ftwrthtx3829d ago

Going to get this downloaded and be ready to update as soon as my PS4 hits the door.

cleft53829d ago

Grabbing my download right now before the madness that is launch day. I hope Microsoft does something similar for the Xbox One. It just makes sense to give people this option with how hectic launches can be.

guitarded773829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Damn good idea guys!!!

EDIT: Okay, anyone have a link to the PlayStation page where the download is located? I don't want to use their direct links at the terminalgamer site. Just want to make sure I'm downloading the real thing. Can't find the update on playstation.com.

LakerGamerEnthusiast3829d ago

I don't want to just straight away download a random link on a site I don't know.

I agree with guitarded. Can never be to sure these are the real things. does anybody have a link from sony ?

Jack_Of_All_Blades3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

I advise you all to use some cautioj here. As the normal site for downloads of firmware updates is playstation.com
us.playstation.com in my case

The site these files are coming from is playstation.net

Just a word of caution to you guys I sure don't want anyone with a bricked console day one. Greatness awaits!

Omegasyde3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

I traced the link and did a dns look up for you all to confirm links posted at this site are genuine.

Link for ps4 from this website(target):
http://dus01.ps4.update.pla...

Official link from playstation.com
( http://us.playstation.com/s...

Target link is:
http://dus01.ps3.update.pla...

Nslookup:dus01.ps4.update.pla ystation.net

Name: a192.g.akamai.net
Addresses: 184.180.124.16
184.180.124.34

NS Lookup : dus01.ps3.update.playstation.n et
name: a192.d.akamai.net
addresses: 184.180.124.195
184.180.124.144

Same IP range. Also did DNS lookup via dnsgoodies.com and

http://whois.arin.net/rest/...

NetRange 184.176.0.0 - 184.191.255.255
CIDR 184.176.0.0/12
Name NET-184-176-0-0-1
Handle NET-184-176-0-0-1
Parent NET184 (NET-184-0-0-0-0)
Net Type Direct Allocation
Origin AS
Organization Cox Communications Inc. (CXA)
Registration Date 2010-05-14
Last Updated 2012-03-02

This mean's this whole IP range is dedicated to servers leasing the IP from Cox (USA broadband provider).

No further information but, I know the IP origin is nearby Atlanta, Georgia. I am ~72% sure these are servers, hosted by a company in the area that Sony is leasing space from ( a server farm).

Being that the addresses are similar in IP range and that NSlookup turned up similar Aliases.

I am 100% sure the download is safe.

You are all welcome. And Yes, I have too much time on my hands.

Be forewarned, there is a possibility that this is not "last" official patch 1.50. There could be a patch 1.51 on Friday.

TLDR: Links are legit. Download copy, and wait and see if there is a last minute patch 1.51 on day 1.

ftwrthtx3829d ago

All download links come from playstation.net regardless of the platform. PS3, PS Vita & PS4.

I've had a PS3 since launch and figured out the download page for each console so I could quickly access the update file.

The PS3 used to be hard to get updated due to everyone and their brother hammering the site at once. This way I could download the file before the ensuing rush.

Omegasyde3829d ago

Just found out that akamai.net is indeed a cloud provider for Sony (and ironically Microsoft).

Links are legit. Playstation is a customer:
http://www.akamai.com/html/...

Ip's listed from download targets are registered with akamai.net (same company as akamai.com)

Ju3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Even if they weren't, the only harm it can do is hiding a trojan while downloading on a Windows PC. It sure would not install on a PS4 (CRC checks and what not won't pass). This would have to be a hacked firmware which I doubt is already out in the wild before launch. It sure can't brick the PS4.

rainslacker3829d ago

@guitarded

I downloaded the update a couple weeks ago directly from the Sony site with the Sony names in the url and all that.

When I downloaded from the US link(first one), chrome reports that it is coming from the same site as the one from a couple weeks ago(never cleared my download list so it's still listed there).

dus01.ps4.update.playstation. ne t although it has different directory structures after that. The file size is slightly larger for this update...about 12KB's.

NateCole3829d ago

Thanks Omega. You should be bubbled up for being helpful

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Lwhit63829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Hope it works and doesn't crash your brand new PS4!

blakstarz3829d ago

Copy it to your USB thumb drive, you can update that way too.

guitarded773829d ago

@ Lwhit6

WTF is wrong with you? Why would you even post that?

mistertwoturbo3829d ago

Downloading now, you're absolutely right. Don't want to try and download straight off PSN with the hundreds of thousands of people trying to log on at once. My KZ:SF disc can't wait!!!

Ju3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

I'd rather think millions...and f..k...I got KZ as download...I want to see how this will go over at launch. LOL. There will be smoke at Sony's data centers...

RCslayer3829d ago

Hopefully your Ps4 doesn't have to hit the garbage after you install this update from that site, when it isn't up on the Sony site.

TerminalGamer3829d ago

Because we know where the consoles look online for their update information and Sony always takes their time updating their website

Xsilver3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Im gonna replace the old one with this one alright now im ready for my PS4. But in the end ill wait for the one from the official Sony site.

WildArmed3829d ago

For all you folks waiting for the official website to update:

http://us.playstation.com/s...

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neocores3829d ago

Done took me 2mins to downlaod i cant wait :D

jonatan2213829d ago

My connection sucks, so it's taking me an hour LOL. Good thing I can get it now, it would suck to get my ps4 and then have to wait an hour to play it :[

neocores3829d ago

Damn that suxs might want to see if u can get a faster internet

jonatan2213829d ago

I can play online fine,(if no one is using the computer or connecting to wifi with a phone). It's just downloads that kill me lol.

