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PS4 1.70 "available soon", SHAREfactory revealed (video editor), preloading confirmed
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Agreed. This is pretty absurd at this point. Why announce a FW 4 weeks in advance. Then make a blog post about it last week and now they STILL don't know a date?
I really hope there will be some stealth features coming in along with what's already known. This is one area Sony HAS to get better in. We're paying for this service now. When the competition has put out plenty of worthy updates It's time you match that.
I really hope there will be some stealth features coming in along with what's already known. This is one area Sony HAS to get better in. We're paying for this service now. When the competition has put out plenty of worthy updates It's time you match that.
gotta make sure all the bugs are ironed out!
BruiserBear
Banned
Can't believe we still don't know when this is coming.
They must have felt some pressure to show people some improvements were coming, in light of all the XB1 updates in recent months.
They must have felt some pressure to show people some improvements were coming, in light of all the XB1 updates in recent months.
ShockingAlberto
Member
"Sooner than before"
dantevsninjas
Member
Still no suspend/resume 
Mass Effect
Member
Sony is dropping the ball on these firmware updates. MS is running circles around them in that regard.
Doubt it's a response to that than more a response to the endless questions of it in every blog posting.
Not that it helped since 'What about a new firmware .. '' changed to "When is the new firmware .."
What I can tell you is that it is as close to being announced as it has ever been over the past 10 days
DeviantBoi
Member
Man, if console wars were decided by firmware updates, the PS3 would have left the 360 in the dust, amirite?
lol, everytime this is bumped I think the update it out.
I don't give a shit about this update but let's get it out of the way so they can use the time to commit the vast resources that is obviously necessary to implement DLNA and MP3 playback and I can retire my PS3
because that is obviously what is holding it up, not that it is a cheesy moneygrab
/bitter
I don't give a shit about this update but let's get it out of the way so they can use the time to commit the vast resources that is obviously necessary to implement DLNA and MP3 playback and I can retire my PS3
because that is obviously what is holding it up, not that it is a cheesy moneygrab
/bitter
Tbh they need to get a dev team out here in the US. If development and updates will be this slow then they need to use some of that PSN money and get a team based out here solely to test and update FW.
What I can tell you is that it is as close to being announced as it has ever been over the past 10 days
lol
Pankratous
Member
Lol at anyone who thinks that a 4 week lead announcement time for a software update is a long time...
In any other form of consumer technology (phones for example) firmware/software updates are announced to the public often 4-6 months before release.
In any other form of consumer technology (phones for example) firmware/software updates are announced to the public often 4-6 months before release.
PJV3
Member
People were complaining about Sony's silence, I'm not fussed either way, it will come at some point.
BruiserBear
Banned
Well, if that was the case it would be answering all those blog requests, and unfortunately it's only answering a few of the glaring issues.
If I can't change the background color of the menus with this update, I don't even.
Absolutely. I think the only real mistake Sony has made with the PS4 is keeping the firmware team based in Japan. The OS, while much better than the PS3, still doesn't feel as refined as I think it should. The "friends feed" for example, is there on PS4, but it's done so much better on the XB1.
binarymelon
Member
For a .0 release sure, and in some cases (Apple for example), the dev community gets the update the day it's announced in most cases. Although Sony isn't very typical with their version numbering. I think they would benefit to moving to a much shorter release cycle until they make up some of the ground in feature expectations (3d blu-ray, dlna, mp3, among other things).
They also need to get much better at managing expectations and also meeting expectations of their consumers. They have squandered much of the goodwill they had built up from Feb 2013 to Nov. 2013. Lack of firmware features, game delays and what appears to be growing uncertainty with the WWS.
Yep, the JP team is too slow.
i agree they need to get FW updates out faster but LOL. They haven't squandered any of the goodwill they've built up.
Fnord
Member
And to think, back when the PS3 was new, Sony caught crap from most corners about all of the frequent firmware updates (and no, it often had nothing to do with the lack of content in said updates - they were updating with substance at a breakneck pace for a long while). That said, I want this update!
cripterion
Member
Sharefactory sounds a whole lot like what they have on Xbox One with Upload.
Release the darn update already, mostly interested in the preload feature.
Release the darn update already, mostly interested in the preload feature.
Interfectum
Member
Hyperbole everywhere!
Dead Prince
Banned
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Still no suspend/resume
Only feature I want.
BruiserBear
Banned
The best feature of Upload is that everyone's profile shows their most recent uploaded files.
binarymelon
Member
I really don't see how 1 statement you don't agree with is hyperbole everywhere, but ok. Maybe you were including your own post, I don't know.
My issue is 6 months in I have a system which I still look at as a great replacement for my PS3 someday. There's so much potential and also outstanding promises, given that this generation is expected to be shorter it would be nice to see some of it come to fruition and maybe a little more openness.
Edit: I should add, I'm still a little sour from when the Ultimate FAQ dropped two weeks before release and gave a lot of bad news on items they had been quiet on up until then.
SwiftDeath
Member
What I can tell you is that it is as close to being announced as it has ever been over the past 10 days
Ah so this FW update comes with a free copy of Shenmue III then? Sounds about right
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
It's slightly awkward since it was announced as gift with their "Thank you" to the fans. Now it feels as if it was lost in the sorting facility. "USPS, amirite?"
Handy Fake
Member
The best part of upload is searching by game and viewing clips uploaded by complete strangers.
UpUpDownDown
Member
People were bitching for info. They gave it and it's this now?
Unwinnable war. Lol
Bump with no info = sad face
Dead Prince
Banned
i think what they need to do is say upcoming firmware and not bother with the word "soon" (they can't anyways. i went ahead and trademarked the word and its relevancy)
i didn't trademark it
BruiserBear
Banned
Your real pic is amazing. A little too much hair gel for my taste. But amazing.
AnotherNils
Member
All I want to do is pull my recording off the PS4 and edit them. Is that too much to ask, Sony?
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
I disagree entirely with this point. What goodwill have they sat on exactly. It's not like they are sitting in their offices playing Lazer tag to not get things fixed or throwing lavish parties for sale numbers. People are working hard and constantly trying to communicate back to the community the details they are allowed to say.
Also the only expectations as customers we have is getting the update. They never gave any release date and pushed it back, so the expectation has not even been met yet. We expect to have it, and that's what they are doing.
Thirdly game delays and all that jazz is generally none of our business, business wise. Obviously there is a reason for it and it can be good or bad, but for the most part, all the game delays we know about have been for the better rather than worse. I understand people are getting impatient but being irrational as well doesn't help.
I know sSony has exhausted the word Soon but I can't be bothered to even worry about it at this point. I'm way too busy to obsess over an update right now. I haven't even updated my controllers for the Xbox One yet and I've missed two lol.
My PS4 is essentially the same PS4 it was on release date. No new features have been added. It really is a shame that a PS3 (which I sold a few days ago) is more feature-filled than a PS4. If I knew it would be like this I would have waited to buy a PS4 (like I did with the PS3 and PS2--the hype got me).
Ok...