Ovek
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Its not mentioned in the FAQ tho. Hopefully you can for things like save game backups etc.
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Its not mentioned in the FAQ tho. Hopefully you can for things like save game backups etc.
Damn you more calm than I expected.
This seems thread worthy to me:
"Across different games" suggests to me that their plan is to make suspending of games be something more than just for the game you're currently playing. Like you could suspend Knack. Start playing Killzone. Suspend Killzone and then resume playing Knack and have it be exactly where you left off. Anyone else reading it this way?
Seemed like it to me as well. The ability to play all game audio through 3.5mm jack on controller is also a big deal to me. Those are nice features. The good news is mostly being missed in favor of the PS3 features that aren't making their way to PS4 (at least yet).
cpp_is_king
Member
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but it's not in the FAQ.
It looks like having multiple PS4 in the same house will no longer be annoying in terms of being able to switch to a different room and pick up where you left off on a game.
It looks like having multiple PS4 in the same house will no longer be annoying in terms of being able to switch to a different room and pick up where you left off on a game.
Ovek
7Member7
This seems thread worthy to me:
"Across different games" suggests to me that their plan is to make suspending of games be something more than just for the game you're currently playing. Like you could suspend Knack. Start playing Killzone. Suspend Killzone and then resume playing Knack and have it be exactly where you left off. Anyone else reading it this way?
Yes, but then that's how I have always imagined it working especially hopping in and out of multi player games.
game2brain
Banned
thanks! atleast one good News for now
This seems thread worthy to me:
"Across different games" suggests to me that their plan is to make suspending of games be something more than just for the game you're currently playing. Like you could suspend Knack. Start playing Killzone. Suspend Killzone and then resume playing Knack and have it be exactly where you left off. Anyone else reading it this way?
It does read that way. I love that Vita has that feature for one game, but there's been a lot of instances where I wish I could switch between two games without losing my place. I wonder how many games the PS4 can keep in memory.
MMaRsu
Banned
Ehm its pretty fucking sad tho innit?? Cant even play mp3's even 5 euro mp3 players or cheap ass phones can do it. The fuck is this bullshit?? So far for using the ps4 as a media box, since you cant do shit but play games with it.
screw your music unlimited bullshit Sony gahhhh
im actually pretty pissed off about this bullshit.
These games are massive and could easily require upwards or 7-8GB of RAM when in use. That means for every game you suspend, you would have to write that 7-8GB of data to the HDD. I'm not really sure it makes sense, technically. I've always assumed you could only suspend one game at a time but this quote specifically says "across games".
Suzushiiro
Banned
I'd imagine it doesn't keep the game in memory, it dumps the contents of memory to the hard drive and reloads it when you want to resume, much like Windows' hibernate function.
SirMossyBloke
Member
No DNLA support is a huge blow to me. I could have sworn they mentioned .mkv support in the past. No I gotta keep using my aging boxee box.
Also, no mention of twitch streaming yet. Hm.
Also, no mention of twitch streaming yet. Hm.
Sure, but people are mad that PS4 - at launch - doesn't have all the features that the PS3 incrementally added over 6-7 years. Is it unreasonable to thnk that Sony might just need a bit of time to add some things?
Don't be a tease.
Raonak
Banned
Probably due to the way PSN inforamation is stored on their database, I'm guessing they're using the names as keys, so a name change and it would treat it as a seperate account. That said, some kind of alias system wouldnt be hard to implment.
startyourengine
Member
This seems thread worthy to me:
"Across different games" suggests to me that their plan is to make suspending of games be something more than just for the game you're currently playing. Like you could suspend Knack. Start playing Killzone. Suspend Killzone and then resume playing Knack and have it be exactly where you left off. Anyone else reading it this way?
if so, there must be a limit as to how many games you can suspend concurrently though. i still think it's just one game like vita
Wouldn't that mean every game you suspend would eat up GIGs of space? Wouldn't that be slow? As much as I want to believe you can suspend multiple games, this doesn't seem technically reasonable.
I would too. Suspending multiple games in memory seems like a technical nightmare. Maybe you could do it to where the game knows exactly where you were, kind of a save state, but then it has to cache up all the game data when you resume.
Yeah it sucks,it could get added down the line like it did with the PS3.
Ovek
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Nah it will compress the hell out of that. I always imagined say playing Knack and getting a message of a friend inviting me to Killzone multi-player and at the press of a button Knack suspends and Killzone boots right in to the game I've been invited to.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Go on...
