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Today we will be looking at how the PS4 do stuff that you cannot imagineㅡor rather, PS4 hacks every ps4 owner or gamer should know. First off, do you know anything about your newly bought PS4? It comes in 1 TB or 500 GB for the older model, but now the latest model is only available at 1TB and 2TB. We also have the PS4 Pro model, but this model is only worth it if you have a 4K HD TV, in most cases, most people cannot afford it, especially teenagers. Do not misunderstand me, adults play PS4 too. Actually, most games released were for young adults. Sony's competition would most probably be Nintendo and Microsoft Company's console Xbox One.
Xbox One is competing with the graphics against Sony's PS4. Personally speaking, it all depends on what type of games you prefer to playㅡand whether you prefer the graphics or the gameplay. If you like RPG games you should probably go for PS4 as it has more RPG games released on it, especially the famous Final Fantasy series. Nonetheless. If you prefer shooting and action probably you can get the ones exclusive on Xbox One console. Each console has their own variety of games. Okay, so now we have an overview of PS4. Let's get the ball rolling on the main topic.
Face Recognition
If you think that letting the console observe all of your actions is a fairly silly thing, think about face recognition to unlock your console. You will need a PS4 camera to have this feature unlocked, but you can use it for other ways like Just Dance games. You will find it cool to turn your console into a funny machine just like Xbox One, but if you like to experiment with your gaming toy you will probably fool around it until you get the resultㅡand then brag about it to your gamer friends later. Once you have connected the PS4 camera to the console, go to Settings and Login Settings. After that, open Menu and go to face recognition and enable it. Once you are done, login to your console with face recognition.
Taking Screenshots
Next, do you know you can get screenshots of the game with your controller? The process might be tiring. Even if you want to take down the dash from Noctis as well as the other players performing magic attacks on the boss in Final Fantasy XV and share it on social media, you will need to hold the "Share" button down for the timeframe. Thank god that we can change how this works. First, open the "Share" menu by clicking the "Share" button. Then, press the Options button, select Sharing Settings, then select the Share button control type to change it to share for a longer period of time. Capturing screenshots are also as simple as clicking the Share button. Finally, you can make a video walkthrough by saving your video and uploading in on Youtube.
Saving battery
Furthermore, we will now dive into the PS4 controller. If you think that the controller is great, you will probably have setbacks on the battery. Yep, the battery. Personally, I have played my Persona 5 halfway and it diedㅡbecause I did not charge it long enough. So after about 7 hours of charging, we still need to make sure our controller does not die in the middle of the game and we lost the cable (the cable connecting the console to the controller). I would not be able to fathom if it is a big boss fight and I have not saved the game for 4 hours. I will definitely have a fit if it happens. Well, we could still look for the cable if the controller dies halfwayㅡif you are playing a turn-based RPG game that lets you hunt down that controller.
But if it is an action game… sorry, you beat. You will need to restart the entire game from your last save. Actually, you can just save your battery by connecting it to a cable like a phone through a phone charger, you just need the right cable head. I usually charge mine along with my phone before I sleep so that I can have full gameplay the next day. Charging it through the PS4 during gameplay takes time and you do not want to overheat your PS4 by turning in on overnight just to let your PS4 controller charge. Therefore, go to settings and go to power save settings, and this will save your battery life after the controller is fully charged in the PS4 standby mode. This technique will only be used if you want to charge the controller via the PS4 console.
Managing data
So, now we can delve into data management issues. There is a wayㅡin my hometown where you can buy external hard drives to increase the storage of the hard disk of the console, but I am not sure if it is legalㅡanyway, we need to save space for your games. One game could probably be 15-50 GB, so if you download plenty of digital games, you need space. And more space. You also need to watch the walkthroughs or the videos saved on your PS4. Plus if you need to watch HD movies on your PS4, you will soon be unable to keep track of your console data memory. So how do we solve this issue? We can go to Settings and click on System Storage Management. Then you will have access to all the stuff on the hard drive and delete unnecessary stuff to save storage.
