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Epic’s long-awaited Rocket League Sideswipe mobile game is now available to anyone on Android and iOS.
Psyonix, who is behind the Rocket League, announced in March that a new, separate Rocket League experience specifically designed for mobile is planned later this year.
Following the announcement, the company has opened alpha and beta tests of the new game in certain regions, allowing selected users to try out the mobile address before it goes public. And now the game has officially been released worldwide.
Psyonix has announced in a tweet the global launch of Rocket League Sideswipe on iOS and Android. The novelty is free to play, but there are in-app purchases.
Rocket League Sideswipe follows the usual car football formula drawn from PC and console Rocket League, but instead of playing 3D, we get side-view, 2D matches.
There are options for 1v1 and 2v2 fights, either with friends or strangers from anywhere in the world. The game offers fast-paced, 2-minute battles. Rocket League Sideswipe is now available for download from the Google Play Store and the App Store on iOS.
The game is currently pre-season, so users can familiarize themselves with it and unlock various customization items. Season 1 details will be shared soon, according to Psynoix
Steam set a record based on data from SteamDB. According to the site, there were 27,182,165 users on the PC gaming platform at three o’clock this afternoon, so many have never logged into the Valve store. That’s not to say that so many have launched games on Steam at once, with only 7,835,499 players running some interactive experience at the time of the record.
This is not the first time in 2021 that Steam has broken a record, reaching a previous peak in April with 26.9 million users. Last year, a total of six results were achieved than ever before, most likely due to the measures taken in response to the coronavirus epidemic. The virus may also have something to do with the current record, although it is perhaps not incidental that Steam is now in the fall fair.
Steam’s current record
As for the most popular games, with most still launching Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, PUBG, Apex Legends, and New World.
Considering how often Steam has been peaking since last year and that the holiday season is yet to come, it could easily be that this record will be broken again this year. Up to several times.
Using an emulator, it doesn’t make much effort to run older console games on a smartphone. NES, SNES, or PS1 titles rarely give the lesson to even a mid-range mobile or tablet, but works developed for the PSP is excellent. However, a genuinely usable PS2 emulator is not available on Android, which means it isn’t there yet, because AetherSX2 will be released soon, allowing the legendary console games to work.
If someone wants to run PlayStation 2 games on a desktop computer, they will most likely use an emulator called PCSX2 because although there are other similar applications, it has the most support. There are some features on Android, such as DamonPS2. Still, it’s not free at all, and the developer allegedly copied more code from PCSX2 in violation of the LGPL license; RetroArch also has an option to run PS2 games, but it is still in its infancy.
AetherSX2, also mentioned in the introduction, is still in closed alpha at the moment, with only one developer working on it who was willing to answer questions about AndroidAuthority about the emulator. Tahlreth says that while the software will run best on the most powerful processors, other chips will perform well. The application is based on existing LGPL emulation work to be free and open source. Even before the end of the year, we can expect the open beta to start, and it’s the deck that the final name will change by then.
Although a single person develops the program, the basics of the application come from an emulator developed for an existing desktop computer, so AetherSX2 already looks excellent in its current closed alpha version. However, like most emulators, Qualcomm’sips will run best on higher-end chips, but it will also run on Samsung and MediaTek processors. Video courtesy of Taki Udon, a YouTuber, proves that AetherSX2 runs fairly on mid-range mobiles. So it is planned that an open beta version of the emulator will be ready before the end of 2021, which anyone will be able to try; based on what we think so far, it will be worth the wait.
In September, Sony announced what had been suggested for some time, namely that the two latest installments in the hugely popular Uncharted series would be available on PC. In addition to desktops, the Legacy of Thieves Collection, which also comes to PlayStation 5, includes Uncharted 4: The Thief’s End and the smaller The Lost Legacy. However, according to the U.S. Age Limit Committee, the ESRB, something will be missing from the collection: online play modes.
If you look around the ESRB’s website, you can see that Uncharted four and The Lost Legacy also have the remark that “the ESRB has not evaluated online interactions.” The Legacy of Thieves Collection, on the other hand, writes that “there are no interactive elements.” Although these games are primarily known for their storytelling mode of play, Uncharted four has been multiplayer since its release and was made available in The Lost Legacy. This includes all kinds of PvP game modes, be it point-taking, treasure hunting, or hunting each other. But there have also been cooperative experiences, such as a surviving game mode since its release.