Anyone that uses names instead of numbers as unique keys for database items has to be an amateur.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
The lack of DLNA surprises me... Oh well. I've moved onto having a PC connected directly to the TV anyway.
Not at launch, at least. No music (without paying Sony), no movies (without paying Sony), and no extra hard drive ever.
I presume they'll patch this functionality in later, because they aren't idiots.
Send you a PM with what I found out. I can screenshot if needed, don't know how this is normally handled since I never know anything
.This seems thread worthy to me:
"Across different games" suggests to me that their plan is to make suspending of games be something more than just for the game you're currently playing. Like you could suspend Knack. Start playing Killzone. Suspend Killzone and then resume playing Knack and have it be exactly where you left off. Anyone else reading it this way?
Jesus christ, playing two games concurrently? That's a whole 'nother level of multitasking. I guess it'll help the backlogs.
Send you a PM with what I found out. I can screenshot if needed, don't know how this is normally handled since I never know anything
Thank you.
I hate these kinds of posts. edit - spill the beans.
ConteZero76
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This seems thread worthy to me:
"Across different games" suggests to me that their plan is to make suspending of games be something more than just for the game you're currently playing. Like you could suspend Knack. Start playing Killzone. Suspend Killzone and then resume playing Knack and have it be exactly where you left off. Anyone else reading it this way?
Yep, that's exactly what it is (but it probably work with digital games only).
SolidSnakeUS
Member
MMaRsu
Banned
Im like this right now. Today i changed my launch console to a 499 kz+ds4+camera but right now i really may just cancel that preorder. It doesnt even have some of the most basic functions. Sony acting like idiots right now.
I'm hoping that MP3/background music is added later when they see how few Music Unlimited subs they get from the feature..........or, they could gain a ton, who knows. I can deal with not supporting USB hard drives(thankfully I have a Roku), but I can't see why this and some other features aren't in with the launch patch. I hope that it's because of features being lower on the totem pole for QA time instead of some other reason, but I guess we'll see in time.
I guess this leads credence to Edge's article stating that the XB1 is the superior multimedia console. Damn, this may have just caused me to keep my XB1 preorder. Too many days stuck on the ship between duty and overseas to go without media features like this.
Exactly. If it's all coming soon, then that would save me a bit. These FAQs have a habit of being blunt without much extra information so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this is taken out of context.
Oh.
preorder cancelled.
I guess this leads credence to Edge's article stating that the XB1 is the superior multimedia console. Damn, this may have just caused me to keep my XB1 preorder. Too many days stuck on the ship between duty and overseas to go without media features like this.
Exactly. If it's all coming soon, then that would save me a bit. These FAQs have a habit of being blunt without much extra information so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this is taken out of context.
Oh.
Xbox One
Send you a PM with what I found out. I can screenshot if needed, don't know how this is normally handled since I never know anything
Firmware is never set in stone. Hardware is.. DLNA support could be added as soon as Sony works in the code into an update, same with MP3/MP4/AAC support. I would assume that like any project, they have a list of features on a board and then they go through and prioritize everything and hold back features deemed nonessential for a subsequent release. That's how we handle projects at my workplace anyway. Everyone wants everything now, but things don't work that way.
I think what most people want to hear is that DLNA or MP3 support is coming. I know I'd be happy with the former, and especially with a general timeframe.
Zoe
Member
Fixed
chickdigger802
Banned
if I can't have hikari on loop, why even bother?
SolidSnakeUS
Member
SirMossyBloke
Member
Oh don't you start too lol. What do you know?
Awesome! Glad to hear these features will be put in the PS4 in the near future.
Thanks for this. I'm resting a little easier.
Good news, my not getting a PS4 is not set in stone either.
If Sony had DLNA support on PS4, I'd be buying it ASAP and turning my PS3 off and putting it in a closet someplace. Without DLNA on PS4, I'm going to hold off until sometime next year on getting a PS4 to replace my PS3 for my media computer.
As I mentioned in another thread, I've got about a terabyte of DVD rips (I own and possess all of the physical discs tyvm) and 60 gigs of legal MP3s, and being able to access that media on the PS3 is a crucial function of the device for me. I'd love to be able to use a new swanky PS4 interface to access all of that stuff, but if I have to keep the PS3 around, I'll just stick with it for now.
I'm not going to be the guy to tell my 4 year old daughter that her favorite movies have gone away.
I see Krauthammer spilled the beans to you. However, it is odd that they took such a firm stance in the FAQ.
Honestly, if there is anything about this coming very soon and the didn't word it like that then this is a PR oddity.
Don't leave me hanging bro, spill it.