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If you’ve got an impressive amount of PlayStation trophies constantly being added to your collection, you can finally put those accomplishments to good use by cashing them in for new games or other products thanks to the Sony Rewards program.

The Sony Rewards program isn’t a new feature, and if you use your PlayStation 4 primarily for gaming without taking part in renting movies or other activities, you likely weren’t even aware that it existed. But a recent update for the rewards program now lets you earn points based on how many trophies you have, and those points can then be converted into products or PSN currency.

How much you’ll get depends on how many of each trophy type you have, but for those who rack up quite the catalog, you should walk away with some easy money.

Bronze trophies aren’t included in the deals, but if you’ve got Silver or anything above, you’ll earn more Sony Rewards points the more that you have.

The trophy-to-points conversion rates are as follows:

• 100 Silver trophies – 100 points
• 25 Gold trophies – 250 points
• 10 Platinum trophies – 1000 points

To see what you can redeem your points for, you can get started by linking your account here and tracking your trophies. Having 1000 points is enough to get you $10 in PlayStation Store credit though, so saving up your points can get you a brand new game while spending them quicker can earn you some quick-and-easy microtransactions.

There are plenty of ways to earn points outside of trophies, so make sure you explore all your options to get as many as possible. It says that it might take a few days for your linked accounts to reflect your trophy progress on Sony Rewards’ site, so give it some time if you don’t see changes right away.

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The PlayStation 4 has been out a good five years now, with it taking a huge leap over the mild sales of the PlayStation 3 and even winning the console race of this generation. In all fairness, with Microsoft’s epic fail of a pre-launch with the Xbox One, not to mention the dead-on-arrival Wii U not being any threat (the recent Nintendo Switch, on the other hand, is a strong if young contender); it was kind of a cake-walk for Sony to win it.

That is no slight on the console itself, which is a hefty and effective piece of machinery. Taking several features and principles founded on the PS3 yet fine-tuning them into a much sleeker, quicker and muscular slab of hardware. But also like the PS3, it’s filled with more features then you could shake a stick at but (most) will be hard-pressed to know they’re even there.

As said, a lot of those special tricks will be completely lost to the average gamer; there’s a handful of tiny little features you might easily miss, but there’s also some incredible killer tricks and interface advantages that can make your proud console that much more special and cooler.

This is, in fact, the perfect time to investigate the console and it’s ‘hacks,’ with all the snazzy updates and software fixes that have aired since launch. It is currently chock-full of hidden goodness for the loyal gamer to use and explore.

25. Play Your Buddy’s Games Online

Probably one of the most rad things your PS4 can do (yet, hardly anyone knows you can do) is the SharePlay option.

When you and your friends are joined up in Party Mode you’ll see the option for SharePlay.

Press that button and you will be able to do awesome things like watch your mate play, then let him digitally hand over his controller for you to have to go. Also if it’s a Co-Op game the two of you can link up to play it together. Only downside? After an hour you’ll have to refresh the SharePlay option.

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On November 15, 2013, the PS4 launched in the West. Can you believe it’s already five years old? That’s incredible! I still feel like I just bought it and now rumors about the PS5 keep cropping up. I’m not ready yet! That time period was such a whirlwind from the February unveiling to that E3 months later wherein they utterly trounced Microsoft in every way. That price alone, $100 less than the Xbox One, made the crowd go wild like Jesus descended on stage and blessed Sony with his Jesusy goodness. It proved that Sony still had it in them to make a console everyone would both want to develop for and buy. It was an astounding turnaround from their stubbornness surrounding the initial years of the PS3. Now it seems like this generation has reversed itself.

The PS3 started bad, but ended with a bang and the PS4 started good and now they’re getting smug again. It’s not just their attitude with cross play among rival consoles either. Would you like to hear a blurb regarding this fiasco? I’ll condense this Independent article down for you. Essentially Sony’s stance is that no one needs to play on any other platform because the PS4 is “the best place to play.” Come on. It’s quotes like these that make me ashamed to own a PS4. I’ll get more into that later along with twenty-four other major and minor issues I have with the system. It’s a great console, but it could be so much better.

25. Controller Battery Life Is Short

The big reason the light on the PS4 controller is annoying, as I hinted at earlier, is because it drains battery life. Depending on the game I’ve found life will vary, but a good controller will have about eight hours if you turn off sound and dim the light.

It’s better than the Xbox One controller situation at least.

If you use it as intended, well, it’s significantly less than that. I know eight hours is a long time and this is a very minor annoyance, but I still thought it was worth bringing up.

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Sony recently opened the PlayStation 4 up to cross-platform play “for select third-party content” which is big in particular for players of Fortnite – the first game to officially enable the functionality between Xbox One and PS4 users. This also means that account progress and cosmetic items are now platform agnostic, though these functions are currently in beta form. But there are a few things you’d need to do to activate matchmaking with players of all platforms.