The VGC, which brought the news, asked Sony if it would miss multiplayer from the collection, but they haven’t received a response yet. The Legacy of Thieves Collection will arrive sometime in early 2022 for PS5 and soon after for PC.
This week at GTA Online is very exceptional. In addition to yesterday’s regular weekly update, the game’s Black Friday promotion has started today, where we can get the most helpful military “games” at a great price.
But we can also bring in movables that are of little use to you, but you can cut up with them in front of the people of Los Santos that you have plucked El Rubio well. Let’s see what this week has brought to GTA Online!
We’ve come to the end of GTA Online’s “Heist month,” so Cayo Perico Heist, the most lucrative money-making opportunity, also promises a bonus. From yesterday to Thursday next week, until 10:30 a.m., the primary booty of the first mapped Cayo Perico Heistotok will be the panther statue, the most valuable loot in the entire game, so it’s worth a visit to Cayo Perico Island.
If you complete a Cayo Perico Heist prep mission, the game rewards you with an orange goggle, and if you meet the Heist finale, an orange mask slips in. In addition, if they entered the contest before Dec. 2, $500,000 will land in Maze Bank bank accounts after Dec. 2. In addition, each player will receive a T-shirt advertising Still Slipping Frend Tee on Joy Orbison’s radio.
One of the audience’s favorite adversary game modes, Overtime Rumble, is temporarily returning this week, plus double money and XP for it. There’s also a doubling multiplier in Kart Krash: Full Auto deathmatch mode and “A Superyacht Life” yacht contact quests.
The weekly prize ride prize is the Annis ZR350, which could be earned by finishing in the top 5 for four days in a row in a Pursuit Series race. The Grotti Visione supercar stretches on the casino podium, so it’s worth spinning the casino wheel.
The weekly write-downs are about the Cayo Perico Heist: The Kosatka submarine and its upgrades are 35% cheaper this week, and both go-karts, the Dinka Veto Classic and Modern, are 40% cheaper. The Kurtz Patrol Boat is 30% more affordable, and the Sparrow, Kraken Avisa, Weaponized Dinghy, and Vapid Slamtruck are 40% cheaper.
Black Friday Discounts (Valid November 26-29):
Superyacht and its upgrades are 40% cheaper
Karin Calico GTF is 40% cheaper
Grotti X80 Proto is 50% cheaper
RO-86 Alkonost 50% cheaper
Imponte Deluxo is 50% cheaper
Declasse Scramjet is 50% cheaper
Mammoth Avenger is 50% cheaper
Ocelot Stromberg is 50% cheaper
Pegassi Toreador is 50% cheaper
Pegassi Oppressor (original) is 50% cheaper
Pegassi Oppressor MK. II 50% cheaper
Buckingham Luxor and Luxor Deluxe (gold plated) are 50% cheaper
Here are some tips for beginners: buy a Kosat from the weekly discounts, get guided missiles, and get a Sparrow helicopter. These are useful because you can launch Cayo Perico Heisto from Kosatá, and with the help of Sparrow, you are done quickly with the preparations for the robbery.
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And the missiles are needed so you can shoot down the Merryweather helicopter to get the unmarked weapons. If you fired the helicopter, restart the mission. Do this until the game launches a mission to go to the office of a criminal gang for guns.
Among the Black Friday devaluations, buy the Pegassi Toreador, an amphibian car with excellent armor and heat-tracking missiles, ask to be stored in the Koska. If you still have money, you can buy the Pegassi Oppressor MK. II aircraft engine (yes, this is an aircraft engine).
Although most players use this vehicle for immoral purposes, in good hands, this futuristic engine makes the player incredibly mobile, making it much easier to make money.
For a long time, news has circulated that Multiversus is being made at Warner’s video game division, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and WB Games, a fighting game using WB’s vast character park.
The game has finally been officially announced, and in it will be everything and everyone from Scooby Doo’s Shaggy to Batman and Harley Quinn to the Battle of the Thrones Arya. Among the characters available at the show are Tom and Jerry, who Warner mentions by their full names, which fans have been watching.
