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Rank your most desired PS4 firmware features

Suspend would be amazing as when they talked about it they were making all my dreams come true, something I've wanted since I was able to do it on DS and even GBASP before.

..but something as simple as a proper download system, download history or even MP3/4 playback would be great, you know stuff the PS3 already has.
 
DLNA.

It would finally allow me to retire my PS3 to the bedroom. Seriously Sony don't make me buy a Roku for up there.
 
-Media playback of files (via USB/HDD, JPEG/MPEG container support; would include Custom Soundtracks here as games already support it)
-Expanded support for Sharing (save to HDD, save video to other services, uncompressed screenshot support)

These two for mostly the same reason: it's ridiculous that I have to create a fake facebook account just to get my screens and videos off of the PS4.

-Sorting and filtering through the Dynamic Menu interface (everywhere)
-Custom folders / "pinning" UI tiles

I've got hopes that the Library category will be updated into an easy to organize list of all our digital content at some point. Not that it matters if I have to re-buy all my PSOne and PS2 Classics, 'cuz I'm not gonna.

-UI customization options (background color/image, display preferences)

Obvious, and should have already been included.
 
1.Disabled HDCP

2.Media playback of files (via USB/HDD, JPEG/MPEG container support; would include Custom Soundtracks here as games already support it)

3.Ability to change username at will (perhaps with small fee)
UI customization options (background color/image, display preferences)

4.Expanded support for Sharing (save to HDD, save video to other services, uncompressed screenshot support)

5.More goddamned avatar choices
 
These are my five choices.

  • 1. More control over download order/status/priority
  • 2. Suspend/Resume from Standby
  • 3. Option to dim the DS4 lightbar
  • 4. Sorting and filtering through the Dynamic Menu interface (everywhere)
  • 5. Option to remove 3rd party apps



Download priority/status because my internet is shit slow and due to being overseas I'm going to be buying mostly digital on the console. queue management is simply a necessity in order to make digital a viable option for me.

Suspend/Resume because I adore the functionality on the Vita and I find often myself wanting it on the PS4.

Lightbar mainly to increase battery life. The light itself doesn't bother me TBH

Sorting and filtering because I would really like to organize my games into a static folder system. Don't really like the whole dynamically changing layout structure of it. It drives the OCD in me a little nuts.

Third party apps removal because I'm sick of seeing shit i will never use on my screen.


HOWEVER, if any of this stuff causes an OS slowdown I can due without because the speed of the OS is amazing and it is by far my favorite thing about the console so far. It is seriously mind blowing switching back and forth between PS4 and PS3 for Dark Souls 2.
 
1. Media file playback (.mpeg, .avi, .mkv, .mp4, etc...).
2. DLNA
3. Custom File Organizational Options
4. Turn off the battery wasting light bar.
5. Remove/delete apps. Its asinine Im required to have a Redbox tile that I'll never use in a million years, for example.

Its ridiculous these capabilities are missing, all should have been no-brainers at launch. The fact they are still missing is baffling.
 
My biggest issue is there's no scope for grouping friends. Checking to see if specific friends are online is way too slow with such expanded numbers. Being able to group friends, order the groups and prioritise them (say, check who is currently online from the 'Killzone' group for example) would be very useful, particularly if you could select functions per group (notify when online/offline for example). This is my major beef with the OS currently.

As for the list:

  • Better Friends List support (notifications, more comms/social options)
  • Expanded support for Sharing (save to HDD, save video to other services, uncompressed screenshot support)
  • DLNA support
  • More comprehensive Blu-ray playback options
  • More goddamned avatar choices
 
I could not give 2 shits less when the things in the OP's list show up.

Here's my top 10 list of what needs to be added to the PS4's Firmware

1. Bluetooth headset support.
2. Bluetooth headset support.
3. Bluetooth headset support.
4. Bluetooth headset support.
5. Bluetooth headset support.
6. Bluetooth headset support.
7. Bluetooth headset support.
8. Bluetooth headset support.
9. Bluetooth headset support.
10. Native MKV playback.
 
2.Media playback of files (via USB/HDD, JPEG/MPEG container support; would include Custom Soundtracks here as games already support it)

DNLA support.
 
Ok here is the new list as of post 311.

The top 5 are fairly solidified so these could informally be taken as GAF's top 5 requests for PS4 firmware. 5 and 6 might change places (DLNA).