First thing to note is that cross-platform matchmaking is only available to those who are in a party with people through Epic Friends. You’ll need to group up with others via an Epic account; this is the ticket to connect with players outside the platform you play on. In order for console users to access that, you’ll have to make sure your Epic account is linked to your console account (PSN, Xbox Live, or Switch Online) which can be done on Epic’s official website.

Once you add friends through your Epic account (which has to be done via the Epic Launcher on PC or mobile), you can party up with them in-game from the lobby in the options menu, regardless of platform. Cross-platform matchmaking is then enabled when grouped with players on other platforms. It’s important to know that if you’re in a party with a PC player, you’ll be dropped into a match against other PC players that are most likely using keyboard and mouse controls.

We have Fortnite: Battle Royale covered from all angles. Season 6 just started and we have all the Streetlight Spotlight dance locations marked down, all the cosmetic items that come with the battle pass, and the location of the secret battle star.

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PLAYSTATION fans have been dealt a blow this week, as Sony reveals its plans leading up to Christmas.

The PS4 platform holder has ruled out holding a PlayStation Experience event in 2018.

The PlayStation Experience is typically held in December, and features a smattering of new game announcements and gameplay reveals.

Unfortunately, however, Sony doesn’t feel it can justify an event this year, which suggests the PS4 is starting to wind down.

The news was confirmed by Sony’s Shawn Layden, who told the PlayStation Blogcast that the company didn’t want to raise expectations.

“Now that we have Spider-Man out the door, we’re looking down in 2019 to games like Dreams and Days Gone but we wouldn’t have enough to bring people altogether in some location in North America to have that event,” he said (via Gamingbolt).

“We don’t want to set expectations really high and then not deliver on it.”

Before the release of Days Gone and Dreams in 2019, Sony will launch three pieces of Spider-Man DLC.

The first part of Marvel’s Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps DLC has been given an October 23 release date on PS4.

Titled The Heist, the expansion revolves around Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat.

“As you play the base game, you’ll realise that Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat, is back in town and she’s leaving clues around town to toy with Spider-Man,” reads an Insomniac blog post.

“In Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Heist, she finally reveals herself.

“Featuring new missions and challenges, as well as a brand new faction of enemies and three additional suits to unlock, you won’t want to miss it.”

Each pack will be available individually, or as part of the Spider-Man season pass.

The second and third Spider-Man DLC packs will be released before the end of the year, beginning with Turf Wars in November.

The final add-on is titled Silver Lining, and will be released exclusively for PS4 in December.

Little is know about the second and third packs, other than they will contain new story missions, suits and more.

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What Will Happen to the PC market , when Cloud gaming Gets Big?

Gaming is an expensive hobby. With a console costing you at least $300 and a triple-A game is priced at a whopping $59.99 without the DLC, you will have to pay a lot of money to get into gaming unless you want to use old hardware. Cloud gaming is a good news to many gamers around the world and it will most likely become mainstream very soon, but what will happen to the PC gaming market?

Cloud Gaming on PS 5 and Xbox Two

According to the latest rumors, the next-gen Xbox or Xbox Two is going to be a cloud gaming console. Microsoft and AMD, are rumored to be working on a proper cloud gaming system called Scarlett Cloud. This will be good news to gamers on a low budget since this means the Xbox Two could cost as low as $50 but Microsoft has to do a lot of work so the common gamer is able to stream games without much lag. The PS 5 is likely going to feature cloud gaming as well through PS Now but it likely wouldn’t be a streaming system as it will feature powerful specs. If Sony doesn’t have proper cloud gaming on their next console, the Xbox Two will have a big advantage or disadvantage depending on how you look at it.

What will happen to the PC market?

The PC gaming market will probably take a massive blow. Most of the damage will be to GPU making companies AMD and Nvidia. Right now, many gamers might buy a Nvidia RTX 2080 TI so they can play the latest game at 4K 60 FPS Ultra, but no one will do that if cloud gaming becomes mainstream. If cloud gaming is possible for everyone, they can simply play the latest games on a $50 console at 4K 60 FPS if they have a good wifi. Cloud gaming isn’t going mainstream at least not in 2018 or 2019. By 2020, wifi speeds would likely have increased enough that most people that can buy a $300 Xbox, have wifi that is fast enough to stream games at 1080p 60 FPS.

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Sony has finally stopped fighting the future: A beta for cross-platform play, including support for Fortnite, launches today.

“The first step will be an open beta beginning today for Fortnite that will allow for cross platform gameplay, progression and commerce across PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Mac operating systems,” PlayStation president and global CEO John Kodera wrote on the PlayStation Blog. “We see the beta as an opportunity to conduct thorough testing that ensures cross-platform play is best on PlayStation, while being mindful about the user experience from both a technical and social perspective.”

