A little under a week after details about a new PlayStation 4 firmware update began to leak out on to the web, Sony have officially come out and unveiled the next major update. They’re calling it ‘Yukimura’ but if you prefer the old fashioned way they’re also referring to it as 2.50.
Most of what we heard about a week ago has turned out to be true, with suspend/resume, trophy screenshots, new accessibility options, and new trophy sorting abilities all officially on the horizon. The complete list of what they’ve talked about thus far is just below.
Sub-account to Master account Upgrade: Users with a sub-account will now be able to upgrade to a master account directly from their PS4 when they turn 18, removing restrictions for chat, enabling users to fund their own wallet, make purchases and more. Currently, users can upgrade their sub-accounts online at https://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/.
Facebook Friend Search: Gamers globally have jumped into PS4 as a redefined social gaming experience and connecting with friends over the network is a huge part of what makes the PS4 community so special. PlayStation now lets you go even bigger by connecting with your Facebook friends on PS4 using your linked account. Search for Facebook friends who are PlayStation Network members and build on the foundation of Friends you already have in your list.
Remote Play & Share Play at 60 fps: For games that support 60 fps, the ability to customize the frame rate of Remote Play and Share Play will be added with “Yukimura.” Play to your bandwidth strengths and use this option to stream gameplay at 60 or 30 fps when using Remote Play or Share Play on supported devices.
Accessibility Options: “Yukimura” introduces a wide variety of options to make their PS4 entertainment experience even more accessible. Options include text to speech, enlarged text, bolder fonts, higher contrast UI, zoom for displayed pictures, invert colors on screen and more. Users will also be able to reassign buttons for DualShock 4, making it easier for users with limited manual dexterity or limited reach and strength to play.
Trophy Improvements: We have received a ton of feedback to improve Trophies. In “Yukimura,” a screenshot will automatically be captured at the moment a Trophy is earned, making it easier than ever for you to share your greatest gaming moments with your friends. We’re also adding more sorting options along with the new ability to remove games from the Trophy list that have 0% completion.
Share Video Clips to Dailymotion: When sharing standout PS4 moments via the Share button on DualShock 4, “Yukimura” will allow players to upload directly to Dailymotion.
Heading down to the comments section of the blog post also provided a few new details that weren’t in the main body, as Scott McCarthy answered questions from readers on the blog. For starters, it doesn’t seem like friend online notifications or DLNA streaming support will be included in this update, as Scott asked these readers to stay tuned and noted that they want “PS4 versions of these features, not a cut/paste from last gen.”
Next he talked about the rumour of an external hard drive backup by saying that this feature “cannot be confirmed at this time” and “don’t believe everything you read on the interwebs…” He also responded to several people asking for new avatars by questioning what kind of avatars they’d like to see, so it seems like this request is at least being considered.
Finally, he had an interesting response when a reader asked him if suspend/resume would work across all PS4 games. Here’s what he had to say.
There’s some basic functionality that requires developer support and, there are cases where general game architecture prevents jumping back to exactly where you left off. Currently support is widespread. General architecture issues are very rare.
So it sounds like the vast majority of games should work with suspend/resume as advertised. Having said that, because he specifically mentions game architecture occasionally being a roadblock, and because they put “suspend/resume is supported by nearly all PS4 titles” in the body of the post, it seems like games that won’t work with it are few and far between but probably do exist.
No date or even a window was given for 2.50, so we’ll hope “coming soon” means before the end of March. Or course, we’ll also hope that it doesn’t break anything when it gets here. Head to the comments and let us know what you’re looking forward to the most, or what you hope they’ll start working on next.
Source: US PlayStation Blog
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The ability to remove games from the trophy list sitting at 0% is an absolute boon although I’d like to see it expanded to 10%…like for those shit games that you try out but fail to impress although they throw a few trophies at you for turning up.