PS4 System Software Preview – USB Music Player, New Home Screen Colors, More

You may already know that PS4’s upcoming system software 2.00, codenamed Masamune, adds some big features including Share Play, YouTube support, and Themes – but the updates don’t end there. I have personally stated in past blog posts that we listen to our fans. PlayStation has heard gamers when they say they want more ways to find friends to play with, and more ways to personalize their PS4. With this update, we’ve added a Players You May Know tile, the ability to listen to your music while gaming, the option to change the look of your PS4 experience, and easier ways to sort and filter your library of content on PS4.

[LeonhartX]

Yes!!!! Mp3 support finally, this feature will be awesome in GTA 5!

[vishmarx]

themes!! and i hope we get the korra theme with the pre order like ps3

[Abash]

Fantastic update, a whole bunch of features I actually care about and wanted!

[SmielmaN]

Agreed all of the above. So awesome

[uptownsoul]

I love the "Add to Library" feature

[NatureOfLogic_]

All of this and they still have more features to announce for 2.00.

[darthv72]

Support for your own music to play while gaming...nice.

this is something that will get used allot but those playstation gamers who never had it before.

I assume that additional video codecs will be added soon as well.

[LOL_WUT]

Oh man having read up on the upcoming X1 October update I was starting to loose hope on Sony's end. Good to know this will be just as great as the competition. The wait was definitely worth it! ;)

[chrismichaels04]

Sounds like a huge update. Well worth the wait.

[Mr Pumblechook]

I was expecting more.

One year since release and I can't even use my Blu-ray remote control for movies. And it's odd that mp3s can't be transferred on to the hard drive which makes me think there is a licensing issue. And there really should be the ability to play movie files.

[Ares84HU]

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Finally MP3 support. This was my most wanted feature!!! YES YES YES!!!!

It would be nicer if I could copy my songs to the PS4 so I don't have to use a USB but this is good enough!!!

Now let's add video support and friend notifications and I'm a happy camper.

[mgeezy313]

This really makes my inner gamer hurt because I miss my PS4, but I got rid of it for now because I swore into the Marine Corps and I'll need the money. Seeing this just makes me sad, lol. I'll have one again after boot camp, I hope.

[BG11579]

The code name of this update is called masamune. It had to be big to have a name like that.

[guitarded77]

Themes are cool, but I'm uber hyped for music support. I hope they have a system in place to play music with game audio for games that don't have a custom playlist option. Driving and fighting games are so much better with the right playlist.

[Divine]

finally ! i'll love turning on my ps4 even more now.

[aceitman]

omg, this is the best home console update ever, been waiting for themes and data backup on USB storage.shareplay and youtube. :))) , and also for those that want sony to hurry up with updates sony has to make updates on ps4, vita and vita tv to make them talk to each other. so it can take some time.

[remixx116]

Lol why the disagrees?

[aceitman]

I said the same thing. I happy for it. Maybe xbox fanboys

[Pogmathoin]

Well, every month when X1 updates, there are those who mock it, make fun of it and so on.... its just dog eat dog..... just ignore it. This is a great time for the updates... DLNA on my X1.... and all these features for my PS4..... I never have to leave my sofa again.... all I need is that loo teleporter from the Simpsons....

[Droidbro]

Superfluous opinion? Of course it will get disagrees?

[Jaqen_Hghar]

wasn't that important to a man but he's glad a lot of people are getting what they wanted

[TekKing]

Lol this music update is horrible. You need to have a USB device plugged in at all times just to listen to music? Even the PS3 could play music from the HDD and games like WWE & Tekken even supported your music by allowing them to be custom soundtracks in entrances & stages.

Now PS4 has a bigger HDD but less of a reason to use it. The PS3 is more of a "next-gen" console than PS4 at this point. On top of that the PS4 only has 2 USB ports and they will both be used up by a headset (like Sony's higher quality ones, not that cheap crap they give you) and one port to recharge the PS4 controller (considering it loses charge faster than the PS3 since they don't want to let people turn off that useless flashlight on the front of it).

I'm not sure how the Xbox One is with their music but it couldn't possibly be as downgraded as the PS4. I wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 only lets us use wired controllers.

