Sony Readying Major PS4 Software Update, Seeking Beta Testers

[kcarbotte]

Sony put out a call for beta testers to help squeeze out the final bugs from the next major PlayStation system software overhaul, which we expect to see later this year.

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[boju]

Any compensation for friends and family for those brave souls that don't make it?

 

[liquidmental]

Please add the option to turn off the F'n useless and battery draining controller light!

 

[dstarr3]

Is this the update that finally enables all games to run at 1080p/60? No? Okay, looks like we're still in 2005 then.

 

[mlga91]

Beta tester used to be a paid job right?

 

[10tacle]

Beta tester used to be a paid job right?

It still is, especially in the tech/software business world. In the gaming world, there are both full time paid testers and volunteers. The volunteers are looked at as supplemental who may find something or a scenario that wasn't thought of or seen in the core testing group. You can have an in-house team of 50 developer testers and still not be guaranteed of catching every glitch.

I have actually *paid* to be a beta tester (early adopter pre-release Steam game purchase) in both Project Cars and DiRT Rally. Spent over a year with each game playing them and reporting issues before they went gold and were released for retail sale. The way I looked at it was that I got a fully working game at release after the final version update for half the cost of the retail version. Another bonus perk was already having lot of experience and giving online n00bs hints to help them become better and more competitive faster.

 

[bit_user]

Spent over a year with each game playing them and reporting issues before they went gold and were released for retail sale.

They seriously finished those games a year before they went to market?!? I find that a bit hard to believe.

 

[10tacle]

They seriously finished those games a year before they went to market?!? I find that a bit hard to believe.

No....that's why I stated "final version update" before being released. There were regular updates and enhancements/patches throughout the pre-release period. Most of these were from our advice and input. Some small (steering wheel fixes), some huge (additional tracks, cars). If I remember correctly, PCars when I jumped on board was an 8GB download. At release it was 20GB, and now it's at 25GB.