PS4 Firmware Update 6.00 Released, Available to Download Now

Ive been in the beta and nothing has changed lol

Interested to see if 6.00 improves anything other than stability. Here’s hoping!

Wow, that's lame, Sony.

"This system software update improves system performance"

Seriously now?

Best update EVER

Bit of a let down really considering the email sent about the beta made it seem like some major features would be coming with the update.

I get a feeling that the changes happened deep down. I think it might be in preparation for something big. Maybe implementation of some "secret sauce", like maybe a new low level API or something? Any pro owners out there who felt a change to UI speed or anything?

@BrettAwesome nope it's the same as usual im going to guess its for psn name changes or maybe the ps now download button but who knows

@BrettAwesome They're readying the system for Knack 3!

If there's nothing important sony should called it firmware 5.xx, why called it 6.0? Weird.

Maybe it'll improve my horrific experiences with Spider-Man. The game hangs constantly and people's faces morph like Mass Effect Andromeda. Not to mention the loading screen around the city while swinging. I have no idea what's going on. I tried completely cleaning it because I thought dust was making it overheat and throttle but nope.

@nessisonett have you tried deleting and reinstalling the game?

At least I've heard about it now. For a while now I've only turned on my PS4 to watch Netflix and SKY but I hope to be playing Spider-Man soon and there's nothing I hate more than my 'quick half hour' of playtime being eaten into by one of these updates that really don't make owning a PS4 any better for me personally.

"What does it do?"

It let's the PS4 get to 6.0 before the Switch does, just like @Bliquid said.

"It’s just a reaction to Switch’s firmware 6.0.0 update releasing on the 18th.
“We got there first!”"

Thought it was worth repeating as it was my first thought too. 😊

@get2sammyb So just how big is the entire firmware that a 400mb update does nothing? Is that all of it so this is a complete replacement?

Hmmm, I think I'll sit this one out for a few days until some more concrete info comes down from Sony. I wouldn't want to update to a major firmware release that at the moment, doesn't seem to do anything and risk screwing up my perfectly working system.

@get2sammyb FWIW they quoted you over at the Daily Star, so you have that going for you. 😉

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/729351/PS4-Update-6-00-download-TODAY-Sony-s-new-PlayStation-system-update-here-s-what-it-does

I suspect that like most software/firmware updates, there's a lot of replacement of old files with new or better coded files.
So some files will remain the same but with the coding trimmed down to improve performance, along with some new files/functions.
I doubt we'll lose 400mb of storage.

my guess is it's not just stabilising the system but is also perhaps laying the foundations for a big upcoming update will will add new features that perhaps ain't quite ready to release yet

This has paved the way for PSN Name Changes.

Watch this space.

@nessisonett Try rebuilding the database (defrag) in recovery mode? Sometimes that helps if haven't properly for awhile, or the HDD is getting old if original. People usually mistake it as if a console problem.

Sony are out of new ideas to add new features in 6.00 is so shame

Maybe it'll stop my PS4 pro sounding like it's about to take off when playing God of War?

@SKC_Diamond @PS4Pro The problems have been happening intermittently with other games like Rainbow Six but I put that one down to bad internet. Valkyria Chronicles used to freeze and the sound would run behind too. The entire console died and I had to reinstall the system software last month. I guess this is what I get for buying a Slim instead of a Pro. I'll try defragging my HDD but tbh I only store about 10 GB on the actual inbuilt HDD as I have my external. One thought I had was that maybe the external HDD was using the PS4 as a power source and causing it to overheat.

@BrettAwesome my Pro seems abit smoother after the update wether it's just coincidence I can't say but seems snappier than before the update I always do a rebuild database after any update wether that's helps is uncertain lol

As far as the beta goes it was Soo pointless. I was in it and I didn't get improved performance at all. Lol still chugged in the areas it always does on my Pro.
I feel like this was just one big elaborate troll.

Wow, Sony's getting a little carried away with the "System Stability" updates. Maybe they're just trolling us all at this point.

Why even use versioning if you're not gonna adhere to the industry standards? Naming a minor system improvements release using a major release number just goes against the whole point of having versioning formats in the first place. They're supposed to denote the type of release (major, minor, bug fix, etc), not just be sequential for no reason.

