Hello again. To better illustrate new features in the forthcoming firmware update, we’ve created a quick video demonstration of some of the new features (shot using the PLAYSTATION Eye). Inside, you’ll see a quick run through of how Themes, the Information Board, Remote Start, and custom photo and music playlists work.
As soon as the firmware goes active, our System Software Update page will refresh to reflect all of the features found in firmware v2.00.
The ps store needs to be updated ever other day not every thrusday why is that? i want to see more psone games so i can put on my psp to play
I gotta admit that i’m disappointed as well. Keep hoping that you’ll do something that truly wows me. First Home gets delayed, MGS4 as well, and now this. Still holding out hope tho… so much potential, extremely sluggish execution :-(
People need to stop complaining about in-game XMB.
I actually think the new firmware is great.
Here are some features that I think should be added besides the In game XMB
1. Time Display when pressing the PS button
2. Ability to create folders under Videos…or expand the playlist feature to the Video Category.
3. Support for DivX encoded videos…if possible
4. More backwards compatabillity for the 80GB sku
5. Add more downloadable themes : )
the xmb will not use alot of memory just to voice chat while in games an text my friends and i would like to see in-game invites what are we going to do when haze comes out how will i contact my friend to play online co-op? ask for there phone numbers come on SONY get with the program
@winterwolf
so u dont care about in-game xmb?
so when u get a message from your friends you love to leave your game to check or wait untill your finished playing?
Hi, Nice vid….great demonstration. I even like your shirt. The other day. a friend of mine who trash talks the ps3 came over to my house. can you begin to imagine my excitement of how badly i was going to be able to prove hime wrong…By the way he an xbox owner and swears by it. so, anyway he proceeds to try out the ps3, and attempt to make every flimsy complaint he can…..ohh the system is so big ..oh the controller is too lite… ohh no rumble ect ect…after about an hour or 2 and going through a few ps2 some psn and many ps3 games, he was hooked.
he tried to say other wise but there was no doubt. he was consumed by warhawk and wanted to play it more and more, just then a friend of ours jumped on line and as usual XXXXX has just logged in, my friend wanted to say hello, so normally he (as he does on his xbox 360) presses the home button and tries to send a crosstalk invite. “What” no crosstalk…”lmao, you gotta be kidding me”, he found the weak point he was looking for….and he was right. we had to sign off to say hi to our friend……the dismay. how embarrassing…
after ridiculing the ps3 for about 15 min or so. i patheticaly tried to play it of by laughing and saying….update 2.0 is coming this month and then we will have crosstalk….the we will have ingame xmb…..hahahah…ha..h…a……
i don’t expect you guys to do anything about it for my sake, but…..you launched after M$ and they have crosstalk …and forget about that, before the ps3 launched you showed vids and pics of it…..im annoyed, having to keep making excuses to my self for you, ohh its coming, they are just working on ???? ohh its coming ohh ts coming…..
halfway though my rant here i realized it wont help any at all….cause when its all said and done…..its still coming.
nice shirt!
@Strboymo keep dreaming like i said over and over Sony can not do XMB they would have to recall all there ps3s and get a new mobo
Ah yes, as others have mentioned. The time display at the push of the PS button would be greatly appreciated. :)
i was thinking about getting my lil bro a ps3 for xmas hes 4 but i guess ill be getting a Wii
i cant believe that the browser has not been updated whats that all about it cant be a media machine if you cant view media online come on more browser support get JAVE & FLASH UPDATED so we can atleast play online games on yahoo or somewhere
@138 now this would’nt be a good blog if every bad comment is deleted its just the copy pasters that spoil it SONY need to know how we feel GOOD & BAD its all the kids tooooo many children on here spitting there dummies out.
Am not too dissapointed in the update its cool stuff that has been added and i will use most of it not remote play yet cos i have no PSP but its becoming more worth while buying 1 just for this reason.
AGAIN UPDATE BROWSER SONY IT NEEDS IT BAD AND HAS NEEDED IT BAD SINCE I GOT MINE AT LAUNCH.
Peace
Game On
@ghostm
Agreed, the PS Store looks rly cheap compared to the XBL one… but wii’s one is the worst!
(tho the PS one is the slowest XD)
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB NOT STUPID UPDATES OF CRAP
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB NOT STUPID UPDATES OF CRAP
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB NOT STUPID UPDATES OF CRAP
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB NOT STUPID UPDATES OF CRAP
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB NOT STUPID UPDATES OF CRAP
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB NOT STUPID UPDATES OF CRAP
Wow, some people are harsh. I think the new PSP remote start is amazing. I flew to Vegas recently and had to leave my PS3 on just so I didn’t have to store alot of music and video on my PSP’s memory card. I do agree with the clock being displayed when you hit the PS home button. That shouldn’t be hard at all to add, so please add this simple little feature. If you want to quiet these people yelling “In-game XMB or death!!!” just add in-game messaging. That’s all I truely care about.
Saunder, yes Sony needs to know what we think but it’s not an excuse for idiots to be spamming the comment box.
Shows how immature some of the community members are.
Sony lets talk email me Mdkgod43@aol.com ill help you guys get ingame xmb ill even go house to house collecting ps3s to have them sent back to get a new mobo and more memory lol
That video was the most unimpressive thing that Sony has shown yet. Bring on the upscaling from 720p to 1080i for those of us without 720p available. Without this feature, the PS3 cannot compete with the 3fix-me. I took the liberty of looking at games available on both systems, and the 3-fix me games would provide an HD output on my television, but my $600 PS3 (early adopter) shows Spider-man 3 in 480p. Wow! (Resistance, Heavenly Sword and Motorstorm are more important culprits.) Fix it! Also, add in-game XMB.
