Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 (PS4) console will not support external storage, and is not DLNA-complaint.
In the "Ultimate FAQ" released by Sony ahead of the November 15 launch (North America) of the next generation PlayStation, Sony has revealed that external storage is not supported for the PS4, though you can still swap out the internal HDD as you could with the PS3.
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which also means no movies or music from external devices as well thank you you just turned me off on purchasing a ps4 good job sony i have videos music and even backups of save information on a external hard drive no video or music support from a external drive you can go ^%$#@#$ off a cliff
funny how they are just now telling you about the systems shortcomings now after telling you all the great things ;) Don't worry give it a couple years and the system will be cracked and external drives will be able to be connected
Funny how Sony help start DLNA but don't include it in PS4. Dah well, I cancelled my pre-orders the minute they screwed up (by that I mean delayed) the launch titles.
I have to say basing it on shelve space, walking through my local Wal-Mart I noticed like 5 titles being shelved for PS4 but over a dozen easily on Xbox One. Sony screwed the pooch for all involved.
So there's no support at this time for external devices with music, photos and videos.
Big deal? yes and no. For those that use the external devices to transfer such files for use on their device, very big deal. But you always have the option to take a DVD-RW and transfer the desired files over until Sony fixes this.
