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[Red Dolphin]

Yeah the 3DS Activity Log is great and the Wii U one was a disappointing downgrade.

Does the Xbox One track time when your Xbox is set for "Instant on" and the game is suspended? Or it only while the game is actually active? If you jump out of the game to go back to the dashboard, is time still being tracked?

 

[InsaneTiger]

Thank god the PS4 doesn't have it. I don't need need another tool to help me obsess over numbers anymore than I already do.

 

[Melchiah]

The PS4 OS/UI is just as bland as it was on PS3.

So, not bad then, considering that XMB was awesome. There are some minor things I'd like to be added, but otherwise the UI works very well. It's fast and easy to find whatever you want, and takes no time to get playing.

 

[Griss]

Thank god the PS4 doesn't have it. I don't need need another tool to help me obsess over numbers anymore than I already do.

Yeah. It's terrifying when I'm poring over numbers in the 3DS game tracking app and notice that I've spent over 40 hours in that app. That's a lot of damn time.

 

[sora87]

Would be great. Doubt Sony will ever implement it though.

 

[dose]

Hey Sony... Where are our folders?

 

[SliceSabre]

I never paid attention to stuff like that because the numbers lie in the things that track it because of things you may do.

i.e. Steam saying I played a certain game for 100 hours when about 75 of those are from me falling asleep while playing and leaving it running in the background.

 

[Griss]

I never paid attention to stuff like that because the numbers lie in the things that track it because of things you may do.

i.e. Steam saying I played a certain game for 100 hours when about 75 of those are from me falling asleep while playing and leaving it running in the background.

If you're the kind of person like me who cares about those numbers you simply never let that happen, and on the off chance that it does you mark it down in your own personal excel sheet of corrections.

Spoiler

I'm sick, I need help

 

[ambar_hitman]

I definitely want a number of hours tracker like it is on Steam and Xbox.

 

[potatohead]

I really don't care about this at all.

The What's New section on the PS4 tells me everything I would care to look at anyways. Pictures I uploaded or Trophies I earned and what other people did too.

So it basically already has this, but less focused on how much time I wasted specifically on this day or last

 

[Melchiah]

Thank god the PS4 doesn't have it. I don't need need another tool to help me obsess over numbers anymore than I already do.

They could just offer the opportunity to opt out of it, like they do with trophies.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

I don't want my console to tell me that I don't have a life.

netflix already hardened my heart to that fact


i guess it would be cool, wouldnt mind if they implemented it tbh

 

[orthodoxy1095]

So far down the priority list for me.

Spoiler

Just need my damn folders yo.

 

[SeanR1221]

I wish. I'd love to see how many hours of played of some games like Assassins creed syndicate.

 

[dripdripsplash]

I'd like this too. Some of the games who support this screw up the actual time because of the pause function too.

 

[Skelter]

Meh, pointless. I can totally live without it.

I can live without Trophies and Achievements but it's still something that shouldn't be half-assed.

 

[Lindsay]

Ya the Activity Log is pretty darn great for seeing how long you've played in games which don't track time in-game. I'd have never known I put over 100 hours into Harvest Moon if not for it!

Wish Nintendo could fix the one "issue" with it, that being that if ya got a game booted for over 7 days the log kinda blanks those days an time out.

The 3DS Activity Log should be standard in every game console.

This!

...sans the times booted & average play time tracker... @_@ /ocd

 

[Zen_Arcade]

This was one of my most wanted features before the PS4 came out. I was really disappointed when I got one and it was nowhere to be found.

 

[onQ123]

People was worried about NSA Surveillance at the beginning of the console cycle now we want companies to keep track of everything we do?

 

[themagicalkitsune]

The 3DS Activity Log should be standard in every game console.

Agreed.

 

[ShirAhava]

meh I just do the math in my head.

 

[SolidusDave]

You ask for an activity thread but the OP boils down to only demanding basically a system level playtime stat...


I would like to have that but let's not pretend because this stat is missing that the PS4 has no activity logs (that also may pack certain features missing in the other platforms).

