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.
this realy sucks friendlist is awful now. the new box stupid epic fail!
lol i thought i was seeing things ’cause the fonts are waaaay too big i even changed resolutions back and forth from 720p to 1080p and looks like my TV has a 640×480 resolution. lulz. and the friends’ list. omfg. just wow. i was searching my friend’s ID since we’ll play online and all i see were grey boxes with grey fonts inside lmao. what an update. way to hype it. 3.0, eh?
there’s more that i could say, but it’ll get kinda mean. :p
Let us remove the damn store icons!
Please Please Please give options to hide / disable all the tickers, ads, and many many store links. If I spend over 400 dollars on a system I don’t want it to look like a popup window.
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Pretty sweet update. Thank you, Sony!
Ignore all these ungrateful bastards, the update is really well done, and very welcome.
A little tip/suggestion for a future update would be the ability to change the look of the box around the friend’s list name. I’d like one semi-transparent. Hopefully others theme change the way it looks!
Hey, for everyone complaining about booting to the “What’s New” section… you can change that in the options!
look at all the cry babies I love the changes they made.
Some things the need Changes.
1. The friends list boxes. If you want to keep them, then make them a little transparent. I want to see my theme more, not the boxes.
2. Bring back the game Starting sounds and Playstation 3 Logo when you start a game up.
3. Allow XMB access during music.
4. Don’t blur the screen when we do someting.
5. This isn’t a problem with the update, but I, too want the feature to delete Trophy sets for games I am never going to play again.
Note, For people not wanting the system to boot to What’s new, Change that in your system settings. you can change it to not boot there.
This updates seems more like a dot release (e.g. 2.9) rather than a v3 update, a few ui tweeks here and there.
As a user I am completely underwhelmed by this update.
If there are serious changes under the covers then I still think the user’s expectation is v3 would add some amazing new feature(s).
This is what SacredDragon said:
I appreciate the new features in this firmware update, but I do have a few suggestions:
1) PLEASE let us change the startup screen back to the original!!!
2) Give us the option to make the text size smaller.
3) Let us disable the info feed in the upper right hand corner.
4) Start the XMB back on the game icon, and add back the “PS3″ screen that showed up when starting games.
5) Change the Friends List back to its original appearance. The new “silver box” look is a bit too distracting.
In a future firmware update, I’d really like to see you guys redesign the internet browser to make it easier to use.
I agree with everything he said but I would like to add:
The PS Store should be either taken away from the Games and Videos tabs or else it should be our decision to have them there or not! It was soooo easy to find it under the PSN tab before why add it to the other tabs and just add even more clutter? The reason the XMB won an Emmy is because it was clutter free and easy to use! V3.0 is taking a step back from being clutter free and easy to use in my opinion!
Take note Sony. This 3.0 XMB is garbage.
I’m going to point out everything you’ve done wrong even though the previous 800 comments just did. Just because you need to know.
1) Give me the option to turn off everything you just did, like:
-PS Store icons EVERYWHERE.
-Huge font sizes
-Ridiculous friends list
-Ticker. We could turn it off before now I don’t have a choice
-Multiple clocks… really?
-Remove the box around the ticker/status. Too distracting.
You guys turned an elegant, streamline, and very clean GUI into a cluttered, busy, inefficient mess.
some nice improvements, Can’t say I’m a fan of “What’s new” and the way it takes over the old information Board. Where is the option to turn off the the irritating scrolling information board? It should be an option.
Once again you faill sony lol Xbox 360= Software PS3= Hardware. lol you guys should make stuff people like and stop thinking of your own ideas, your not buying a ps3 the people are so idk some of the 3.0 features are great but seriously it seems like you guys don’t think things through like why are there two clocks in the notification bar? lol at least give me an option. Why is the avatar so damn small? lol fail. Friends-list shoud have stayed the same and text should be the same as before wtf? whatever Im happy my 360 has netflix and soon twitter/facebook/last.fm lol. Can’t wait for the next crap update guys yay!! keep us posted like your actually gonna read this lol.
I like the bigger font I can now select a video from my ps3 sitting down on my couch instead of squirting my eyes trying to see. My god am turning into an old fart or maybe I just need glass!!! lolll
What I don’t like is my ps3 scanning my external hard drive for minutes every time I go looking for something to watch.