[arkard]

You dont charge a controller the entire time your playing. I have one port for the headset giving me one port to designate for playing mp3's. I have a stand alone charger. Even if I didnt I would just unplug the memory stick when I plug the controller in to charge. The charge on the controllers is more than enough to last a gaming session. If its not there are bigger issues at work here.

[one2thr]

They give people what they wanted, since launch and some will still find something to complain about.

I have a ton, of USB storage devices at my disposal, and Im glad I dont have to sit and watch a status bar, to wait for all my music to be copied over to the system.

I speak for myself, I am more than happy with this method.

Here's to trying to download music via the Ps4's web browser directly to a USB storage device.

[Shad0wRunner]

Buy a USB hub. That solves the USB port issue.

Buy 2 controllers and a docking station. That solves the charging without cables issue.

Limiting MP3's and other media to a USB device, keeps your internal HDD free for games. Can you imagine how much space you would burn thru on your HDD...if you shared it between games and a media library? It was different on the PS3. Mainly because PS3 digital download games were nowhere as huge as PS4 games. You could solve this problem, by installing a bigger HDD....but not everyone will do that.

I keep my media library on an external USB HDD, anyway...so Im just greatful for the playback features.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

I have well-over a hundred GB of music. USB is $#@%! as a solution for me.

[blakstarz]

You don't have to use the USB port to charge the controllers though, you can buy a docking station that plugs into a wall outlet, therefore freeing up a port.

[user5669510]

dont even bother they are going to defend this to the death because its sony. i also find this dumb. i find it hard to believe people think this is better than just putting it on the hdd especially how many people on this site brags about how they brought a new hdd. if this was xbone the response would be way different, but we are use to it.

look at the excuses theyre making for sony that should put things in perspective. buy a charging dock for your controllers?lol classic throw more money at sony for something that was on their last console. i guess when you dont have a choice you take whatever scraps they give you and call it filet mignon

[Orange]

I love the USB device base music play. Keeps room free on the HDD (obviously), but it's much easier to switch out music. As said, buy a USB hub.

$7 http://www.amazon.com/Amazo...

[ZombieKiller]

I almost passed out with a smile on my face! So glad to have ALL of these features but YouTube and MP3 support in 1 bundlru?! SOLD!

No seriously, thanks Sony. That was quite a kick ass update.

[Iceball2000]

Why? GTAV for next gen will have 100+ new songs and new DJs and radio stations.!

[ZombieKiller]

Only really because I wanted a Batman soundtrack for Arkham Knight. Dude I play City and fly around to The Dark Knight trilogy soundtracks freaking kicking major ass. It's extended gameplay for me quite alot to have a customizable soundtrack. Looking forward to listening to some music while I drive the batmobile around Gotham too.

Call of Duty MP works well with a soundtrack too usually even though I don't play COD anymore (this year DOES look damn good though) so IF I decide to pick it up, I might want a sdk to shoot some people to

[sourav93]

I think I speak for everyone when I say "HALLELUJAH!".

[Good-Smurf]

That's awesome!
Too bad that I only listen to FLAC and WAV nowadays did this USB music support player those lossless audio?
To think Sony seemed to pushed and supported those high res audio on other devices including Xperia,PS4 should have that too!
Well MP3's gonna pleased most people anyway.

[LoTuZ]

USB player? Lmfao

[Gamer1982]

I think the mp3 feature is the real reason WWE 2K15 got delayed for next gen consoles. As you will be able to use MP3s for your custom entrances. The blog clearly says in a comment this release will be out in time for this years big releases. So it will be here for November. So its soon no doubt and WWE 2K15 needs this for custom entrances otherwise PS4 version would have that feature missing. I love picking my custom entrance music.

[mixolydian_id]

There's not a lot of supported codecs here...

Rip a disc from windows media? WMA default
Rip a disc to iTunes? AAC default.

Some people who don't care about file formats will likely have to start their collection again, or if they fownload via torrent, re download albums over again making sure they're MP3s to start with.

They better buffen out their codecs list sharpish

[OVOrizzy]

That's great and all, but where the hell is the PSN name change?!

[hiredhelp]

Tis why i love Sony they listen

[2cents]

DLNA???

Naughty naughty.

[C1yn3r79]

Awesome update! Only thing i haven't seen yet is the ability to pause downloads, maybe one of the unannounced features?

