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Peterthumpa · Nov 15, 2013

So, just read some reviews and the consensus is that it isn't much better than the PS3 browser, something which I find really hard to believe when we're talking about a completely different architecture and much better hardware. I don't think that it's fair to compare it to desktop browsers, but how does it fare against other offerings like Wii U's browser (which performs awesomely IMO) and tablet/smartphone browsers?

Sickboy007 · Nov 15, 2013

NJShadow · Nov 15, 2013

Still waiting on the UPS guy, but based on the streams that I've been watching, it's actually pretty solid.

pretty done · Nov 15, 2013

Holy shit, better than Wii U browser? Megaton.

Bungie · Nov 15, 2013

Remember they said that gaming is their main focus. So I wouldn't of expect much.

BadWolf · Nov 15, 2013

Didn't Vita's browser start out as average and then got updated later to something excellent?

Septimius · Nov 15, 2013

It's "yea or nay".

DidntKnowJack · Nov 15, 2013

I haven't used it, but it doesn't look so good. No flash support for one thing. A guy on the Gamespot stream tried viewing a Youtube video through the browser and it didn't work. That seems bad to me.

KukicAdo · Nov 15, 2013

It's a lot faster than PS3 browser and maybe a tad more functional. But it's still shit tier.

zruben · Nov 15, 2013

I hope you can browse with the touchpad or with the vita, like the WiiU...

ckohler · Nov 15, 2013

Needs improvement. I went to YouTube and nothing would play. Pages load fine but scrolling is kinda sputters. I wouldn't mind an option to set the viewport size so mobile sites look better. You can zoom but it resets the zoom level on every new page load. You can't use the touchpad to control the cursor.

zruben · Nov 15, 2013

DidntKnowJack said:
I haven't used it, but it doesn't look so good. No flash support for one thing. A guy on the Gamespot stream tried viewing a Youtube video through the browser and it didn't work. That seems bad to me.

well, to be fair, Youtube it's fucking everything...

browsing Youtube on the WiiU used to be godlike... now it freaking crashes my WiiU

waypoetic · Nov 15, 2013

Septimius said:
It's "yea or nay".

Sure as hell sounds like yay.

RecursiveFault · Nov 15, 2013

Bungie said:
Remember they said that gaming is their main focus. So I wouldn't of expect much.

Sony's PR doesn't infer that browser will be a certain amount better or worse. The Wii U browser is awesome and they're not marketing a media box.

E: YouTube's in flux right now too. So it's hard to benchmark that.

VNZ · Nov 15, 2013

Both the PS4 and Wii U browsers are WebKit-based, so they should perform pretty great regardless how much of a focus it is for the platform.

Steel · Nov 15, 2013

BadWolf said:
Didn't Vita's browser start out as average and then got updated later to something excellent?

Vita browser is so nice I want them to add back touch screens to phones.

GrizzleBoy · Nov 15, 2013

DidntKnowJack said:
I haven't used it, but it doesn't look so good. No flash support for one thing. A guy on the Gamespot stream tried viewing a Youtube video through the browser and it didn't work. That seems bad to me.

DOA

(for me)

If XB1s INTERNET EXPLORER also doesn't support flash, I'm going to flip all of the tables.

All browsers need to support everything. You can't just lock people away from certain parts of internet via no compatibility (Windows RT not supporting MICROSOFT Silverlight video?? JackieChanWTF?!?!.jpg)

11redder · Nov 15, 2013

zruben said:
well, to be fair, Youtube it's fucking everything...

browsing Youtube on the WiiU used to be godlike... now it freaking crashes my WiiU

That was the case for a week or two but the issue has been fixed and it works perfectly again.

ShdwDrake · Nov 15, 2013

GrizzleBoy said:
DOA

(for me)

If XB1s INTERNET EXPLORER also doesn't support flash, I'm going to flip all of the tables.

All browsers need to support everything. You can't just lock people away from certain parts of internet via no compatibility (Windows RT not supporting MICROSOFT Silverlight video?? JackieChanWTF?!?!.jpg)

It wont.

Steel · Nov 15, 2013

GrizzleBoy said:
DOA

(for me)

If XB1s INTERNET EXPLORER also doesn't support flash, I'm going to flip all of the tables.

All browsers need to support everything. You can't just lock people away from certain parts of internet via no compatibility (Windows RT not supporting MICROSOFT Silverlight video?? JackieChanWTF?!?!.jpg)

I doubt it will. Adobe basically stopped making flash for new devices a long time ago for example.

GrizzleBoy · Nov 15, 2013

brb, pre-ordering new tables.

Dany · Nov 15, 2013

Flash is just too unstable and such a hog. I can browse my ipad which has no flash and never come across an issue where i needed it.

11redder · Nov 15, 2013

DidntKnowJack said:
I haven't used it, but it doesn't look so good. No flash support for one thing. A guy on the Gamespot stream tried viewing a Youtube video through the browser and it didn't work. That seems bad to me.

Did he try switching to html5? Likely not and that's probably the issue (I don't have a PS4, I'm just guessing).

Nymphae · Nov 15, 2013

Who gives a shit? Don't most of us have computers, phones or tablets? I know a few people will chime in here and say they use it all the time, but I'm honestly surprised they even bother making a browser for a console.

sixteen-bit · Nov 15, 2013

Based Jeff_Rigby

Acquiescence · Nov 15, 2013

KukicAdo said:
It's a lot faster than PS3 browser and maybe a tad more functional. But it's still shit tier.

Bummer. I actually like to do some web browsing on my PS3, and was hoping the PS4 would be a significant improvement in this regard.

Majine · Nov 15, 2013

How come they don't ask Google to bring Chrome over or something? Would most definitely be a better browser.

Dr_Swales · Nov 15, 2013

11redder said:
Did he try switching to html5? Likely not and that's probably the issue (I don't have a PS4, I'm just guessing).

That's what I was going to suggest, does HTML5 YouTube work on PS4? Or do you need the YouTube app? I must know this!

SPDIF · Nov 15, 2013

It doesn't seem to be able to load GAF for some strange reason.

From the PS4 OT:

Aeroangel said:
Thankfully it's super easy to upload with the Share button, so I can show you =) This is what happens after I click on this thread on the PS4 :

Bungie · Nov 15, 2013

Mrgoodwil said:
Sony's PR doesn't infer that browser will be a certain amount better or worse. The Wii U browser is awesome and they're not marketing a media box.

E: YouTube's in flux right now too. So it's hard to benchmark that.

My point, they didn't talk about these type of things hardly at all, which leads me not to expect much personally. Not saying it can't get better or anything.

Overall I was hoping it to surprise us like the Wii U browser did but oh well, makes me happy I still got a Xbox One on the way. :]

wapplew · Nov 15, 2013

Majine said:
How come they don't ask Google to bring Chrome over or something? Would most definitely be a better browser.

Chrome eat away your whole 2GB of GDDR5. Nope, just a simple functional browser will be fine for me.

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