Since Sony announced the approximately 300MB day one patch for the PS4, there's been a lot of speculation and conjecture and not a lot of response from Sony. Is this a misfire for Sony? Having had all of the good press since the now infamous E3 day of press conferences, there's a few questions here and how Sony answer them will be crucial.
Let's take a look at some of the queries and their likelihood.
Will the patch be available for download on PC? I'm really not fazed by this one that much, in much the same I really wasn't that fazed about the whole Xbox One "always on" thing. My Internet isn't even that good, but I'm always on with all my devices. But will Sony force you to connect it to PSN to get the update will go a long way to showing Sony's approach to this generation. 9/10
When will other options be available for background music? - Music Unlimited only for background music? This looks like a huge greedy decision by Sony, and since they're trying to be the people's champ that is not a good thing. I'm guessing background music from local disk or network shares will come in a future update, surely Sony aren't that dumb. 9/10 (next patch)
Can you upload video footage to YouTube? Now this one looks the toughest to answer. There's a lot of speculation right now in this space apart from the PS4 perspective and since the answer from at least this firmware update says there's something going on. However, the wording on the patch notes at least leaves open the possibility that other services will be added in the future, so I'll remain cautiously optimistic this arrives in the next update. 5/10
Are entire game discs copied to the HDD? Recent screenshots point to approximately 50GB of disk space being needed for Call of Duty Ghosts and Killzone Shadofall. Does this mean the entire blu-ray disc is being copied to the hard drive? Again, I'm not bothered by this in and of itself, but when you think about it more, the PS4 having a 500GB hard drive, minus space lost to formatting, the OS and the apps, there's not a lot of room for games. Maybe they will allow adding external drives for additional storage. In any case, this ones looking true. 8/10
The fact there is a day one patch really is no bother for me, and it shouldn't be for anyone who's dedicated enough to get a launch console.. It's to be expected in this cycle where it really looks like a rush from both sides to be first out the door, and with the time delay from manufacturing the console to release day, why not work on an update. There are a few questions to be answered but I'm prepared to give Sony the benefit of the doubt for now. This update will be a good test of Sony's all new PSN, with a proverbial fuck load of gamers all pulling down the patch, Resogun and hammering the network in general. Hopefully it withstands the pressure and we all bask in the greatness of next-gen.
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