I WANT MY ELEGANT ‘PLAYSTATION 3’ INTRO AND BOOT SCREEN LOGO BACK!
-I have an 80 GB, not the Slim, the branding isn’t right anymore.
-Friends List gray boxes, make the boxes transparent and only show up on the friend you’re highlighting. And what’s the point of them being so wide if no text info will ever fill the box? That goes for the little About Me bubble that pops up by your PSN name too.
-PlayStation Store icon in almost every column, even under Game while in-game, useless and only clutters the XMB further.
-Giant font, bad.
-The ticker at the top seems out of place and bland. The Status Bar is fine and functional but remove the white border around it, it’s ugly. The icons would look nicer if they just floated in the same place but on some invisible grid instead of in the white box.
-Where’s the black color option for Classic and Original themes? DON’T REMOVE STUFF OR FUNCTIONALITY!
-The new loading symbol for the internet at the top right is ugly, the old ‘ripple-effect’ one was better and fit the overall look and elegance of the XMB.
I’ve never had anything bad to say about Sony or the PS3 until now but this is just that bad.
No BC no Cross Chat? worthless!
I LOVE YOU ERIC
So many BC comments on here. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but top execs at SCE said BC is over and done with.
@spacecataz
Wow I never thought I would run into a fanboyish post here. Guess theres a first time for everything.
Lol, I love everyones outrage at the font size, that’s such a pointless complaint.
I like the overall look of the new update. Except the friends list, grey is not a very good color, and also being able to disable the store icon in the game and video section would be nice.
Yeah really…a lot of people want the old intro back, this isn’t the slim, there was nothing wrong with it. Please remove all the extra icons leading to the PS Store..one was enough…2 was more than enough..but 3 icons?! That’s just going over the limit here Sony.
The information bar on the top right is annoying..please add the ability to disable it..don’t force it on us. As for the friends list, its not that bad IF more information will be added to those gray ugly rectangles.
Ok Sony, funny how you told us about the new cool features, but failed to mention the spam you’d be forcing on us…
Why can’t we turn off the ticker? Feels like a permanent spam box now…
Everyone knows how to access the store, why does it appear EVERYWHERE now?
The friends list is slower and harder to read now.
I want to feel like this is my product, my ps3 system, instead I feel likes its just a portal for your spam. Please change this, or atleast give us more options. Thank you.
I would have liked to see the ability to remove 0% trophies from my trophy list.
I got rid of call of duty world at war and I want to remove the trophy listing that I have the game just to stop people from asking me to join them in that game and to show I don’t have the game. Also to remove pain regreat installing the trophie patch for it because all the easy trophies require the dlc.
I feel that cross game chat is only good for games that don’t support voice chat only the person on the other end has the right to refuse to talk to you. it would be overly anoying in multiplayer game that have voice chat due to the person on your team talking to a friend in another game and not paying attion to what is being said in the game the person is playing or gets a lot of garbled audio and confused team mates due to them hearing your side conversation to your friend.
regarding public voice chat in home it should be on an invite only like voice chat app is.
good job sony …. you have one happy customer….is not the outside of the car, but what you have under the hood that counts…….right
@spacecataz
I never thought I would see a fanboyish post here. guess theres a first time for everything.
dude, why cant i play music on the background anymore? and why is it that after the song is finished it doesn’t go to the next sing it goes back to the effing XMB?! WHY?!
It’s a hideous update and that’s the end of it. Again you failed Sony. It looks like I’m back on a SD TV instead of a 40″ 200Hz HD TV. Have you ever scrolled through your friendlist? It’s giving me headache! It’s time I binned the PS3. What a farce!
This needs to be re-posted again:
Grey Backgrounds on Friends List needs to be changed.
The normal friends list was awesome and simple.
Two options, revert back or change grey to black or even clear (like the box around the avatars).
Thanks.
Make the grey bars on the friendlist go away, and adjust the fontsize, and I’m happy.
Update via PC indisponible… bad…
Stop changing the things that don’t need to be changed and just addddddddddd, now the xmb is just cluttered, and just, come on now…
I Love everything about the new FW 3.0 except the friend boxes!