Once updated, my PS4 started talking.
At first, only generic greetings and simple answers to my questions. Now, after an hour of logic and rhetoric lessons it talks like a footballer.
I'll keep you updated.

My search working wrong. The keyboard takes up the full screen when it should take up half of the vertical field of the screen. Then the right half should have results appearing. When you press R2 DONE button it shows the results down the left vertical space.

Baffling that Sony can announce an update with no mention of any major changes, a beta can run for weeks with testers not reporting any major changes, and yet somehow people can still expect major changes and be disappointed when there aren't any.

Sure, it's unusual, but not all major changes need to be visible to the user.

PS store not working for anyone after updating to 6.00?

I swear scrolling along the main menu the icon looks like it's moving 0.03 seconds faster

@LaNooch1978 Nitro thinner. I love the smell of nitro thinner in the afternoon.

Well they changed the search keyboard in PSStore so that's a good thing. Can finally type with the touchpad to search in the store

@JJ2 I think that feature went live server-side long before this supposed '6.00' update came out.

This is a patch readying the system for a secret cheat in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Download 6.00, then boot up the game and make Lara dance to the tune of the Spice Girls 'Wannabe', and all her clothes will fall off.

@rjejr First Dead Cells, now this... will this plagiarism ever end?

Hang on, why were you reading the Daily Star?

@Gremio108 I agree. Preordered just now.

@Rudy_Manchego "why were you reading the Daily Star"

I was trying to find out what this did so I googled PS4 firmware 6.0 and it was the first link that came up. True story.

It's near the bottom now but the firmware update still doesn't do anything.

@JJ2 I could do this before the update

When we were all engaged in psp back in the day I remember all those updates and it was said that the updates were to tackle piracy. They would say that Sony came out with a new update to the firmware to counter every time the hackers broke it.
I always believed that Sony's methods were only encouraging the hackers to crack the new update in which they did.
These "improve system performance" could be sony trying to stay ahead of the hackers? Sony never say what area of the system it improves and we never see any improvements of the system in each update

@Bamf
Ha OK. Thanks for letting me know. I wasn't aware

Been in the beta for a few weeks and didn't notice any changes. Suppose to make the system faster. But didn't notice anythng. Youtube still crashes several times a day.

Got home from work and now updated. Something has changed. Before if I hovered over "what's new" it would take a while to load as it gathers info from Internet. Same for hovering over psn store. Now it loads quicker. The test is to open 'TV & video' it was very slow. Now it immediately opens up.

@Bamf I take that back. The store opened before. 10 minutes in it did the usual where it no longer opens and I have to tick 'connect to Internet' off then back on again.
I think Sony doesn't care about fixing the Internet issues. And I bet they've taken away even more resources from the browser, it was already practically useless

it also updates the PSVR to version 4.10

@rjejr Then I will give you the benefit of the doubt

had game crash after update so that was a super update i dont think

Just downloaded the update, started installing and got an error message. Now having to re-download the lot again. Best work this time. That's 15 minutes I've wasted. Fully though it'd killed my PS4 for a minute as well.

how about release an actual big feature, 1080p60fps recording maybe? or usable UI during gameplay?

I notice a massive difference in the systems stability!!!! Before the update everytime I accidentally bumped up against the entertainment stand the ps4 pro would slightly move or shift but now after the update that thing is solid as a rock, doesnt move an inch when stand is bumped. Thanks Sony.

Hopefully it won't turnout to be as bad as the android TV 6.0.
I got 6 months of daily crash on my TV until they finally decided to fix it. I'm never looking forward to an update on Sony devices.

What does it do? I found out. It causes the phantom disc ejection fault to come back on my PS4. Had to redownload it in safe mode.

After installing 6.00 i now have focus lag on my 6 month old PRO. This new lag is when flipping between open web page windows. After 3 years of web browsing on a regular and PRO models this is new to me. This lag is much more noticeable than the slight focus lag present when fliping through gallery images.

Loading a web page or exiting to the previous page is ok. It is when i flip between a page like the one i am in now and another open page like to check sports scores that i get a focus lag. This is new for me since installing 6.00. Two data rebuilds did not fix it.