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.
Sony, you fools… You RUINED the XMB. It’s time to get a 360.
-Oh my God get rid of the ugly grey backgrounds behind the friends list its RUINED.
-Get rid of the 3 stores, we only need ONE store link. All the rest can be covered in “What’s New”.
-Many people are having issues with playing music in the XMB and it not playing through songs properly.
SONY made XMB into the ugliest mess of a GUI this whole console generation and did not add a SINGLE USEFUL NEW FEATURE. WHERE IS CROSS GAME VOICE CHAT? PARTY INVITES? A BETTER WEB BROWSER? This is an absolute outrage.
I’d like to echo some of what’s been said as well. Personally, my biggest issues are turning off the ticker in the upper right and the focus shift when going into sub-menus.
I’d prefer the constant focus of the background like before. It’s a major eyesore to see the wallpaper blur out every time a sub-menu is accessed.
What I would suggest as a fix is to provide an option in the next firmware update that would restore legacy settings. We should have an option in the display settings or system settings that would turn off the ticker and restore the focus, or toggle settings for any of the above comments from others (regarding font, PS store links, etc.) so that those who like the new changes can keep them while those that do not can go back to legacy settings.
I think that it’s great that you guys are trying to make improvements to the UI, but the best way to keep everyone happy is to give the control over those options to the user.
(As an aside, as an addition to some of the aforementioned comments on trophies, it would be nice to be able to order the trophies games list by percentage completed.)
You need to stop letting your engineers design the interface! It’s pretty clear Sony needs to hire new designers cause I don’t know any designer that would approve that friend list. You guys had it right the first time, elegant and clean.
I don’t like that when you start a game it doesn’t show Playstation 3 anymore. It doesn’t really seems any faster to boot up a game. Maybe, change it to PS3 with the new font instead than nothing…
its a good update but some things need to be fixed. likes:
-sparkles! and dynamic themes
-status bar (how many friends online and messages as well as the battery life on controller is moved)
things that need to be fixed:
-let the individual choose font size(i like mine the way it was before)
-get some kind of startup tone and symbol when you start a game (hopefully the old one comes back)
-get rid of the big grey bars on friends list (or make it optional)
Whatever you do, dont change your current format for cover art on retail games. If you switch the box art from the verticle “Playstation 3” (in spiderman font) to the new “PS3” in traditional font, there WILL be many angry people.
Oh by the way Firmware 3.0 has messed up the OFFICIAL SONY BLUETOOTH HEADSET DISPLAY.
No longer shows the battery and mute levels
I like the update over all.
I find the LACK of the PS3 splash before starting a game a GOOD THING. I have noticed, and so did my friends, it does allow you to get into the game quicker.
The only thing I don’t get is the friend boxes. If they are to be placeholders for more info, then fine…if not, then I agree with most that reverting it back would be more pleasant visually.
Too all the people complaing about the update, you seriously need lives. Go outside once in a while, troglodytic losers.
Downloading now! Excited to see the changes. :)
I’m terribly sorry but the changes to the XMB are pretty dreadful. I’ll tell you that the idea of animated themes will be great, I love the information area up top (besides the ticker), and that the XMB loads quicker than eevr.
Yet the friend’s list is absolutely horrible to look at. The font is far too big to be considered nice looking at all on an high definition television (the choice would have been nice) and I don’t think we need Playstation Network stores on each column. It’s been like three to four years now, it’s been fine under just Network.
Please, please release an update later this week to reverse some of these changes. There’s close to no one I know on PSN who is happy with the changes and if they are accepting it’s dealt with a shrug.
What is going on? What’s with the huge silver rectangles in the friends list?
And why doesn’t information about a paired, wireless headset show up anymore, for the Official Sony Bluetooth headset? No more mute level, battery level indicator?
Update to my SUPERB JOB SONY (NOT!!!) post:
1. I still think that the friend list is ugly as hell.
2. Font size option? I really need a little bit smaller fonts.
3. MKV support (aka DivX7): when?
4. SkyPE for PS3: when?
5. What’s new: if I’m in a country where there is no PSN Store, What’s new doeas not work … I always thought that the PS3 RSS Feed was a greate place for news, at least link news from your international websites if there is no PSN Store supported in a region
6. Why do I have an empty TV menu?
Forcing an advertising ticker on us is the kind of junk I would expect from Microsoft’s NXE.
