Sony’s Massive PS4 FAQ Has Lots of Details

Will I be able to turn off the wireless controller without a system prompt or without removing the batteries?

What? PS4 users can voice chat with other PS4 users and Vita users, but not with PS3 users. Considering this is fairly late in PS3s life cycle I imagine it won't be a huge deal.

@nekusakuraba said:

Region-locking on the Ps4 works no differently than it does on the Ps3.

This September, for the first time, I loaded my PS3 with MP3s so I wouldn't have to listen to the crap rock included with NHL 14. The music just plays between gameplay and on menus, and I was really happy with it. No longer.

Just curious: Why?

Bonus question: How are you removing your batteries from your PS3 controller?

@professoress:

Because it's a pet peeve of mine for this generation.

Simple.

Fair enough.

Too be honest, I'm kind of a fan of the 360 battery pop. Makes me feel like a hackster.

It's like the softcore version of "turning off your system while this symbol is on screen".

I'm waiting for Kaz Hirai to tell me there's no CD/MP3/DLNA support because those are all last gen technology.

That sucks. My PS3 is basically my streaming machine, since it streams movies from my PC in HD. Bummer that PS4 won't work :(

I canceled mine due to the watchdog bundle issue, complained mildly and got $100 credit from amazon. Still Disappointed but after this list (particularly steaming capabilities) I am feeling more like just waiting on buying anything to see if they are any major hardware problems (rrod, etc)

I heard they were missing pause and resume feature too.. that seems kinda crazy considering it is a pretty deep feature in the OS.

Oh by the way, I am not sure about Win7 but Win8 has a "playto device" feature that allows video streaming to 360, I wonder if that will just hook up with the Xbox One?

That's DLNA stuff - they haven't said anything officially but I would be surprised if the One doesn't support it in much the same way the 360 does. (Though I'm pretty amazed the PS4 doesn't when the PS3 does so who knows what could happen)

so basically each week there's a new update on the PS4 until it's playing what the promised, this ought to make video game blogging amusing

The PS4 system does not support client functionality* for media servers.

*We appreciate your feedback and are exploring possibilities.

Well, hopefully they add it in the future. It seems like the ps3 didn't launch with such support until a later patch too. I'll have my ps3 remain hooked up for now, seems simple enough. Gives me a reason to play my back catalogue of ps3 games too.

Spotify/phone support pls.

Sony sure do know how to mess their fan base about. Seems they are just giving you a games console with less features than the current generation of console. They could do a u-turn on those features but i guess there will have to be a few major updates.

Why do you have to download the dvd/blu-ray play back feature on day one, should this not be as standard straight out of the box?

@markjw: Pretty much nailed that...

So this means no music while I play online shooters why the fuck

I thought Playstation players wanted a game system ONLY..?

Interesting indeed...

Also, MUH CEEDEES!!!

Maaan, they won't change that still? Fuck that. I would happily create a new PSN profile, if I also wouldn't have the trouble of having PS+ and bunch of money tied to my current account...