Carrier pigeons would be quicker than the PlayStation 4’s messaging utility. Those of you that regularly use Sony’s next-gen system may have noticed that it’s almost impossible to correspond with your pals using the format’s text-based tool during peak hours. We thought that a recent firmware update had fixed things, but it seems to depend upon the time that you use it.
Either way, Worldwide Studios executive Shuhei Yoshida has revealed that the manufacturer’s actively working on a fix. “We are aware of the issues and our team is working on them,” the put upon president informed a disgruntled fan. “Sorry for the inconvenience,” he politely added. Aw, how can anyone ever be mad at this guy?
It seems to us that this is probably a combination of system software and network issues, as messages tend to send fine during non-peak hours, but take an eternity when the United States gets online. Streamlining the whole system would perhaps lessen the load, ensuring that this works smoothly around the clock. That’s just our uneducated opinion, though – honestly, what would we know?
[source twitter.com]
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I noticed when i am on really late at night the messages i send are pretty much instantly sent. But yeah, it does get annoying can't wait for a fix during peak hours.
@Matt_Berial Yeah, it's the same for me. I can send messages straight away in the morning or late at night, but any other time and they take about 5 minutes to actually get through. It's pretty ridiculous, but I'm glad Sony seems to be aware of it.
Finally, over a year after release it may be possible to send messages properly. How about fixing the app too? Would be nice being able to read a message without waiting half an hour and sending one without it timing out every time. If tiny start-up companies can make messaging apps and create social media phenomeons like Kik, Whatsapp and Snapchat you'd think a massive company like Sony could make an app that sends messages. Too much to ask?
@rastamadeus Probably.
@ShogunRok Agreed.
I was hoping they will add "Direct Chat Party" application.
So whenever people in the party chat they can directly using keyboard to type, and the text will pop out on the side of the screen, its convenient for people who dont want to use voice chat but still want to keep connected anytime.
How come it worked ok on the PS3!?
@get2sammyb Maybe if all these leaked emails had been sent over PSN there'd be now Sony/Interview/North Korea scandal as none of the sodding messages would've been sent.
I thought firmware update 2.0 fixed that, but like you said it just depends whether I can send messages eventually or even at all. It'll be good when everything finally works smooth (*if)
My PS3 messages fine.
Wasn't there an article here about how much easier everything is to do on PS4 than it was on PS3? Hrm.....just sayin'. (Only kidding, Sammy) lol.
The PS3 messages worked just fine and still does. In fact when on PS4 I was firing up the PS3 just to do the messaging because the PS4 was simply unusable. The PS4 OS obviously contributes to the problem, but the real problem is the server resources allocated to the PS4 service when the US is online.
Far too much emphasis is placed on the new advanced social services without even getting the basic text chat social interaction correct first. We now pay for multiplayer so a portion of that money should be allocated to more servers for the messages. It's not fair to direct all those funds towards streaming services so Sony and 3rd party's can make a profit out of our PSN subscription.
The latest OS update has drastically improved things, so I'm really grateful Sony are working on it, but more work is needed to totally nail this problem and make it the transparent process we all expect.
Yea, there are free apps in the play store that do messaging better than this. Messaging is a simple thing, unless they have some heavy encryption system., this is getting a little embarrassing.
This and friend notifications need to be fixed. Amazed they left no bandwidth for this.
Sony got a big year coming up and this can be a start to improving the console.
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