PlayStation 4 General DiscussionPS4 

  • Thread starter Sier_Pinski
  • 9,445 comments
  • 530,544 views
mcfizzle
A cool new feature that I haven't seen reported or talked about it update history or patch notes for games. When the game is highlighted in the menu press options and then update history and you will see patch notes. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to list the update version with the notes but good to know after a generation of patches and not always knowing what they did.

Edit: it seems it's up to the developers as Killzone does list 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 etc and the note for each update.
Click to expand...
That's a neat feature. I always check the App Store latest version and previous version updates prior to any purchases.

Be nice if the PSN store did the same for digital downloads.
 
Spagetti69
That's a neat feature. I always check the App Store latest version and previous version updates prior to any purchases.

Be nice if the PSN store did the same for digital downloads.
Click to expand...
As far as I can tell you can't check version number or notes from the store.
 
1 million sales in 24 hours? Not bad.

Sony is aiming to sell 5 million by March, and with all territories combined, I wonder if it will happen sooner than later.
 
A cool thing a friend figured out is that by clicking down your right stick while typing in the ps4 you can use the motion controls of the controller to type like you do on the wii. A guy at gamestop told me after we figured it out you needed the camera to do it but you don't. None of us have the camera.

The best way to type though is to just use your phone as a second screen then you can just use your phone keyboard instead.
 
I also just found it saves error codes under settings/system/error history. Not a big feature but convienent.

The What's New, recent activities and other social features work about 50% of the time if even that for me. Is it like this for everyone? Server issues?
 
I'm glad I am holding off for 6 months or so. Obviously the minority will always be vocal, while the majority play their games, but there does seem a bit of a common theme with these faults. PS4 doesn't work, just strip it down, pull the hard drive and rebuild it, it's like having a PC.
 
dhandeh
I'm glad I am holding off for 6 months or so. Obviously the minority will always be vocal, while the majority play their games, but there does seem a bit of a common theme with these faults. PS4 doesn't work, just strip it down, pull the hard drive and rebuild it, it's like having a PC.
Click to expand...
It's actually working better than you would think for a launch console. Except for the EA games everything is pretty good. I made a list of what 5 of us have encountered so far a little earlier in this thread. Seems pretty minor to me.
 
Last edited:
MeanElf
Isn't that their own troubleshooting guide though? Seems to me they're on the case.
Click to expand...

Yes but it is sloppy for quite a few units to be dead out of the box, it seems launch console batches are always rushed and production line / quality control goes slightly off to meet the initial shipment. All this stuff will eventually be ironed out but its a shame its a common theme with electronics today.
 
Robin.
Yes but it is sloppy for quite a few units to be dead out of the box, it seems launch console batches are always rushed and production line / quality control goes slightly off to meet the initial shipment. All this stuff will eventually be ironed out but its a shame its a common theme with electronics today.
Click to expand...
Does anyone know the numbers for faulty consoles? Last I heard it was .4%
Or are you just assuming its a bunch?
I don't think any gtp guys have a faulty one yet do we?
 
Waheed
As @sems4arsenal told you, where we live we don't have high speed internet, so if I'm playing online I don't want to be downloading anything. And 20gb games take a lot of time here
Click to expand...
I got you. Yeah, I haven't seen the option but I'm discovering new things every time I use it. I guess you will have to start the download when you are about to put it in standby mode for the night or something. Maybe it will get patched in.
 
Last edited:
mcfizzle
I got you. Yeah, I haven't seen the option but I'm discovering new things every time I use it. I guess you will have to start the download when you are about to put it in standby mode for the night or something. Maybe it will get patched in.
Click to expand...

yah the standby mode will be great for downloading at night
 
bevo
Does anyone know the numbers for faulty consoles? Last I heard it was .4%
Or are you just assuming its a bunch?
I don't think any gtp guys have a faulty one yet do we?
Click to expand...

That number was said by Sony in relation to what they expect up to march 2014 on/just after launch day. They won't have real numbers that quickly.
 
bevo
Does anyone know the numbers for faulty consoles? Last I heard it was .4%
Or are you just assuming its a bunch?
I don't think any gtp guys have a faulty one yet do we?
Click to expand...
Sony reported pre-launch PS4s had a hard drive failure rate of 1%.
 
Well my ps4 arrived a day late. Everything works perfectly. I'm even impressed with bf4. The controller is great and so is the UI. *goes back to playing bf4*
 
chromatic9
That number was said by Sony in relation to what they expect up to march 2014 on/just after launch day. They won't have real numbers that quickly.
Click to expand...

Unless they intentionally manufactured .4% of the consoles to be faulty. You know what they say... any press is good press.

/conspiracytheory

:P
 
Last edited:
Xbox One failures will be even grater than PS4. So there is nothing to be alarmed. Every game console had it own problems after launch day.
 
4
bevo
Does anyone know the numbers for faulty consoles? Last I heard it was .4%
Or are you just assuming its a bunch?
I don't think any gtp guys have a faulty one yet do we?
Click to expand...
It was actually 0.04% - I have just finished reading an article (below) that states there are something like 2,600 one star reviews, due to the flashing blue line - well, 26% of that...

That number is under 0.04% of the one million plus units sold: http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/18/5...issues-blue-light-red-light-of-death-ejection

So whilst it might seems like a lot, seems the numbers so far are under that faliure rate.
 
Last edited:

Similar threads

PGodia10
Playstation 30th Anniversary
Replies
7
Views
7K
05XR8
05XR8
Duke
Give me reasons to buy a PS5
Replies
21
Views
6K
hawkeyez
hawkeyez
GTPNewsWire
Sony Japan Discontinues All But One PlayStation 4 Model
Replies
12
Views
3K
Tornado
Tornado
PzR Slim
Sony Confirms Next-Gen PlayStation Features: 8K Resolution and Backwards Compatibility
3 4 5
Replies
123
Views
9K
Saidur_Ali
Saidur_Ali
Terronium-12
PlayStation 5 "Long-Term Supply Issues" Are Resolved, says Jim Ryan
2
Replies
30
Views
4K
Veinz
Veinz

Latest Posts

Back