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Today Sony Senior Vice President Hideaki Nishino of Platform Experience shared a Q&A session on developing PlayStation System Software Updates offering some behind-the-scenes insight after the PS5 Firmware v4.00 Update that added support for Compatible PS5 M.2 SSDs earlier this month.

Check out the Q&A below courtesy of Sid Shuman via PS Blog, to quote:

I sat down with Hideaki Nishino, SVP of Platform Experience, to get the scoop behind some of the new features, including 3D audio for built-in TV speakers and M.2 SSD storage expansion on PS5.

We also discussed mobile app updates like Share Screen on PS App, which started rolling out yesterday on iOS and Android.

PlayStation.Blog: Can you give us a little sense of what you do as SVP of Platform Experience?

Nishino-san: Here at SIE, I work for hardware, system software, and network platform products and services. I don’t contribute to the games or studio teams, but everything other than the games side of things.

PlayStation.Blog: Congrats on the launch of the September system update on PS5. Are there a couple features you found particularly important?

Nishino-san: We launched many features with the September Update, but one I’m personally enjoying is the trophy tracker. Of course, I want to get more trophies and show them off. The trophy tracker allows me to easily pin the trophies I’m tracking down.

PlayStation.Blog: A lot of people have been asking, when are we going to get an update on 3D audio coming through the TV speakers (in addition to headsets).

Nishino-san: Yeah, absolutely. 3D audio has been a key part of our vision for PS5: delivering a really immersive experience not just through visuals but audio as well. When I turn on 3D audio for TV speakers, it sounds different. It’s difficult to describe, but I hope everybody will try it and experience it.

It feels like the sound is coming from around my ears and from the front as well. So, it’s definitely giving you a different experience...

Proceeding the PS4 PKG Info on PlayStation 4 Packages and Keys by the legendary maxton (R.I.P.), today PS4Scene developer @flatz announced on Twitter the release of an ongoing PKG_PFS_Tool project spanning several years that unpacks PS4 PKGs / PFS / Save Games and can generate GP4 files for building PKGs including all keys provided you have the correct key sets!

Download: pkg_pfs_tool-main.zip / GIT / pkg_pfs_tool (0.61 MB - Precompiled) / Mirror via _nyannoying / ppt182.7z (195.69 KB - Windows Binary - pkg_pfs_tool.exe) via @dankmoor / pkg_pfs_tool_win64.rar (0.36 MB - Win64, includes pkg_pfs_tool.exe and zlib1.dll) / pkg_pfs_tool.rar (227 KB - Windows Binary - pkg_pfs_tool.exe) via @jocover on Twitter / pkg_pfs_tool_msys2.rar (1.29 MB - Compiled for Windows, includes pkg_pfs_tool.exe, msys-z.dll, msys-2.0.dll and msys-gcc_s-seh-1.dll) / pkg_pfs_tool_macos_x86_64.zip (0.17 MB - Compiled for MacOS, includes pkg_pfs_tool and config.ini)

Below is a brief recap of some related articles for those new to the PlayStation 4...

Since the last round of PS5 game footage, here's a fresh batch of PlayStation 5 gameplay trailers spotlighting a new PlayStation VR: Live The Game promo video for virtual reality fans in the PS5 Scene to check out below!

Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed Gameplay PS5 Trailer

Crypto is back and groovier than ever. Make war, not love!

Destroy All Humans 2 – Reprobed is coming soon to PS5.


Outcast 2 A New Beginning World PS5 Trailer

This is Adelpha, home to the Talan people. A lush but dangerous planet, Adelpha is at rist of exploitation and destruction from an invading robotic army.

The task at hand is dead serious – but that won’t stop Cutter from cracking some jokes.. and skulls. Outcast 2 – A New Beginning is coming soon to PS5.


ELEX II Story PS5 Trailer

From the team that brough you the legendary Gothic and Risen series, comes a glimpse into the story of the upcoming open world RPG: ELEX II.

Unite the free people of Magalan against a looming threat. The Skyanides are coming and want to change the face of the planet forever. But some people are not so easily convinced... ELEX II is coming soon to PS4 and PS5.


MX vs ATV: Legends Announcement PS5 Trailer

Your time is now! MX vs ATV Legends is coming soon to PS4 and PS5.


Outcast 2 A New Beginning Announcement PS5 Trailer

Outcast 2 – A New Beginning is coming soon to PS5. The cult classic returns! Cutter Slade has been resurrected by the mighty Yods in order to join forces with the Talan people. The inhabitants of the paradisaic planet Adelpha are blissfully unaware of the army of invading soldiers. But that's all about to change...


Crisis Wing Launch PS5 Trailer

Push your shoot’em up skills to the limit in nostalgic pixel art style as you launch into Crisis Wing, lovingly crafted to recall the frantic action of arcade classics!

Featuring 7 vertical scrolling stages, upgradeable...

Following the FF7R DLC Unlocker, RAGE 2 Update DLC Unlocker, Empire of Sin DLC Unlocker and recent PS4 FPKGs today PS4Scene group UNLiMiTED made available Invector PS4 DLC Unlocker PKGs (Magma / TIM Packs) for use with the GoldHEN v1.1 homebrew enabler on PlayStation 4 Jailbroken consoles alongside an AVICII Invector (CUSA18271) v1.05 Backport for 5.05 / 6.72 from @opoisso893 via Twitter (aka backport893) that works with the AVICII.Invector.PS4-DUPLEX (Cached) previously-released PS4 FPKG from DUPLEX.

Download: AVICII.Invector.DLC.Unlocker.PS4-UNLiMiTED.rar (912.11 KB - includes AVICII.Invector.Magma.Pack.DLC.Unlocker.PS4-UNLiMiTED.pkg and AVICII.Invector.TIM.Pack.DLC.PS4-UNLiMiTED.pkg) / AVICII.Invector_CUSA18271_A0105_BACKPORT_[5.05-6.72]_OPOISSO893.rar (2.64 GB - AVICII.Invector_CUSA18271_A0105_BACKPORT_[5.05-6.72]_OPOISSO893.pkg)

Development is heating up on a RetroArch PS4 Official Version soon for Jailbroken PlayStation 4 users according to libretro on Twitter, with the latest progress updates from PS4Scene homebrew developers bigboss, fjtrujy and frangar including loading SELFs and assets from NFS via OrbisLink, RetroArch compiled with the OrbisDev Toolchain using the latest LLVM 13 version alongside the Nintendo NES / Famicom Emulator FCEUmm running in PS4 through RetroArch in the latest nightly update!

Github Repositories: Fjtrujy GIT / Frangarcj GIT / Libretro GIT / Orbisdev GIT / Psxdev GIT / RetroArch test.zip (16.37 MB - PS5 5.10 RetroArch) / RetroArch.zip (17.4 MB - includes retroarch.elf) / PS5 Payloads by John Tornblom) via master_s9

This comes following the initial RetroArch PS4 Orbis Support in Development news and...