Post: Sony Was “Caught Off Guard” by Reaction to PS4 MP3/DLNA Exclusion...
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11-12-2013, 09:09 PM
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xLew--
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There are so many people who passionately reacted to our announcement about the fact that there’s no MP3 support and DLNA support on day one. It’s not like we actively decided “Yeah, let’s not do this feature so that people will subscribe to Music Unlimited…” It’s not like that."
"Like we’ve been saying, the focus has always been on game features. And some of the features that we wanted but we couldn’t get in on day one… game features… we’re very disappointed and worried about not having them on day one, and that’s always been of higher priority."
"We didn’t really think about MP3 or DLNA. We thought “we’re gonna do that eventually… We’ve been doing it with all the products.” So it caught us off guard."
"People don’t really talk about these features right? But when we said “We won’t have it” some got really mad and said “I canceled the preorder!”
"So as we speak the teams in Japan and in the US, the system guys, are discussing on how and when we can put these features on PS4."
"Like we’ve been saying, the focus has always been on game features. And some of the features that we wanted but we couldn’t get in on day one… game features… we’re very disappointed and worried about not having them on day one, and that’s always been of higher priority."
"We didn’t really think about MP3 or DLNA. We thought “we’re gonna do that eventually… We’ve been doing it with all the products.” So it caught us off guard."
"People don’t really talk about these features right? But when we said “We won’t have it” some got really mad and said “I canceled the preorder!”
"So as we speak the teams in Japan and in the US, the system guys, are discussing on how and when we can put these features on PS4."
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MP3 & DLNA support is coming, just not at launch.
i didnt use either much on ps3 but now in game music is on ps4 i would of used this alot!
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11-12-2013, 09:31 PM
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Originally posted by xLew
i didnt use either much on ps3 but now in game music is on ps4 i would of used this alot!
I have to admit I was pissed when I read this. I work from home in my study, work desk has laptop files and usual work crap, beside that is my lcd tv & ps3.
Sometimes I'll fire up some music from ps3 and use my wireless headphones - makes doing boring accounts a whole lot more tolerable. Would've expected/liked this function on ps4.
Glad to hear they're going to sort it out. Also the fact you'll be able to play music in every games is good to hear; only a select number of ps3 titles has that facility, thank god GT5 did!
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11-12-2013, 10:28 PM
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Sox
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Originally posted by xLew
Many were surprised by the fact that Sony decided not to include MP3 and DLNA support in the PS4, but apparently Sony was even more surprised, caught off guard by an unexpectedly strong reaction from the customer base, as SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida told You must login or register to view this content. in an interview.
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MP3 & DLNA support is coming, just not at launch.
i didnt use either much on ps3 but now in game music is on ps4 i would of used this alot!
There are so many people who passionately reacted to our announcement about the fact that there’s no MP3 support and DLNA support on day one. It’s not like we actively decided “Yeah, let’s not do this feature so that people will subscribe to Music Unlimited…” It’s not like that."
"Like we’ve been saying, the focus has always been on game features. And some of the features that we wanted but we couldn’t get in on day one… game features… we’re very disappointed and worried about not having them on day one, and that’s always been of higher priority."
"We didn’t really think about MP3 or DLNA. We thought “we’re gonna do that eventually… We’ve been doing it with all the products.” So it caught us off guard."
"People don’t really talk about these features right? But when we said “We won’t have it” some got really mad and said “I canceled the preorder!”
"So as we speak the teams in Japan and in the US, the system guys, are discussing on how and when we can put these features on PS4."
"Like we’ve been saying, the focus has always been on game features. And some of the features that we wanted but we couldn’t get in on day one… game features… we’re very disappointed and worried about not having them on day one, and that’s always been of higher priority."
"We didn’t really think about MP3 or DLNA. We thought “we’re gonna do that eventually… We’ve been doing it with all the products.” So it caught us off guard."
"People don’t really talk about these features right? But when we said “We won’t have it” some got really mad and said “I canceled the preorder!”
"So as we speak the teams in Japan and in the US, the system guys, are discussing on how and when we can put these features on PS4."
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MP3 & DLNA support is coming, just not at launch.
i didnt use either much on ps3 but now in game music is on ps4 i would of used this alot!
In-game music on PS4 but you can't put MP3s on your PS4? Can you listen to music through Music Unlimited in-game?
11-13-2013, 12:56 AM
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iTruceFret
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11-13-2013, 08:52 AM
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xLew--
Former Staff
Originally posted by Shoes.
Wait, japan users can do it? How lol?
well technically they cant, they get to use a display name, before it got patched, all accounts used to be able to see the display names, people used to have symbols in their names.
that was many years ago though and after 5 years of asking sony we still didnt get it.
11-13-2013, 09:33 PM
#10
xLew--
Former Staff
Originally posted by Cryptic
With not being able to play music from my system in my games, I'm not really concerned about these features right now. If I want to listen to music, I'll turn on iHeartRadio on my phone or PC and listen. No big deal to me.
thats the good thing with my PX5's. i connect to my laptop or phone and play music, which ever is in arms reach.
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