PS3 Update Inbound Soon; VidZone Included

PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"According to Jake Osuwah (Sony PR), we will be getting a PS3 update soon. We speculate that it likely will arrive some time during E3, as VidZone is coming soon. He doesn't mention if it is a firmware update, or something that will be in a PS Store update."

[DoucheVader]

Another feature for the feature packed PS3!

[ps3gamerkyle]

This years E3 *hopefully* will bring a slew of new content, games and some surprises, to the PS3!

[WildArmed]

can't wait 4 another surprise like last E3.
I love their 'hidden' features in their firmware.
Its a pleasure to find out OMG u can do this now and they didnt tell me lol

[edhe]

Isn't that the vidzone stuff i refuse to buy on the 360 because it's not HD?

[Fishy Fingers]

Huh? Vidzone is completely free and currently only avaliable on the PS3. I think standard def is better than no def.

[StephanieBBB]

Probably is...

Or it might be a free feature on a free service?

nah...

[Lifendz]

I don't get how some people can complain about PSN as if it was just horrible. For a free service you get an awful lot of stuff.

[sack_boi]

I'm still waiting for the Video store in Euro PSN.

[darthv72]

Is this for all regions or just in Europe? What is the vidzone anyway?

[whoelse]

Vidzone according to the UK PS site will be downloadable from the PS Store.

I don't know why they can't do it like Life with PlayStation, Home r the Photo Gallery where an icon just appears from nowhere.

[chaosatom]

What do u say the chances of the vidzone coming to Us are?

[velaxun]

So another feature the canucks aren't going to get? lol it's not so bad if the yanks don't get it either though ;)

[ThanatosDMC]

I hope they update Adobe Player too... i cant watch One Piece on that website i usually go to.

[Bodyboarder_VGamer]

Another freaking update! I mean, this is good but with my 1mb connection I take like half hour to download... =(

[kalioon]

a whole half hour? dear god.....how dare sony improve the ps3 and waste a whole half hour of your precious time!!

[WildArmed]

just leave it to update when u goto bed..
u do sleep now do u?
^^

[Mindboggle]

No im sorry i have to agree with this guy...It took me at least an hour to download the 2.73 update...It was quite frustrating...But then again it wasnt really a problem.

[Mindboggle]

I will admit there is something wrong with my connection...Its only 2mb...

[BrunoM]

now there really is somehing wrong with ur internets i mean damn last update toke me about 4-6 mins to dl .. the infamous demo over 1gig was 14 mins.

[LinuxGuru]

There is nothing wrong with any of your connections, some of yours are slower or faster than others.

[ThanatosDMC]

I'm using AT&T and i have slow connection most of the time. But my girl uses Time Warner and it goes blazing fast!

The problem though with her service is her NAT type. She cant play GTA4 with me. I bought her three routers and set them up in different ways... but no luck.

[Pennywise]

If this update does not include VOICE CHAT, I will be one pissed off PS3 owner. Their little party text BS didnt solve the issue that if I want to talk to a friend, I have to hit PS button, go to XMB, go to the chat, type what I want to say and then wait for a reply. It takes away from my gaming and is a total turn off to talk to people on the PSN when I am gaming.

Sony knows what we want. They keep working on other cool features, but voice chat is a CORE feature that gamers need. I am ranting on about this, but Sony might surprise me.

[WildArmed]

Don't bring yourself up to a disappointment IT. (lol)
Sony knows but it may not be possible for them yet or they are saving it 4 a later date (OMG! delays)

Either way, lets just wait 4 E3.

Sony might surprise us with no firmare update >_> since they already did one 4 the text-chat.. soo they are off the hook 4 6 months till the next firmare update? lol

[Pennywise]

I want to beat the crap out of the guy that okay'd resources to making text chat and not voice chat.

[WildArmed]

glorified version of text messaging .

how long would that have taken? >_>
2 hours?

[himdeel]

...and agree. First I do agree that the text chat can be a bit cumbersome and it does take away from playing games. At least for me it does. Text chat for me is a bit of a waste of resources and it's not big enough of a difference from the regular chat to warrant as much use for me. So it is kind of bogus.

However I have to disagree about voice chat. Not about needing it but about needing it announced during E3. I'm personally too engrossed in my games to even carry on decent conversation with anyone. I don't need it. Now this is not to say that I don't wish they'd add it eventually but if I really want to chat with someone I just bop over and ask them to voice chat with me.

[StephanieBBB]

That makes two of us.

I don't care what you people say, having a text chat while doing something else is not only tireing but also worthless.

The only thing we've been asking for is voice chat. No video chat, no photo album, no ass-wiping feature after we've been to the toilet and didn't have time to finish up before the next round of KZ2, and definetly no music video store.

SONY give your people what they want!

[krauley]

penny how much do you pay a month for psn? yeah i thought as much, stop your whinning!

