PS4 less functionality than PS3 :/

[rob4001]

I use my PS3 for odd game GTA V and Last of US but mostly acts as blu ray player streaming device for music and TV/movies.

Now its seems at least for now Sony have locked down the device it can't even play audio CD ffs! This is disappointing initially M$ were hammered for locking device down, Sony should get a lot of stick for this. How can you release newer console with less functionality!

Maybe xbone might end up sitting under the tv. I don't want a million different boxes not got the space for a start.

[ik9000]

Now its seems at least for now Sony have locked down the device it can't even play audio CD ffs!

You serious? You bought one or just read that somewhere?

[Agent]

Now its seems at least for now Sony have locked down the device it can't even play audio CD ffs!

You seem to be confused. Sony have not "locked down" the console against CD's specifically. They've not added the functionality for it to play them yet. They've made it crystal clear though that they'll be adding Audio CD and DNLA support fairly early in firmware updates.

That to one side, a console is inherently a locked down device. I don't get why people buy into a closed system and then complain about it. Don't like the features? don't buy it. It's like buying an iPad and complaining it can't run Android apps for crying out loud.

This is disappointing initially M$ were hammered for locking device down, Sony should get a lot of stick for this.

Sony have not advertised this feature, so why should they get stick for it? If you drop ~£400 on a console and don't check if it supports the features you want...well....quite frankly, you're a fool

How can you release newer console with less functionality!

Don't buy a day 1 console and then complain about it having day 1 functionality. My day 1 Xbox 360 could barely play a DVD correctly before new firmware hit. This isn't anything new.

The less functionality isn't limited to just that though - what about games, pads, other hardware, digital downloads..... You're not going to get a system that has 100% of the last generation. If you want that, buy the last generation.

[rob4001]

You seem to be confused. Sony have not "locked down" the console against CD's specifically. They've not added the functionality for it to play them yet. They've made it crystal clear though that they'll be adding Audio CD and DNLA support fairly early in firmware updates.

Forgive my confusion not adding basic functionality sounds a lot like locking down to me.

Why should I not expect a day 1 console to not have all previous functionality of previous generation? That's like a car manufacture saying yeah we've installed ABS but need a firmware update in the future so you can use it [TBA]

[AETAaAS]

Forgive my confusion not adding basic functionality sounds a lot like locking down to me.

Why should I not expect a day 1 console to not have all previous functionality of previous generation? That's like a car manufacture saying yeah we've installed ABS but need a firmware update in the future so you can use it [TBA]

Not adding functionality is far from locking down. Locking down implies a deliberate attempt to block something, whereas this seems like a small oversight. The last time I put an audio CD in my games console was probably with the original Playstation.

It certainly isn't like an absence of ABS which is a mandatory safety feature. It's like if a company built a new car from the ground up, with new engines, chassis, cabin, trim and so on, but forgot to add the automatic tailgate opener. And now, according to Agent, they are willing to put it in free of charge. They didn't sell you a car with an automatic tailgate opener and you didn't look for it when you bought the car, but they are going to give it to you for nothing.

[Agent]

Forgive my confusion not adding basic functionality sounds a lot like locking down to me.

But to imply the PS4 is "locked down" against specially audio disks is barmy. It's not. It's a locked down and closed system unless you're a licensed developer, full stop. They've not targeted a specific thing here.

It doesn't matter how basic you think the functionality is (I happily agree) at the end of the day. If the product doesn't support the features you like, why give them stick over it? Vote with your wallet.

Plus, again, this is the very first revision of the console with the first firmware. It's not going to be perfect. Features get prioritised, bugs will be present. It's been like this since...forever. It's the nature of a complex system.

Why should I not expect a day 1 console to not have all previous functionality of previous generation?

Because it's not a last generation console. Going by that logic, I should be able to play and use everything on my PS4 from my PS1. After all, each one would include the last generations feature set.

That's like a car manufacture saying yeah we've installed ABS but need a firmware update in the future so you can use it [TBA]

No it's not. Sony have not said the console supports ACD. It would be more like you finding out that your car now has ABS after a firmware update that you were not told about.
Besides, if you were told that's the case with a car - it's your choice on if you buy it or not. The only issue would be if you were not told and then you found out you didn't have ABS when you thought you did.

This really is very simple and not difficult to understand. I don't know why analogies are being drawn:

The PS4 doesn't support ACD and has not been advertised as such.
Sony have said they will add it at a later date.
If you want a PS4 and this is acceptable to you, buy a PS4. If it is not, don't buy.

I really don't see the issue here.....

[rob4001]

Ok maybe over reaction from me but Just disappointed that basically they are powerful computers that can do so much more than just play games etc a nice unifying box under the TV. At the moment it does less than my PS3.

[Agent]

At the moment it does less than my PS3.

I highly doubt that.
You've picked one specific thing out. The list of features the PS4 can do over the PS3 is fairly big. You shouldn't do a one way comparison and try to use that as a justification as to why one "does less". Compare both.

By doing so, you'll then know if the features you want are present.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You could use your current PS3 for the added functionality until it is included in the PS4,and use the latter just for gaming.

[Biscuit]

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[rob4001]

Resurrecting this its not just me thats been asking about the media player capabilities of the latest consoles Sony have yet to update their console and remain very rigid its a games machine.

Eurogamer have written and article and compared both Xbox one and PS4 Media playback capabilities.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...r-media-player

[Stylin]

PS 3 plays the games I want, streams content, netflix/music apps and plays movies/music from discs. Why buy a PS 4 to play CD's. If you buy it and it doesn't play PS 4 games then come and complain. If you have your TV setup so you can not easily swap HDMI cables and you do not have enough HDMI ports to have all of your current gear plus your PS 3 hooked up then you could make a new post called "I need more HDMI ports" and label it help.

Also pushing buttons to change your input is not something to complain about!

P.S. Sorry to anyone who only owns a TV and a PS 4 and are mad they can only use it as a limited multimedia center. That sucks

P.S.S. Sorry for posting on this slightly older post. New here and I had an opinion while reading it.

[rob4001]

All I'm saying is its a more capable machine than the PS3 which is a great media centre plus gaming console so the PS4 has the potential to do everything the PS3 can do but instead Sony decide they won't add the functionality at least for now. The only reason I can think is to try and channel its users into the inferior online sony music. So no streaming of my own content to a console that would have no problem with that. I don't know why people just accept that it should have less functionality as a media centre than the PS3.

[Stylin]

Have you contacted there head office and made a formal complaint?

[The Hand]

I wish Sony made the PS4 region-free bluray wise. I have a couple of North American blu rays I would like to watch!

[HalloweenJack]

Have you contacted there head office and made a formal complaint?

wont help - the console was not sold has having cd capability , so what will a complaint do??