With some of Sony’s recent decisions, I wonder if the company is determined to anger their customers. As a PS1/2/3 owner, and a stockholder, Sony is one of the biggest disappointments.
Someone needs to make a hack firmware so we can have in-game xmb and be happy and go about our business
Not to give any of you hopes but for those of you who are complaining that this update ‘blows,’ or whatever you may need to realize that the demonstration was of the features Eric mentioned, however in the previous post about Firmware 2.0, he mentioned that other features will be present.
@169 I agree but everyone speaks there own language like i said its the copy pasters and CHILDREN that make it annoying
tibbar110, the ps3 plays blurays at 1080i!! Thats the price you pay for being an early adopter of an HDTV.
Anyways, I think this guy forget to show up the part where HE CAN ACCESS THE XMB FROM WITHIN A GAME!!! DAMN IT SONY BRING US IN-GAME XMB PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All that I want is the XMB to have better organization and stuff.
Honestly, I wish I could at least give my two cents about the XMB, things in the frinds column could be drastically improved, same for the media sections (images, videos, music), as well as some settings.
It could all be done better, and I have an idea for it all, and almost 100% it would not only satisfy consumers, but be easy to use, and much better then the current…
Too bad though.
Wow, would you people stop with the in-game XMB crap already it’s getting old. I crossed that off the list the moment they announced Home was going to be delayed.
so when is something useful coming out?
Home?
In Game XMB?
I mean yes everything you give is appreicated, but seriously.. we want XMB IN GAME..
Maybe one day SONY will actually read this and do it.
I feel the same way as the average gamer of the PS3. However, the comments I’ve been seeing is not the way you get someone to do something for you. I do agree that Sony totally dropped the ball releasing an update that didn’t include ingame XMB, knowing that gamers were looking for no less than that. It is a shame; however, that shows that the Reps are totally out of touch with what the customers are looking for, well as far as the system updates are concern.
However, with that being said, I don’t believe ugliness is the way to go about things. Sarcasm yes, but ugliness no. I believe that Sony will come through when they are ready, and there is nothing we can do about it but wait.
But, as a fan, I must say again that I am very disappointed. This anouncement is embarrassing to all of us, because we are the same people who defend Sony’s PS3, saying things like, “the price is worth it”. However, when it appears that Sony can’t even give us in game XMB, it is a bit dejecting.
I must say that fans of the PS3 need to express there dissappointment without being ugly and spamming up the place.
Peace!
and add home
and add home and why are you adding dualshock when its not even in the us yet
@ awheaten
couldnt say it better, im terribly angry rite now and cant focus on typing that
I am dissapointed in this firmware
I like it… Keep it coming. Thanks
the price for exclusive games increased with 10 euro’s. sony is trying to make there loses less by increasing the price of there first party games. AAAh i don’t know who works in the sales department of sony, but read your school books again and they will tell you this is not a smart decision.
oh i got a question can i put my theme i want on a Memory stick and put it on my ps3 like the psp?
thx
Keep up the firmware demonstrations. A nice way to display the features added going forward with other updates.
Who never said that in-game xmb won’t be in the update? Sure, they haven’t announced it as one of their big feeatures, but if anyone took the time to notice:
“We’ve added several other features in this update. I’ll soon be back with more details with a quick video demo of some of the new features.
As always thanks for all of your support and feedback.”
Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2007/11/07/firmware-update-v200/
There’s still hope, although don’t expect not to possibly be let-down.
Home is coming out next year, deal with it. They won’t add it now, unless it’s for the public beta late this month, early next month, which means that they will just have to take the icon down when it closes (which would then prove that there is no point to put it in the firmware update).
To dboy93, DualShock 3 support is added because the controller is coming out in Japan this month. Importers will get it. They’re gonna want their new controller to be useful, so why not do it now?
update is nice but maybe not call it 2.0
would like to see:
1.) Divx / Xvid playback support
2.) Custom Soundtracks
3.) Option to automatically download game demos/movie trailers/etc. when released
4.) Better quality DVD upscaling
i think the update is a good one end there’s lot of potential for this one and i think people just need to give it a chance
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firmware 2.00 has just been released!!
im downloading right now.
10:40 PM EST and I just downloaded the new update (2.0). Let’s see how this thing looks…
Man im actually about to buy the xbr4
oh yeah.
@ njpunk24
tell us how everything is and how its workin out
Ehh, nothing special so far…
im installing right now.
Tried to see if you could do anything while in game (just to see if they were trying to sneak it by us…). Doesn’t look like it…
SWEET, DLing it now. :D
I disagree with a lot of people here. Yes, there is no “In game XMB” but they have stated that they are working on it. I think this update is really good. The play lists was a must, the news in the corner is pretty cool, and the themes are going to be really cool. Thanks a lot for another great update!
needs Home, instant messaging, update the bluray firmaware, overhaul your PS STORE!
Well, this POS still doesn’t allow me to enable Media Server Connection. Sweet, way to fix that Sony. Have to keep it disabled all the time. What’s the point of having it?! POS. F this.
the themes look sick but the playstation network icon is kinda gay lol
where the hell is ingame xmb or ingame music just one of those features would have sufficed. i know u created the playstation.blog so u could find out what the people wanted but before it was even created people wanted those features. and plus your sony entertainment you’d think wed have movie downloads from at least the spea
I’d like to see some kind of software for creating custom xmb themes. perhaps as part of the eye toy package-if you could custom draw the icons, and/or use your photos.