[3-4-5]

Congrats PS4 owners...sounds like a sweet update to be honest.

[Eonjay]

HELL YES!!!!!

[Thehyph]

Yeeeeeehawww.

I'm looking forward to this update taking 30-something games off the system menu and putting them into the library. Oh god it'll look clean like day one again.

[Eonjay]

Folder are also confirmed.

[dantesparda]

Where does it say that folders are confirmed?

[LonDonE]

Finally this sounds great! this is what i have been waiting for i just hope the friends list problems and laggy messages etc are fixed too.
Custom themes is EPIC!! now all we need is for Sony to give us these updates faster like the X1 and Microsoft.

I just want them to dam well hurry up and release it and give us clear release dates for updates etc.
This update TOOK WAY TOO LONG!

[chikane]

Wait so i have to keep connecting a USB with music each time i wanna play music on my ps4? why can i just save the mp3s to the HDD ??? So weird ??

[XtraTrstrL]

Because they want you to say to hell with it and just pay for Music/Video Unlimited. So they make it frustrating to do it any other way. There's no reason they couldn't make it so you could save it to the HDD. The same goes for DLNA, they are holding back on it to get more customers to sub to Music/Vid Unlimited out of frustration and there being no other options. It's getting annoying now. We pay for PS+ so we can get online on retail games, the servers have shown little evidence of improvement though. Driveclub is a perfect example, if even the devs closest to Sony are using their own crappy/unstable/inconsistent servers - why are we paying to get online?

[Kane22]

i love your awful excuses by the way.

[Bathyj]

Because plugging in a thumbdrive and then never touching it again is going to be so annoying right?

Yeah, its a slight inconvenience to have to do it but at least the feature is there now when it wasnt before, and its hardly so bad that someone who hasnt already decided to get Music Unlimited is going to suddenly do it because they dont want to plug in a USB.

God, you give a starving man a hamburger and he whines the bun has seeds on it.

[XtraTrstrL]

@Bathyj, You can call it whatever you like. 1 of my usb slots is taken up by the Gold Wireless Headset's dongle. The other I'd like to have free for whatever I like to use in the future, not to have both usb slots already basically permanently used up.

You are talking about giving starving folks something, we shouldn't be treated like starving men though. PS3 doesn't hide online behind a PS+ paywall and it still has DLNA and local support for MP3s and Vids. There's absolutely NO reason PS4 shouldn't have all that by now.

[Bathyj]

"PS3 doesn't hide online behind a PS+ paywall and it still has DLNA and local support for MP3s and Vids. There's absolutely NO reason PS4 shouldn't have all that by now. "

Im not disagreeing with that. Althought I personally dont need it, its crap those things we take for granted on PS3 are not on PS4. They should be there.

Im saying Sony are making an update that at least addresses a couple of these features and youre less concerned about the feature and more concerned about how theyre implemented.

If Im to understand this PS4 games will now have custom sountracks. Thats no small thing, Playstation has never had that except on selected titles. Now its across the board. Be grateful, a USB stick is a small price to pay for that added feature. I'm willing to bet if you asked 100 people if they wanted Custom soundtracks only off USB or NOTHING, very few would say nothing.

Bottomline, you have something good today you didnt have yesterday, is it that big a deal when you can easily get a USB hub anywhere? If it is, maybe you should choose nothing.

[Kane22]

i hope you know, even xb1 only supports music from usb.

[XtraTrstrL]

How does that help the matter? Not every issue with the next-gen consoles is a direct comparison between PS4 and X1. That just means Sony and MS are both screwing up badly. It's not like, oh, well MS is falling behind there also - so it's all good.

[pop_tarts]

@XtraTrstrL He only stated MS lack of HDD saving music because you used the Music Unlimited card which MS doesn't have that type of feature, so how is it that one company is doing it for a feature and the other isn't...seems one sided in your argument.

[XtraTrstrL]

@pop_tarts My point is that it doesn't matter why MS does or doesn't have the feature. It's that Sony does have Music/Video Unlimited that were perfectly integrated from Day 1, so despite MS not having it - Sony has a good reason to keep it this way for as long as they can get away with it without major backlash.

