Esinye sezici ezifanele kakhulu eziholele impumelelo ku- PlayStation 4 Njengekhonsoli enhle kakhulu yalesi sizukulwane, ngaphandle kokungabaza i-firmware. Kancane kancane uSony ubesebenzisa amathuba amaningi ekhonsoli angafuni ukusilela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Uma ucabangela iminyaka eyethulwe ngayo, akukho okungasenza sicabange ukuthi uSony ubesanikela ngakho konke uma kukhulunywa ngesoftware, kepha kunjalo. I-firmware 4.50 ye-PlayStation 4 efaka phakathi kwezinye izinto eziningi ezintsha ukwesekwa kwendabuko kwamadrayivu anzima nge-USB, kungafika kakhulu.
Akungabazeki ukuvuselelwa bonke abanikazi be-PlayStation 4 Pro abakhala ngakho, futhi yilokho ekugcineni faka lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi "Imodi Yokukhuthaza", uhlelo oluzothuthuka ngokusebenzisa isoftware ukusebenza okunikezwa yimidlalo yevidiyo kuleyo khonsoli, esivumela ukuthi sikhethe phakathi kwesinqumo se-4K noma ukwanda kwe-FPS.
Kodwa-ke, enye indlela entsha emnandi kungenzeka engeza ama-hard drive wangaphandle ngoxhumano lwe-USB 3.0Ngalokhu sisho ukuthi ngokumane sithole i-mechanical hard drive (noma iqinile) ngentengo enhle, singakhuphula kakhulu ukugcinwa kwekhonsoli yethu, ilungele bonke labo abanjengami abathanda ifomethi yedijithali kufomethi ebonakalayo ngokwendlela imidlalo yevidiyo ikhathazekile.
Njengokwengeziwe, ungenza ngezifiso isithombe sangemuva semenyu ethi "Yabelana», futhi isikhombimsebenzisi sokufinyelela ngokushesha sizothuthukiswa, leyo ebonakala lapho senza ukucindezela okude kunkinobho ye- «PS». Izinto ezintsha zifinyelela ezingilazini zangempela ze-PlayStation, ezivumela nokusakaza nokubuka okuqukethwe kwe-3D.
Ngamafuphi, izindaba eziningi ezingezwe kwisoftware ye-PlayStation 4 futhi ezofika ngokuqhakazile phakathi kobusuku nezinsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo.