PS3 1.90 firmware available

By Tom Bramwell Published 24 July, 2007

As PSP 3.52 pops up in Japan.

PlayStation 3 firmware version 1.90 is now available to download in Europe, bringing with it several options for customising the CrossMediaBar (XMB) and a long-awaited option to change video upscaling options for PS1 and PS2 titles in-game. Let us know how you get on with that.

Elsewhere, you can set a stored photograph to be your PS3's wallpaper (similar to the system on PSP), remotely eject discs from the XMB, and re-order game icons by format and creation date. Sadly there doesn't appear to be an option for customising the order any further.

The update also forces 24Hz output for Blu-ray over HDMI, which seems to be exciting the owners of certain HDTV sets, and introduces bookmarks and a security function to the web browser.

Finally, one particularly obvious change is that you no longer need to plug in the PS3 wireless controller to complete the process.

Anyway, check out our previous update for a full feature listing. You'll be prompted to download the new firmware next time you log in to PlayStation Network.

Meanwhile, the Japanese PSP support site has been updated with new firmware for Sony's handheld. Version 3.52 will presumably be made available in other regions shortly, and adds support for additional downloadable PlayStation Network titles.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • lennon #1 5 years ago

    It certainly seems like every time I turn my ps3 on there is a update but thats a good thing right?

  • Steroyd #2 5 years ago

    You turn on your PS3 once a month? :)

    Better than twice a year, with the new Eject Disc option i never have to touch my PS3 again... it's so beautiful. ;_;

    I prefer the default Wallpaper for some reason, I'll probably start hating it after a couple of months or something.

    Meanwhile PSP gets a tightening security update Wooo.
    Edited by 1 at 24/07/07 @ 10:42

  • lennon #3 5 years ago

    @Steroyd - Ermm well yes thats about it. Although to be fair I have just got back into Okami again so its getting used a little more. :)

  • pollster #4 5 years ago

    Does anyone know if outrun now works?

  • Freeman01 #5 5 years ago

    I just glad that they've sorted that strange plug in your pad thing after you update. That just annoyed me, then again I get easily annoyed.

  • Dr.Mott #6 5 years ago

    @ Steroyd

    It changes every month, so you've got nothing to worry about. :)

  • angstmann #7 5 years ago

    Looks like you can't change video settings in-game, as was suggested in the previous eurogamer news article. That was a translation from the Japanese though, so anything could get confused! Turns out to be much less of an update than I was expecting/led to believe. But they all count.