New PS3-firmware during the E3?

PS3-Sense writes: "According to a reliable source, who prefers to remain anonymous, Sony will release a new feature for the PlayStation 3 during this year's E3. This feature would be available directly through a firmware update released during the E3."

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[Fishy Fingers]

Cross game/Private chat would be the top of my "priorities", hopefully the speak of Skype has some truth to it, it'd be nice to include a useful feature and also one that expends beyond your PS3 alone.

Skyping my online buddies through my iphone (or whatever) would be pretty cool.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Skype would probably be the best addition to PSN and the PS3.

[interrergator]

pray there will be ingame private chat and ingame invite

[Lifendz]

PSN is instantly as good if not better than XBL. I'm fine with the XMB interface. I think it's easy to navigate and I love that my screen is not overly cluttered but I can see how some people new to the PS3 are sort've overwhelmed by it. In any event the rumors for E3 are so out of control that I can't wait.

[FlameBaitGod]

alarm clock!! PLZ!!! ....................... LOL JK!

[WhittO]

i dont understand why people want cross-game invite, you will have to put the disk in and load the game up the same anyway, the only difference is when you load the game up, you click on invites then join game, instead of doing it on the XMB, i really see no significant gain.

Cross-game chat would be a really useful feature, one of the main problems i have with XMB chat is that you cant do anything while in chat, like play music or anything, i hope they fix this in the new FW update.

They have already fixed slow-loading trophies, which was my main problem haha. Also the store doesnt need much change as it loads fast etc.

EDIT: a party system is a different matter, that would be a really great feature on ps3, keeping the same people in the same games/chat as they change through different games etc, that really is an amazing feature on the 360 (prob the most important/useful feature).

[sack_boi]

Alarm clock or the ability to text-chat with over 100 people while playing Call of Duty would be instant win.

[CrayzeeCarl]

I agree about cross-game invites. I don't see the attraction to that for the same reason as you: you will still have to switch discs.

[Jinxstar]

@ Crazy.

unless it's PSN titles. like fat princess.

[Shadow Flare]

*crosses fingers*

cmon time machine

[WhittO]

ye but you will still have to load up the game exactly the same as you do now, the only difference would be accepting the invite in the game instead of the XMB.

[Tragedy]

... VIDZONE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
VidZone will be released June 4th 2009.

[WhittO]

Vidzone is only releasing in Europe isnt it ?

Id MUCH prefer the video store than Vidzone!!
They have episodes up like the day after they have aried in the US !! Wouldve watched Battlestar Galactica and Terminator from the vid store.

[I_am_rushin]

seems plausible, but I don't think it will be anything huge.

[GarandShooter]

@ Whitto & Crazy

Here's how it works. I'm playing Resistance 2. I see you in my friends list playing another game. I send you an invite to play Resistance 2. You accept invitation. You load Resistance 2 and automatically come to my party. That's the beauty of being able to perform cross game invites and accept them at the XMB.

[MazzingerZ]

@Whitto

I agree with what you say about needing to boot up the disk anyway, when I had my X360 by the time I inserted the disk and the game started, sometimes either the room was full, game started or I just couldn't join (connection lost)...it not always work like many people say, in Gears you had to access the multiplayer screen first and then accept the invite via in-game dashboard of course... in many cases didn't work and had to ask for a new invite as it's gone as soon as you accept it regardless of it went ok to join or not...maybe they have fixed this

that's a great feature in XBL regardless, on the PS3 would be even better due to the digital distributed games, there you wouldn't need to look for any disc, at least not for games like Warhawk, SOCOM, Wipeout HD, Burnout....just accept and join as the game is in your HDD, just like today you can jump from one game to the other via in-game XMB.

I don't really think they can implement that feature as flexible as in XBL, not saying it's impossible but Microsoft built XBL with that in mind, anyway, in the latest patch, Wipeout HD included game invites from lobby games which can be accessed from any screen via the select button and join but I guess you need to be in the game to see them

R6V2 had invites that you got and could see in the XMB as messages there you could see game type, map,etc...Lego Star wars too (co-op) and you could even edit the text...that's for me is the key feature, to be able to get them as a message regardless of what game you are playing, I don't care if I have to go an extra screen to join my buddie's game, like you wrote, you have to boot up the game anyway...

I think many would be happy as long as you could get them as a message regardless of what game you are playing.

