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Rumor: Firmware 4.00 Details Unveiled For PSP ; Flash 9 Support, Quicktime and WMV Codecs and More

Here are the rumored list features rumored to be hitting later this month for the PSP. The rumored firmware is due for Release on the 18 of this month.

* PLAYSTATION 3 Network titles can be played under PSP [Remote Play] under Game. The PSP is then used as a monitor for any game playable in Playstation 3 game console.

*Real, Quicktime, and WMV audio and video codecs are now supported. Real, Quicktime, and WMV audio and video codecs are now supported.

*PSP web browser has been updated to allow compatibility with current websites.

*[Adobe Flash Player 9] has been added as a feature, using the Memory Stick Pro Duo as flash memory.

decapitator5896d ago (Edited 5896d ago )

Hope this is true. I really want the PSP flash 9 support and WMV. Those are my two most wanted features for the system.

EDIT: Also, this peace of information adds a bit more fire to the Home rumor that's going around. Hope it all true.

Gondee5896d ago

wow, flash 9 would be a awsome addition.

StalkingSilence5895d ago

the wording is very vague. you can already download PSone games without a PS3. Browser compatibility with current websites? That doesn't even make sense.

The wording is very inconsistent with firmware lingo from Sony.

pwnsause5896d ago

what happened to that rumored divx support on 4.0?

decapitator5896d ago

It was "rumored", thats all there is to. But then again, the source that reported that rumor was not to be trusted.

zslash5896d ago (Edited 5896d ago )

At least the DivX rumor seemed credible. This doesn't. Most it falls under "too good to be true."

Also, some changes don't make any sense, like:

PSOne games can now be downloaded without a PS3

We've been able to do that for awhile now...

hokis4ever5896d ago

We can already do that, but you need the PSP connected to the PC/PS3... Maybe this is referring to the ability to directly download to the PSP through its browser.

Jamegohanssj55896d ago

The Playstation 3 needs flash support. Hopefully we get it in our next update, this summer, a long ways from here, hmm.

The Genius has spoken.

decapitator5896d ago

Yeah, the only reason I would want it is to watch youtube movies through the psp web browser instead of an application.

Skerj5896d ago

Man if this is true, PSP will cement its status as my favorite handheld of all time. All of those features sound WAY too good to be true though I'm psyched to see what happens.

Marceles5896d ago

waaaaaaaaaaayyy too good. I really wouldnt see any reason for them to ever need to update again if they put all of this in lol. All it needs is PS2 game support added to the list as well and the rest is history.

-EvoAnubis-5896d ago (Edited 5896d ago )

Here . . . I posted this on GameFAQs, and I need some feedback.
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Okay, here's a rumor about a major upgrade to the PSPs FW (yes, I know this is the PS3 board; just follow me).

http://www.google.com/trans...

Ok, so the first of those two rumors seem a little iffy, but the second seems like it has merit.

Now we get into speculation.

Normally, the PSP and the PS3 see their major updates on or around the same time. Sony already said that they're shooting at less, although more significant, updates compared to last year. I really good time then to do an update would be around the time when they upgrade their other FW needing console.

According to the link, the PSP upgrade is supposed to happen on March 18th, which a Tuesday. This is consistent with several other FW updates to the PS3.

Now, as long as I'm speculating anyway, I might as well go further.

A FW update would be needed prior to Sony releasing a Home public beta. This is also assuming a lot, as I'm figuring that Sony will treat this beta in much the same way that Google treated their gmail service as a beta (actually, gmail is still a beta). As in, put it out there, still as a beta, and make improvements on it.

The reason a FW upgrade would be needed first is because some of the features of Home would have to be able to be accessed via the XMB. The public beta launching this month has been rumored since November, and again a FW upgrade will have to accompany that (if I'm correct), so that brings us full circle to figuring that we'll see a FW upgrade this month.

Opinions? Discuss.

BIGELLOW5896d ago

A firmware update is not required for Home, only a "game" download and install. It will be similar to the installation of FOLDING@HOME... it will add an icon to the XMB to allow you to enter the HOME application. That is all.

Also, I agree with you regarding the first "too good to be true" rumor. For one thing, the messages leave too much room for interpretation, so it clearly wasn't written BY Sony. While this doesn't necessarily make the rumor FALSE, it DOES introduce even more "too good to be true" elements. For one thing, the ability to play PS3 games via Remote Play. The problem with controller buttons can be overcome (though not always gracefully) using the mapping abilities. However, there is no way to simulate SIXAXIS tilting features using the PSP. This would leave way too much room for confusion. They may work on a solution for this in the distant future, but they certainly wouldn't be introducing something this complicated at the same time as so many other features. It would be a support nightmare.

The first rumor, to me, just sounds like a laundry list of what someone would LIKE to have happen EVENTUALLY for the system. Throwing it all into one firmware update just makes this sound far from being credible.

The second rumor sounds more like Sony, and is probably not too far off the mark.

Finally, as for the release of Home (or the Home "open beta")... this is much more likely to occur well after a firmware update. So, I do anticipate a firmware update for both the PSP and the PS3 some time this month. And then, some time next month, the release of Home (or at least an "open beta".)

It is my guess that the second rumor is true regarding the PSP. Then, shortly after, we will see a firmware update for the PS3 to take care of some minor features that not too many people will be excited about. Then, next month will likely see the release (open beta?) of Home. Then, during the summer, we will probably see another firmware update for the PS3 which will finally bring in-game messaging, etc...

-EvoAnubis-5896d ago

You're the first person on any site to give me the response I was looking for. Bubbles for you.

NeonSkull5895d ago

It was my understanding that when home comes out it will be a firmware update, but with two versions. You will have the option to update with home and the option to just update without home. Also i remember you were going to be able to boot straight into home with out going to the xmb. I would imagine the beta being an application like folding but the final product is going to be fully itegrated into the ps3 firmware.

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Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell Of Ar Ciel Retro Review – Love Conquers All

Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.

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Giga_Gaia4h ago

Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.

That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.

Knightofelemia3h ago

Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.

TheColbertinator2h ago

I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies1d 8h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken1d 4h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 19h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 19h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt1d 7h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken1d 4h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.