50.
Also PSV versions of PS1 Classics aren't native emulated, they're actually running under PSP emulation so it's more like the backwards compatibility that Wii U already offers for free. The one thing Nintendo doesn't offer versus Sony (and they really should) is console/handheld crossbuy.
TelluricTokoro
Banned
Not being able to stream games I already own for free doesn't bother me, because I wouldn't want to stream them in the first place. I already own the games on PS3.
I've mainly used PSNow for games I've never owned or played, and I'll continue to use it for that.
As for the other features that won't be coming until later? I can wait. Tons of games coming to Sony platforms that I want to keep me preoccupied until then.
I've mainly used PSNow for games I've never owned or played, and I'll continue to use it for that.
As for the other features that won't be coming until later? I can wait. Tons of games coming to Sony platforms that I want to keep me preoccupied until then.
HubbaBubba
Member
DLNA is so everyone can stream their illegally downloaded movies/tv shows/music.
Complaining about not applicable and then such a comparison^^.
WiiU can play Wii eshop-Games. PS4 can not play your PS3 downloadgames. For those who wished to do so, Sony promised:
Some hoped atleast for a discount, not just "buy again".