[Grown Folks Talk]

I hope you know Xbox One supports both video & music via DLNA.

[Kribwalker]

Actually, with the October update, wireless streaming from any dlna device including tablets and phones too.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/asf...

[Moe-Gunz]

No problem with me. Saves HDD space. I have so many games that I have to delete games/apps when I want to play a new one. I just hope it allows me to play music off of my phone.

[Brooklynbully718]

Yeah I know , playing music from cell will wish
Work for me

[Aleithian]

It doesn't say you can't do that. I'm sure you'll be able to save audio files to the HDD. But USB is more efficient in terms of saving HDD space. And given that USB drives cost pennies, it's a great option.

[Ballsack]

Yes it does say you CAN'T save to the ps4 hdd

Read the article properly

[spacedelete]

also where is the video player ? i wany to play my damn pirated videos on my PS4. Xbox One is getting MKV for crying out load.

[CernaML]

Derp

[arkard]

Maybe they are worried about letting you store mp3's as it could be a back door way to hack the system? I dont know if thats possible but if it is this would be a way to mitigate that.

[WitWolfy]

A minor inconvenience until DLNA launches... Eventually.

[Ballsack]

Themes

Mp3 playback

Ok kool Two things much needed

But where is suspend/resume and dlna ? And not being able to save music to the ps4s hdd is a bummer.

Its been a frigging year nearly,these are basic functions its not like we are asking for anything out of the ordinary...

[darren_poolies]

No being to save music to the PS4s HDD isn't that big of a deal. I'm still confused about the suspend/resume thing, it's not a feature I'm particularly bothered about but that was promised at launch and it's been almost a year no and still no news. I just want DLNA support and I'll be happy.

[Ballsack]

Suspend/resume...was promised in feb

Basically put your ps4 in standby, turn it back on and resume straight away from where you left off.

Ps4 only has two usb ports so i would like to save to the hdd,but at this point ill take it how it is as anything is an improvement right now

[Brooklynbully718]

Yeah this is a factor , and was like a promise from day one

[2cents]

Suspend resume is great!

Never really thought about the benefits but I gotta say its fun coming home in the evenings, Saying 'Xbox on' and seeing my Lamborghini in Horizon 2 just sitting on the highway, purring away, waiting for me to put the pedal to the metal!

It's amusing and quite convenient, saving some precious few minutes of faffing in menus.

[thereapersson]

Scott McCarthy said he is waiting for DLNA himself, but it's not quite ready yet. A Sony employee himself said he wants to see DLNA, so it's definitely not just the consumers who are pining for the feature.

[Patrick_pk44]

This. I need the pause and resume downloads, along with folders.

[Muzikguy]

I'm not too thrilled with this update myself. It has taken so long and this is what is included? Aren't the themes just different colors? Why no folders and just sorting in the library? I like the download to library button, that's about it

[swishersweets20031]

So when are we going to get DLNA support, a better twitch app, friend notifications, ability to save the music to the hdd? Sony slacking again.. maybe we will see these updates after another half a year of waiting for firmware updates with actual features. Sony your loosing my faith in your ability to compete with your competition. They are already passing you guys by with their own updates.

[Thomaticus]

We're celebrating now. Don't be a Debbie Downer!

There's always going to be more than Sony can do, but Sony is headed in the right direction.

[lemoncake]

This time next year we will get version 3 with two of those features. Sony have never been very fast with adding new features.

[darren_poolies]

losing*

[Muzikguy]

I agree with you swisher. Why are we getting a USB player? That's so backwards! XboxObe is getting a full media player in their update. This is sad update IMO. I agree they're moving forward, but this is enough to piss people off. What the hell are they doing with all this time? PSN keeps going down, this update2.0 is taking forever to get here and one full year after release we still are missing features like suspend/resume, DLNA, and others. The themes thing doesn't sound good enough (sounds like colors would be free but themes cost $), no folders for games already on the system.... I just don't understand what's going on over @ Sony HQ

[Deathdeliverer]

