It will be like Gran Turismo HD all over again, the day everyone was downloading the same thing all at once. This will be a good test of whether Sony's "We are fixing PSN" talk has truth to it. I have no doubt that Xbox Live will be up and running when the Xbox One launches, but I give PSN a 50/50 chance of being on fire come November 15.

@gw305: seriously

Oh by the looks of it HDCP will be removed in a firmware patch after this. Early 2014?

So high five to the bombers who have HDCP scrubbing equipment at the ready, let's have fun together..

But who wouldn’t be connected to the Internet

More than enough people to be more than a little incensed about DVD/Blu-ray playback being a part of that patch.

I was originally thinking what @cikame said, but you bring up an excellent point. (comment section of something on the interwebs being constructive, another reason I love Giant Bomb)

most of those features were probably done in time to be shipped with the machine, in fact they may actually hvae been. requiring the day 1 patch to unlock em is just a clever way of making sure everybody will grab that day 1 update.

What about the PS Camera? it's not on the list, and it's gotta work from day one because Playroom is on every PS4 day one. If things like the BD player don't work, why would the camera?

I think they're withholding these features. Possibly they want a ping from everyone day one. Maybe they wanna see how people connect with it. I'm sure they'll allow you to patch from anything else that has access to the internet, including your phone.

This thing better not be like Dota... that game patches every freaking day it seems... sometime twice a day... guh...

Makes sense, they had to start production of the units before any of this stuff was finalised i guess.

Surprise Surprise. Gaming media sites aren't demonizing the PS4 for something so preposterous and atrocious! as a day one patch to get , of all things, online multi-player to work.

Microsoft supporters, go stand over there so we can discredit you at every turn. Sony, come over here and get your free pass. Gotta love media outlets! Sony is too "cool and hip" to discredit, the kids love the ps4!

They will probably put the update in some games, like Microsoft did when they changed the dashboard.

Coming in hot indeed

All this means is they've been manufacturing this system since before they had all these features completed in the OS, which means there will be a LOT of systems at launch. This is good news.

Guess what, the day I bought my video card it had a patch. HOLY SHIT!

People are so freaking hyperbolic about this stuff.

@freedomtown: Are you kidding? When has anyone EVER been able to play online without the latest firmware? If you're concerned about playing online, then you have internet and you'll get the patch!

The Xbox One Day One patch must be downloaded in order to play offline. Seriously.

Maybe some games will carry this update on the disc as well?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but PS3 also had firmware update at launch.

SONY and MS also wants to know how many consoles were sold and connected to boast numbers.

This was an expected thing? I believe there will be many upgrades in the first year

time to grab a hot cup O coffee and read all the coments saying how it is acceptable for Sony to this but not for Microsoft

http://uk.playstation.com/ps3/support/system-software/detail/item650388/Update-features-%28ver-4-50%29/

Do we know if the games take up all of the Blu-ray's storage? If not they could include this firmware with every physical game like they did with UMDs.

Wouldn't Sony allow you to download the patch on a computer and install it on the PS4 from a USB stick or something, if you truly do not have Internet access on your PS4? That was possible with the PS3 at least.

What gets me is the version number; HOW CAN A NEW SYSTEM ALREADY BE AT VERSION 1.50? I also don't care if there's a day one patch, mainly because it's 2013 and I'm connecting to the internet anyway so what do I care?

I really hope that "$ony" becomes the new "Micro$oft". I really do.

WELL, hope their servers aren't shitting the bed day one so I can make use of the features that actually make it a PS4

What about the troops?

So they're putting in all the functionality they didn't need in the dev kits.

Won't someone, ANYONE, think of the children!

that's a real bummer. I know most people won't care but it will affect some people. As long as it plays my game out of the box I won't really care. If I have to USB a firmware update to play day 1 I'm going to be pissed, box it up, and return it as defective.

We live in a weird time. Consoles comin' in hot, guys!

