Update: PS4 system software update 1.70 is confirmed to land in North America on April 30th.
As we mentioned last month during GDC, we’ll be releasing a major system software update for PS4 that will add some exciting new features that many of you have been asking for. Today, I’m pleased to announce a few of those features from PS4 system software update (v1.70) will be available soon, including features that were incorporated as a result of your great feedback. This will be a significant update, and today we’re excited to bring you a sneak peek of just a few things you can look forward to.
Introducing: SHAREfactory
The 1.70 update will enable SHAREfactory, our new rich video editor app for PS4 that makes it easy for you to customize your gameplay videos:
With SHAREfactory, you can now easily combine your captured video clips for editing, personalize them with special effects using filters, transitions, and themes, as well as share them with your friends and social networks. SHAREfactory also allows you to personalize your videos by adding text, stickers, and a set of included audio tracks, as well as video commentary with picture-in-picture capability with PlayStation Camera. It also allows you to import your original music to add to the custom soundtrack for your video.
Share With the World
Once you’re done with your masterpiece, you can easily share your SHAREfactory videos to Facebook, or export them to an external USB storage device to upload them elsewhere, another new feature coming as part of the 1.70 system software update. Other PS4 SHARE enhancements include the ability to change the recording time of your gameplay to shorter increments, the ability to change who you share your clips with on the SHARE screen, and the removal of default saves for screenshots and video clips. In addition to these SHARE enhancements, the 1.70 update will allow you switch off HDCP, enabling you to capture video directly from your HDMI output so you can record and share longer clips of your gameplay sessions — a feature I know many of you have been waiting for. We are excited to see what the PlayStation Nation does with these new social features, and cannot wait to get them into your hands!
Play as Soon as the Game is Released
Providing you with immediate access to your games is a priority designed into PS4, and something we will always strive to make better. We’ve had a great response from PS4 fans about the Play as You Download feature, the snappy load times when launching and playing games, and the general speed and responsiveness of the UI. The 1.70 update adds features to build on this idea and make it faster to play the games you pre-order with an auto pre-download capability, which allows you to pre-download your select pre-ordered game up to several days prior to release. If you have the auto-download feature enabled, it will automatically pre-download your pre-ordered game so you can play as soon as the game is unlocked on release day.
As I mentioned earlier, some of these features were a direct result of the great feedback we’ve been getting from you, our dedicated gamer community. We enjoy listening to your comments, and encourage you to continue sharing your thoughts with us. And this is just the beginning. We’ve got a lot more coming in PS4 system software update v1.70 and beyond. The PS4 experience will constantly evolve, and new innovative ideas can come from anywhere to ensure the platform continues to deliver the best in gaming and entertainment every time you turn it on.
We’ll have more information to share about new upcoming features for this major system software update as the release approaches, so stay tuned!
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE GIVE US LPCM 2.0! STOP DEFAULTING US HIGH-END AUDIO USERS TO 7.1 AND MAKING OUR NOISEFLOOR HIDEOUS!
Oh how could I forget the problems with friends and party. I want to be able to select many friends to invite at once. I also think that people on Vita who are ‘away’ as yellow should still be shown in the ‘Online’ section but just at the botton with the yellow circle.
I’m severely disappointed it’s taking you guys forever to release updates while your competitors are releasing updates asap heck even letting gamers beta test them. You guys should take notes your doing a horrible job on updates. All that was on ps3 should have already been released on ps3. Also you guys should add in a future update the option to enable anisotropic filtering 16X for every ps4 game developers seem to be brain dead and not realize how much it effects and benefits image qualityin games ps4’s gpu is capable of it and it barely even effects fps.
Great to see all the additions to the Share features of the PS4. Any update as to when sub-accounts will be able enjoy these features by upgrading to a master account or dropping the master account requirement?
My mistake meant all that was released on ps3 updates should have already been released on ps4 updates
@102: You realize that the “competitors” you speak of, didn’t even have all the features of their previous console either. So they’re so great, but Sony sucks, when the did the same thing? And PS4 launched with more of it’s features than the “competitor” did.
Love you guys! Great features in the 1.70 update. There is one thing i dream about. We can download our game on the ps vita through ps3. Can you add this function in the next update for the PS4?)
If you could organize your games via folder or some sorting system like the library app, I and the PS4 would be grateful.
Lots of comments about personalizing data and UI look. We’re listening.