Hey people, I'm a longtime member that hasn't posted anything in years, and just found out that I won't be coming back to work soon, so I have some free time and some things that I want to get comments on...
I bought a first gen PS4 Pro on OFW 5.56 last year, and I was planning on keeping it at that FW until a new CFW comes out, but now I'm not so sure...
I had a special edition Star Wars Battlefront II PS4 Pro before that one and it was on the latest firmware at the time, i bought it used and the previous owner left his games on there, about 10 great games like The Witcher 3, Until Dawn and some others, and I loved it but had to sell it due to money issues last year.
I really liked watching Blu-rays and Netflix with my PS Platinum Wireless Headset!
And I can't do that on the new one because obviously by being on a lower firmware I can't go online to watch Netflix, or even download the Blu-ray player (which I just found out is because Sony didn't want to pay $0.20 for each PS4's licence).
I've only played a few hours of Uncharted trilogy on disc on this one, but now that the game was free along with Journey (I added both to my account with the PS app on my phone), and given that Uncharted 4 is currently free on PS+, and that I signed up for the trial last year when they were giving out The Last of Us, I don't think I have a reason to keep waiting for a CFW, since those are basically all the games I actually want to play...
So, should I update it today and stop waiting for a CFW that might not come soon? Or just update it, download my free games and sing up for a year of PS+ today, before they removed Uncharted 4. I don't like this month's free games, so I hope the remaining 11 months are good.
And for the record, I also have an Xbox One X with gamepass until July and a CFW Switch so I basically want the PS4 for the exclusives. And prices on God of War, Spider-man and Horizon Zero Dawn are REALLY low, so I might as well just buy them on disc...
Anyway, this was more like a rant than an actual question, but would love to hear someone else's thoughts or recommendations on this!
I bought a first gen PS4 Pro on OFW 5.56 last year, and I was planning on keeping it at that FW until a new CFW comes out, but now I'm not so sure...
I had a special edition Star Wars Battlefront II PS4 Pro before that one and it was on the latest firmware at the time, i bought it used and the previous owner left his games on there, about 10 great games like The Witcher 3, Until Dawn and some others, and I loved it but had to sell it due to money issues last year.
I really liked watching Blu-rays and Netflix with my PS Platinum Wireless Headset!
And I can't do that on the new one because obviously by being on a lower firmware I can't go online to watch Netflix, or even download the Blu-ray player (which I just found out is because Sony didn't want to pay $0.20 for each PS4's licence).
I've only played a few hours of Uncharted trilogy on disc on this one, but now that the game was free along with Journey (I added both to my account with the PS app on my phone), and given that Uncharted 4 is currently free on PS+, and that I signed up for the trial last year when they were giving out The Last of Us, I don't think I have a reason to keep waiting for a CFW, since those are basically all the games I actually want to play...
So, should I update it today and stop waiting for a CFW that might not come soon? Or just update it, download my free games and sing up for a year of PS+ today, before they removed Uncharted 4. I don't like this month's free games, so I hope the remaining 11 months are good.
And for the record, I also have an Xbox One X with gamepass until July and a CFW Switch so I basically want the PS4 for the exclusives. And prices on God of War, Spider-man and Horizon Zero Dawn are REALLY low, so I might as well just buy them on disc...
Anyway, this was more like a rant than an actual question, but would love to hear someone else's thoughts or recommendations on this!