Out of everything you said swisher (who the hell still smokes those???) the only thing the competition has is DLNA, which is all well and good, but its something that can come later. Sony never had a "Twitch App" so it can't get better to begin with. Sony had live from playstation. It shows Playstation streams. If it showed all of Twitch it would be called... well... Twitch. Anyway, in my opinion Sony said the PS4 will be all about games first, other shit second. Everything that is in this update affects how you get to, store, organize, and ultimately play you games. Sure DLNA would be nice but to take the place of, say, play share? Hell no. Couch co-op games played online?! I can finally play towerfall ascension when my girl does not want to play? I can get a friend who does not have the game in a multiplayer session with me? Help someone with a rough spot in a single player game? All from the comfort of my couch? I'm a GAMER. That other stuff isn't even the sides. It would be considered, maybe how the food is presented on the plate. I'm there to eat, I don't care if the steak is close to the vegetables. I want the food to be good and filling. Same with my systems. Give me games and enhance the GAMING experience cause I want to GAME. I don't turn on my PS4 and say "hmmm time to stream videos from my computer!" Besides that, who the hell does not have a TV that has DLNA by now? Every TV in my house does that shit. I don't need a GAMING console to do what a TV should. Show videos, play music, show pictures.

[Mehmeh]

Lets write "game" in capitals one more time!

[PixelPro]

I too am a GAMER" and imo i dont see why having the best of both worlds isnt on the table, imo apps like Youtube shouldve been day 1 and unless im not using my PS4 correctly i have not exp' Share play yet and hes talking about features xbone has now. I personally would love dlna, media player and such even if i dont intend on using them but its nice to have if i in fact do need those features so my argument is : Always better to be feature complete or try to be on par w competition and in this case its good for Sony who will appeal to a broader spectrum of gamers as well as its growing install base it has already = myself included.
Look why must it always detour into fanboys clashing symbols etc etc? I own a PS4 but i do wish that we had some features that make things easier, more streamlined and feature complete as well as improved stability.

It just so happens that the xbone has some of said features but enough for me to jump ship , no but im not going to pretend that it doesnt matter or im a "GAMER" bullocks, More is better and credit to xbone to having done a good job w steady updates and pretty solid network.

Im personally tired of loyalty trumping reality and tbh my reality is that psn has been a mess, drive club even more so and w all the extra hp PS4 has been marketing upon w 1080 this and 1080 that it would be nice to see Sony put that cash into network so i can play them when i want rather than when my paid service decides to work . The honeymoon is over and share play sounds great etc but thats like BF4 map packs syndrome , screw the maps fix the current issues. I love my PS4 but dont like the stability issues nor the psn issues but these are my gripes and not trying to convince anyone to make them their own. I guess its borderline taboo and a crime punishable by thumbs down spams by fanboys to talk about such, how dare I right guys? Tbh i was never good at playing pretend so please forgive me.

I Haven't been on here for a very long time and didnt plan to comment but made a new account to try and knock sense into some of you. ive been a "GAMER" for a verrry long time and its sad to watch pure denial, blind loyalty and hate within the community.

Someone always has to start banging their console drums but guess what? Nobody invited you to the parade, enough with the bs lets keep it real and civil amongst each other because your only lying to self and people who share similar interests .

If your ok with Sonys updates? Fine but to make it into a less is better argument based on a word that you tout as if it symbolic some sort of achievement or something is just silly. Im "SAS" or a "CHARITY WORKER" then maybe one could sorta respect the bold outline but this much is certain = You are no better at being a "GAMER" than an xbone user based on a more powerful hardware nor do better apps or updates. .
Every gamer has his or her needs and wants and if your ok with PS4 features atm then thats a reflection of your needs and wants to which i can respect but not so much this approach of tossing the word gamer around as to say the other brand users are less than due to hardware ? So i guess i pawn you since my gaming rig is superior? See how irrational that reads/looks? Its just disheartening to see the perspective among this generation of GAMER.

