We’ve been busy preparing our next major system software update for PS4, version 3.00 (codename: Kenshin). The update is packed with content, and we wanted to give you a quick glance at its key features.
If you were selected for our beta program, you’ll get to see these features first-hand very soon. Keep in mind, some of this content might not make it into the final version — that’s why we’re having a beta, after all. We’ve added new ways to connect with friends and players around the world, expanding the social capabilities of the system even further.
- Online storage capacity increase — PS4 online storage capacity has increased from 1GB to 10GB for all PS Plus members. In 3.00 system software, you’ll see that we added a handy usage meter to monitor your available storage capacity, and a new Auto-Upload menu has been added to Application Saved Data Management.
- YouTube live — PS4 owners will be able to livestream gameplay to YouTube. Livestreams will be viewable across YouTube, including on the new YouTube Gaming mobile app and website.
- Events — A new hub for events has been added, giving an overview of activities taking place in the games you play most, as well as official broadcasts. For instance, you may see an update for a Double XP weekend, a special enemy appearing at a scheduled time, or seasonal events like in-game towns being decorated for the winter. You’ll also receive notifications when the event starts, or if the timing changes.
- Favorite Groups — Favorite Groups has been added to the Friends app, letting you quickly access groups of people you like to play games with frequently. This will make the process of getting a game session up and running even easier.
- Communities — PS4 users will have the ability to create communities based around shared interests, like games, genres, and more. Communities include a message board with general discussion, screenshots shared by players, and the ability to join parties / games. If you want to tackle a big multiplayer raid, but don’t have enough friends available, this could be a great way to connect with other players who are looking for the same thing.
- Sharing video clips to Twitter — Users will have the ability to share video clips directly to Twitter. Maximum video length is 10 seconds, though you’ll have the ability to trim longer clips.
- Stickers — Tired of typing out messages? With this update, you’ll be able to send stickers to friends through your messages.
- Now Playing / What’s New — The Now Playing screen will display even more information about what your friends are doing, and you’ll be able to quickly jump into a game, party, request a screen share, or get sent to the PS Store to buy the game your friend is playing – further enhancing the social relationship with your friends online.
- Live from PlayStation — We’ve improved the Live From PlayStation app, making it easier to view popular trending broadcasts in real time.
- Request to watch gameplay — Want to view a friend’s gameplay session? Now you can send a ‘Request to Watch’ notification to a player. (Updated text)
There’s more included in this update, but that’s a quick glance at some of the items we’re excited about the most. We’ll be back with more info about Kenshin soon, including the launch timing.
It all sounds good especially the 10gb upgrade for the cloud storage bit what I would really love to see is the ability to lock the icons into place on the home screen… It is really annoying that they always move especially when I have taken ages to get it into order the way I like… Please include in the update
What’s the unrealistic upload rate required for your friends to watch you play?
awesome! i hope i got selected ;)
YouTube is cool, and I’m most interested in the community stuff. Can’t wait to see how that works.
Still want to change my psn name, and I totally need a way to organize my home screen. I invested in a bigger hhd, and the “scroll right” deal is not doing it for me.
Thanks guys!
Dear Sony, At some point, you are going to have to start listening to your customers. Social sharing features are overrated. Especially in the absence of features such as external hard drive compatibility and the ability to organize the home screen.
Playstation, my PS4 is ready when you guys are willing to push the 3.00 beta to my system, let’s go!
Would Love To Try This And Answer Any Questions About It And Much Feedback. :)
It’s a nice update with a lot of content, but most of it is ho-hum.
Seriously, we need a menu system that can be managed and organized. As many others have stated, the library is a complete mess. There are games scattered across it I have no interest in right now. As any PS+ member knows, adding the free games to the library is a good way to save the free access to them if you don’t want to download them right away.
The ability to finally group your friends list is a HUGE plus. That I’m definitely looking forward to. Used to be able to sort it by status or name on PS3, but no way to do any of that on PS4. So this is a really good feature, a step in the right direction to organizing the chaos that is the OS UI for the PS4.
Seriously need to be able to customize the entire OS, it is ridiculous how restrictive it is.
Is there or how about a privacy setting so my friends don’t know when I’m online playing so I’m not bothered?
The online storage for save data should not be limited by PSN plus member, even free member should get at least 10-20 MB per each game sto store the save file like for example what happen with steam cloud,
I cannot stress enough how Sony is still too narrow minded with the ps4 which in the end is gonna hurt only themselves, open you platform up create some sort of app center where third party can create interesting application and expand the functionality of the console,
Super pumped about the extra online storage. I’ll definitely start utilizing that more.
instead of wasting time on these kind of minor updates…..you could do the following
1) allow ps4 to copy data from external drive
2) support NTFS file system becaue i never carry around movies in my 16 gb or 32 gb pendrive….i always have movies in my external hdd
3)players met is still not working for fifa 15, i hope u solve it for fifa 16 atleast
4) last but not the least, will you ever give us the option to change the japanese version to US version button scheme because frankly i have gone mad with the swapped button scheme of X AND O, every time in game i have to use x as yes and o as no but in menu its the opposite.
but i know U sony will never listen #RIPCUSTOMERSATISFACTION
You know… you can change X for O in the accessibility options.
1) I’m assuming you mean videos. The PS4 only recently received support for video playback. This likely requires a lot of work to implement. It should certainly be implemented, though.
2) The PS4 will never support NTFS because it is a proprietary file system developed by Microsoft. Sony would be required to pay to use that file system. Reformat your hard drive to FAT32 or create a FAT32 partition on it. You can’t have files over 4GB in size on a FAT32 file system.
3) “Players Met” is a system exposed by Sony, to be used by games like FIFA. If it’s not working properly, the problem is with FIFA, not with the PS4 System Software. The PS4 only exposes the APIs to the games. If they are not using them properly, it’s a problem with the game. Complain to EA.
4) No idea what you mean. “X” is yes and “O” is no in-game and in-menus if your PS4 is set up correctly.