This. If the PS4 does this it would be nice to have the patch out a few days before launch so us crazy people have it downloaded and ready. Hell if PSN does get completely destroyed, I could see the Giantbomb / Gamespot offices sharing a USB stick to update all of their PS4's. As annoying as it is, the USB thing could be a decent backup plan for launch woes. (Watch it not be supported lol)

"Look at you nerdy PC virgins with your constant patches and stuff, I just put a disc in and fucking PLAY THAT SHIT!"

I miss those days. Now we are all equally fucked.

Wait, standby suspend resume, where did you go?

Well, you can still play the games just fine, right? Both single player and local multi. And you only have to patch (this patch) once.

So that's still a million times better than "always online".

Yikes, day-one patch to watch Blu-ray/DVD's? Shouldn't that be part of the system's firmware core? What next, day-one patch to use the controllers? I'm not surprised at a day-one patch, but I am surprised at a couple of features requiring it. Hopefully, by the time I pick one up next year, these stumbling blocks will have been fixed (and a whole new set will be in play).

Sony has day one patch, everyone be like "Well who isn't online anyway?"

Microsoft has day one patch, everyone be like "Fucking fail console, M$ suck! Releasing half a console BWUAAAAAAAA!"

Hey, I'm just sayin'.

Well I hope that they could at least put this on the box for those who might not have internet. And later make it standard it upgraded firmware as fast as possible. At least for remote play, music and blu-rays.

You know, I never agreed with the complaints on the PSN's speed. Where I live (in the deep south) it's always been pretty fast. I currently have 50 mb broadband from Comcast, but even 5 years ago when I had an 8 mb connection it was always fine. Wonder what the deal is with the Bay area?

Edit: inb4, I know my speed isn't the only factor, just throwing that out there. I know Arthur Gies from RebelFM/Polygon has complained about the PSN's slow speeds despite having something ridiculous like a 150 mb service at home.

@clonedzero:

@jayjonesjunior:

That was the logic in general when it came to Xbox One, but, apparently, since it's Sony doing it now it's a really good thing. I guess no one has to mention the military personnel or people who can't afford internet connections when Sony requires the internet to use their system. They are very similar systems, both will push digital downloads as they should and that digital content will have DRM on both systems as they do now. But we had to have a holy war when the evil MS did it, but everybody trusts and loves Sony, so when they do it, it's a great and welcome feature. I am buying both systems and I want digital.

All that for a small firmware patch? WTF is wrong with you Killzone Mercenaries...

Yes, things were so much better when broken things stayed broken forever.

last year there was a solid month of bitching about Nintendo's day 1 Wii U patch. Not like so much bitching it was the biggest deal, but every chance anyone had, they brought it up, and it was annoying. Lets not be retards again.

Xbox One has a day 1 - it changes the original firmware to suit the changes MS has made since the original annoncement of the system. (the cloud, used games, etc.) Xbox One also has a mandatory online activation.

But this is perfectly normal, given the reality of manufacturing and distribution. Having a day one patch means that the firmware teams for both systems had additional months to work on the software end.

Also, I wonder if PS4 discs will have recent firmware on them. This patch is a special case, since all the games will be printed before its release - but often a game will have the current firmware on its disc.

Though as far as PSN speeds go, I don't have crazy fast internet (just the basic 20mb down from my ISP), but once I switched my PS3 to a wired connection, my download speed became comparable to that of my desktop PC downloading from Steam. I get the feeling a lot of the speed issues people have may be attributed to the PS3's wireless hardware, or possibly some spotty connections between PSN and certain ISPs.

Id bet the ability to play movies is already there they are just blocking it so that they are sure everyone has to get the patch to do anything

LOL@ the butthurt microsoft fanboys trying to say we should be angry about this.

An OS update? Over the internet? Sure guys, totally shocking.

Also TOTALLY the same as Microsoft trying to dictate that they should have a live, always on internet connected webcam feed in your living room.

Try harder, you're not going to get very far by claiming we should be upset for Sony giving us product support.

Day one patches for consoles are a thing now. Let's all un-celebrate!