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PS3 Firmware 3.0 - Grief reporting, reputation system, background patches, multiple audio outputs, more

VG247: VG247 has learnt that PS3 Firmware 3.0, "a completely new system" for the console, is to release pre-Christmas with a raft of major feature updates.

The software upgrade has been described to us as "a huge overhaul", and was compared to NXE "in some respects".

-x.Red.x-5410d ago (Edited 5410d ago )

"We’ve been told a lot more on this, but you’ll just have to wait. Rest assured, 3.0 will be significant. Just remember where you heard it first."

I heard it first from Super_secret
:D

LukaX235410d ago

I agree with -x.Red.x-. :D

Kain815410d ago

and before Super_Secret mentioned it

Trollimite5410d ago

if you want the truth then wait until it gets posted on the psblog! thats the only way to be 100 percent sure

if you didnt notice this is the same thing they did with 2.70

Syronicus5410d ago

Them finally implement that Waffle and Wet bar app I have asked for for so long. There is nothing like playing games and having a chewy waffle and Long Island Ice Tea by your side. Come on Sony! Make it happen!

Other than that, the system as it stands is just fine by me.

vasilisk5410d ago (Edited 5410d ago )

I cannot believe you still listen to this guy. Look at his pre-E3 comments:

"That "Trico" Footage isn't real game footage, man. Whoever thinks it is, stop believing it. The game is so far removed from that nearly 1 and a half year old footage (and that was when I seen it) it's not even funny."

About Kojima's game (not even close...):

"If anything, please remember PS3 fans... This game is not multiplatform. Don't worry. Xbox 360 only owners... worry or buy a Ps3. "

"Wrong... God I wish I could speak out about what the game"S" really are right now. I can tell you this, it's not MGS and it's not LOS."

"Good diversion... It's not MGS, though. Remember that, folks. Don't get your hopes up. It's different. And it's also not going to be on the xbox 360. 100% Sony exclusive..."

About GoWIII (3 days later it was announced as a March 2010 release):

"I have seen GOW3 in action and played it for myself. Make your claims of Alpha all you want. I am an internal Sony employee and my take is -- > GOWIII needs some work and won't make an early 2010 release."

And many many more. I cannot believe there are people that still listen to him... He's just an attention wh@re. Check his comment history, he's wrong 9/10 times. Hell, I could have told that they're going to release a firmware version 3.0 at some point...

gamerdude115410d ago

This site is guessing, just like the other sites. It's easy to do. The fw 3.0 should implement new features, so just claim that some of the current features missing will be included in the release. As the other poster said, ignore this BS and what for Sony to announce it.

Lifendz5410d ago

pre-Christmas. That's almost 6 months away! Give me a break. I'm not letting these sites get me all hyped for an update to be letdown ever again.

OmarJA5410d ago

Amazing! along side with PS Cloud & in-game-voice chat that's will be a great Christmas gift...

Can't wait.

saint_john_paul_ii5410d ago (Edited 5410d ago )

But he did Break the news that Sony was going to announce the New R* exclusive tomorrow, not to mention that Kojima Will also make an appearance at the Sony's Conference, as for what he said regarding about MGS, he was half-right, Kojima overseeing the new Castlevania game was surprising. so his credibility stands at %50.

BLuKhaos5410d ago

Well there goes my fun.Trolling the COD4 Hardcore games were ridiculously fun.;)

vasilisk5410d ago (Edited 5410d ago )

Agreed, but his tactics are hit and miss. A true insider wouldn't have said that about project Trico. That alone is proof that he doesn't know what he's talking about.
What he does, I can do it too, look:
"I work for Sony and we're thinking about a GT5 November release date but we're not sure yet".
Then if I'm right I will rub my comment up everybody's face, if I'm wrong, I would say, "I never said that GT5 was going to be released in November". He does that all the time...

menoyou5410d ago

Sounds like a crappy update to me. Wow, cry babies get to report people or rate people? Woopdeedoo, that sure is a great update /sarcasm.

