PS4 will eventually support MP3s and music CDs
Given PS3's slogan--"It Only Does Everything"--it came as a surprise that PS4's media playback capabilities were so limited. Crucially, the system has no support for MP3 or audio CD playback--even after a hefty day-one update. However, Sony's Shuhei Yoshida promises that the features will be coming eventually.
"The biggest surprise for us all internally at Sony was there are so many people who passionately reacted to our announcement that there's no MP3 support or CD support on day one," Yoshida said. "The focus has been more on the game features. Some of the features we wanted but we couldn't get in on day one."
Denying that the plan was a subversive way of getting PS4 owners to subscribe to Music Unlimited (included at launch), Yoshida told Giant Bomb (via Eurogamer) that "we didn't really think about MP3 or CD." Of course, the plan is to get around to it "eventually" with Sony "discussing when we can put these features in."
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replyAndrew Yoon posted a new article, PS4 will eventually support MP3s and music CDs.
Given PS3's slogan--"It Only Does Everything"--it came as a surprise that PS4's media playback capabilities were so limited. Crucially, the system...-
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There's a certain amount of time to get things done. Within that timeframe is a priority list of things that must be there. MP3 and CDs are not must be there features (over, say, booting properly or PSN working).
So, no, it's not 'hard,' but it is a task, and a task that is a low priority compared to others.-
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Uhh...yeah...but the PS4 plays DVDs, and every DVD player out there, even a cheap Chinese knock-off, plays CDs. So you can understand why many people would be puzzled why CD playback was left out. If the PS4 was an all digital system with no disc drive, or only played a proprietary disc format like Wii U, then maybe that would make sense, but then again, no, that would make even less sense ;-)
Hopefully along with that MP3 playback we'll also get DLNA and the ability to stream our own music in addition to Music Unlimited.
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Story doesn't add up. Music Unlimited will be available right from the start. So they were working on the music side of things, just their priority was more toward pimping their service.
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I don't give a flying fuck about cd's or mp3's running on my ps4. In a household where the ps4 is the only media box outside of a pc it might matter more (but cd's, really?). There are so many ways to stream audio now it's ridiculous. I don't need my gaming console to do it for me.
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"we didn't really think about MP3 or CD."
Either they're lying, or they're incredibly stupid. It's a rather glaring thing to just forget about. -
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don't ask Gamestop employees anything, you'll be better off
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My guess is they did want to herd customers toward their music service. There was backlash, and Sony wants to keep its image squeaky-clean in the eyes of gamers and has decided to throw a switch and enable MP3 and CD playback. Most people expected to be able to play MP3s and CDs. If those options really were in Sony's plans, they would have said so from the get-go. No reason not to.
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That's more than 12 months old, ancient history, Sony has a picture of you on their wall and they go to sleep at night thinking of ways to do right by you.
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Yeah, I meant squeaky-clean in the contest of, "all the gamers love us because they think we stand for freedom, so let's keep that up."
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I bet all my butter that the reason why it's not native from day one is to add value to the VITA TV.
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How much butter do you have?
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None. Lots of margarine though. I can't believe this shit's not butter.
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