PLEASE MAKE THEM TRANSPARENT AGAIN! plz.
Best buy will give $150.00 for a old ps3.thats only $50.00 away from a 360 THE SYSTEM THAT CAN DO XGAME INVITES,XGAME CHAT AND REAL CUSTOM MUSIC. A few exclusive games don’t make up for the lack of BASIC FUNCTIONS.AND NOW YOU MADE THE INTERFACE UGLE .Alot of us have HD tv’s, and we like the small icons.
I do agree that the friends list should only highlight in the gray box when a certain name is selected and the rest be transparent, but everything else is fine!
not bad SONY good update untill 2010 would be even better in next year firmware updates could be the year for CGC & IGM witch i can wait for bring it in any time i’m in no hurry
I dont mind all of the hard work Sony has put into the xmb but I want the option to go back to the old font sizes. Where is the progress in forcing an xmb update with no customization options?
@818 and 819 regarding music playback
If you start playing a song, hit the “PS” button and it takes you straight to the XMB, just like it did prior to the update, with the song still playing. It will continue to play the rest of the album too. I could also open the web browser, send a message to a friend and view some pics all without interrupting music playback.
Just my .02
Here is some feed back. Please give me back my “Playstation 3” Splash screen when I start a PS3 game. Or at least an option to turn it on or off. It doesn’t feel like Playstation 3 without the logo when I start a game. I loved that logo and the sound it made.
This is bad… wow this is bad. Sony. We need update 3.01 fixing the ugly cluttered mess asap. I’m loyal as they come but this is a fail… Epic.
@855: Ow..come on! I hate everything Sony now as it is. They have really lost their way.
Glad I’ve a 360 to keep me entertained without feeling embarrased when the neighbours might be catching a glimps on the XMB. What a teeny, childish mess the XMB has become. Major FAIL FAIL FAIL.
XBOX 360 SUCKS SONY CAN BEAT THE 360 INTO THE GROUND EASY LOL
This update is visually hideous, the PS3 looks even worse than the ugly Xbox dashboard now. The forced ticker that constantly pulls on my internet is just an extra kick in the teeth.
no wonder why japan and uk sell more than America. they get all the good features.
folder hierarchy, PlayTV, vidzone. If sony treated america with the same updates and advertised it i’m sure they would sell more units here.
needs in sony update:
cross game chat
in game music
take out playstation store in game and video section of xmb
add a code voucher link in playstion network section
give more services to u.s.a
have more tournaments
custom avatars
take out whats new ticker
have the option to have xmb smaller or larger
add search function to the video music and picture sections of xmb
Good effort Sony, but meh results.
I give you congratulations on the new web browers… works great!!
You know what, actually listen to us and fulfill our demands.
For the people that can’t hear their music during XMB or Web browsing:
Go to music settings and select 48kHz ;-).
cool, not long to go
Wow Sony, 3.00 is the biggest disappointment ever. All you did is shove the store in our face in each section when all of that should be inside “What’s New”. Also the “What’s New” section gets rid of the sweet new animating backgrounds and goes blinding bright blue!?
***And worst of all the UGLY grey backgrounds on the friends list!
YOU REALLY don’t listen to people on here, it’s time to get an Xbox 360 if thats the case. If it’s really “3.00” then were are NEW FEATURES like:
-Cross Game Voice Chat and Invites
-Update the Web Browser so it doesn’t run so slow (Webkit based)
-Ability to stream internet music easily (like 360 will do)
–Movie streaming service, Hulu support, MKV support.
so I was wondering if were gonna get any GAME RELATED UPDATES ON ARE GAMING CONSOLS ANYTIME?
Great upgrade. Theme options, top left corner area, “What’s New” all cool. But for some constructive criticism:
-FONT SIZE should be made optional. It’s simply too big on my television screen.
-FRIENDS LIST, kinda ugly? I haven’t noticed an advantage with the new design, only that it could evidently lag the in-game XMB.
-BOOT SCREEN, I already miss the “bling bling” noise when I launch into a game. Yet again, possible to make it an option? As well as choosing between the new start up logo and intro sound? My console misses Spiderman too… let alone the elegance of the older logo with the more sophisticated looking console.