Tom and Jerry’s profile on the game’s official website (Source: Multiverses )
Tom and Jerrywill be on the battlefields together, or they have to put their opposites aside now to win. On the official website of Multiverses, you can also look at the characters’ profiles, including Tom and Jerry, whose names are on it. Well, it’s not just Tom and Jerry. Thomas “Jasper” Tom Cat, Sr. and Gerald “Jinx” Jerry Mouse.
Of course, this is not so much news, as the two legendary cartoon heroes Puss Gets the Boot made their debut in the colors of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio as early as 1940. (Dismissal) and originally named Jasper and Jinx from their creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, it was only after the short film or serial episode that they decided to rename them. Many people didn’t know that, so the racket stopped in the fans when they saw the official WB Games material.
“It’s quite confusing that Jasper and Jinx are their middle names, as they were just the names of their prototypes at the time. Plus, part of the canon is that their real first names are Thomas and Jerome,” a user wrote on Twitter. “How would Jerry’s name be Gerald? I knew about Jasper and Jinx because those were the names of ‘beta’ for Tom and Jerry. What about Gerald ?!” – puzzled himself another fan as well.
“Bro, are you serious now that Tom and Jerry had full names? What’s the main thing ?!”– it was a “strong” reaction from a third fan. However, some appreciated this authentic tribute to Hanna and Barbera: “Okay, no matter how mixed I feel about this game, but it’s a pretty nice gesture to use the names of Tom and Jerry’s prototypes.” What do you say to the two legendary figures’ names in the Multiverses’ official material? Did you know these?
Multiverses will be available in 2022 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X / S.
Elden Ring is the next promising game from FromSoftware that makes great strides in combining the Soulsborne formula and some of Sekiro’s novelties (such as theft ) in a vast, open-world whose background story George RR Martin helped develop. The game is even further away, but we were also lucky enough to take part in last week’s closed technical test, in which some of the over-curious players made a very terrible discovery: they came across a brutal opponent.
The trial version had several limitations, so for example, we could only choose from five character classes, and only a fraction of the open world could be explored. The latter is true in principle, as virtually ingenious players have found a way to extend the boundaries of the trial version. As usual from the Dark Souls, a white, foggy texture delimited the playing field, making videos of their successful breakthrough or circumvention. According to them, it is not so challenging to go through the white fog, and the test version allows you to discover quite a lot up to the giant bear. Or what the hell you could see in the recording below.
Thanks to the brutal attacks of a monster that is even more powerful and deadly than the grizzly bear, it practically takes the player’s life force down with two blows, and there’s not much you can do about it because of its speed. Or at least as fast as my giant white monkey in Sekiro and hitting bigger ones than the bosses in the Soulsborne, plus it is reported to cause poisoning and bleeding to guarantee the You Died caption. It can be defeated, of course, especially the smaller specimens, and according to the attached video, the earth swallowed the giant cat at some point in the fight. It could happen to the player anyway. For example, this is how the fun ends in this other recording, even though he has discovered a boss named Crucible Knight Floh, who is invisible in this part of the test version.
The bears will probably be included in the full version, and they will undoubtedly prove to be such formidable opponents. The Elden Ring will arrive on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series X / S on February 25, 2022. Here you can read about how and with what settings the game will run on different platforms, and in this article, we will explain how the unusual multiplayer section of Elden Ring will work.
The PlayStation 5, released last year, has a rather unusual look, with a sizeable white cover on each side that can be quickly snapped off the device. Already when the console was unveiled, many thought Sony would be launching covers in a variety of colors and patterns, but that hasn’t happened yet. However, the situation may soon change: one of Sony’s patent applications has recently been accepted, which is very likely to apply to PS5 covers. The patent was filed in the United States in November 2020, but it was only recently adopted on November 16, 2021. The description shows that it is a “cover of an electronic device,” but it is pretty clear in the figure attached to the patent that the pages of the PlayStation 5 can be seen. The patent does not address whether Sony is thinking of alternative, different-looking covers. Still, it would be surprising if the company didn’t take advantage of the opportunity because there would be a demand for PS5 personalization options.
This development could be bad news for businesses that started selling PS5 covers without Sony’s permission. An example is a brand, which launched the Dark black plate. In October this year, the team was called by Sony lawyers to stop selling Dark plate, which they did for the first time, but soon returned with the modified Dark plate 2.0, which they say can no longer be legally challenged by the Japanese company. But we are wondering if the new patent will change.
