As such, they officially refer to it as the “new standard PS4” not the Slim.
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Essentially you could sum up the Shingen 4.00 update for the PlayStation 4 as the “We finally caught up to Xbox” update.
Ignoring the regular Xbox One and PlayStation 4, which have been out for years, and Nintendo’s consoles, which I have little experience with, here are the basics on all four new consoles and my thoughts on each. Quite impressively so when idling at the main menu.
Video game news, reviews and commentary with Gazette reporter Jake Magee.
Now you can hold the home button whilst playing music from Spotify to bring up a quick menu, overlaid on your screen, where you can skip through your queue or explore playlists featured by PlayStation and Spotify. It’s not to the same degree as my original PS4, though, and with a different tone that lacks a certain whining undertone.
The quick menu does still provide easy access to all the same power options as before, but there’s more.
Sony’s biggest update yet to the PlayStation 4 is now available for download to install system software version 4.00. Bafflingly, Sony chose not to support 4K Blu-ray on its otherwise awesome 4K machine.
The only casualty of the slimmed-down design is the Optical Out port on the rear.
Alternatively, you are able to skip Wi-Fi or ethernet altogether and just pop in a game.
The company’s major software release comes nearly a week after the unveiling of new hardware at the PlayStation Meeting on September 7. You still have to deal with the horizontal media bar, but at least you have a greater measure of control over what appears there.
In the right hand side groove are four more of these symbols, but the circle is actually a threaded hole, used to secure Sony’s new shadow-like stand. Of course, those cheaper third party stands will still exist, but might not be as elegant as Sony’s own solution.
Set to release for PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC on September 16, PES 2017 will be patched to support PS4 Pro “shortly after launch”, according to a statement made by Konami. “Compatible with all your Xbox One games and accessories”.
The 4.00 patch is the latest to Orbis OS, the PS4’s native operating system since the 3.55 update It merely weighed 300MB and only improved the quality of the system performance.
During last week’s press conference, Sony revealed that it worked with Netflix and YouTube to bring streaming 4K content to the new PlayStation 4 Pro.
Finally, PS4 users can transfer all their games, saved data, captures, and settings from one PS4 system to another. Expect to install it the next time you fire up your console.
You won’t have to wait too long for the PS4 Pro, though. Those switching HDDs will be in the minority, but for anyone that has done so and plans to upgrade to the PS4 Pro which has a 1TB drive built in, this is something worth bearing in mind. Its most distinctive feature comes from the slice that has been carved out from the inside of the touchpad, leaving a translucent bar through which the RGB LED’s light can travel.
The Slim features a slightly different controller that can be plugged directly into the console.
A side by side comparison between the PlayStation 4 and the upcoming PlayStation 4 Pro.
Last week saw the announcement of the PS4 Pro. The PS4 Slim is a thinner version of the current hardware.
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Secondly, Sony should really stop forcing the fans into something that they may not like.