[RememberThe357]

The E3 presentation is from SCEA, they don't deal with Europe and Australia. It would be nice though. The service already has 50% of the music industries... music.

[RememberThe357]

God, I cannot type.

[Face Palm]

According to a reliable source, who like to remain anonymous, will Sony during E3 to announce a new feature for the console. This feature will be immediately available by a firmware update during E3 gelaunched will be. What exactly this feature will hold for us a mystery, but that really is going to be fat is almost a sure thing, says the source. The E3 2009 promises to be the E3 Sony Computer Entertainment, with many spectacular announcements and new gameplay images, among other God of War III, Heavy Rain, MAG, and much more.

[Omegasyde]

Fishy Cross Game chat/Group chat should be the priority.

The text chat room is useless. It does make messaging easier IF IF IF you have that keypad or a keyboard.

I play consoles because I prefer to play with the controller instead of a mouse.

[Black_McGrath]

No one wants the ability to send music or a videos via messaging.

[n4gn4gn4gn4g]

...or move the battery indicator off of the time indicator...either one.

[Johnny Rotten]

lol the battery icon over the clock is classic. It only makes sense when I'm half in the bag!

[Kushan]

If they add software backwards compatibility for PS2 games, my PS3's usage would triple overnight.

[themyk]

i have bc thank god. i just got done playing the first two sly coopers. great games btw.

all black 20 gig ps3 ftw. i call it darth vader.

you do have to upgrade that hdd though. but i love the look of the 20 gig the most. when mine died and i had to send it back i called and made sure they were going to send me another 20 gig. i didn't want them to upgrade me. lol.

[anh_duong]

although i have two BC 60 gig ps3 (jap and pal), i am not bother about BC since i install all my ps2 games on a hard drive using hdloader... faster game loading; none of that flaffing around for games disk and less wear and tear on the laser..

alhtough i think BC is doable and should be done (even though i won't personally need it) i doubt sony will do it because it requires testing and coding..

[Sangria]

Cross-game chat is a top priority, but i also would like Sony redo the profiles. It takes too much time to load whereas on 360 it's instantaneous.

[themyk]

true that. i might actually give a sh1t about other peoples trophies and profiles if they loaded faster.

[Omegasyde]

eh..

I'd rather have a public trophy room for home.

They really should have that by now with unique 3d trophies.

[CypH]

thats cool expand on psn

[x MiL x]

Tchat in game and invit in game ! PlZ !

[locos85]

We already have text chat........

[GameGambits]

It's 2.5 years after release and Sony still hasn't caught up to the #1 thing we have screamed for since day 1---Cross game voice chat.

I love my PS3 but my 360 stays on simply for party chat during my gameplay sessions. It's about time Sony stop BSing around after 2.5 years and gave the players what we've wanted for so long. After that nail in coffin for Xbox live feature if you ask me since Sony would have caught up and passed it by being free.

[UnwanteDreamz]

MS has a patent on it. They are looking at other options.

[cappakrako]

thank you! most ps3 fans don't know that MS has a patent on most XBL features. that's why it took so long to get in-game music on the ps3. MS patented it so that their competitors could not have the same features. in turn sony has to figure a work around like leaving it up to the devs to implement in-game music

[UnwanteDreamz]

You get a bubble for being an informed consumer.

[Omegasyde]

There is ways around patents, and I think cross game chat might be too general of a patent.

i.e. Mountain Dew patented Green colored Soda...

If cross game chat comes via developer software we are all screwed and won't get those features until summer 2010.

[beeeffess]

"according to a reliable source".

How many times have I heard that before?

[themyk]

we've heard it a bunch of times. but i bet this is true. why wouldn't it last year they launched the movie thing. why wouldn't they launch something this time?

[dylantalon]

cross game chat and cross game invites are the top features that sony should bring to the ps3. silly features like having a persons profile load faster is unnecessary . psn's main feature like being lag free already makes it the best.

ps. the talon stands for talented

[Max Power]

begging for bubbles. minus one bubble for that.

[kaveti6616]

Omg, omg, hahahahahahhahahaaaaaaaahhhhhh ahahahahhaha, ROFLMAO, hahahahhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahaaah ahahhahahahah. Probably one of the funniest things ever. I don't know who I should give the bubble to: you for begging for a bubble or the guy who took a bubble away from you.

[-MoOkS-]

I bet they add something old, last update they added morse code aka text chat. lol

[Pennywise]

Text chat is nice, but def. not the answer. Who wants to go to XMB and chat when in game. I want instant voice chat.