I could see arguing the merits of the other changes in 3.0 (not that I would), but an always-on ticker is actively *bad*. It literally infuriates me every time I see it.
will you people stop
this update is useless
there is nothing that we need nothing good about it and yet u stupid people come here and talk about how great it is what is good about this sabout god
give us something usefull like ingame voice chat/partry chat. divx 7 support .
give us firefox you people at sony are too proud or something to use others stuff ur nettbrowser is terrible for the love of god at leats give us firefox.
if u stoped being so childish u would now have givin microsoft some money to give u in game music on ps3 but noooo
No more off switch for the ticker? Cute.
1984 much?
I love everything about the update except the friend’s list.
The new boot up screen is much faster, and the new logo is nice, too. Not having the logo when you start a game gets you to the game much faster as well. I love the “What’s New” feature already.. Showing my recent played games so I can quickly jump back into one of them is awesome. I like how the background blurs when you enter a sub-menu or the browser, etc.. It makes it less distracting and just add a little aesthetic beauty to the appearance.
Font size doesn’t bother me honestly, but I suppose being a little smaller or adjustable would be nice.
So my only real complaint is the friend list, it’s unfitting and just a little ugly in itself. What would have been cool would be to show something like the portable IDs in the list so you can see trophy info right in the list without going onto their profile or onto compare trophies.. Or just the old friend list but with trophy info to the right of the names.
Anyway, love the update and hope the friend list is adjusted.. Leave everything else how it is now though.
i like the update, but i see a few issues here:
-The bars on the friends list. unless they are there for some reason (like seeing a friends trophy count quickly without pressing a button to see a full trophy card)it doesnt look so pleasing
-the font/xmb icon size looks pretty huge, fix it.
as for the future of Firmware updates,i seriously want to see the following features
-Cross-Game chat
-Cross-Game invites
-Voice messaging
if these features are bought into the PS3, i would be square.
Not really a fan tbh, feels cluttered, friends list didn’t need panels behind the users, text is quite big now, can’t turn the annoying ticker off and no free animated theme to test drive, we have to pay for it?
The cleanness and clarity of the old XMB is sorely missed. Status is better apart from the ticker and blur is a nice touch but it’s a bit of a let down after the build up.
Honestly Sony, you guys have taken a step backwards with this update. The font and icons DO NOT need to be that big and that annoying ticker thing in the top right corner has should be removed. The friends list is also very ugly and should be reverted to what it was before. There are also no reasons for the multiple playstation store shortcuts everywhere and what happened the playstation 3 logo coming up everytime I start a game?! I’m accustomed to hearing the familiar sound of my game starting and now all I hear is silence and my screen is blank. I understand you want it to be faster, but don’t fix or change the things that are not broken! If people don’t have a problem with something, don’t change it!
Great, everybody keeps on whining like a baby about their precious updates and I can’t log in anymore as there’s a stupid error in the update.
I hope turning off notification trophies will be available (not only by sound)…. as soon as the update works *sigh*.
Is it so hard to do a full changelist of what’s actually added/changed in the firmware?
Thanks for the update Sony. I must admitt I’m disapointed that we don’t get at least one free dynamic theme to start us all off and I’m hugely disapointed with the look of the friends list. That white border looks cheap and very unprofessional to me. Why did this need to be improved in the first place?
There are still a lot of features I would like to see. Here are the features we really need in future firmware updates:
1. PS2 backwards compatability emulator
2. Universal in-game access to music
3. Cross game voice chat and invites system
4. Ability to listen to music whilst browsing the Playstation Store
5. More visualizations when listening to music
6. A faster rewind and fast forward function for music like on the PSP. Like a x10, x50, x100 speed
7. A calender on the XMB
8. Icons for Facebook, Twitter on the XMB
9. Skype on the PS3
I wake up excited for a new update and then see this!? WHY PUT GREY BOXES AROUND THE FRIENDS LIST!? No wonder you didnt show us the friend list in the video preview. And WHY did you take away the ps3 logo from when you start a game, i loved that sound. Seriously i have so much complaints but im just going to say; FIX IT!
Around 50% I’m getting kicked out and says “an error occurred during the download operation. A connection to the server cannot be established (80710723) Great… just great.
Downloading now. :-)
Nice, there are some pleasant updates in 3.00.
Hi,
There are some problems with this update! The friends list turned all ugly, and everything is huge for some reason. I don’t support this.
Best regards,
Aard
What have you done to the once slick and stylish XMB????