This is a major reversal of its longstanding policy of keeping PlayStation fans segregated from the rest of the industry, after arguing that cross-platform play might even be unsafe. Others in the industry had argued that the policy was due to monetary concerns. Many publishers, including Bethesda, had been pressuring Sony to make this change, and developers such as Psyonix have already spoken openly about how easy the change would be to implement from their end.

There is very little other information given about how the beta will work or how to sign up to participate in it. The blog post also states that only “selected” third-party content will be playable across different platforms. The post does make it clear, however, that this was a change in the industry that Sony couldn’t continue to ignore.

“Today, the communities around some games have evolved to the point where cross-platform experiences add significant value to players,” Kodera explained. “In recognition of this, we have completed a thorough analysis of the business mechanics required to ensure that the PlayStation experience for our users remains intact today, and in the future, as we look to open up the platform.”

Shawn Layden, the chief executive of SIE Worldwide Studios, discussed the beta and cross-console play on this week’s PlayStation Blogcast. He said that allowing cross-console play was “not about flipping a switch … it’s very multi-dimensional. … It took longer than I would have wanted, but it took as long as it had to.”

Layden said that following the beta, he expects the PS4 will see other games supporting cross console play. “I think certainly once we can prove this is holding together, sturdy and well, I would anticipate seeing other games in the service,” he said.

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Thanks to the some what release of the Xbox One X, the console market was able to catch up to the PC gaming community in terms of game performance. Of course, the Xbox One X isn’t very powerful, but thanks to fantastic optimization, the Xbox One X can run games at 4K 30 FPS. The Sony PlayStation 5, is going to be much more powerful than the Xbox One X, and after optimization, it might be able to do 4k 60 FPS.

Sony PS 5 Expected Specs

According to the latest gaming rumors, the Sony PlayStation 5 is going to feature an AMD Ryzen CPU and an AMD Navi GPU. Thanks to a recent leak, we know that someone at Sony is working with Ryzen Technology.

“A principal programmer at Sony associated with the firm’s Advanced Technology Group is working with AMD’s Ryzen technology, improving the Zen core’s micro-architecture support within the LLVM compiler stack – a key component of a tool used in the PlayStation 4 development environment. Of course, there is no PS4 product using the Ryzen processor, leading to speculation that this is related to a prospective next-gen PlayStation 5 console currently in development.”

The PS5’s GPU, Navi, is going to be a 7nm GPU. As of now, no other console or PC features a 7nm GPU, and that is excellent news for fans of PlayStation consoles. With these specs, the PS5 is likely going to be able to run games at 4k, 30 FPS ultra. It is rumored that the PS5 will feature the same performance as a $500 gaming PC.

PlayStation 5 Price and Release Date

According to the latest rumors, the Sony PlayStation 5 is going to be released sometime around 2020. It is rumored that the PS5 will feature the same specs as a $500 gaming PC when it is released. 2020 will be a good release date for the PS5 as it will be seven years after the PS4 came out. Just like the PS4, the PS5 will likely be priced around $400 as Sony wouldn’t want to make the same mistake as Microsoft and release a $500 console.

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To the dismay of many PlayStation users Sony has never let their Network users change their PSN name.

And even more annoying was the fact that the latest PS4 6.0 firmware update didn’t add the feature, despite the usual barrage of rumours suggesting it might finally arrive.

However, it’s worth remembering that it wasn’t that long ago when Sony released a survey suggesting they may consider letting PSN users change their embarrassing IDs.

The survey stated Sony is “exploring the possibility of adding a feature to PSN that lets users change their ID”, according to the website PushSquare.

PlayStation asked receivers of the survey to keep the information to themselves, but an anonymous tipster revealed the information to the PlayStation news site.

However, at the end of the survey, it stressed that it “can’t be sure whether this feature will be added or not, but we can be sure your opinions on the matter will be heard”.

For the time being, here’s everything we know about PSN name changes and everything Sony has said about the long requested feature.

Price:

In the aforementioned survey, it revealed how the system would work – in principal.

Sony suggested you would be able to change your PSN ID for free – but only once every six months.

For those who regret the change and want their own name back, they will have to contact customer support.

It is not mentioned in the survey if there will be a fee for if you want to change your name more regularly.

This is how companies such as Microsoft deals with it – charging Xbox Live users for additional changes.

When will it happen?

At the PlayStation Experience (PSX) event in December 2017, PlayStation boss Shawn Layden dropped a major hint as regards to PSN names.

When asked about whether PSN name changes would happen in the future, the Sony boss replied: “I hope we’ll see events occur that you won’t have to ask me that question next PSX.”

This gives a glimmer of hope to PSN users that the service might be made available by the end of 2018.

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