PS4 Firmware Update Incoming To Fix 2.50 Issues? Sony Looking To Provide Uncompressed PS4 Screens

A few weeks ago, Microsoft launched a new firmware update for the Xbox One that allowed users to retrieve screenshots of their favorite video games in PNG formats.

[mushroomwig]

This would be so welcomed. I love taking screenshots but sometimes it's way too obvious how compressed they are.

[Xof]

I don't know why anyone EVER uses jpegs in this day and age. PNGs have been around for... more than a decade, at the very least.

Of course, the other problem with PS4 screens is the fact that they're automatically resized.

[Grievous]

PNG files are much bigger in size than JPEG files and for most purposes JPEG is an adequate format. It also depends on the compression, a JPEG can have a lot of compression or very little.

Sony should offer options, not one or the other. When browsing sites on my smartphone I'm not a fan of having to load 3-4 MB PNGs.

[Neonridr]

because the internet pages you browse would take 2-3 times as long to load up if you were using PNG's instead.

[Xof]

...I've never noticed that to be the case with PNGs.
Most PNGs I've seen or used are approximately the same size as JPGs.

I'm not sure what these 3-4MB PNG images are you're loading, Grievous, but I can tell you right now that most of the PNG wallpapers in my folder (1080p) are 600-800KB. I've got two that are about 10MB, but those are probably my fault somewhere (they're images I scanned from books).

And correct me if I'm wrong, but most websites don't load images as big as 1080p, or even close.

[Jedislayer]

Honestly, I never really had any issues with 2.50

[JoGam]

I haven't had any issues with 2.50 but the screen shot are compressed. Don't like that.

[krypt1983]

nobody was bitching about compressed screenshots until the xb1 screenshot feature came out and they wasn't compressed why is that just curious?

[JoGam]

@ Krypt1983, In all honesty I can't answer that question however I would say I didn't bitch about it. In fact I noticed the screen shots were compressed day one and wondered why it was. It would be fantastic if the screen shot were not compressed because the PS4 has some great games and I've myself took some great screen shots that I never can appreciate because they are compressed. Does it ruin my experience with the PS4? HELL NO. I don't really think anyone is bitchin, but if the screen shots can be uncompress, then great. The PS4 got better. But if they never update it to do it so be it. No shade.

[Khajiit86]

@JoGam

Couldnt have said it any better myself.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4...

Most of those on that page I took myself (Ajdee6), and after moving it from PS4 to phone to pc, I think they look pretty good.

[LordMaim]

Me either. What was supposed to be wrong with it?

[ziggurcat]

i'd be curious to know what issues people have been having as well since i've not encountered anything, personally.

[etebitan]

Ive had issues when putting my ps4 in rest mode... The yellow light blinks for hours and I have to disconnect my ps4 from the power source

[LordMaim]

Weird. Hadn't heard that.

[OpenGL]

The "What's New" page always says "Error" for me after placing the system in rest mode. Restarting it fixes the issue.

[ShwankyShpanky]

@OpenGL: I've noticed the same thing as well.

Aside from that, no issues. 2.50 came out at the perfect time... sus/res is a must for Bloodborne, and I immediately swapped R1/square & R2/triangle in the button customizer, as I'm not too crazy about having melee attacks on the shoulder buttons.

I would have liked them to make the custom buttons only apply in-game and not to the dashboard as well, but minor inconvenience to turn them on and off.

[Khajiit86]

0 issues for me even before 2.50 but if they can improve 0 issues for me then Ill take it.

[madcrabs]

Biggest issue I've noticed is that occasionally when I go to the menu screen I lose the ability to scroll down into the info screen on games and apps.

Also, not sure if its a bug or design feature but certain notifications can't be deleted, or have to be deleted one at a time. No delete or select all option.

I've had the "what's new" section error out a few times as well.