[tdrules]

you really like to cause trouble huh.
its in the ps3 section, dont get involved

[-MoOkS-]

Why shouldnt I get involved???? I own a ps3

[ptotoy]

and it's outselling the crapbox 2:1.. and the crapbox is cheaper at that

these features don't mean anything.. it's all about sales.. wii > gaylo 3

[evilmonkey501]

music video channel for the ps3. over 10,000 music videos streamed free to your ps3. Google it. It's being tested in europe and its "coming to america" this summer during e3 via firmware update.

[badbond1]

You are just afraid aren't you boy! You know E3 will be a Sony Entertainment conference and you act like a scared little boy on a ps forum! Get lost xbidiot! When you can show some balls and get rid of your console to buy a superior one, let me know!

[themyk]

ill take the chat stuff, and that would be enough for me. but if they want to give me more i'll take the ability to mute people that would be nice. invites would be good. party would be nice but not necessary.

[CypH]

ounce they get chat psn ftw

[CrayzeeCarl]

I know everyone wants cross-game chat (I do too), but I don't know why everyone is talking about it like it's going to happen. Honestly, the updates have been piss poor since 2.40. The photo app? Text chat (censored and limited to 16 chars)?

[CypH]

yea those days was full of hype

[DanSolo]

I agree cross-game chat and all the other gaming related features should be concentrated on first and implemented as soon as possible.
But I think the extras that we get for free like the photo app, life with playstation, Home ect are all good to have too.
It's just a shame Sony didn't put the effort into getting the things people really want first and then add all the other things in afterwards.

But still we are getting the services for free, and it is getting improved all the time despite MS cheap tactics of patenting things that really should never be patent-able.

I personally like using the photo album app to look through the pictures of when I was off travelling as it can be set up as a slide show with whatever music you have on your hdd, it looks alot better on my 42inch 1080p screen than on my laptop, I can almost taste the beer in the pics lol.

[drdre74]

if there is no Voice chat then its just another fail for Sony's updates that are pretty much worthless until that is added.

[CypH]

I don't think so. Sony prolly have something in store of us, why wait til E3 huh?

[cmacdonald]

Duh, there is always a new firmware with E3.

[unicronic]

..some of these features:

- A video store that can be accessed outside of the USA (so the other 5.5bn people can use it)
- Some decent PS1 downloads
- An IM service like Skype, Digsby etc
- MKV support
- a decent Podcast capturing facility
- a deal with Hulu
- A region free PS2 emulator (It's way overdue)
- A decent browser, ditch the current crap and use Firefox / Chrome
- Life With PlayStation that allows zooming on content
- Region free DVD playback
- Text chat that works(No censoring, character limit)
- Unified PlayStation Home (there are game spaces that are US only, EU only etc, BS).

[rob6021]

-I don't know why a video store would not go live oversees in due time considering they have all the software all ready to go for when they do. I'm sure it will happen once all the licences issues are sorted out and the like.
-More psone downloads are coming from capcom, but Sony really needs to make Backward compatibility happen and start selling PS2 games on the store. Bw compatibility is overdue, and i'd love to them double the resolution on old games.. :/
-A fast web browser is a must, I would like them to make a deal with google and bring google chrome and google apps over to PS3 (maybe they already did if you don't notice google is the default search for both PS3 and psp) and take PS3 in a direction Microsoft won't go.
-Region free dvd, unified home, Not happening period.

[Stryfeno2]

This will be like the 5th FW update this year.

[tdrules]

i know even more features, cant wait
(yes i realise your point)

[-MoOkS-]

features that should have been there from the start. they didnt even have ingame xmb until recently. They have to keep updating the ps3 to keep it on the same level as the 360.

[UnwanteDreamz]

LMAO you have got to be joking.

[cryymoar]

a working console should have been here from the start.
oh wait, it doesn't even work NOW.

[na2ru1]

Never expect.
When you expect and...
get what you expect, it's ok but nothing like omfgwtfbbq
If you don't get it, then it sucks. You get annoyed

If you don't expect anything and...
you don't get what ever it is, then it's nothing too hard to deal with.
If you do get it, then....!

[KillerPwned]

Im not suprised at all sony even saied their gonna be releaseing a free music video service soon.So hopefully that will be in it but that also is a hint that we will be geting a new firmware update soon. Also think for a second you gotta pay for music videos on the xbox 360 hahaha.