[Pennywise]

You guys all know I love the PS3, so I am not bashing... But Himdeel - I dare you to get demon souls and play with a friend online and try to talk about things you need to do in game. Try to set up meeting up with your friend for some coop or getting info on how to get certain things done.... All while you are playing a game that does not PAUSE.

come on - Its overdue and it is the very last feature that Sony hasnt added. Im not saying I want to be a teenage girl and chat away while I play, but for certain things it would make gaming with friends a hell of a lot easier.

Krauley - Please dont even go there about PSN payments. Lets talk about how much money I sink into Sony's pockets for the games they release. Lets talk about my $700 bill walking out of the store with my PS3, HDMI, extra controller, and ONE game.... I want voice chat. I never complain about Sony or the PS3... its made great strides... but give us voice chat already. You just show how much of a loyalist child you are when it comes down to it. At least I am man enough to talk about features that can improve and this is the only one I want.

Its so dumb that anyone would disagree with anything I have said here. Its all good - I am used to it.

[LeShin]

Firstly, every single game which focuses or implements a co-op game mode should have voice chat as standard to help you communicate with your friend. Every other game, I really don't care as it's exactly the same as when I get mobile phone calls when I'm in a middle of an intense game (Like on Tuesday when a certain someone kept bugging me while I was taking on a Big Daddy in Bioshock) because 9 out of 10 times, you WILL be ignored! Except that instead of putting my phone on silent and putting it face down, I'm gonna have to probably ignore an annoying alert onscreen telling me someone wants to have a natter lol So I see no real advantage, to me at least, of cross game chat across the board.

[Bathyj]

They should just give us Skype and be done with it.

[ThanatosDMC]

I agree with Pennywise... of course he'd be pissed off. He's so damn addicted to Demon's Soul after all... HAHAHAH! But that's why i stopped holding off on importing and waiting for the NA verison.

It's coming in hopefully next week. I paid $28 for shipping for two copies for the same address... the had better make it an express shipping but i never got an e-mail back. I paid $140+ total. Oh well, y'all said it was worth it.

[Panipal2005]

I apologize to Sev for trolling him on N4G so much.

[Sev]

Thanks Panipal,

We are cool now ;)

[PotNoodle]

Nope, vidzone won't be included in an update - it is an application that you download from the playstation store:

http://uk.playstation.com/g...

"All you have to do is download the VidZone music video application from PlayStation Store, free of charge, and access the service via the icon that appears under [Music] on the PS3 Home Menu (XMB). That’s all you have to do to get free, unlimited access to thousands of music videos, with many more coming in regular updates."

[DJ]

If there's a firmware update, I'm praying it has some kind of music app, similar to what they did with photos.

[faisdotal]

Yup. Same.

[kalioon]

yeah. id love that too. ive got an insane amount of music on my ps3 now (upgraded the hdd) and the few options for sorting it arnt enough, to easily find specific things.

[Myst]

I guess It's about time I update my 40 GB hard drive. As much as I install and uninstall games to my PS3, I'm running low on room. Anyway some nice things coming to the PS3 via updates and services alike.

[Sangria]

Take care to keep your game saves on an USB drive and to verify if your upcoming hard drive is empty, because once you install a hard drive on a PS3, the console will format the hard drive so everything onto it will be lost.

[bunbun777]

for your upgrade! After I got my 320g installed, man it is so nice----not only do i have around 200 gigs left, but....

something i dont see many people talking about and yea maybe it isnt that cool.... my roomies both have a PS3 so what we do is have all 3 linked up via media server-- it is so nice whenever I or my roomies download the newest coolest movie we stick it on there, and boom we can either stream it off each other, or copy it to our hard drives, and with 300 gigs, I never have to worry about stockpiling some movies for later.

[Myst]

@Sangria: Thanks for reminding me! I was going to try and see if I'll be able to do it in a few days, almost forgot the most important step of backing up those saved files.

@Bunbun777: Yeah it really is time, especially since I was forced to delete a few game installs to make room for others at least three times now. May not need all that space, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to have it all just in case. Also that sounds like a pretty nifty idea you guys thought of.

[kalioon]

do it. its so easy. and so useful.

[Fishy Fingers]

Dig out your PS3 User manual, it takes you through it step by step.

[Homicide]

Removing those screws were a b*tch the first time. Make sure you get the right screwdriver. I think the manual tells you which one you need.

[Myst]

@Kailoon: Yeah the extra space is going to be a lot better than the 40 GB I was given :)

@Fishy Fingers: Thanks, the hard part may be to find where it is; although I think I left it in the box which my PS3 is currently sitting on. If not I'll borrow my sisters I suppose; Thanks was going to look up instructions online to.

@Homicide: Yeah my sister told me how much of a pain it was so she went out and bought a screwdriver and bought a box of screws every one imaginable so I'll probably just borrow hers and go at it later on. Here's hoping it won't be to much trouble.