- - - - - - - - -
Suspend/Resume from Standby
100

Media playback of files (via USB/HDD, JPEG/MPEG container support; would include Custom Soundtracks here as games already support it)
81

UI customization options (background color/image, display preferences)
69

Custom folders / "pinning" UI tiles
62

Expanded support for Sharing (save to HDD, save video to other services, uncompressed screenshot support)
56

DLNA support
53

More control over download order/status/priority
42

Sorting and filtering through the Dynamic Menu interface (everywhere)
39

Option to dim the DS4 light bar
36

Better Friends List support (notifications, more comms/social options)
33

3D blu-ray support
29

Ability to change username at will (perhaps with small fee)
21

Disabled HDCP
14

Option to remove uninstalled 3rd party apps from view
14

An official media remote
11

More comprehensive Blu-ray playback options
10

Some kind of Harmony Remote support
9

Touchpad support for virtual mouse in web browser
8

More goddamned avatar choices
8

More comprehensive HDMI-CEC support (Netflix etc)
5

Audio CD support
5

Printer support
0 :)

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The only thing that garnered anything past one or two votes that wasn't on the list:

PS1/2 emu
7
 
Nice work.

It probably could be filed under Sorting and filtering through the Dynamic Menu interface, but the Library really, really needs to be sortable, even if it's only alphabetically. It was awful trying to find something from the dl list on PS3, it really should be much easier when that list is available on the Menu. Without sorting options or a search function I can only seeing it being even worse.
 
  • Suspend/Resume from Standby
  • DLNA support (assuming this would also allow local playback options anyway)
  • More control over download order/status/priority (I would already be happy with a pause/resume function)
  • Expanded support for Sharing (save to HDD, save video to other services, uncompressed screenshot support)
  • More comprehensive Blu-ray playback options (in particular I want to be able to multi-task/suspend, currently you have to load up the disc from the fucking start if do something as little as going to the menu to check your PSN messages)



Regarding mp3 for custom soundtracks, first of all the feature should be working at all. Currently you have the music playing over the game w/o the game's OST being muted.
If it's due to a MS patent, this may never come though...
 
1) Custom folders / "pinning" UI tiles
2) UI customization options
3) Option to dim the DS4 lightbar
4) 3D blu-ray support
5) Resume from standby/suspend

There is no reason the PS4 cannot do this. The PS4 had some UI customization and 3D blu-ray support. How do they end up taking a step back. Vita has custom folders, why not the PS4?
 
Now this is the basic layout of a Nordic keyboard on PS4 (imagined by Sony):

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What's missing are the ÖÄÅ keys which are hidden under L3 submenu:

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This is fundamentally the same as hiding the e.g. A and R from the standard US keyboard under a submenu.
It makes everything slower to write because we use those letters a lot, So, I just skip the ÖÄÅ while writing which looks stupid but is faster. Now there is plenty of screen space to have them, but they are not there. Why?
The same thing is present even in the Playstation Vita. Under a stupid separate button and menu.

This is the PS Vita Japanese keyboard layout. I can write in romanji and it automatically translates them into hirakana or katana. It's faster for typing some characters such as a lowercase TSU and other double letter combos.
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But, on the PS4 I am tied to using either hirakana only keyboard, or writing straight roman characters that don't offer that standard conversion of characters (basically making it a US keyboard).

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I have to say that this is a very lazy approach for offering "customized" keyboard layouts for different countries. Putting all the non-US letters under a single menu is stupid, reeks of ignorance of the different ways to write and should be changed. This has already been like this for years. Change it already, please.

Who do I send this to? Who in the world would listen to me ranting about this?

EDIT: And as I didn't clearly read the OP, this ended up in a poll thread, but I'll leave it as is.
 
  • DLNA support
  • Custom folders / "pinning" UI tiles
  • Expanded support for Sharing (save to HDD, save video to other services, uncompressed screenshot support)
  • 3D blu-ray support
  • Better Friends List support (notifications, more comms/social options)
  • More comprehensive Blu-ray playback options
  • Some kind of Harmony Remote support
 
Suspend/Resume from Standby
Media playback of files (via USB/HDD, JPEG/MPEG container support; would include Custom Soundtracks here as games already support it)
Option to dim the DS4 lightbar
An official media remote
Custom folders / "pinning" UI tiles


heh.
 
-hiding online status ( just got home from hospital with new baby-my gaming time is very limited to a few hours in the morning now- I don't want to wake her by blabbering in an online game)
 
I could not give 2 shits less when the things in the OP's list show up.

