New PS3 firmware now, info on XMB etc

[AdmiralViscen]

A new PLAYSTATION 3 firmware update (v2.36) will be launching soon, improving system stability when playing select PlayStation format software titles. We’re also happy to officially report that the 2.40 system software update for PS3 will include “XMB” access in-game. The update will also include “trophies,” an exciting new feature that we’ll be providing more details on soon, as well as some other new enhancements. We’ve talked about some of this on the blog previously and know that many of you can’t wait to get your hands on these features. You can expect us to share all of the official details shortly.

[MCD]

too late, i beat mgs4 already.

now back to collecting dust.

[muckhole]

too late, i beat mgs4 already.

now back to collecting dust.

I hope we get trophies for watching blu-ray flicks, otherwise...

[Mupepe]

trophies.  yay.  i guess.

[cool breeze]

Hurry that shit out already.  It has been more a year and a half.  This isn't even Home, it is just an interface during games.

[hyp]

i'm so accustomed to not communicating with anyone on the PS3 that this "feature" could never exist and i wouldn't notice.

bring on ENTITLEMENTS!

[abrader]

If the PSN menu loads as fast as the current in game menu the XBL interface is gonna look like shit....

[AdmiralViscen]

Breaking: trophies to be viewable locally only

If the PSN menu loads as fast as the current in game menu the XBL interface is gonna look like shit....

If when maybe

[AdmiralViscen]

I dunno, I didn't read the whole gaf thread. But the Sfans are already saying that it doesn't matter anyways and

home

so I figure it's true.

[AdmiralViscen]

abrader said it's gonna be awesome, just hang in there.

[cool breeze]

Breaking: trophies to be viewable locally only

I thought the 3D trophies could be viewed in your virtual place in Home? is that canned?

[AdmiralViscen]

accomplishing certain tasks in games will reward users with trophy icons which are tied to their profile and can be browsed by the player's friends. This would of course later translate into trophy objects that players could place in PlayStation Home.

smh @ admiral

Date of article? If it's an old one then it was already shot down by the Sfans in the 1 page of the thread I told you I was basing the information on.

[AdmiralViscen]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=313979&page=5

shrug

They discover that link later than I read, doesn't seem definitive.

We'll just have to wait for it to come out, as usual

[Narag]

Whatever, I'm sure they wouldn't screw up THAT bad.

I just really hope the system takes off and a high percentage of games use it.

  Achievements

I don't know if it was false or not but I remember glancing something over that said 70% (?) of pre-existing titles will have trophies ready to go first thing.

[abrader]

abrader said it's gonna be awesome, just hang in there.

No I did not.

I dont know anything about it.

I will bet that its guaranteed to look better - just like the XMB in general STOMPS the XB360 interface.

If it all loads as fast as the current menu does, and its all transparent on top of the still game image -  at anything an XFOOK ever said about it.

[Narag]

abrader said it's gonna be awesome, just hang in there.

No I did not.

I dont know anything about it.

I will bet that its guaranteed to look better - just like the XMB in general STOMPS the XB360 interface.

If it all loads as fast as the current menu does, and its all transparent on top of the still game image -  at anything an XFOOK ever said about it.

Its still fucking ugly.*


*But only until you tell me there's a way to create nested directories of sorts for the games. I hate scrolling through that shit.

[abrader]

What is still ugly?

[Mupepe]

xmb

[abrader]

Someone has been smoking the 'incorrect' pipe