It had been hanging in the air for some time now, and now what Fortnite Chinese players were dreading had happened: they shut down the servers of a popular game within the country.
The hugely popular title has been available in China since 2018 but has never actually exited the beta phase in this region due to strict government regulations.
The developers have officially announced that the game’s servers are no longer available in China. The statement does not provide any specific justification or explanation for why they had to do so.
Still, there is good reason to believe that the Chinese government will further tighten the video game sector restrictions, which may be the reason behind this. If anyone were to miss it, some measures would reduce the online playtime of people under 18 to three hours a week.
The pros and cons of such a decision could be discussed over long pages. Presumably, there would be many arguments for and against it, but we would not go into that now.
What is certain, however, is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain a license to sell virtual objects in China, and Fortnite’s “freemium” business model doesn’t make much sense in that market.
That’s why Fortnite servers have been unavailable since November 15 for Chinese phone gamers, who will have to look for some other online entertainment that way.
Not only the Xbox but also Halo: Combat Evolved turned 20 yesterday. As pre-leaked, Microsoft’s birthday present on this occasion was a beta version of the free-to-play multiplayer part of Halo Infinite,
which was immediately available on both PCs and Xbox consoles. With Halo still a top-rated franchise, it was expected that there would be plenty to put on the game, and Steam has already managed to put a record for Infinite.
Market analyst Daniel Ahmad drew our attention to the fact that two and a half hours after the release of Infinite, there were already 161,000 simultaneous users of the game in the Valve online store. In comparison, Forza Horizon 5 has the best results on the platform, with 81,000 users.
According to Ahmad, Infinite has already performed better on Steam with this result than any other game on Xbox Game Studios. Still, according to Steam Charts, the new Halo had 272,586 concurrent users today at 2 p.m., currently the peak.
By the way, Infinite hasn’t been able to reach the top even with this result. More people on Steam are pushing PUBG, Dota 2, and CS: GO simultaneously. The New World record released in September was 913,027 users, so the game managed to reach first place temporarily. But in the days to come, even Infinite may still be at the forefront.
Halo Infinite will only officially be released on December 8th, when the campaign arrives, which will already cost money. Although only the multiplayer beta is available now, its first season has already begun. It will last until May 2022. We also got a brief taste of the live-action Halo series last night.
One of Ubisoft’s much-delayed games is Rainbow Six Extraction, which runs on Quarantine and Parasite. However, the Extraction, sharpened by the cooperative model and inspired by Rainbow Six Siege’s epidemic season and gameplay, is finally getting straightened out, with a release date and a pretty friendly price. And it also came with a new preview and a gameplay video that you can watch below.
Rainbow Six Extraction will be released on January 20, 2022, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X / S. The game isn’t far away, and the good news is that it won’t be available in stores at a total price or the usual price for AAA-rated games.
Still, the standard edition is available for as little as $39.99. True, according to a Ubisoft announcement, this is only a target price, so it may vary from store to store. The Deluxe Edition, which includes three exclusive bonus packages, will cost $49.99.
Pre-orderers will receive the Orbital Decay package, including two suites and an outside weapon. Those who have played Siege will automatically receive the United Front Bundle, which features items used in both Siege and Extraction. Extraction operators will open for the commando simulator released in 2015.
The developer/publisher has also clarified that Rainbow Six Extraction comes with full cross-play support, and our backups and development can be transferred from one platform to another, or they will be assigned to a large, unified account, so we can continue Extraction of any machine for which we purchased the game.
More good news is that it comes with a cross-players Buddy Pass, which means we can invite two friends to play on any platform.
The buddy does not need to have the Extractions. He will receive his trial for 14 days. If they would like to control common parasites and mutants and buy the game, they can continue where they left off in the trial version.
Gamers can now choose from more than 50,000 PC, console, and other platform games (not counting mobile games), but the quantity and quality of the games are becoming more impressive.
However, it is good to know that the computer gaming experience does not depend solely on the elaboration of the game purchased. Memory gives the acid pepper to video games, as RAM improves system time, speeds up game loading, and increases the frame rate, making it essential for the game to be as realistic as possible. Kingston Technology, one of the world’s most prominent independent memory vendors, now guides how much memory the four most popular games require to achieve the ideal gaming experience.
How does RAM work?