[Redempteur]

well i have a 60gb PS3 and i manage to stay alive with all this games to play and all theses things to do thanks to My media server .

My 610gb media server ( movies and music ) will be soon be upgraded to a 2tb one ..

I love my ps3 ( and my psp too ) ....2tb movies from anywhere thanks to remote play ... priceless

ps: actually that has a price but ....

[D4RkNIKON]

That is awesome! I have a laptop with about 300 GB so I store tons of movies on it and via media server, I can stream all of them to my PS3 so that I don't use up much of my 40 GB PS3 HDD. It works out well for me.

[Myst]

@Redempteur: Jeez, is all that space needed :p?

[themyk]

U guys want to laugh? I'm still rockin the original 20 gig. U talk about deleating stuff man I've been inbetween 1 and 2.5 gigs left for ever. I'll try to get by the rest of the year with 20 then upgrade to 500 next year.

All black 20gig ftmfwB.

[Redempteur]

Well you see i'm gonna upgrade because i did not have many space left..

With the price of empty discs UP where i live i prefered keep my saves on hard drives ..

2Tb is enough i think to not have to think about upgrading soon ...
the 60gb of my ps3 is :

3gb for home
3gb for music ( custom music while i'm playing wipeout HD or burnout for example )
500mb for theme and pictures ( in case )
The rest is for the games ...

With vidzone i'm gonna get an incrdible amount of music at my disposal ...

[Myst]

@Themyk: Lol!! How do you do it? :p

@Redempteur: Ah I see now, and having that much space doesn't sound like a bad idea; certainly makes it so that you at least won't have to worry about upgrading to soon.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

The 'Triple'A'Station 3' gets better and better!!! ;-P

[TheMART]

So...

Will this update, after 2.5 years since the PS3 launched and Sony promised it would match XBL have:

cross game invites
cross game voicechat
and something like a party system?

Because these things make the community feel alive, switching fast, playing together. PSN misses that.

[Oner]

Still no web browser in the 360 after how many years now? Still paying for LIVE! fees although you already pay for internet service?...STFU already

[CR7JUVE1897]

Duly noted.

For the 950th time.

By you.

[themyk]

Why do u even care. Dont u want ur xbox to have something over the ps3? I mean can u imagine if we had those things as well. Which we will get eventualy. But I can tell u this. I'll take the ps3 the way it is now without those three features over the xbox360 with them.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

at first I thought you was just trying to pull all these stunts on the ps3 fanboy. But now , I really do think your fkn retarded .

sorry

[talltony]

but it will have something that xbox live doesnt have and that is VIDZONE.

[Man_of_the_year]

That is true, i am really interested in vidzone. However would i use it to its full potential...probably not since i am a gamer more than a music video watcher...however 360 just got sky so that could be looked at as an equal to vidzone...if not maybe better since sky is more diversified for my sports needs.

[mrv321]

Half an hour on a 1mb connection I think your luying since it's twenty minutes for me on a far slower connection heck today it took 1 minute to load PSN, although I fear PSN might have been down for a bit. Also please no your download has little to do with allot of PSN downloads past a limit. For example the difference between 10mb and 20mb won't be noticable.

And besides half an hour isn't much now. Anyone remember 52kb/s those where the days when lazy dev's wouldn't release cheap patches.

[Ldubbz]

it does say PS Store update, not a PS3 update per se. The last PS3 update was quite painless for me. I didnt notice any added functionality, but whatevs.

[Raoh]

very cool..

[makingdamage]

They always choose great songs when they make those Vidzone videos! I downloaded that Dizzee Rascal track from Itunes right after I heard it in the video! And the first video they released last summer, I think it was, had a great rock track in it.

[maverick1191]

i think there will be a ps store update being vidzone abit like the video update on US store last year but i think we will certainly see a firmware update for e3

[jay2]

Vidzone can kiss my bum, I want the Video store the US has had for a year.

[herukuti]

i hope its a 3d firmware update with 30fps per eye at 60hz doing 1080 p visuals on hd monitors that arent 120hz

[xXSilentXx]

Yes europe wil get finaly for begging 1 year for a video store and music sevice.

[b]i hope de american PS3 owners will not get this!!!!!!!![/b]

[DX F3NIX]

what a waste...bring cross game chat

[supremacy]

ive been saying this for a long time, sony please stop wasting time & resources on these lil insignificant features and bring cross VoiCE chat.

danm it im getting frustrated with all this wait for a simple feature that should be included from the bigenning.

voice messages, voice chat, cross voice chat, 8 party cross voice chat.

i just wish everyone got on the same page and whine a lil maybe this way sony does something about it. but if everyone decides to play the loyalist here than nothing is going to change.

[indiagamer]

hey sev...!! i am lookin for uncharted 2 beta code...!!
am from india n we are not gettin the beta codes wif infamous...
i so want to be in beta but i don have the code....
it will be really very nice of u if u cud get me beta code...!!

do reply atleast...!!