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PS4 Firmware 2.50 Suspend/Resume Coming March/April

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FZW

Member
chogidogs said:
So what do we complain about next?
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No DLNA
No Local Video Playback
Lack of folders or better way to organise stuff
No support for external drives
No universal remote support
crappy web browser
Can't change PSN name
make my own themes instead of having to pay for them
No PNG Screenshots
wheres my Twitch app
No progress bars in trophies
 
RedAssedApe

RedAssedApe

Banned
DieH@rd said:
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So good.
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lol gratitude...just finished spartacus.

@Wario64 17m17 minutes ago
Hearing that the PS4 suspend mode is working "perfectly" and "awesome" and that button mapping works great. Works in-game
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lemme throw in a "by jupiter's cock" in here

button assignments? maybe to switch between us and japanese x and os? :)
 
K

Krusenstern

Banned
FZW said:
No DLNA
No Local Video Playback
Lack of folders or better way to organise stuff
No support for external drives
No universal remote support
crappy web browser
Can't change PSN name
make my own themes instead of having to pay for them
No PNG Screenshots
wheres my Twitch app
No progress bars in trophies
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Don't forget to add PS1 & PS2 emulation.
 
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J 0 E

Member
FZW said:
No DLNA
No Local Video Playback
Lack of folders or better way to organise stuff
No support for external drives
No universal remote support
crappy web browser
Can't change PSN name
make my own themes instead of having to pay for them
No PNG Screenshots
wheres my Twitch app
No progress bars in trophies
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My most requested features.
 
F

Felensis

Banned
Basically this is super awesome, BUT can someone please fix this total piece of garbage called Internet browser on my PS4?
I use it often for trophies and it's slow, sloppy, freezes often for several seconds and absolutely isn't fun to use in general. It also doesn't seem to save any login informations or settings via cookies. Same was / is in terms of its predecessor on PS3.

Great that we can delete zero percent trophies now, but in some games you earn very early on in the game a trophy which ends you up with 1% or similar :p
Why can't we just delete any games as we wish?
 
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BShadowJ

Member
Damn this is great news! I've long awaited Suspend/Resume on my PS4 :)
But another one that I feel people have overlooked is apparently button mappings? If that means OS-level re-configurable custom controls for games... That is huge IMO.
 
C

CorrisD

badchoiceboobies
Madridy said:
Here is a hypothetical question:

If you Suspend/Resume a game, will it calculate the time between the two states (in-game time) or it'll be instantaneous and starts from the moment you suspend? in-game timer wise

As in, will it be any different then letting the console on while the game paused for the same period?
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Suspend should work exactly as the function does currently when using an app while playing a game. The whole game is essentially frozen until you come back to it, so in response to your question the in-game timer is frozen along with anything else going on, though if on a game that requires a constant internet connection resuming will instantly throw you out of it.
 
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_Ryo_

Member
Wait a second, isn't shareplay essentially the same technology as remote play. Where is remoteplay at 60FPS?
 
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Elios83

Member
Great features (suspend/resume and improved trophies) but I hope and think there will be more. It's definitly time for video playback (besides BR discs), also they said that support for mp3s on the hard drive skipped 2.0 but there were already working on it.
 
tensuke

tensuke

Member
bananafactory said:
Vita doesn't retain your game state if you actually turn the system off, does it?
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It does if the battery dies while you're playing, because it'll suspend it right before it does, so you can resume once you get it charged again. I don't think it does if you physically turn it off, though.

I'm hoping it will on PS4, since unlike the Vita there's no battery that might die, so maybe it'll just automatically suspend when you choose to turn off the console in the menu.
 
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3rdamention

Member
bananafactory said:
Folders before DLNA

#teamfolders
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Honestly, if they include Suspend/Resume in the next update (with the other nice features included), Folders and DLNA are really all there is on the checklist that people really really want when it comes to OS function.


Custom Backgrounds and Themes would probably be next in line, but those are more visual requests than adding any functionality.



Oh Yeah, Video Playback too is a functionality that needs to be added ASAP!!!
 
