UPDATE: The PS3 Firmware (v3.00) update is now live. You can use this update to upgrade your system software to version 3.00.
Just in time for the official launch of the 120 GB PlayStation 3, PS3 Firmware (v3.00) will be available shortly. As detailed during gamescom 09, 3.00 will introduce a number of great features, including “What’s New,” a redesigned status indicator and Friends List, and support for new avatars and dynamic themes.
We look forward to your feedback once the update goes live.
Can you remove pretty much every visual update that has been included? The fonts are too large now and make things harder to discern from one another, or at least have every other option be much lighter when not the item in focus. And what’s up with the garish gray boxes around each friend? I know you wanted to help make each friend stand apart, but that’s an incredibly tacky solution that in no way, shape or form matches the rest of the XMB. Are all these updates really the biggest features that the users have been asking for vs something like cross-game chat? I thought that the XMB has a whole core of the cell processor all to its own and that can’t be a platform for continuous, cross-game chat? Don’t get me wrong, the updates that have come since launch have brought some amazing features, but updates like this that just progressively chip away at the beautiful XMB and make it more and more ugly I’d never ask for over something functional like massively enhanced chat. One victory, though, thanks for allowing us the customization of opting out of booting to the what’s new channel. Much preferred over the 360’s massive marketing push of forcing you to the spotlight on boot. Now please make the XMB pretty again. :-)
Don’t like the new friends list (it’s hard to read the names when you are going really fast trying to find a buddy). Actually, I don’t like much about the update other than the battery icon is no longer over the clock when I’m quickly trying to make sure I didn’t play fallout till 3 in the morning again. Can I turn off the ads that are now just about on every friggin icon?
no avatars, bummer, like the rest though
So Far it looks like
90% HATE Firmware 3.0
10% like firmware 3.0
HEY SONY GO WITH THE MAJORITY
Wow I thought this update was gonna be the bomb,but judging by what you guys are saying,It’s ugly and bad.NOT updating! And I don’t get why the PS3 startup screen is mandatory for all PS3’s.It should just be for the slims.
I like it. Thanks! Just give us options to change the looks so everyone will be happy.
the new update suks!!!
Overall, I like the animated themes and Whats New options.
Suggestions:
1. Need a font size option. The current icons and fonts are so big and make the system look like a Fisher Price toy. It also makes my file names for my videos stretch across the screen. Ugh.
2. The box around the clock and mail icon is pretty unnecessary. Looks ugly, the XMB’s minimal stylish look is gone.
3. Friends list gray boxes are ugly and doesn’t match other parts of the xmb.
I was really looking forward to this update and I hate to say it but this is very disappointing.
Please fix the following or at LEAST let me change the options back:
– HUGE font needs to be an option, not standard
– Redundant PS Store icons really need to be re-labeled. It looks cheap with three of the same icons spread across the XMB.
– Purple background color needs to be an option. Why oh why was the standard black (or evening) background color removed??? I HATE the new purple look and cannot believe I can’t change it back.
– Friends list is flat out terrible looking now. Whoever thought this was a good idea should immediately be removed from the design team. It looks terribly cheap and especially from in-game XMB.
– I should be able to disable the ticker as before.
– Why is the info box in the upper right so tiny and the XMB font so large? It looks weird and the fonts don’t even match what you get when you hold down the PS button. Very cheap looking.
I know not everyone will like every update but this is roundly being hailed as a major failure and I cannot imagine this would have went over well with any focus group. I’m a big Sony fan but this is a terrible update.
Great update, but the PS store in both the games and video sections kinda clutter up the XMB, they really aren’t needed. Then as for the buddy list redesign I like it, but it just don’t seem to flow with any theme I have, even the new animated one.
Actually with the way Sony is going Im surprised this update didnt disable PS2 playback on compatible systems.
Seriously with all the advertising and the PS Store icon all over the place the firmware should have been packaged with a trailer park trash dynamic theme.
WHY DOES THE SYSTEM SETTING OPTION TO TURN OFF “WHAT’S NEW” DO NOTHING AT ALL. EVERTHING IS STILL THERE AFTER REBOOT AND HOW MANY STORE ICONS DO U NEED ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I kinda like the “whats new” section. Although i wish after watching a video in there it wouldn’t prompt “Proceed to Playstation Store”. That along with the extra store icons makes it seem a bit much. I will willing go into the PS Store, you do not have to shove it in my face lol.
Some other things:
-The font size is a little too big. (font size option?)
-Friends list? what happened? pleeeease change that to something easier on the eyes. now its just a huge wall of gray..
-please put something for when we go into a game, that blank screen scared me the first time lol
Why is the font larger. I have a large TV and no not need the font larger. Please just give us back 2.8 this thing is awful!
