Once the PS4 software update has been downloaded, your system will need to restart while it’s applied. Give it five minutes and your PS4 will be all updated and ready for you to keep on playing.

PS4 system software update 12.52 is now available to download, but at this point in the console’s lifecycle, there’s no new features to speak of for the system.

In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Sony's Scott McCarthy outlines some of the new features that system software 2.0 brings to the PS4, and it looks very promising.

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However, Sony consistently tries to stomp out attempts at modding, most famously the removal of Linux from the PS3 all the way back in 2010 after it was exploited for modding the core system software.

Original story: The PlayStation 4's next system software update has been assigned a release date by Sony. Codenamed 'Masamune', version 2.0 is set to go live on October 28 and will come with Share ...

PS4 PS4 system software update version 8.00 now available Changes to Party and Messages features, new avatars, updated parental controls, and more.

The PS4 system software beta comes with the community requested Open Parties feature, which is also coming in the PS5 beta. Top NEW GAMES releasing in February 2022!

PS4 System Update 8.00 will go live today globally, introducing new Avatars, changes to Party and Messages, an enhanced 2-Step Verification system, and much more.

Registration for the PS5 system software beta program is now open to the public. This program is similar to the one that existed for PS4.

Thankfully, it shouldn’t take PS4 users too long to download and install 8.01. The PS4 System Software Update in question went live earlier this morning, one day after the PlayStation 5 received ...