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Goodacre0081

Member
BShadowJ said:
Damn this is great news! I've long awaited Suspend/Resume on my PS4 :)
But another one that I feel people have overlooked is apparently button mappings? If that means OS-level re-configurable custom controls for games... That is huge IMO.
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this would be so weird considering no console ever featured this before(that I know of). we didn't even ask for it.

henhowc said:
The Great Trigger/Bumper civil war will finally be at an end if that is the case
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maybe devs got sick of people asking for a toggle post launch.
 
V

VinFTW

Member
FZW said:
No DLNA
No Local Video Playback
Lack of folders or better way to organise stuff
No support for external drives
No universal remote support
crappy web browser
Can't change PSN name
make my own themes instead of having to pay for them
No PNG Screenshots
wheres my Twitch app
No progress bars in trophies
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damn...

Suspend/resume is pretty nice though, hopefully its not the only thing in 2.5. Would be a pretty lackluster one in that case.

I have a feeling DLNA will be snuck in there.
 
M

muteki

Member
androvsky said:
For now, while it's in beta. It should be a one-time fee once it's out of beta (probably between $5 and $10). The server is free, and you can use the browser client on the PS4 for free also.
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I really hope once it is out of beta Plex gets a better library management system because otherwise it would be like paying money for more convoluted, difficult library management, as opposed to other solutions that are both free and simple.
 
D

DieH@rd

Banned
henhowc said:
lol gratitude...just finished spartacus.
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@Wario64 17m17 minutes ago
Hearing that the PS4 suspend mode is working "perfectly" and "awesome" and that button mapping works great. Works in-game
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Hnnnnng! Hopefully full button remapping will also work on Vita for Remote Play games! [with template saving on per-game basis]
 
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-griffy-

Banned
Danlord said:
Button assignment for suspending the game and console.
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No, it's a separate feature from suspend/resume. In the screengrabs it's specifically listed under Accessibility options, so it's intended for situations like changing button mapping system wide for people with disabilities that make normal button mapping difficult, for example.
 
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bananafactory

Banned
3rdamention said:
Honestly, if they include Suspend/Resume in the next update (with the other nice features included), Folders and DLNA are really all there is on the checklist that people really really want when it comes to OS function.


Custom Backgrounds and Themes would probably be next in line, but those are more visual requests than adding any functionality.
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There will always be more. The fact that we're onto asking for things like custom themes, USB video playback, and universal remote support shows how little important stuff there is left to add.
 
thelastword

thelastword

Banned
bananafactory said:
A JRPG like FFX where there may be upwards of an hour between save points, but you have to turn off your PS4 before reaching the next one. Instead of just shutting the game down and starting all over again, you can put it in standby and then pick your game right back up where you left off.
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So what happens when there's a power outage? ;)
 
D

DieH@rd

Banned
_Ryo_ said:
Wait a second, isn't shareplay essentially the same technology as remote play. Where is remoteplay at 60FPS?
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Current Vitas cannot connect on 2.50 remote play. This means that new Remote Play vita app is probably needed so that it can decode 60fps stream. :)

thelastword said:
So what happens when there's a power outage? ;)
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Same as with Xbone. Game session will be lost and on next boot you will enter into fresh OS.
 
H

Hidden One

Member
BShadowJ said:
Damn this is great news! I've long awaited Suspend/Resume on my PS4 :)
But another one that I feel people have overlooked is apparently button mappings? If that means OS-level re-configurable custom controls for games... That is huge IMO.
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O_O This changes everything...
 
S

ScottSullivan

Member
Do we have any information on the power consumption of suspend mode yet? Was just curious so I started looking up energy costs of a PS4. It's much less then I thought. and I've heard its a real power hog.

This website I found said the average kw/h rate in the USA is 10 cents. If you use your ps4 3 hours a day it comes out to just under $2 a month, much less then I thought just guessing

PS4 In Use: 90-150 w/h
PS4 in standby mode: 10w/h

If suspend mode can come in at 20-30 w/h that would be pretty sweet
 
Danlord

Danlord

Member
-griffy- said:
No, it's a separate feature from suspend/resume. In the screengrabs it's specifically listed under Accessibility options, so it's intended for situations like changing button mapping system wide for people with disabilities that make normal button mapping difficult, for example.
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Oh right my mistake. So it's like the NOM4D controls from the Call of Duty games? I thought it meant the button assignments like a specific combination to instantly suspend the console, but that's awesome news for general button assignments.
 
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