[keysy420]

this up date should be huge from music videos to in game video chat all the way to voice messages a home update of E3 and the GOD of WAR demo so be waiting

[Knightofelemia]

In game invites are needed along with private chat

[KillerPwned]

Tottaly agree with that one

[OmarJA]

Can't wait... :D

The best thing about the PS3 updates that each one adds a major feature plus it doesn't cause RROD & E74. :D

[dogmeat eater]

Clearly no one cares because there playing too many games to give a fuk. I could care less about cross chat.

[Blackcanary]

Europe how long do we have to wait for it.

[Dawn_Of_Ashes]

according to a reliable source who want to remain anonymous wich mean we are liar and we create false new just to have some visit on our website.

Fixed

[rob6021]

Since they did the movie store last year, Might be a music store this year, or the special music program thing that was rumored about.
Since they can't have unified custom soundtrack support (Thanks to an MS Patent), they should give an option to play music over the top or instead of sound from the game you're playing.

[xg-ei8ht]

All i want is AD2P/

And the record 30sec sound clips etc.

That would do me.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

I don't want it to become that :-/

Cross-game chat??? Party chat??? Blah Blah Blah Chat??? Zzzzzzzzzzz
Is the 'ChatBox 360' a Games Console??? or a Chat Console??? ;-D

+ Bring back a New PS3 that does FULL PS2 playback(the way Sir Ken made it) ;-D at E3, that is all i want;) Well + all the New Games info and that ;-P

[robotnik]

Amen brother, if I wanted RROD I would go play with a Xbox 360.

[ultimolu]

Unless I hear from Sony themselves, I'm calling this a rumor lol.

[ipadsense]

Hence it's posted under "Rumors". ;)

[Allowen]

The best things that are desired in a FW update was already written by posts above this one.
So what I would like to add is a way to turn off the "special"sound effects of Themes for the PS3.

The coolest themes I have seem , most of then have those annoying sound effects...too much noise.... can't send a text, when not playing a game,
without huge noises.

The $1.99 bioshock or the also cool looking R2(qore theme) theme for exemple is one of the coolest and the best themes for the PS3, adding great high quality photos without making it hard to read text in the XMB but have the huge downside of the noises.

[Raoh]

I'd like to see sony and apple work together to allow itunes to broadcast to the ps3.

[ajay_solidsnake]

PS2-BACKWARDS-COMPATIBILITY !!!

[redsquad]

I wanna charge my pad while the PS3 is in standby.

[Ellessdee]

i dont even have a mic so thats useless for me. what i really want is.... dun duh duh dun! PS2 BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY! i would cream my pants if that happened. and i would even spend money for it, say they were to let you download the emulator for $20 or something, i bet it would be a huge hit.

[cappakrako]

on a decent ps2 emulator. it takes like 2 gigs of RAM + a directX 9 GPU to run. so don't get your hopes up

[ReBurn]

Hopefully whatever it is turns out to be something useful. There's lots of options on the XMB, but I never use many of them.

[peeps]

every time theres mention of firmware ppl get excited, and every time ppl get let down cus they expect too much. I'm guessing the same will happen here

[Shendow]

The makers of God Of War have said that they want more then 50GBs on the Bluray and Sony has been working on a 400GB, so I see that be one of the things they need to update and who knows their might be other games using more then 50GB.

[Quadrostacker]

Cross game chat could be useful but I want other features like sending music to friends, you can send pics why not music

[peeps]

erm... copyrighting....

[JJFNIGHTS80]

Skype will be soo good to have on the PS3. I would love to have that feature on my PS3.

[patterson]

The new firmware will release the hardware lock on the PS3's PPE and GPU; similar to the PSP unlock when it went from 222 Mhz to 333 MHz.

Basically, this will put the PS3 in Super-Saiyan mode lol.

[victorMaje]

How about the ability to set a start,pause,resume time for each download, + a shutdown option upon completion.

[kaveti6616]

I mean, I've read a lot of comments from people who have said that Sony could release an update to the PS3 so that it could read quad layer BD discs. Is that possible? Because I think they should do that. Hideo Kojima managed to max out 50 GBs on his first try and he said he even needed more than that. And another thing. Do developers compress the game data when they put it on a BD disc or do they just put it in uncompressed? Cuz I think for Xbox 360 almost every game is compressed.

[Sheddi]

I want to be able to install my games on my HDD :(
PS1 games, PS2 games and PS3 games.