The font size looks like it was designed for 6 year olds, it looks utterly ridiculous and patronising.
The spamming of the store is awful its everywhere with these unnecessary pop up boxes polluting the XMB cluttering and ruining.
I a feel like removing my PS3 from the living room as it now looks like a cheap childrens toy.
The big grey boxes around the friends names is vile. Who the hell designed that????
The “sparkles” look like dandruff or TV interference got rid of that and reverted to classic.
THIS IS A DOWNGRADE. This is the pointless and unwarranted and you are well on your way to looking as tacky and badly designed as your competitor.
Why is there no option to decrease this huge font?
HORRIBLE AND DISGUSTING. WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS?????????????????????????????????????
lol what happened here?
OMG! I just had the coolest thought for a dynamic theme! (maybe someone has mentioned it already)
The clock from the PS2! :D
Revamped, of course, for the PS3!
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dame you gays are wack grow up thanks for the up date there is one prob with the music tho when in 178 output but other than that great job i love it all
oops i put gays i ment guys sorrry XD
Please change the friends list back. It is so ugly. Every person on my friends list hates it and all my friend list comments state how terrible it looks now. I’ve always thought the XMB was so cool and sleek but now it is just hideous. CHANGE IT BACK!!!!!
There is an option turn off what’s new and its easy to find children but I’m disappointed with this update..sorry Sony I know you try but we need:
1. Adhoc
2. Complete makeover of the xmb just look at the 360 dashboard and other interfaces
Its just a lot and since your stretching out updates and doing minor ones to fill out the 10yr expected life but nice try but you could have released something like this months ago although a bit of code was changed.
TICKER DISABLE!!!! SONY!!! LET US DISABLE IT!!!!
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Honestly PS, you guys have got your heads pretty far up your arses on this one. How many Playstation store icons do we need? do you think by havin three you’ll get three times the dlc sales? cause if thats the case then I’m goin out and buying 3 wallets so I will get lots of money… and the most insulting part of this god for saken update would have to be that eyesore of a box you jammed full of scrolling spam in the right hand corner. and the grey boxes around the names of friends does not help whatsoever when scrolling down the list to find a friends name. I dont know if you guys really read any of this crap but I really hope that you take notice of how many of your loyal customers who have been there since your first beautiful creation that didnt need any jazzy numbers after it’s name or updates of any sort, my series two playstation still works just fine by the way =P
Good update.
Please change the ugly grey friends list design.
You can go to setting and turn off what’s new. So when you turn on your PS3 it start at the game section.
Hi, I’d like to say that I dont appreciate any of the new firmware ‘features’.
I’ve switched the glittery background to original.
I’ve disabled the ‘whats new’ feature.
I WOULD like to disable the additional PSN Store icons
I WOULD like to revert the friends list look.
I would like an option to hide/minimize the status bar. Did you notice that it overlaps the entire XMB on a SD tv? That’s even worse than overlapping a battery icon!
Love the update. Very cool stuff. Love the “what’s new” and I like the grey boxes around the friends.
I downloaded the LBP dynamic theme and that thing is really cool. This dynamic theme concept has big potential.
Very nice Sony!
whens this [DELETED] being put on the site, cus my ps3 online keeps feeding me that DNS error crap. I wantz my update please sony and whenever i check the site, 2.80 laughs in my face. I’m starting to lose my patience and my temper.
while you’re at it, give us the possibility to rename the friends on the friendslist…i got mad friends from here and there but their psn nicknames are different from the forums and such, so i’d like to rename to clean this mess up.
like i said earlier remove these big grey blocks it looks UGLY.
and not ONE free animated theme except the new OG one? come on…
Hopefully one of you guys at sony read this:
please add an option to let video content stored on the hard drive continue to play if you press the PS button like it used to.
It was very cool having video sort of become the background as you check messages and stuff
thank you
nice but didnt u already anounce this….. love the update making it nice and clean even more easy to get around
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Im sorry but im just gonna be honest here and say that I seriously dont like this…
The text is all too big which looks like im on a 640×480 resolution even though its HD and the friends list looks stupid.
It just doesnt look nice anymore :(
It’s horrible. WHAT THE HELL DID YO DO TO MY FRIENDS LIST?
Oh, and also, what the hell is the point of having so many Store icons? Seriously. Have ONE store icon and have those boxes appear telling us what’s new. We dont want it shoved in or faces