[bloodybutcher]

I haven't noticed anything. It did occasionally take a loooong time to get in the rest mode, but i am not sure, if it wasn't happening before the update too.

[SuperBlur]

Idk if its an issue with the fw or the game itself but ive had connectivity issues with gta v if i tried playing online after coming back from rest mode. Maybe R* fixed it, idk, i did not bother to try again.

[mushroomwig]

Same here, 2.50 is one of the best updates to date. No problems here.

[RiPPn]

Agreed which is why I clicked into this article, was curious what the hell they were talking about.

[Summons75]

My suspend doesn't work anymore, I'd say that's a problem. Netflix menu or a menu of a game I go into rest mode and it boots up to the dashboard all games/ apps are closed. Sony needs to fix this asap.

[Dark_Overlord]

I've had a few, from crashing when quiting games, notifications not popping till a full reboot and the XMB? being locked on the invite screen whilst playing Far Cry 4 :/

All minor niggles but very annoying at the time.

[WizzroSupreme]

You do right by your fans, Sony. Keep it up.

[blakstarz]

What's wrong with 2.50? I haven't ran into any problems.

[gameseveryday]

Could be a minor update. Stability patch may be.

[JoGam]

Yeah thats my only guess.

[Kayant]

Good lord gamingbolt

"#Ps4 update to fix some problem in 2.5 incoming" - Tidux

How is any way is this a justified "rumour" to report on.

Common sense is not insider news.

[OB1Biker]

And they manage to put MS in the first sentence. Only on Gmbolt

[deadpoolio316]

Maybe next time read the actual article...MS was mentioned because they allow you to take uncompressed screen shots, and the PS4 allows the same thing except they are heavily compressed....MS wasn't mentioned just for giggles there is a difference between making a comparison and fanboy garbage

[JWiLL552]

Most gamingbolt "articles" are just a tweet.

Occasionally, they really put some time into them and have multiple tweets referenced.

[Rikuson1]

I fucking love what 2.5 brought but I've been having Theme issues with 2.5

[Sokol]

I take screenshots in almost every game, having them uncompressed would be fantastic. :)

[Silly gameAr]

I like when these sites write about rumors as if they're fact. Been happening a lot on N4G lately.

[StormLegend]

Yes! this is good news. The update was messing with the Message notfications and Themes dissapearing after putting the system in standby mode.

[RosweeSon]

I don't really have any issues... Apart from that battery life on them controllers...still minor gripe they gave us a charge cable at the end of the day. All 10cm of it haha.

[Shazz]

been getting error in the system software after coming out of youtube a fair few times

[Double_O_Revan]

Only issue I seem to be having, and I'm not sure which device is at fault, but Remote Play on the PSTV sometimes lags now. The PS4 and PSTV got updates at the same time, so the problem may be with the PSTV. But I never had a single hiccup before these updates.

Otherwise 2.5 is fantastic. That Suspend/Resume feature is freaking amazing.

[PersonMan]

What issues?

Also, people have been bitching about the screenshot compression since the very beginning of the PS4.

[mochachino]

My screenshots normally look better than the game. It's as if they added post processing effects to make the colours richer and edges sharper.

[AstroCyborg]

copying ms again

[Skate-AK]

Hopefully the firmware fixes my crashing issue. I have been playing How To Survive: Storm Warning Edtion and it crashes everytime I continue my save file. No matter where I run on the island the game crashes after 3-4 minutes. It suckes because I am like 3/4 of the way through the game and I really don't want to start a new file.

[IWasHere]

I would rather see less compression in video clips. IQ of screenshots is good imo, they look great on my 46 inch Sony KDL-46W905. But videos are just around 6-9 MBit/s and only 720p at 30 FPS. 1080p and less compression and maybe 60 FPS would be awesome!

Of course PNG would be good and I'd like to see it but at first Sony should increase quality of video clips.

[Vanfernal]

For some reason every time I resume from rest mode I get an error report screen. Hope that gets fixed.