PS4 Firmware 6.0 vs 2.5: Speed Test, Features, Game Installs - SURPRISING RESULTS

If there's one thing a PlayStation fan is very familiar with, its stability and improved system performance. But today we ask the hard hitting questions, are we really as stable as we think we are? It's time to find out, as I use one of my old PS4's to see just how good Firmware 6.0 is, and how improved my life has now become.

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[peekatchu]

I like how the older firmware has this blue outline when you're navigating through options and games

[GaggleofDoozies]

They should've never removed that P.T.

[armandocool]

PS3 generation has passed, no PSN name change. PS4 generation is about to end, STILL no PSN name change.

[Damacius]

"This system software update improves system performance".

Should be a supercomputer by now.

[DannyWilliamH]

What's going on with game installs is due to a few factors:

1. Sony streamlined the install process to prioritize the files needed to boot. The I/O isn't changed much at all.

2. The little I/O change there is comes from Sony both optimizing the OS/UI over time *and* Sony allowing more system resources for OS/UI *before* booting a game.
Once an app is ran the OS is given a single core of CPU and 1gb of RAM. This was universal at launch. Now, the OS is given 2 cores and 2GB of RAM before app launch. That does actually speed up the data transfer between BRDD and the HDD, pushing it closer to max throughput.

So, it's a case of better code and more hardware power. The extra power pre-app is barely mentioned because it reverts back to 1&1 after app launch.

The Pro actually has an extra 1GB of older DDR3 (iirc) for system performance, always giving the OS 2GB of available RAM (though mostly used for streaming and video saving).

[Johnnygrafx]

I guess you don't really notice these things incrementally but looking at it this way it's interesting to see how far its come!

[hotel_in_lipsk]

Interesting idea for a video great work

[TypURL]

I preferred the old design it gave me a nostalgic feel even though I didn’t play PS4 back den but it reminds me of PS3 XMB

[prtalfanX]

The old background and the old design on the home screen looked much, much better. Sad that they removed it.

[Femtosett]

*My system is so stable it could hold a horse*

[Rithysak]

Thanks man! I've been waiting for this

[screechingsergal]

Only thing I truly miss is how big your profile image used to be. Although profiles look a lot cleaner and more like Facebook and Twitter, having a large profile image was something satisfying to me since I liked creating Hi-Res icons. A small nitpick but I really loved that.

[HuGiv]

6.0 behind the scenes changes are insane, the speeds woow.

[DunnsDayDash]

Congrats on the views for this video, Ryan.
It actually surpassed your subscriber count.

[NameSk]

They really improved the system performance. Great video.

[EppuJoloZ]

I had been running firmware 3.0 since I bought my PS4 at the end of 2014. Yesterday, I updated the firmware after 3 years of ignoring (because I bought a game and update was required), and holy crap! Things changed much

[marcusmizerak]

Very nice. You should try to do 2 videos a month like this. But only so much time in a day. These types of videos are well thought out. see ya on LTPS!

[beatquakemusic]

You deserve way more subs bro. Alls have quality content

[robd]

Firmware 7.00
Games no longer have to be installed to the hard drive, they play off the disc. (I know that would never happen, but that's the only thing faster than this I can think of.)

[GamerForLife]

Great explanation, I heard this new update is preparing for some huge this year.