SuperBlur3829d ago

hmm is this a newer update or something? i downloaded one a few weeks ago , from an article posted here.

TerminalGamer3829d ago

That was not a legit update from Sony

Neo Nugget3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

I'll just do it from the console ^^ BUT YAY it's almost here!!

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Diablo IV is Available on PlayStation Cloud Gaming - Beats Xbox to the Punch

Diablo IV is now available to play via PlayStation Cloud Gaming! Still not available to Play on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

We ran our script again and found 15 other PS5 games (a lot of popular ones!) that got PS5 Cloud Gaming support within the last month as well.

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Hugodastrevas2d ago

Not for me, I'm 100% physical media all of the time.

jwillj2k41d 21h ago

I hate that I have to keep calling this out, but your physical disks mean nothing if the game code attempts to connect to a server prior to playing.

Hugodastrevas1d 21h ago

And that happens when? I'm playing completely offline here, stellar Blade to be more precise.
I'm sorry but I've never run into that imaginary problem you're talking about, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it has never happened to me.

jwillj2k41d 21h ago

You not running into the problem yet has no bearing on my argument. You’re acting like the medium is the shield for you being able to always play your games when it effectively is not. The game code itself can try to connect to a server or the console you’re playing on may receive an update that requires that game to connect to a server. Just because you haven’t ran into it doesn’t mean anything lol you don’t own your games no matter how you try.

Hugodastrevas1d 20h ago

So I have never run into the problem you're talking about and your answer is an hypothetical? Look I can play any game of my library offline right now without issue.
That issue is in your mouth and alone.

Crows901d 16h ago

Actually...there's an easy way...don't connect. If it doesn't require a connection and you don't connect...the code can't update...obviously....confused why you don't get what he's saying.

outsider16241d 15h ago

Hold on..lets say i dnt have an online connection, can i atleast play the game offline though. Was thinking of getting this

jwillj2k41d 10h ago

None of you use your brains.

OK, let’s explore this playing offline. not talking about Diablo specifically just gaming in general.

Are you going to buy two PlayStations? One offline one online? If not, moment you want to play something that requires a connection you’re cooked.

Does game experience you love so much stay the same offline?

Is the game even playable offline?

The whole point of my argument is that we don’t hold the keys anymore. The gatekeepers are the developers and console makers regardless of whether it’s digital or physical. You altering your play style for a lesser experience is not a workaround, it doesn’t solve the overall problem.

None of this matters since the move to the cloud is inevitable.

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spicelicka2d ago

So you have to buy the game and can only stream to the PS5 devices using PS plus premium? What is the point of that. Much more useful when you can stream to other devices.

MrNinosan2d ago

Works great on my Portal while at work 👍

spicelicka1d 22h ago

That's streaming off your PS5, not from the cloud. This is specifically referring to cloud gaming.

CrimsonWing692d ago

Can’t you, uh, do this on your phone?

Tacoboto1d 23h ago

Sony doesn't yet have a web or app-based solution to stream games off their cloud service, the closest you may be able to get would be Remote Play if they allow cloud streaming during a Remote session.

And yes this applies to the Portal too.

Einhander19721d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

Tacoboto

Please stop talking about PlayStation Streaming, you don't know what you're talking about.

I just explained this to you the other day where you were telling people that remote play was their only cloud solution, because apparently you didn't understand how PlayStation Premium works even though PS Now was a thing since shortly after the launch PS4..

You can stream to PC and Mac, and they had mobile clients for it in the past but probably for the same reason Microsoft is fighting Apple and Google PS Now wasn't allowed on App stores. Which is why it's not on iPhone and Android still.

And to be honest, I am glad they are trying to keep it on the console, all their moves away from the console seem like a step in the wrong direction, which isn't working so great for Microsoft...

anast1d 23h ago

Blizzard is shoving this game everywhere. Diablo 4 is going to take an even bigger hit soon. Path of exile 2 is coming out and it looks insane.

Crows901d 16h ago

Well they're about to release the next season...I think that might be way they're pushing the game again.

anast1d 2h ago

I mean I get what you are saying, but D4 isn't doing that well either.

UnbreakableAlex1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

I completed it on gamepass. Thanks God I dint pay it full price. It plays like a lazy mobile game. I am not a pro diablo gamer (Diablo 1 was the only one I completed) but D4 has no atmosphere, no creepy feeling and soundtrack like the first one and its so easy, I managed to not buy any weapon and had 4 Million Credits on level 55. I always used the same 4 attacks from the beginning and died maybe 10-15 times. It's so easy, wtf. I remember D1 to be pretty hard.
WTF happened? Is Diablo 3 also that bad?

jwillj2k41d 21h ago

Diablo 3 was my first Diablo game. I had to use the mailbox cheats to keep it interesting.

Crows901d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

Diablo 3 was really hard at launch....then they made it easy.

They love scaling difficulty though.

anast1d 2h ago

D2 is the pinnacle. I still fire it up from time to time.

GrmpyolGamer 1d 13h ago

Considering that the PS cloud steaming is garbage compared to XCloud and is limited to certain devices this isn't something to brag about. Wake me up when Diablo is on PS plus

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers13d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken12d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g13d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing13d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H913d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola13d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66913d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle13d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg13d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos13d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola13d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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