Tldr version : fullapoo

Im a "GAMER HEAR ME ROARRR" (insert Homer Simpsons voice for full effect)

[Deathdeliverer]

Pixel pro what are you talking about? You're so defensive that you completely missed my comment. I basically, in long wronged fashion, said that as a gamer playing a game console should want game related updates and features first. Not go all haywire because non game related features are not at the top of the priority list. As a xbox one owner that constantly praises it, I like to call a spade a spade. Drive Club issues are embarrassing, killer instinct looked like Shit at launch and is a mediocre fighting game, and the Wii U is great just lacking in 3rd party support. You gotta realize, before you start "logging in to knock sense into people" that not everyone with a negative/positive comment is a fanboy that loves/hates the topic system. Battlefield 4 issues were EA related. Issues on every version period. Learn to point blame in the right direction. I never said I was fine with less is more. I said I was fine with waiting for anything not game related. Sony is releasing couch Co op with this update and people are worried about DLNA? As a game player to would think "wow, this is a first. A feature that is no where else that gives life to games with multiplayer but no online amongst other things." That's what shocks me. People complain about the extras (dlna) and ignore the main course. Your comment is so wild that it's like you went into a typing fit and forgot what you commented on. Or maybe you simply read and didn't comprehend.

[bub16]

Nice update!! Sony have been listening after all, a bit shocked with no mkv or dlna but we can't win them all I guess, any idea when we get this update?

[nitus10]

I think MKV which is rightly or wrongly associated with piracy may be a legal mine-field for Sony since they don't appear to have support for this container format on any of their products. Still it is no big deal to convert an MKV file to an MP4 file.

As for DLNA support most modern HDTV's support this so it should not be that much of a deal.

[jelydonut]

How do you play a MP4? Getting tired of dragging the PS3 into the living room every time I want to play a video.

[CoTton_MoUtH]

Uh owe!! We've got progress

Edit: Notice how SCE told us on Oct,16th-Nov,18th is on a Tuesday around the time of the 1yr anniversary of the PS4.

[megatron_78]

psn down....

[SmielmaN]

Yup... Just got home and wanted to try and kill some of those destiny "ninjas" for the special emblem..... Lame....

[megatron_78]

same here ..damn. wonder what it is this time?

[Kane22]

interesting cause i've signed in and out twice and its not down for me.

[Highlife]

Down for me Chicago suburbs.

[masterfox]

hell yeah!!!

[ssjkiet]

#StillWaitingForPSNNameChange.

[spaceg0st]

B..b.b.but they're 'Listening' to us fans! /Sarcasm ...I am, however stoked that now i can bump some beats while playing some bf4. Hope friend sign on/off notifications comes with this update.

[ssjkiet]

Still so surprised a feature like that... still hasn't arrived.

[Mornzie]

I'm just curious, do you only have a playstation and a tv in your house?

[spaceg0st]

@Mornzie... ? i don't really get the question. I have a 360 and a ps4 (sold ps3 when ps4 came out) and I enjoyed listening to music through the 360 player when i used to play bf3. As for the sarcastic joke i made, it was because they started out with the update information claiming 'because they've been listening to us fans.." and the psn ID name change has been a requested feature since forever.

[Remy_Chaos]

Yup that's easy money for Sony...

[Jaqen_Hghar]

Kinda weird they haven't put this in yet. A man really wants to change his name.

[Mornzie]

oh my god, RELEASE it.

Cannot WAIT!!

[DanielGearSolid]

Cool

[Aleithian]

HOLY CRAP! This update will be AMAZING!!!!!

That add to library for PS+ games is a GREAT idea.

[Donjune]

Sounds good. Can't get everything you want, but it's progress none the less. .

[Kane22]

at least your happy with what were getting for now. everyone else is bitching at the moment.

[StormLegend]

^_____________________^ Now that's what I'm talking ABOUT!

[Bennibop]

Seems like a really good update, Sony like to sneak hidden/ unannounced features into updates so may get other in demand features.

[migrateddoor]

WHEN IS THIS COMEING OUT.... DAM ARTICLE AFTER ARTICLE SAYING SOON SOON OK WE GET THAT GIVE A DAM DATE ALREADY... HOPE TO HELL WE CAN DL OUR MUSIC TO HD

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

Calm down... usually when they post articles saying previews it isn't much longer before it releases. But no you won't be able to copy music to your hard drive. You will have to copy it to a usb drive and then keep it plugged in. No big deal but I'm sure we will eventually be able to put all of our downloaded mp3s on our PS4's. Also they said this is not a full list of all the features this update will bring us.

[Brooklynbully718]

Yeah once people stop paying for music unlimited, we'll be straight

[migrateddoor]

No I will not calm down

[RedDevils]

Then calm your tits down then

[weazle]

Quit talking about it and release it already. I'm tired of just reading about it.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

They said this is not all the features that are being added in this update. So maybe there are few more awesome features.