RAM (Random Access Memory) is short-term memory in a computer that temporarily stores data that the PC needs to access. In contrast, a computer’s HDD or SSD is a long-term memory that stores data for an extended period. When we start a game, all the relevant data that the PC potentially needs to access during the game is loaded into RAM. Continuous data retrieval from the HDD or SSD is inefficient and much slower. RAM is much faster than these, so it can load games and read their data in less time. However, it is essential to note that memory is not the only factor in improving the gaming experience. The operating system, SSD, CPU, and graphics card also affect performance.
How much memory does the game need?
With many PC gamers, your computer may crash, and the response time will be slow while playing. In this case, you may need to expand the memory, but it can be confusing how much RAM is enough to run various video games properly. The exact amount of memory required for gaming is primarily determined by the type of game, as each format has different memory requirements. It would be best to consider how many other applications are running in the background simultaneously. Can You Run It helps you determine the ideal memory size website, and you should also check the system requirements set by the game developer? You must have the right amount of memory for each game because, without it, your computer will not be able to store all the data needed to run the game. This reduces the frame rate and degrades performance.
4 GB
A few years ago, 4GB of RAM would have been enough for an optimal gaming experience, but since then, games have evolved a lot, becoming more complex, so this amount of capacity is no longer enough. Older games may still run with 4GB of memory, but you may want to use at least 8GB if you’re going to play multiple games. Volarant, League of Legends (LoL), Minecraft, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive System, DOTA 2, and GTA 5, for example, can still be played with 4GB of RAM but probably only with poor system performance.
Game
FPS
World of Warcraft:
42 FPS
Call of Duty Warzone:
43 FPS
Apex Legends:
58 FPS
Fortnite:
64 FPS
8 GB
8 GB of RAM is the minimum memory size for gaming PCs. With so much memory, we can now run the most commonly used games pretty much without any problems, but some of them won’t show up in the best quality, and we may need to shut down other applications. Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Rainbow 6 Seige (R6), and World of Warcraft Shadowlands, among others, can be played with 8GB of RAM.
Game
FPS
World of Warcraft:
73 FPS
Call of Duty Warzone:
61 FPS
Apex Legends:
108 FPS
Fortnite:
85 FPS
16 GB
The recommended memory capacity for most games is 16 GB, which offers a noticeable performance improvement over 8 GB. We can run other applications in the background without any problems with this much memory. For the Call of Duty Warzone and Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) games, among others, 16 GB is the recommended RAM size.
Game
FPS
World of Warcraft:
91 FPS
Call of Duty Warzone:
69 FPS
Apex Legends:
135 FPS
Fortnite:
108 FPS
32 GB
The 32GB capacity may seem like a lot. Still, it’s becoming an increasingly popular choice among gamers, as at this level of performance, the frame rate will already increase significantly compared to 16GB. The graphical game display is better with memory, while more things can run in the background, e.g., live streaming, browser, system software, or music streaming application. However, the game itself will probably never need 32GB, so if you want to save money or use your computer for gaming, it’s better to stay above 16GB. However, 32GB offers significant performance benefits and makes the PC future-proof to support new game versions that require more RAM.
If you have problems with the PS4, such as slow performance, “data corrupted” errors, or problems downloading or updating games, your console’s database could be the problem. Fortunately, rebuilding the PS4 database will fix most of these problems.
What does “Rebuild the PS4 Database” mean?
When your Sony PlayStation 4 downloads data, be it a new game or an update to an existing title, the console must examine the downloaded data to find what it needs. A few major updates and game downloads can slow down the console as it has to sift through a large amount of data. However, much of this data is not relevant to the current operation.
Rebuilding your PS4 database tells the system where the relevant downloaded data resides on the drive. Once this process is complete, it is easier for your console to find the data it needs for a particular game or service. This can lead to faster boot times and a more responsive console.
This is not the same as defragmenting a hard drive. That process would take much longer. Defragmentation moves the data while rebuilding the database only affects the database. After the database is rebuilt, the console notes where the relevant information is on the drive and then updates its location within the database.
Sony advises that rebuilding your database may take time, or even a few hours, depending on the amount of new data that needs to be examined. In our experience, the process takes a few minutes, tops, on a 1TB PS4 Pro. It’s also worth noting that major PS4 updates also require a database rebuild. It also happens whenever you turn on your console after not turning it off properly.
