Details of PS3 Firmware 3.0 Revealed
New PS3 features coming your way thanks to a new firmware.
While the big news of the day was the unveiling of the PS3 Slim and the price drop to $299, existing PS3 owners will be able to upgrade to the same 3.0 firmware that the new hardware will be shipping with.
Sony today detailed on its PlayStation blog the changes that we'll be seeing in the new system update, which will include tweaks to the Xross Media Bar, network improvements and personalization options.
Sony also listed these additional highlights from update 3.0:
- “What’s New” – The “Information Board” will be replaced with a “What’s New” section for the latest updates in a more visually oriented format.
- Status Indicator – In the top right corner will be an indicator bar, which displays your user icon, friend icon, the number of friends you have online and a small message icon to let you know if you have any new messages.
- Friends List – Now your PlayStation Network friends will appear in a slightly redesigned format on your Friends List. Also, messages will now be viewable from each of your friends’ respective profiles.
- PlayStation Store Shortcuts – A handy shortcut icon to the PlayStation Store under both the Game and Video categories so you can access the latest content quickly and easily.
- Personalization – Personalize your PS3 with new dynamic custom themes and avatars. A dynamic theme incorporates animated objects into the background.
- Trophies – Showcasing your hard earned trophies just got better. Update 3.00 gives game developers the ability to modify how they display trophies for add-on content.
Read more in the PlayStation blog.
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Well, at least they're not totally ignoring the firmware issue, like they did was PS2 compatibility (mostly).
oh yeah, cant wait for slim
underwhelming...
This would be cool if it were 5 years ago.
I was actually wishing for a message notification icon just this morning. Congrats Sony on a great announcement
not that big of a deal to really call it version 3.0... would like to see more stuff though ... then again I own a Wii60 combo so doesn't really affect me too much until I go to my friend's place to play the PS3 lol.
Talk about underwhelming. Sounds more like a .1 update than a full 3.0 release.
Maybe Microsoft should sue them for infringing on some kind of friends list for online gaming patent. That's along the same lines as the other ones against them in the last few days.
Personally, I really like my PS3. The systems pretty powerful, but I'm surprised they haven't tried to get a little more out of the hardware with a software optimization upgrade.
what no more shiny????
that's all? i was wanting netflix or something like Amazon VOD...
Will the new firmware lock out Linux like it does on the PS3 slim though, that's the question?
Neat
The lockout of linux won't happen if you own the early version of the hardware before the silm. Silm is vastly different the previous version so I can see why they dropped Linux support. HOWEVER, being in nature of hacking community this won't stop them. They will figure out a way to install Linux onto the slim. Just Sony won't support it.
i hoped for backwards compatibility *sigh* seems i wont be getting THAT soon.
Maybe Microsoft should sue them for infringing on some kind of friends list for online gaming patent. That's along the same lines as the other ones against them in the last few days.
Pc game developers would the first to sue, cuz they had that implemented like a decade or more ago.
yea 3.0 does sound like a flop. No backwards capability and Linux for the newer consoles, while this shouldn't affect the older consoles at all. No netflix cuz 360 has cornered that. So so behind the times with online multi-player games.
I can only hope that its most talked-about games like MAG, Uncharted 2, and GT5 becomes huge hits.
Add backwards compatibility and PS3 sales should increase. Then the PS3 should have access to the biggest game library (PS1, PS2 and PS3 games) for any console.
With all the cost dropping happening, I don't see why they can't add BC back. I'm afraid of my PS3 (original 60gb version) ever breaking now because I won't be able to get one back that has BC...
One thing thats undeniable, Sony's been very proactive on the firmware updates to the PS3 and making improvements. Not only for the game but also enhancing it's Blue Ray features. the PS3 is here for the long haul despite the doom and gloom predictions by the 360 fanbois.
Dear SONY,
I haven't given a rat's ass about your updates since you added DIVX playback. Now, where is my PS2 software emulator? And while you're at it, fix the crappy upscaling and swimming textures in the PSone emulator. Thanks.
Please.. subtitle support.. and mkv video!!!
dynamic background is what i want to hear, finally something other then the moving wave. All the other stuffs are minor really, so why the 3.0?
Please.. subtitle support.. and mkv video!!!
Oh, yea! I fogot about that too!
i've heard that divx7 supports now mkv so the ps3 should support it to, isn't that right?