[cell989]

Add to Library is much much welcomed for us PS+ users, gone are the days you had to download every PS pLus game before they expired and have them stored in your HDD. Very neat feature!!! my backlog of games will welcome this too

[RedDevils]

You can always press download and cancel it, you don't need to actually downloaded it

[cell989]

Very true, but this will be much swifter than downloading>cancelling> and so on

[russo121]

I'm waiting for mkv and dlna support as xbone 8(

http://www.clubic.com/image...

http://news.xbox.com/2014/1...

[Remy_S]

No local music player, damn. I hope they give you the option to download straight to the hdd like the ps3 in a future update. It still pretty ridiculous that both last gen media playing functions still surpass the next gen offerings.

[snookiegamer]

Yaaay!!! MP3 Support, Youtoob, Themes...Library Sorties. Finally!! This is totally awesome!!! ;o)

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Some nice items on the list coming to PS4.

[RedstonerMC]

DAT MP3 SUPPORT DOEEE <3<3<3 I LOVE YOU SONY I THINK I BROKE MY CAPS LOCK BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PaleMoonDeath]

Yes, that blue background is going to hell.

[PaleMoonDeath]

Also, music!! Finally, I wonder if we can use some custom background w/ the chosen colour of choice, I've waited for this update for a good while, finally some more solid info.

Just release it please, I'm ready.

[its_JEFF]

Great, I love these previews... but will you please just release them! I know that Sony isn't a software company like MS, but how are they that much slower than MS at these updates.

[poor_cus_of_games]

Listen up ms. This is how you do an update.

[OldDude]

I think MS has been doing just fine with their updates. Glad PS4 users are getting this though.

[Yetter]

bwhahahahahaha!!

Do you think anyone here can take a comment like this seriously after 11 straight months of worthwhile updates for the XB1?

[RedDevils]

I think MS has a better update with DLNA!

[poor_cus_of_games]

Are you still playing that same old song? Lol

[andibandit]

you forgot "/s"

[ashen122]

AWEEEEEEEE SWEEEEEET

[Majin-vegeta]

Was about to throw a hissy fit about no EXT:HDD support but then I read the first comment the artcle PRAISE ODIN there may still be hope

[IWasHere]

YEEEES! MP3 playback via USB and most important thing for me: BACKUP FUNCTION! No more problems with memory of my HDD. 2 TB is as well as pre-ordered :D

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

Hell yeah baby! MP3 support, youtube app, background themes and more?
yes!!!!!

[Shineon]

About time!

[plolas]

Though doubtful, I hope the update is the reason psn is down

[ziggurcat]

this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Bryan574]

What's with the USB only music and it has to be plugged in to listen lol.

[Bennibop]

Xbox One does the same, the reason it has to do it from USB is if you are playing music whilst playing a game the PS4/X1 cannot read the game and music simultaneously from the same HDD.

[Mrgolden79]

That is pretty lame if true. My PS Vita is capable of playing songs while gaming from the same drive. I believe the 360 allowed you to do that as well. You would think that this wouldn't be so hard to implement.

[AiirJordann23]

Can't wait so tired of the blue screen but why can't we change our psn id name? Please I need only one change every year

[Father__Merrin]

This could possibly be the best console update ever!!!

[bu3ouf91]

Look at all these positive feed back, Thanks for Sony and Scott MarkCerny for listening to their fans, Beyond !!

[Condemnedman]

Mean while I'm streaming movies from my server and watching 3d blu rays of my xbox one 😁

[Kingdomcome247]

Man, watching movies and trolling at the same time. Quite the multitasker.

OT:This is a nice sizeable update with some really useful features.

[Condemnedman]

Hmm well I thought about plugging in USB drive but that is so last gen!

[MALVAD0]

mean while i will insert my hd on the usb port of my tv and wala i can see hd/3d movies on tv insted of streaming and having 2 or 3 things on just to watch a movie 🙈🙉👍

[ThatIrishGamer]

Are usb thumb drives suitable to play music. I notice that they seem to take longer to copy files on to as opposed to USB Hard drives so just wondering if it needs to be a hard drive.