Occasionally, the process of rebuilding your database may result in the removal of games or other applications if the console believes that they have been corrupted. This shouldn’t affect your saved data, but remember that you can always back up to the cloud with PlayStation Plus or a USB device locally.
When should you rebuild your database?
Rebuilding your PS4 database is a safe process, and you can do it as often as you like. It is a relatively low-risk operation that does not necessarily affect the data on your disk. You can rebuild the database to resolve existing problems, but doing so will also help prevent future console slowdowns.
However, there are some occasions when you may want to force a database rebuild to resolve issues with your PS4.
If your console takes longer than usual to boot or resume from a suspended state, or if you notice a slowdown while using the PS4 menus, a rebuild could help speed things up. This usually happens after significant game updates have been downloaded, so you may want to rebuild the database next time Modern Warfare drops a 100GB patch.
Database issues can also negatively affect game performance. If you notice drops in frame rate and stuttering, especially in areas where you’ve never seen them before, a database rebuild may be a good idea.
Here to help! Did you try to rebuild the database in safe mode? Steps here:
Persistent “data corrupted” errors can also be fixed with a database rebuild. They usually appear when trying to download a game from your Library. Restarting the download usually works quickly before you see the error message again. We have noticed that the problem disappears completely after a quick rebuild of the database.
Some have also noted that rebuilding their PS4 database solved an issue where the console constantly failed to read optical media, and downloadable content (DLC) was missing.
If you frequently install new games and applications, you will benefit from regular database rebuilds than someone who plays the same games and rarely installs anything.
Are there drawbacks?
There are not many downsides to rebuilding the database. Some things may be missing if the data is corrupted, but this is rare. Yours most recently played games list will be removed, so you’ll have to browse your Library to find things instead of scrolling a few tiles to the right.
A rebuild will also remove all notifications from your system. However, it can be nice to wipe the whiteboard because unless you delete them manually, it seems like the console is holding on to them forever.
Lastly, if you have an extensive collection of games and use an external drive, you could be waiting a while for the process to complete. However, we haven’t noticed significant wait times on a standard PS4 with expanded storage or a fully charged PS4 Pro.
How to rebuild your database in safe mode
You will need to start your PS4 console in safe mode to rebuild its database. To do this, wake your console from sleep mode as you usually would. Next, press and hold the PS button on your controller and then select Power> Turn off PS4.
Connect your controller to the PS4 with a USB cable with the console entirely off. This is necessary because Bluetooth will not work in safe mode. Now, press and hold the power button on the front of the console until you hear two beeps to start it securely.
After the second beep, release the button and wait for the “Safe Mode” menu to appear. When you do, select “5. Rebuild the database. “Accept the warning that the process may take a few hours, and then select” OK “to begin the rebuild.
Your console will reboot and display the PlayStation logo for a while. Then you should see a progress bar showing that the database is rebuilding. When the process is complete, your console will reboot.
What else does a safe mode do?
There are other troubleshooting options in the “Safe Mode” menu. The first is the “Reboot System,” which exits Safe Mode and restarts the PS4 usually.
Below is an option to change the screen resolution to 480p. This is useful if your console is connected to a display that does not support the existing resolution, and you need to reverse the settings.
The next option is “Update System Software,” which checks for the latest version and then attempts to update if you have trouble updating your system software when the system boots usually, you can try this option.
The “Restore Default Settings” option reverts all system settings to their factory default values. This will not affect your games or save data. However, it will change your power saving preferences and DNS servers to their defaults.
Finally, there are the options “Initialize PS4” and “Initialize PS4 (reinstall system software)“. These will factory reset your console to like-new condition. The second option also reinstalls the current version of Sony’s operating system. Both will delete all your saved games, media, and files.
You should only use these final options if you have severe problems with your PS4 (and have tried everything else) or if you are selling or giving away your console. These options will delete all of your personal information.
Will next-gen consoles require similar maintenance?
Sony and Microsoft are preparing to launch their next-generation PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles in late 2020. The most significant differences will be faster solid-state drives (SSDs) and wide-bandwidth data channels.
These new features will allow consoles to access data faster than ever. This also means that a database rebuild procedure on a PS5 should take less time, thanks to the improved performance of an SSD.
If you want to speed up your PS4, you can add an SSD. However, don’t expect the same next-gen performance that we’ll likely see on the PS5.
