3.0 is PS3's last major 2009 update News
PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
PlayStation Network ops director Eric Lempel has said that you "would be correct to assume" that firmware 3.0, due out soon, is the last major update for 2009.
With that said, Lempel, speaking to G4, wouldn't rule out other minor updates "because we are working on some things".
The PSN man, often seen updating the US PlayStation blog, explained that Sony aims to condense as many tweaks as possible into its semi-regular firmware updates in line with its internal roadmap.
"We do want to continue to evolve the PS3, continue to go along our roadmap, but also listen to what the users are saying and making the necessary enhancements to make their experience better."
Let's hope he got my email about a special duck that patrols the XMB to protect it from breadcrumbs.
For (slightly) more on the XMB, check out yesterday's interview with Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, who discussed how 3.0 is a step in the right direction, and why.
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is it too much to ask for an option to turn the sound off on game previews in the XMB? Being blasted with the title tune of the last game i played every time i turn it on is a little agrravating. (some more than others. shatter has a nice tune) especially since the volume varies a lot.
come on, 5 minute fix or what.. I cant be the only person that wants this? |
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menage hMKV would be awesome, never going to happen though.
Don't be so sure. I seem to recall that MKV is now part of the DivX spec (http://support.divx.com/faq/view/support... and the PS3 is a DivX certified device. So I wouldn't rule it out. In the meantime, ps3mediaserver works very well. |
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Will we be able to stream mp4s to the PS3 with this release? I've not managed that since a very early release when the PS3 launched. They always stutter, especially HD mp4s. The stream smooth as silk on the 360 though. It's very frustrating because if streaming worked I'd have one console in the bedroom and one in the lounge to stream stuff. PS3 only wants to stream avis. A quick Google and this seems to be the norm.
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@zerolight, I'm *pretty* sure I can stream HD mp4s to mine from my DiskStation network disk drive, but I had to upgrade my network to gigabit (with a gigabit switch and some cat6 ethernet cable) for HD files to work (not 100% certain those files were mp4), as before that they did stutter like crazy.
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Doctor_What
26/08/09 @ 09:04
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I hope they paid attention to my request for better music folders. I've got three people's music collections on mine and it takes ages to find anything because all the albums are in a flat folder structure.
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EarlBassett
26/08/09 @ 13:57
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"Let's hope he got my email about a special duck that patrols the XMB to protect it from breadcrumbs."
Just the facts maam. |
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SeesThroughAll
26/08/09 @ 15:29
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It's going to be a wierd case of buying a PS3 slim and immediately having to update the firmware.
Only about as weird as it was to update the PS3 on euro launch to firmware 1.60... It certainly is inconvenient. |
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
26/08/09 @ 16:11
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I'm pretty sure I've had to update my PS3's firmware literally every time I've switched it on.
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
26/08/09 @ 21:47
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Only to play a Tutti Frutti DVD. Once a month would be pretty good going for my PS3.
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@ Dillinger: I so agree with that! You can put downloadable games in folders (I've got them sorted into 'PS3 games', 'classics' and demos') but the disc ones always bug me. PES 09 has these loud, annoying drums going off all the time, and that's most often the game disc I've got in my PS3. Would be nice to get an option to turn off the sound, yeah. :)
Also, I'd love if downloads wouldn't halt to a near stop when I play games, and I'd love for games to a have a 'background install' feature. It sucks that you can't even turn off the controller when an install is happening. |
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