I don’t think the testers thought about this update before they made it. The friends list could have been avoidable with a transparent background like the info bar. I know when I’m online my cursor is always set to my friends list, I really don’t want that wall of Grey taking up 2/3rd of my screen, especially if I have an awesome theme in the background.
You also really need to give people the option of turning the info bar off, not everyone like to clutter up their XMB with that stuff.
Everything else is good.
After the update there is no BBC iPlayer icon on my European (UK) machine.
I guess this is coming later.
BFN,
fp.
I WANT THE FONT SIZE TO BE SMALLER AGAIN. WHY ISN’T THERE AN OPTION TO CHANGE IT BACK?
LOL WHAT HAPPENED ? Im isulted honesty. 3 STORE ICONS ? NO OPTION TO TURN OFF THE RSS BAR THING ? If I see get your playstion cards here again tomarrow Im gettin a 360.
Three things bother me with the new 3.0 Update:
1.Why would you change the start up message? “Sony Computer Entertainment” Was so much classier and visually apealing than the new PS3 Slim logo (Wich I dont like btw).
2.The friends list looks horrible with the new grey rectangle things…really, I see no use for them and they are not visually apealing either.
3.Removing the “PLAYSTATION 3” Logo when I launch the game was a big mistake, I mean, it disrupts the tradition of the system logo right before te hardware launches. At least put another logo if you cant have the “Spiderman” font anymore, or else bring it back. I seriously dont know what I launched when I launch a PS3 game, you know why? Because there is no logo! (I know that sounds stupid but I’m trying to make a point here…Since I can play PS1, PS2 and PS3 games on my PS3 then I should be able to see the PS3 logo when I launch a game!)
Yeah. The boxes around the friends list has got to go for sure. It takes up half of my screen when opening it up while playing a game. It is the most visually un-appealing thing that my eyes have ever set sight on. Failure.
LISTEN TO US SONY.
Let us change the font size back, put only 1 Playstation Store link, and fix the gray on the friends list. I used to love the PS3 but now I hate it. It’s horrible. I do like the fast improvements and such, and PS3 exclusives are the best.
i cant listen to music while im on the web
HATE IT , LOOKS LITTLE KIDDISH NOW. Like somthing for a pre-schooler. cus of the font size.
Some feedbacks:
Pro:
-The font, not too small, not too big, perfect.
-What’s New is awesome(i dont like the background color though)
-The friend list. now i can actually read em perfectly with some certain wallpaper on.
-The top bar or whatever it called. It’s effing awesome!!! especially the clock :)
-The Controller’s battery are moved so it doesnt overlap the Time anymore.
i also heard that Platinum trophy doesnt add toward the %. is also a thumb up.
-the voice chat doesnt require an PSeye anymore(last time i checked it it did)
Wow people cry more. The update was just released a few hours ago give them time to respond people. I enjoy the update and the changes they made especially font. Now I don’t have to squint my eyes to read the text.
Animated themes its a great thing, but Sony please implement divx7 and .mkv support. Also would be very great if we could have under video and audio menu customizable directories because i cant really sort my audio files to find them properly, dont want to sort them by genre or date or….
Another great feature would be to let us to shoot avatars with the eye toy, i want my face picture under the avatar.
My attempt at a constructive review:
Bigger fonts/icons were unnecessary, but it’s probably not a bad thing – if they were always this size I guarantee nobody would complain they were too big.
What’s new/Store icons: I always felt that Sony did a poor job of evangelizing (is that a word?) the Store/PSN within the XMB. This is a step in the right direction.
Friends list: black would’ve been a better background color.
What is that icon to the right of the time? Is that a clock? Isn’t that redundant?
I would’ve liked the effort that was put in to making animated themes be put in to cross game chat instead.
1) A setting to reduce/englarge the text size
2) Ability to turn off the ticker/info box.
3) Change the “What’s New” on the PlayStation Store icon as something you HAVE to press Triangle to bring up.
I personally think its only fair that a firmware update should help the XMB without it becoming cumbersome to those who liked it the way it originally was.
Con:
-the friend list. yes, it is good, but the design need a bit of redesigning. i have alot of friend, and when i’m in the middle of the list, it takes up 90% of my screen. that’s a no. (although i dont mind it much, when i’m at the Friend list, what i want is details, and i’m getting em perfectly :) )
-The PS store icon under game tab: although it doesnt matter much, but i now require two UP to go to the trophy list when i’m in a game. i reckon it should be moved up. or even combine it with What’s new. also the name should be change to something different.
i mean, the real PSStore have the same name, same icon. but they are different, right?
What I(and i’m pretty sure that theres alot of people want these):
-Background downloading games update!
they’ve been rumored, so i was really looking forward to this. i mean, the first thing when you buy a ps3, is to update everything you have. especially annoying when you have a slow connection.
