There are so many supposed ‘industry insiders’ these days that we have to carefully sidestep landmines every day in order to give you the news that we deem to be real, but this little tidbit seeping out of Reddit seems worth the risk. An apparent Sony employee with a very clear desire to sign on at their nearest Job Centre claims that DLNA support will be coming to the PlayStation 4 in early 2015.
Why should we believe them? Well, the moderators on the upvoting site tend to be very good at verifying users for ‘Ask Me Anything’ events, and this particular individual has been given the green light. The poster also claims that MP3 support and a video player will be implemented later in the year, though the language of the post suggests that the person in question doesn’t necessarily have access to a concrete timeframe.
Either way, as these are some of the most requested firmware update features frequently flaunted around the web, we figured that we’d relay the information for you to do as you wish with. As is always the case with these kinds of reports, take everything that you read with a hearty helping of salt; too much of the flavoursome substance may not be recommended as part of a balanced diet, but you can never have enough where rumours are concerned.
[source reddit.com]
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It is a bit mad when you think the PS4 currently can't do what the PS3 did in its entirety.
too long a wait for features the ps3 has. Glad that it's on the agenda though
At first I was annoyed that I kept having to fire up my PS3 every time I wanted to watch a movie, but now I actually kind of appreciate it. It keeps my PS3, which is still a great console, in action. Often I'll play a digital game while I'm in there. I'm getting extra mileage out of that workhorse, which isn't a bad thing.
Sony is so far behind with the PS4 that it's just plain sad. Considering all these features are available on the PS3, a console that is almost 10 years old. MS is killing them when it comes to features and updates. They hyped up Suspend/Resume feature so much and yet we still don't have it, even though Xbone had it since launch.
Question: What is DNLA? I'm not familiar with what it means.
Hopefully it comes at all. It's indeed rather ridiculous that the PS4 is lacking features the PS3 had for years...and features that were appreciated by the fans, that is. There has been speculation that Sony didn't include DNLA and mp3 playback because they wanted to push their own video- and music streaming services. I wouldn't think it beyond them, to be honest...that they claim they were "surprised" by the uproar when those features were missing is hard to believe for me...I call a little bs on that.
And about the resume feature: that one is also long overdue...when they presented the PS4 in Feb. 2013, they somewhat implied that this feature would be included from launch...now the PS4 is about 9 month old and it's nowhere to be seen.
I'm not missing the resume feature too much myself, because I tend to power down my PS4 completely when I not use it, because it soaks up too much juice in stand by, but they should get their act together.
@Sonicfan11589 basically, it means streaming video and music files inside your home network. If you have videos and music saved on your PC, you can create some kind of server and every DLNA-able device inside your network (like the PS3) can then play back those videos and music files.
Bet they bring it a week after Microsoft add it to the Xbox One.
I'd just assumed that the PS4 already did those things. >___>
Should've been there day 1 if we're being completely honest.
@Dohv They're really not that far behind, I mean after the MP3 and whatever else there is really only 3 to 4 things left. I do agree with the resume feature and how they hyped it up, but it didn't come with the system from Day 1, which was definitely a screw up. either way, they're not far behind, they just need to get off their arse.
The resume feature is the feature I'm looking forward to the most. I have a hard time playing games for longer than an hour so I'd love to be able to stop a game for a half hour break or so before resuming right where I left off. I use that feature all the time with the Vita.
I remember owning a Playstation 2 and my mum went out and got me a Xbox, i was completely amazed that i could play desert storm while playing my favorite music at the same time. Two generations on, this isn't possible? WUT?
@Sonicfan11589 Google is your friend!
I didn't want to comment on these updates no more but if it's YouTube next month(App & save Game-play Videos direct to YouTube) then a few months MP3/Video playback then DNLA early 2015 then i am fine with that(but still Microsoft are making SONY look 'amateurish' with their Monthly updates) Oh well.
I think Sony is getting awfully cozy. I feel like they're looking at the consoles flying off the shelf and getting cocky. What the hell Sony!!! Just give us everything the ps3 has!!! Maybe all these things will come with the PSnow, YouTube update. Whenever that is, supposedly sometime after gamescom.
Wow everyone back April were very relaxed and patient about these features coming. 3 months down and a few updates from x bone and everyone as gone crazy mad! ! I believe these features are definitely needed I think Sony is very aware of how important they are. But I believe they are trying to boost there music and video app but I also think there is a lot of work on the mp3 to do with the sare button in progress. Sony have a lot of plans to the share button as it's practically a free advertisement that we give to are social network sites. Like the YouTube coming its all been a wait around the sare button. Make every feature a next gen feature not like the last gen feature.
Are we forgetting the stuff that ps4 can do that ps3 cant? Background installs while playing games.instant store access while playing games.party chat.charge pads in standby mode.theres many things the ps4 can do that we all wished the ps3 could,so to see people moaning about resume(yeah it was promised but is it really that important) and mp3 playback really winds me up. Youre being pathetic to be frank! Use your smartphone,your smarttv,hell even youre ps3 if you wanna play music.
I dont care a bit about DLNA. For me its all about the best games and in that way PS4 is absolutely number 1 i believe
@Tackleberry_dk Same here man, I couldn't care less if they implement DLNA or not.
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