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Right behind their It's Time to Play! campaign and Black Friday Deals, Sony is ramping up PlayStation promotions for the holidays with the latest PS4 TV spot showcasing the Limited Edition PS4 Pro Death Stranding Bundle featuring a custom 1TB PS4 Pro system, DualShock 4 wireless controller and Death Stranding on Blu-ray Disc.

Check out the PS4 Pro video below, and for those who missed it here are the Death Stranding PS4 Update Patch Notes, Tips and Trophies!

Feel The Power Of Pro | PS4 Pro

Proceeding his request for Beta Testers and the Chiaki Open Source PS4 Remote Play Client release, developer Twist3d89 has made available a free trial version of his REPL4Y for Android application that allows users to Remote Play a PS4 using an Android device from anywhere with an Internet connection!

Download: REPL4Y Android Trial (£0.00) / REPL4Y Android (£8.00) / Support Forums

REPL4Y Android Trial

This is the free trial version of REPL4Y for Android, you can purchase the full version HERE.

The trial version of REPL4Y has some limitations:

• You will be limited to 2 minutes of stream time.
• Remote Internet connect is disabled.

Besides the above limitations all the app features are available for use.

Setup Guide

Follow the setup guide HERE to get started.

Requirements

• Android 6 (Marshmallow) and above
• H264 hardware decoder support
• Internet connection

REPL4Y Android Full Version Features

• PS4 Remote Play – Connect and play your PS4 console from anywhere with an internet connection!
• Multiple Account support – Unlike the official app, REPL4Y allows for multiple accounts & consoles. You can even use non-primary accounts.
• GPU Hardware Decoding – Hardware decoding in native code is used to minimise latency and offer the best gaming experience, stream up to 60 FPS 720p on PS4 and 1080P on PS4 Pro!
• Low latency audio – REPL4Y offers low latency audio playback for the best gaming experience
• Mobile Data LTE – Mobile data connections are supported allowing you to connect to your PS4 anywhere with a data connection
• No logins required – Unlike other apps REPL4Y doesn't require you to login to your PSN any any point. All you need to register your PS4 is your username
• Remap your controllers – Any controller detected by Android is supported with full remapping! Any...

Since the leaked PS5 DevKit Prototype images surfaced last month PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan revealed several areas Sony must focus on for a successful transition to their next-generation PlayStation 5 console slated for a holiday 2020 PS5 release date.

Below are some excerpt quotes from the recent interview with PlayStation boss Jim Ryan from GamesIndustry.biz:

• As we move towards the next-generation in 2020, one of our tasks -- probably our main task -- is to take that community and transition it from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5, and at a scale and pace that we've never delivered on before.

• One thing that makes me particularly optimistic that what we're hearing from developers and publishers, is the ease in which they are able to get code running on PlayStation 5 is way beyond any experience they've had on any other PlayStation platform.

• If we are to be successful, we really have to leverage the opportunities that globalisation brings. I am going to give you some examples. One is around the productisation of PlayStation 5, the definition of the feature set, of the development and the implementation of those features. That process, this time around, has been massively more streamlined compared to anything we've done in the past.

• The product planners are now having one conversation instead of three different regional conversations, where they needed to reconcile positions that were often conflicting or contradictory, with an endless process of iteration and consensus. That's not happening anymore. We have one conversation and we get on and do stuff.

• The second area is in our marketing. The first global campaign that we ran was around Spider-Man. It's a great game obviously, but it also ended up as PlayStation's bestselling first party game. It was one global campaign conceived and executed in an outstanding manner, as opposed to three different regional campaigns that are often executed very well, but the same thing in essence done three times.

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Today the latest PS4 action game Death Stranding developed by Kojima Productions and directed by Hideo Kojima officially launches on PlayStation 4, and with it comes some update patch notes, PS4 tips and trophies!

Death Stranding Update Patch Notes via zipcloak

V1.05

• Various performance improvements

V1.04

• Various performance improvements
• Multiple problems fixed

V1.03

• Multiple problems fixed
• Game balance adjustments
• Translation quality improvements
• Updated save data version - Save data created in version 1.03 cannot be used with an earlier version.

V1.02

• Optimized network functionality

V1.01

• Various performance improvements

Check out the launch day Death Stranding PS4 tips courtesy of Sony Social Media Manager Brett Elston below, to quote:

Delivery Tips

• Once you have the resources to make multiple deliveries per trip, hit ‘em hard. Delivering requested goods will often unlock enhanced tools, fun cosmetic options, interesting plot points with survivors, and an increased chiral connection for that area. The stronger the connection, the more chiral bandwidth that’s available for online structures like bridges, roads, watchtowers, and more. These structures can turn previously arduous treks into simple trips, and it’s all thanks to you and other Death Stranding players making those deliveries.
  
• Whether you’re delivering requested goods or lost cargo found in the wild, these will net you Likes that increase your reputation as a transporter. As this rating rises, your cargo capacity (among other things) will improve. Give a little, get a little!
  
• Anytime you’re on the move, you should have an open order. Always have something on your back, on the bike, or in the truck. If you’re especially generous, steal a MULE truck and start loading it with all their ill-gotten goods for huge Santa Claus-style deliveries up and down the highway.
  
• Speaking of the highway, auto pavers demand a...

Last month we reported on a Rumored PS4 Price Drop in time for Black Friday 2019, and today retailer Target has officially confirmed this news in their Target Black Friday 2019 Ad posted live... featuring both a Jet Black PS4 Slim 1TB Bundle with 3 PlayStation 4 games for $199.99 or a PlayStation VR Bundle with 5 PS VR games for $199.99!

• The 1TB PS4 Slim 3-Game Bundle for $199 includes the PlayStation 4 games God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition and The Last of Us Remastered.
  
• The PSVR 5-Game Bundle for $199 includes the PlayStation VR virtual reality games Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Everybody's Golf VR, PlayStation VR Worlds, Resident Evil 7 and Skyrim VR.

Keep in mind, to play PS4 homebrew and hundreds of PS4 FPKG games until a future PlayStation 4 jailbreak exploit arrives you can still find a jailbreakable PS4 console.

Also just as we did last year, once more Black Friday 2019 ad scans are available we'll do an article summarizing them all for gift ideas this holiday season.

Cheers to ThePlayStationBrahs.com for the news tip earlier today!