-More color theme. i need my sexy black color, as well as a BETTER red, like blood red, not roses red.
LOVE the update! Profiles load (a bit) faster, I love the way the background blurs/fades a bit whenever you’re looking at lists (trophies, game folders, etc), I love the controller auto-turn-off feature, I love the way the new background looks (way slick!), I love the “what’s new” feature, I love how games no longer show the “Playstation 3” logo when you start them…
Overall a great update, folks! Thanks!
-no i wont ask for crossgame chat, it’s an useless feature i’d never use anyway.
-New avatar, havent seen em yet.
the selling avatar is a bad idea if you ask me, i mean, they are nothing more than just a small picture, no work/effort required to make em.
also might i ask? would you be able to create your own dynamic theme? please say yes!!
great update! hope you took a minute and note down some points that i made.
OK Epic Fail guys, I cant go online for some reason, and something tells me that its not only me who is having this problem.
Please Sony fix this…
I want to play Warhawk!!!!!!!!!
and also fix the friends list and the fonts and xmb. Leave the sparkles. =D please fix this… peace Sony.
Also, is there a way to get comment timestamps in eastern time?
@765: the icon next to the time is a loading/progress indicator. You can see it spin briefly when you pull up a user’s profile or jump out to the XMB during a game.
this update is great!!! loads way faster the new start up is awsome and the new themes.. LOVE the LBP one all i have to say it was a good one!
YES
As horrendously ugly the XMB is now, its actually not my biggest concern. Nope, my biggest concern is how some of this crap was even approved in the first place. There is NO EXCUSE for the quality being so poor, and I’d feel embarrassed and ashamed to have been part of the team that worked on this.
Just downloaded the update and I enjoyed it. But I’m afraid I’m going to have to agree with some of the people in the network. The thing is every time sony puts up an update, you would notice that people love the option to any feature. For example, font size is too big, list of friend look ugly, as long as people have the option to change how the features look or hiding some feature they don’t won’t to see on screen (or at all). People will be happy. Gamers, Hardcore games, or just casual gamers want the ability to have options. As long as the people is in control of his or her own playstation, they will be generally happy.
Just saying
Again thanks for the update Sony. XOXOXO
#754 [me!]:
The Official English Forums were suggesting power-cycling the PS3 console, but I just found that the “TV” XrossMediaBar option ‘appeared’ after I used “VidZone”.
The “iPlayer” option is just a link to a browser page. I was expecting a dedicated application.
Maybe there will be some integration with the “PlayTV” product in the future.
BFN,
fp.
This update sucks. It looks horrible.
Gee. A forced update so you can force us to look at advertising every time we turn on our PS3.
It’s just so clumsy compared to, say Xbox’s NXE, which at least added sophisticated functionality at the same time it added more advertising.
Very disappointing, PS3. Keep the marketing people away from your OS. Your attempts to cram more advertising at us are making your sophisticated system look tacky and ugly.
I can only hope some options to turn off both the “What’s New” as default page and the “What’s New” info bar will show up in the next update.
hi
nice its here.
I like the new font but realy those gray boxes in the friendlist has to go, they are realy ugly…
Trophies are way faster!
I wonder when EU gets finally the Videostore i thought it launch the same day
Why can’t I hide the news ticker? I don’t want it. Previously I had a choice to hide it. Please bring it back.
It seems like now our PS3s are just commercial boxes – it’s all about you selling to us. I’m a big PS3 fanboy, but this is getting too much. Please fix this!
HEY GUYS IF YOUR HAVEING THE PROBLEM WERE YOU CAN’T PLAY YOUR MUSIC IN BACKGROUND I FOUND A FIX JUST MESSAGE ME ON PS3 I WILL HELP YOU OUT
Im with you
Dear Sony,
I am really happy for all your efforts to make the PS3 a better console. I did not have much time to go through everything in the new firmware.
BUT PLEASE, GET RID OF THOSE BOXES IN THE FRIENDS LIST. YOU CAN MAKE IT BETTER!
At least have the option to go back to the old style.
Thank you,
A Sony Fan Since the Walkman.
Wow. The sparkles in the background are a nice touch, however:
1. The increased overall size of the xmb looks terrible. It had such an elegance to it before but now it just looks like I’m in the wrong screen resolution.
2. The friendslist? I dont even know where to start with this one. This new looks is much clunkier and doesnt even begin to fit in with the rest of the xmb.
3. Playstation store icons under every menu option is a bit overkill, but I can live with that one.
4. The ‘turn off what’s hot’ text option is broken, as I can not get that off of the screen now.
Thank you guys for the hard work. Please, please, please give us an option to reduce the overall size, as it really looks terrible now.
How do we turn off the ads?
now when I think of this update, it is okay but man the friends list is crap!
This new firmware is killer! Thanks!!!!!!