Connect to PSVita as a Controller
Next, we can play games on the PlayStation Vita, as it one of the best features of PlayStation 4. This is also one of the features that many gamers have not gotten their hands on yet. You can actually pair up the PS4 and the PSVita and play any game from your library. If you want to get remote playback, go to Settings and go to PS Vita Connection Settings. Once you reach there, go to Settings and go to PS Vita Connection Settings.
After that, you can successfully pair up your Vita with your PS4 console. Some people may choose to play PS4 games and use the PSVita as a controller late at night or early in the morning, but as long as you enjoy it and does not interfere with your daily work, why not? It would be interesting to find a different use to the almost obsolete PSVita as a controller as PSVita is already phasing out.
Trophies
Furthermore, we have achievements in gaming system. You can get trophies while playing your favorite games. My favorite would be Persona 5 and Final Fantasy XV. I get a kick when I unlock a new trophy, and although I am tempted in sharing them on Facebook, I sometimes hold back. Some people would not view it as an achievement, but I certainly do. Sometimes getting a gold trophy will be required to unlock certain features or certain places in the game, like a secret dungeon or a secret mission. Every time you go viewing your trophies, there is a percentage on the trophy giving you an image on how difficult or rare the trophy achievement would be. It would be nice to collect trophies to satisfy yourself. I most certainly do.
Saving power
Likewise, we also need to save power once in a while. Imagine the electricity bill skyrocketing when you leave your PlayStation 4 runningㅡalright, that would not happen, but we still need to conserve energy on the console. The PlayStation 4 will burn a hole in your pocket if you play it eight hours a day and you will suffer when you read your latest electricity bill. If you go to Settings, you will find the Power Saver settings. Tap on it, and then you can turn off the system or set it to standby mode. After that, you have the option to turn off the controller.
Notifications
PS4 console has a feature that sends out a notification to the user whenever the friend enters a group chat. This can be invading a privacy and it ticks game users off when you are in the middle of a great game. Imagine going through your missions in Assassins Creed and a pop up pops up and says "Friend joined a party?" Going through the irritation when you are in a middle of the game could cause you to scold your online friend later.
No oneㅡliterally no one wants to be interrupted during the middle of a great game. Would you want to beep in the middle of a boss fight? Luckily for us, we just need to access the 'Notifications' area in the Settings menu. Uncheck the 'When friends join a party' box and no more irritating notifications. Maybe you should delete all those online friends on PS4.
Pop-ups
Next, we have Pop-ups. We have just gone through 'When friends join a party', but now we have pop-ups. As in "POPUPS" I think I would have fainted to have opened my Whatsapp and gotten like 102 messages overnight when I woke up the next morning, but now we haveㅡWhat? Pop-ups from PS4 as well? Give me a break. I think I will not be bothered by these notificationsㅡthank god, we do have a way to turn these pop-ups off. It is fairly easy to deal withㅡJust go to the home menu, and tap on 'Messages'. Next, select 'Options' and access the 'Privacy Settings'. You will have the options to select who can message yourㅡfamily, friends or most probablyㅡno one.
PS4 controller brightness
Moreover, you can change the brightness of the PS4 controller. It saves battery and you will be pleased to find that different lightings suit different moods. If you are playing a romantic bishojou game, you might put to 'Dim' ㅡor probably if you are playing God of Wars, all the blinking of the bright light will suit you. So set it to Standard Brightness if you are playing an action game so that it can fuse up all your energy to fight bosses and hack away monsters. If you want to play a tactical RPG game that needs the long time of gameplay, set your controller settings to 'Dim Light'. We have already touched conserving electricity, but now we want to make sure we have enough battery to jump from one stage to another.
Backup data
Would it be horrific if you lost all your data? If I did not upload all my work in Google Docs or backup all my photos, videos and music in Google Drive, I think I will have a heart attack if my data was all gone. Backing up data is crucial sometimes, so I think you can relate if you cannot back up your data in your PS4. So where do we back up our data on PS4? Just go to 'Saved Data Management' to back up your data. You can also delete your data if you do not want anyone to access your data on the PS4. Feel free to access your data anytime on the data management. There is also a way to store data on the PSN Cloud, which is more reliable.
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