At first glance, it may appear that the PS4's user interface shares little in common with the PlayStation 3's "XrossMediaBar" interface, a familiar sight for owners of Sony's 2006-era televisions.

A PlayStation executive dispels assumptions about the lifecycle of the PS5, setting a clearer time frame for fans to expect ...

Narrowing your friends or joining larger groups remains outside the abilities of the PlayStation 4 at present, despite system-wide Facebook integration, and sharing options that include Facebook ...

For PS4 disks, all you have to do is insert the disk into your PS5, and it will download to your system storage. Of course, this depends on if you have the disc version of PS5 or the digital.

Using Rest Mode keeps the system ready to quickly come back online, and allows some background functions, but it saves power by keeping the screen dark and shutting down most tasks. Turning a PS4 ...

If your PS4 is unable to get online, you won't be able to take advantage of many of the console's most important features, like multiplayer gaming, streaming video, and installing new games.