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PS3 and PSP both get new firmware News
PSP PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
Sony has updated PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable with new firmware.
PS3 gets the bump to version 3.1, introducing a little bit of Facebook integration, changes to photo viewing and friends list tweaks. We wrote some more about that the other day, and now the European PlayStation blog has pictures and stuff.
PSP, meanwhile, is up to version 6.2, again detailed by the Euro blog, and the principal additions are options to transfer video and photo playlists to the portable either from PC (using Media Go 1.3) or PS3.
The latest PSP firmware also introduces the Digital Comics reader, but the store to go with it doesn't launch until December, so there's not much you can do with it. When it does go live, it will do so first in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with other regions to follow.
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SeesThroughAll
19/11/09 @ 08:32
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Another new feature:
A slightly less attractive cross symbol (the new extras category) for the comic book reader (and TV streaming in some countries) in the middle of the XMB. Despite the service not being scheduled for launch in Portugal yet, I downloaded the english version of the reader.
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Doctor_What
19/11/09 @ 08:47
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Lost the iPlayer icon? Then use the browser to go to the iPlayer. It was only ever a web-link anyway! I'd been streaming using the iPlayer on the PS3 for months so I was a little irritated to have to scroll past it every time I wanted to watch my own videos.
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SeesThroughAll
19/11/09 @ 08:59
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My word, that cross next to system really looks ugly.
I hope they change that icon soon... |
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youhavenomail
19/11/09 @ 09:55
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"Eugh Facebook... why the hell would I want that on my PS3?"
I never even wanted it on my PC. |
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Bigglesworth
19/11/09 @ 10:19
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The 'psncomics' twitterer(twatter? =)) mentions something about some free comics being available before the store goes live. Vouchers, or something? Not sure how its gonna operate with no actual live store but worth keeping an eye on I suppose.
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woodyrulesok
19/11/09 @ 12:02
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I'm waiting for divX support on the psp.
Oh and full screen gaming when the psp is connected to a tv.
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I'm disappointed that Sony haven't fixed the font size and allowed PS3 owners to choose between the old size (which I preferred) and the new one (which I dislike because it's too big and, thus, looks uglier). I know it's only a user-interface but the PS3's XMB has become more pleasingly customisable over time (more so than the Xbox 360, in fact), including adding animated themes, but forcing a larger font size on everyone instead of it being an option seems like a step backwards to me. Oh well. As long it works.
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M_of_the_sys
19/11/09 @ 13:06
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I downloaded this before I left this morning. Couldn't see the facebook thingy or any options to enable it.
On Darren's mention of themes, I'd like a preview mode for themes. Don't want to spend money on a theme to find it's a bit crap. |
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cianchristopher
19/11/09 @ 13:32
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Hope this doesn't fuck shit up like it has before, remember 3.00 with it's Uncharted "benefits", and the wonderful 2.40 with it's magical ability to "brick" PS3's? Those were the days, eh?
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M_of_the_sys
19/11/09 @ 14:42
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@cianchristopher
Are you gonna say that about every firmware updates from now until the end of time? "I hope firmware update 50.1 doesn't eff things up! Remember when 3.00 broke Uncharted? Wah wah wah wah!" |
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FladgeMangle
19/11/09 @ 15:29
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I've also lost my TV and iPlayer icons.
Restarted the PS3 and they didn't come back. There's no sign of facebook on the XMB either. WTF just happened? Did I somehow *magically* roll back to 2.8? |
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jaywalker3010
19/11/09 @ 15:44
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I am running 3.01 and says have latest.. Am in UK am i missing something :(
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I don't know much about it as I'd never even heard of it until recently but does anyone actually use Facebook?
Judging by the comments and positive feedback for those comments, I'm guessing it isn't terrifically popular. So why are Sony adding it to the PS3... is it because Microsoft added it the Xbox 360? |
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Bigglesworth
19/11/09 @ 16:05
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@Darren
Seriously? You never heard of it? Roughly 300 million active users (details). No one cool uses it though, obviously. |
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M_of_the_sys
19/11/09 @ 16:08
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@Darren
Facebook has millions of active users hence why both platforms are integrating this into their systems. Most complaints are because there are other features that gamers (or people on this site at least) would like instead of facebook integration and colour changing of XMB stuff. We are but a small percentage of PS3 and 360 owners though and I'm sure these features will still appeal to a lot of people.
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Theorendil
19/11/09 @ 18:21
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Is this one mandatory or optional like 3.01? To be honest i'm a bit scared of upgrading after the wave of people reporting that their BD drives got fried or something after 3.0 or 3.01! I have 3.0 and everything has been running smoothly so far though! I'm not so excited about the changes in this one cause i don't have any media files on the PS3 (that's what PCs and Ipods are for last time i checked) nor do i want to spam everyone on my Facebook friend list everytime i get a trophy! Sony should have one version of the firmware as the basic one and let you access the PSN and multiplayer as long as you have it, and make all these versions that add non essential or just cosmetic changes optional!
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