No idea, I was just pulling dive’s chain.
But it would fit in with how they’ve been doing things, adding stuff like trophies and then selling it back to you. I could see it happening. I wouldn’t want one though.
I always assumed “backwards compatibility” meant compatible with the physical disc.
Not that it means much anymore. So many games from the PS3 era onwards need patches even with the physical disc for bug fixes, DLC and so on. Then there’s game with always online checks, games that are mostly multiplayer anyway, etc.
LockerK
3625
I’ve got so many digital PS1 and PS2 games from various sales that even digital BC would be great. But yes, physical as well please.
New PS4 Pro owner question. Can I access drives on my local network? Tried two different thumb drives and both are visible, but copying media over errors out. I have a WD My Book attached to a PC (preferred) and a WD My Cloud on the LAN. I just want to extract screenshots and video. (Uploading to services works fine, but that’s not ideal.)
I will totally buy a PS5 day one if it is BC!
I got the Xbox One because I had chosen the 360 in the previous generation and so it just felt like the natural thing would be to get its successor. But if wasn’t for the amazing job with BC that MS has done, I would be regretting my choice due to all the wonderful PS4 exclusives that have come out.
But being able to play a large chunk of my 360 library at no charge (plus being able to repurchase them digitally for convenience), and pick up games I may have missed (now including original Xbox games) makes the Xbox One worth it for me.
Sony should make the PS5 able to play PS1 to PS4 games.
Of course, given their history, I’m sure backward compatible for Sony means you can REPURCHASE PS4 games digitally but not use the original disks.
That would bum me out just because of all the disc-based games I have from the PS1 and PS2 days, but I’d still probably be strongly tempted to pick one up.
Matt_W
3629
I set up my Windows 10 machine as a media server and can stream video/music/photos from there. I’m not sure if you can access drives directly.
No network drive access beyond streaming media via DLNA in the media player. If you just want to copy screenshots and video try reformatting your USB flash drives to exFAT. If they are FAT32 you might be hitting file size limits causing the errors.
Anybody tried remote play on iOS?
I noticed that in the most recent system update. How does something like that work, anyway? And who would the audience be?
It sends a video signal from your PS4 to your Remote Play device, which in turn sends back any inputs. It works anywhere you have an internet connection. On iOS you have the option to use touch controls, or an iOS certified controller. People use it for off screen play when someone else needs the TV, or to login to games like Destiny while on the road to get their dailies.
I haven’t but plan to.
Related note: how did this get appproved on iOS when steam remote play still isn’t?
Diego
Ephraim
3635
I’ve tried it. Works perfectly using an iPhone XR with a bluetooth Nimbus controller linked to my PS4 Pro on the same home network. I haven’t tried to remotely access it from outside the house,
It works, though the iPhone screen is small enough that it’s not very pleasant. At least not for the game I checked out (Spider-Man). Maybe if I had a big iPad…
Editer
3636
Wow. It was weird to go to my PS Plus page and only add two games to my library. (Both of which I already had on another platform.)
Hope to see some PS4 exclusives there in the future.
RickH
3637
I really thought they would have added a PSVR game to the PS+ releases by now. Even if it was a 2-month window instead of every month, it would have been some nice promotion for the platform. And maybe encouraged some buyers who accumulated a bunch of games they could play on day one of getting a PSVR.
The poster on Beyond3D who shared those “specs” was a nobody with no bonafides.
Don’t believe the GPU or amount of RAM. Unless they are going stupid again and releasing a $700+ console
LockerK
3641
Sony joins Nintendo and Microsoft’s direct video presentations with State of Play.