- What's New gives you a feed of your and your friend's stuff like played games, earned trophies, special stuff done in games/mp matches, uploaded screenshots/videos.
You can like and comment on all of this as well.

- You can see only your activity by checking your profile and go to recent activities (or check for a specific friend/person you follow etc.)
- Alternatively you can see the activity of you and your friends per game by highlighting one of your games.

(and then there's the trophy stuff obviously, especially the rarity percentage for each trophy is quite neat to check)


It seems they actually track your played hours internally (at least while you're online?) so maybe it will be implemented. Though I wonder if Suspend/Resume functionality wouldn't turn those numbers meaningless. When I have a game suspended PSN will e.g. show me playing that game even though I'm watching a movie in the Media app.

 

[ComputerBlue]

I prefer when games just have it themselves. This would never work for me since I spend about an hour actually playing the game I have running for 3 hours. Unless it doesn't track it when you've paused.

But I definitely wouldn't mind having it.

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

I agree with everyone who likes the 3ds play log. If Sony ever makes one I'd like it modeled after that. I totally love seeing my own stats haha

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

Why is Sony so bad about ignoring very simple things on PS4?

 

[Wagram]

I'm still waiting on a way to organize our download list on the website.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I can live without Trophies and Achievements but it's still something that shouldn't be half-assed.

But it's not half-assed, it doesn't exist. There's a difference, no?

I used to look at it on the Wii but to be honest I never thought it was anything special or even interesting. For reference: I don't care about trophies or achievements either.

I'm still waiting on a way to organize our download list on the website.

Now this is an example of something that's half-assed.

We should be able to sort/filter/search our download history.

Sort by: name, date, size, download type (game, demo, dlc, patch, etc).
Filter/Search by: name, date range, size range, download type (same as above).

How hard can it be to add a couple of search fields/dropdowns and update your download history API to work with those?

Fix this shit Guerrilla.

 

[HanzSnubSnub]

I'd love a feature like that, but since it's not here in 2 years, it's probably too late and will not come at all.

 

[gypsygib]

Yeah, it would be very nice to have.

 

[KalBalboa]

Vita and PS4 have some variation on this idea. It doesn't have universal time tracking, though.

 

[Bobs Big Boy]

Love this feature and would like it on everything.

 

[DeepEnigma]

This was mentioned in the PSN 2.0 thread. Would be a nice addition, and I like how Steam does it.

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

I..... Actually would love this.

 

[Calabi]

I dont know why they dont look at Steam and copy some of their features. Valve isnt going to sue them.

I bet they have like one programmer doing all the features.

 

[Thebeardofknowledge]

wronf place

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

I'm not against the addition of this feature, but I know I would use it as often as I do Epson printer support for the PS3.

 

[Live Free or Die]

How do this improve my game playing experience?

 

[Hidden One]

This is actually something I've been missing from Ps4. Someone ask Shu!!

 

[AuthenticM]

Yeah, this would be a fantastic feature. We should tweet this thread to Adam Boyes.

 

[DigSCCP]

I'd love to have an activity log, and stats like http://psnprofiles.com/ has.

.

Man this is amazing.
Going to look mine.

 

[Jotamide]

I'm with OP. I love knowing stats about my games. Unfortunately, the second Sony started winning NPD every month they stopped giving a shit about implementing interesting features and are just doing the bare minimum to keep customers (moderately) happy.

 

[Mass Effect]

Yeah, I really do love this feature on the 3DS, Wii U, Wii, and Steam. It's kind of disappointing that the PS4 doesn't have it, but I'm not too concerned over it.

...sans the times booted & average play time tracker... @_@ /ocd

Oh god this annoys me so much, especially with games that I reset constantly because I fucked up (see Fire Emblem Awakening)

 

[Rflagg]

Yeah, this would be a fantastic feature. We should tweet this thread to Adam Boyes.

Just in case this happens, I would also love this please just borrow the style of 3ds activity log.