They should be focusing on matching Xbox Live features and surpassing them. Stupid ass Sony. Who is running things over there? There needs to be a change in leadership. The PS3 has so much potential that is being lost because of ignorant leadership at the company.

cl63AMG5410d ago

I know its a small thing but PLEASE sony bring back in video XMB (without it pausing).

KarateExplosion5410d ago

surfer girl? lol

What ever happened to surfer girl?

Raptors5410d ago

YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love my surround sound but having my subwoofeer going off at 2am isnt always feasible...

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PS3ROCKS5410d ago

Cross game chat,Party system,Game invites, new gamer card, faster ingame xmb,

interrergator5410d ago

by the LOOKS OF IT then yea i cant wait for this baby

Luzce5410d ago

I have been waiting for this since day 1. My TV is connected via HDMI, but my surround sound does not have HDMI pass-through and is only connected through the optical cable. This means I need to turn on my entire home theater to play games, which is awesome and a must have, but it just seems like an awful waste at 2am when I need to keep the volume down to not wake up the Mrs.

ExgamerLegends25410d ago

whats that simultaneous HDMI and optical...mumbo jumbo about?

Johnny Rotten5410d ago (Edited 5410d ago )

right now you can only have one or the other running for your sound at a time. If I want to play sound just from my TV I have to manually switch the settings to HDMI, vice versa if I want 5.1 through my stereo I need to manually switch it to OPTICAL.

Mnemonic-DK5410d ago (Edited 5410d ago )

Right now, you can select to have the PS3 output sound on either the HDMI or the S/Pdif TOSLink plug, but not both.

I guess FW 3.0 will allow both to work simultaneously...

Edit: Ah, JR beat me to it.

crck5410d ago

I hope they really do fix this. It's a small thing but for people who do switch their sound outputs a lot its a much needed feature. It sucks when you start a game and find out you have the audio set to the wrong output then have to exit the game just to switch it.

Nineball21125410d ago

Yeah, that would be a nice feature for people who need it.

I was worried about this very thing when I got my new LCD, but thankfully, my Bravia has an optical out, so I was able to run the HDMI to my Bravia, and then run the optical from the Bravia to my stereo.

I have an older receiver and it only had an optical input, not an HDMI input.

menoyou5410d ago

Why would anyone need the output running out of both? Sounds stupid to me.

phosphor1125410d ago

Not everyone has a 5.1 system that has 5.1 HDMI input. This is going to be awesome for me.

menoyou5410d ago

Did you even read what I wrote? Why do you need audio output on BOTH at the SAME TIME? I don't have HDMI on my receiver eother, there's something called an optical out port which the PS3 does have. So again I ask, why do you need a signal coming out of both ports at the same time?

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Rifle-Man5410d ago

Now just throw in PS2 emulation and cross-game chat/invites and we have a winner here!

Rockstar5410d ago

"VG247: VG247 has learnt that PS3 Firmware 3.0, "a completely new system" for the console, is to release pre-Christmas with a raft of major feature updates."

Learnt?

*shakes head

n4gn4gn4gn4g5410d ago

Learnt:

http://www.askoxford.com/co...

verb (past and past part. learned or chiefly Brit. learnt)

And will you look at that VG247 is a Euro based website that would naturally take the Queen's English as their own.

Now look up Xenophobic.

You're welcome.

housegroove765410d ago

"Now look up Xenophobic.

You're welcome."

Ohh damn buuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrn!! That was good =D

Rockstar5410d ago

Thank you for the correction, much appreciated.

Pennywise5410d ago

LOL! Did you just thank him for calling you a Xenophobe?

Learnt is a weird spelling to anyone in USA. Just because he didnt know the spelling doesnt make him Xenophobic...

Rockstar5410d ago

Not at all, I was thanking him for correcting me.

I just read the descriptor of the story and didn't have a terrible amount of time when I came across the story, thought I caught a spelling error and pointed it out.

I was wrong and n4gn4gn4gn4g corrected me.

The Xenophobic comment was unwarranted but on this website it's expected.

n4gn4gn4gn4g5410d ago

Sorry....I see and opening and can't resist sometimes.

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