Here's my top 10 list of what needs to be added to the PS4's Firmware

1. Bluetooth headset support.
2. Bluetooth headset support.
3. Bluetooth headset support.
4. Bluetooth headset support.
5. Bluetooth headset support.
6. Bluetooth headset support.
7. Bluetooth headset support.
8. Bluetooth headset support.
9. Bluetooth headset support.
10. Native MKV playback.

lol you have same list except for No 10 as my best mate :) i keep trying to tell him to use Sony wireless headset though
 
-hiding online status ( just got home from hospital with new baby-my gaming time is very limited to a few hours in the morning now- I don't want to wake her by blabbering in an online game)

First : congratz, your gaming time isn't coming back any time soon

Second : can't you just refuse invitations?
 
"• Audio CD support"

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait ... wait a second.

Are you telling me that if I put any of my store bought CD's into my PS4 to listen to over my big speakers, that it won't work? That PS4 can't play a damned CD?

Surely I'm misunderstanding. I mean mostly I'll watch bluray concerts as opposed to listening to old CDs these days, but I never expected this wouldn't work? Wth?
 
  1. 3D blu-ray support
  2. Audio CD support
  3. Option to dim the DS4 lightbar
  4. Suspend/Resume from Standby
  5. An official media remote
 
  • Suspend/Resume from Standby
  • More control over download order/status/priority
  • Custom folders / "pinning" UI tiles
  • UI customization options (background color/image, display preferences)
  • Touchpad support for virtual mouse in web browser
 
"• Audio CD support"

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait ... wait a second.

Are you telling me that if I put any of my store bought CD's into my PS4 to listen to over my big speakers, that it won't work? That PS4 can't play a damned CD?

Surely I'm misunderstanding. I mean mostly I'll watch bluray concerts as opposed to listening to old CDs these days, but I never expected this wouldn't work? Wth?
Nope, you're not misunderstanding at all.
 
Media playback of files
Ability to change username at will (perhaps with small fee)
More control over download order/status/priority
3D blu-ray support
Suspend/Resume from Standby
 
the ability to pause and resume individual downloads, also the ability to disable automatic updates for some games for example, i don't want to be greeted with the COD 2GB patch every time i start it up. the suspend and resume feature from standby that we were promised is no where to be seen. customizable UI, from manually sorting games to changing wallpapers. the UI is super cluttered even though i only have 10 games, imagine how it will look like after a year from now.

edit: i forgot to mention adding media features like music, images and videos with supporting a wide range of formats.
 
My five:

Sorting and filtering through the Dynamic Menu interface (everywhere)
More control over download order/status/priority
UI customization options (background color/image, display preferences)
Better Friends List support (notifications, more comms/social options)
3D blu-ray support& More comprehensive Blu-ray playback options

Bonus sixth:

Ability to change username at will (perhaps with small fee)

I should note having invested in Smart TVs I have no intention of using my PS4 for any media beyond Blu-Rau playack - no Netflix, Youtube, music, noting else - hence my focus is on gaming/blu ray only.

I do think they should beef up broader media support though for others but its no longer a priority or concern for me. I haven't even installed any of the supplied media apps.
 
1. Media(MP3s, pictures, etc)
2. PS3 friends list*
3. PS3 friends list
4. PS3 friends list
5. PS3 friends list

*no separate menu, just a scroll bar at the end of the UI like PS3's.
1 list, offline not separated.
offline users ordered by last online date.
 
I would most want in the near future

Suspend/Resume from Standby

Media playback of files

Ability to change username at will (perhaps with small fee)

More control over download order/status/priority

Expanded support for Sharing (save to HDD, save video to other services, uncompressed screenshot support)
 
The ability to create folders and organize my games. But the PS3 never got this (just the "separate by PSone/PS2/PS3" folder option), so I don't have much hope for the PS4. I can do it on the fricken 3DS, Sony.
 
The ability to create folders and organize my games. But the PS3 never got this (just the "separate by PSone/PS2/PS3" folder option), so I don't have much hope for the PS4. I can do it on the fricken 3DS, Sony.

You could if you assigned them to a custom "album".

Keyboard guy up there is gonna make me recount the vote again ;)
 
Ability to install Homebrew apps like XBMC. Otherwise it is just a shitty computer that I will only use for console exclusives that sits next to my decent HTPC that I use for everything else.
 
Ability to install Homebrew apps like XBMC. Otherwise it is just a shitty computer that I will only use for console exclusives that sits next to my decent HTPC that I use for everything else.

Make it a PC! Otherwise I will... use my PC!
 
PS2 Classic capability
PS1 Classic capability
PS Now

Basically, anything else that will let me play more games. All I care about out of my console.
 
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