[one2thr]

Its probably a long shot, but I think this method to play music, is to prevent a possible "Jail Break", similar to how the Ps3 had.

Just a thought

[Bennibop]

Its because games are saved on the HDD and PS4 and X1 cannot read two different things from same HDD at the same time.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Reading through the comments I wanna point out the release window was hinted at through the blog writer, he states "We don't want you guys playing some of the biggest games of the year without the biggest update of the year" so I imagine end of the month or early november.

[marioJP87]

No custom photo background? :-(

[edwineverready]

call me old fashioned, but i really would like to play my cd's on my ps4.

[49erWildCat]

FINALLY MP3 Support!!!
To me by 2015 Consoles will have all missing features

[AaronMK]

Blu-ray remote..... please!!!

[plmkoh]

It's called "Enable HDMI Device Link".

No need to waste money.

[49erWildCat]

I Can See People Finally Rejoycing

[Ninver]

Awesome update

[lategamer]

Sweet. Great start. Hopefully updates are smooth, and Sony can keep up a good pace & stream of updates.

[Brettman2008]

From updated PS blog post:

Correction: Back Up Data, a feature listed in an earlier version of this post, is not part of PS4 system software 2.00.

http://blog.us.playstation....

[TURKEYonWH3AT]

When is this coming out? Anyone know? I didn't see a date in the article

[Rachel_Alucard]

As Scott states in the comment section "We don't want you guys playing some of the biggest games of the year without the biggest update of the year" translation late October, early November.

[Bennibop]

Fred Dutton on EU PS blog has hinted also that its coming the over the next couple weeks.

(@audiophile101 below) don't think PS4 is catching up with X1 from launch its been other way round. Still features like snap on X1 that are cool but PS4 features such as remoteplay and share play are massive selling points.

[audiophile101]

great to see the PS4 finally catching up to XBONE in functionality.

But in regards to music playback im sorry but i think they are still behind and have a ways to go.
Plus you cant even play MKV or DLNA so no pirated movies for you lol.

im still way happier that i got an XBOX one over the PS4. not to be a troll but because i just cant justify the cost of the ps4 for what i want

[extravalue]

to be honestthe ps4 is no way close to the xbox one in terms of OS updates

and this is coming from a ps4 owner

[bluzone]

Masamune is the name of japans greatest swordsmith. cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

from the sounds of this update good name

[audiophile101]

yes i agree, but however they are finally catching up pretty quickly so will be interesting to see what they both will be like by next year

[tulholdren]

Sweet another update sounds like this can only make my Sony experience better. Can't wait to DL this one lots of juicy things coming.

[buyakabuyaka6199]

Now THIS is great news. Hurry up please.

[Rattlehead20]

Where is the friend login notification?

I hate when a friend says he will be online soon, but have to MANUALLY check when.

[Stoff]

Xbox One is getting DLNA-support in their latest update! I think it's just of matter of time before PS4 owners will get access to it as well :)

http://news.xbox.com/2014/1...

[Bennibop]

It has been confirmed on US blog that it is in the works for PS4 but will not be coming in this update.

[OVOrizzy]

If there's more features yet to be announced then the PSN name change has to be in this update. Cmon Sony, wtf.

[King_of_Nothing]

I sure hope so, I am so sick of my PSN name. It boggles my mind that such a simple option for customers has never been implemented.

[Sparticus_1]

Name changing wouldnt matter to me one way or the other. Its not one of my wants or needs from this update. I can understand if someone made up some ridiculous name ..but why on earth would you do that to begin with..you knew you were going to be stuck with it. I would rather them add an option for a sandwich or a pizza.

[Sparticus_1]

We got things we asked for....quit crying....and for the ones that are crying...when do you graduate college? Wil you be making the next ps console? If not shut up...if it bothers you that much go to school learn the trade and build it yourself so YOU can get the backlash of what other people want......most gamers are becoming vaginas....sheesh

[1nsomniac]

Ohh the irony....

[Sparticus_1]

Indeed so son

[1nsomniac]

It's taken an embarrassingly long time for sony to get their act together on this but this update is a very good start. They just need to still add the promised launch feature of suspend/resume. Then video playback & some simple UI organisation & I think everyone would be happy.