PS4 Firmware update 5.00 has been released
After a short Beta period, the latest PS4 Firmware, version 5.00, has been released.
There’s no major surprise: the features of this firmware had been known since the Beta announce, including better support for family profiles, improvements in friends management, more broadcast features, some new tournament options, and support for more languages.
Today however Sony emphasized two new features for PS4 5.00 on their blog: Team tournaments, and a new option to “follow anyone”.
From my perspective the most exciting features of this firmware are probably the improved family profiles and mini menus. As always, the main impact of firmware updates to me is that I have to wait for 45 minutes instead of playing, and this gets old pretty fast.
While I’m sure there is a bit of something for everyone in this update, I don’t see it as a massive or groundbreaking change. Then again, the PS4 system is now pretty mature, so maybe there’s no need for something big.
PS4 Firmware 5.00 is a compulsory update to keep using online features and remote play.
What features of PS4 5.00 are you excited about? What features are you still expecting for a future Sony update?
Source: playstation blog
*goes off to update
*annoying the first posters lol
Another half hour of my life I won’t get back!
dammmit!!!! i was forced to update to 4.71 because of Knack II, this is becoming a daily for sony apparently
Are you sure that its daily and not a firmware update every hour instead?!?
lol
put it in the news also, that the update does not work the ps4 with defect in blu ray, and sony has not yet pronounced.
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I’d love to be excited by it, but it’s kinda hard when the feature set of the PS4 is still rather pathetic in comparison to the PS3. Shouldn’t it be the newer, better console?
I couldn’t agree more but it took years for the PS3 to get there. As they say Rome wasn’t built in a day. Regardless it should be easier and faster with the PC like arcitecture.
On another note been seeing reports of firmware issues. Anyone especially have these? I’m afraid to update because if this.
Which features are you missing?
MKV/Showtime, NTFS/USB support + MultiMan – lets hope there will be also 5.0 hack like 1.76 which is getting backups now 🙂
I dont think its realistic to expect Sony to include those things in an official firmare update. PS4 also supports MKV files, but maybe not all of them.
NTFS was gone since v2 update
I wanted ps1 classic support, I was really hoping that i could play some of my decent sized collection on my ps4…… looks like ill stick to using the vita or ps3 for ps1 games.
online 😉
Wow 45 minutes to download and install firmware update? It takes me about 5-7 minutes. I would be annoyed at 45. First world problems lol
More new features, more new potential exploits. Yay!
Backwards Compatability with PS1 and PS2 games.
Downloaded in 5mins but restarted my PS4 6 times then installed with no probs o_O
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