If you’re worried about waiting to download the 300 MB patch for the PS4 on launch day, you’ll be happy to know that the firmware update can be downloaded in the background, while playing single-player titles. Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that the patch, which adds various features to the console, can be downloaded in the background.
Sony has clarified how used and digital games will on the PS4 with some new FAQs, confirming the need to activate your “primary” PS4 console to enjoy certain benefits. The FAQs state that the “primary” PS4 console will allow all users of the system to enjoy downloaded games, but games on other systems can only be used by the PSN account that purchased them.
Following the install size requirements for Killzone: Shadow Fall and Call of Duty: Ghosts, it looks like the installation size for PS4 launch title, Knack, has also been revealed. According to twitter user JoshLMusic, the game needs 37 GB of space on the PS4’s hard drive.
Sony has show off the PS4’s Remote Play capabilities in the past, but at the Brazil Game Show, Sony showed off Knack’s Remote Play features with a twist: second-screen co-op. Knack allows you to play couch co-op with a friend, with one player using the PS4 connected to a TV and the using a PS Vita.
PS4 Firmware v1.50 is a day-one update for the console, available from launch. The firmware update adds a number of advertised features to the console, including Remote Play, the ability to record and upload game footage, online multiplayer and lots more. The patch is 300 MB in size.
Sony has detailed that a day-one patch will be required for the PS4 on launch day in both North America and Europe, weighing in at 300 MB. The patch will update the console to Firmware Version 1.50 and add many of the PS4’s advertised features, including Remote Play, Second Screen support, Online Multiplayer and more.
It has been revealed that Guerrilla Games’ Killzone: Shadow Fall on the PS4 will be weight in at 39.7 GB, if downloading the game from the PlayStation Network, but will be playable after an initial download of just 7.5 GB. Sony’s PlayGo system will allow the game to be played after less than 20% of the game has been downloaded.
Sony has released a new advert for the upcoming PS4, showing the many reasons why the PS4 should be the console you should choose, citing quotes from media, and taking some subtle shots at the Xbox One. The advert is based around Sony’s #4ThePlayers slogan, and lists just some of the exclusives available on the console as well as the exclusive DLC available on selected games.
Sony and Evolution Studios has announced that PS4 launch title and first title in the PS4’s Instant Game Collection. DriveClub, has been delayed into early 2014. The game has been delayed to allow the team more time to deliver on their vision, and give PlayStation 4 gamers a truly innovative, socially connected racing game.
