PS3 firmware
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.43 released
Sony offers a new firmware update for the Sony PS3. The new PS3 Firmware 2.43 is only necessary for Japanese PS3 owners.
The 2.43 update only adds in the PLAYSTATION Store in Japan a rental option for content.
The 2.43 firmware will not be notified on PS3 consoles outside of Japan. You could trigger it though under System Update. Installing it on U.S. or European PS3 consoles would not have any side effects.
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Posted on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:28:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.42 got released
Sony published another firmware update for the Sony PS3 today. The new PS3 Firmware 2.42 improves the playback of PS3 and Playstation titles.
Sony is not diving into more details on what exactly the game play improvements are.
Sony ran into big issues when rolling out firmware 2.40. Firmware 2.41 solved the issue some PS3 owners experienced earlier this month.
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Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:02:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.41 is available
The Sony PS3 firmware 2.41 is now on the Playstation Network available for downloading according to user comments on the Playstation Blog. As reported earlier the Sony Playstation Blog announced the new system update that fixes the 2.40 firmware to be available shortly.
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Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 03:07:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.41 will be released shortly
The official Sony Playstation Blog reports that the PS3 firmware 2.41 for the PS3 will be available shortly.
Update:
PS3 Firmware 2.41 is here
The firmware 2.41 is the replacement for the flawed firmware 2.40 that Sony had to take down last week.
Sony says that for some users firmware 2.40 did not show the XMB anymore after they deployed the system update.
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Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:47:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.41 release by Wednesday
Sony released the PS3 firmware 2.40 on July 2nd. After a couple of hours Sony removed the system update due to reports of some bricked PS3 consoles. CVG reports today that Sony is apparently releasing a new PS3 firmware 2.41 that will have the issues resolved by Wednesday.
Update:
Sony PS3 firmware 2.41 arrives shortly
The release date for 2.41 is not official yet. CVG received the information of a mid-week release from Sony support.
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Posted on Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:17:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40 Update temporarily removed
Sony has removed the new PS3 Firmware 2.40, because of some PS3 owners reports about bricked PS3 consoles after they installed the update.
Sony says on its Playstation blog that the issue is limited to some users, but they want to make sure what is going on and that is why the pulled the update until the issue is resolved.
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Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:58:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.40 available now
Sony released the PS3 firmware 2.40 already on the Playstation Network.
Update:
Sony pulled the PS3 2.40 firmware update, because of issues reported by some users
Some users experienced slow download. Here is the link to the PS3 firmware 2.40 update file to download to your PC and then transfer to the PS3, if you are impatient: PS3 2.40 Firmware file (US only!!, 130MB). I still recommend waiting until the PS3 downloads and installs the system update by itself.
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Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:37:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.40 FAQ
As reported Sony will release the PS3 firmware 2.40 on July 2nd. Besides Video Walkthroughs of 2.40, the Sony Playstation Blog has also published an interesting FAQ about firmware 2.40.
The firmware 2.40 FAQ for instance tells you that you cannot use the browser during a game, you have to exit the game first.
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Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:14:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40 Release on July 2nd
Sony just announced that the new major firmware update 2.40 will be released on July 2nd.
The Sony PS3 firmware 2.40 enhancement allows XMB (XrossMediaBar) access in-game. This means that you can access the PS3 menu at any time while playing most games, simply by tapping the PlayStation button on your controller.
With 2.40, you can check if any of your friends are online (thanks to their own user profile), read and send messages, change some settings for games, all without having to quit the game you are playing. While you can’t pause an online multiplayer game involving other people, you can rejoin play at any time when you’ve finished browsing. Along with these enhanced communications features, the Friends list capacity will double to 100 Friends.
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Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:20:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40 Video Walkthrough [Update]
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Sony already confirmed the new features that will be coming in the Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40. Today Sony published a video demonstrating in-game XMB access that will be coming in 2.40. Update: Now Sony has also published a video demoing the Trophy system. See it below.
The video shows how you can look at email or change settings while you are inside a running game.
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Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony confirms Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40 Features
Rumors about the new features coming in the PS3 firmware 2.40 appeared in May. Now the official Sony Playstation Blog confirms that the PS3 firmware 2.40 will include XMB access in-game and trophies.
Sony just released a minor Sony PS3 firmware update with 2.36 this week. There is no release date yet for the Sony PS3 firmware 2.40.
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Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.36 released
Sony released PS3 firmware 2.36 today. We actually expected the new Sony PSP firmware 4.00. The new Sony PS3 firmware comes a bit unexpected.
The Sony PS3 firmware 2.36 is not really exciting though. Sony only lists PlayStation software standards and stability improvements.
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Posted on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:35:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40 Rumor
Sony just released firmware 2.35 for the Sony PS3, but already new rumors of the firmware 2.40 appeared.
The PS3 firmware 2.40 would bring in game XMB menus. Additionally achievement management called trophies is rumored to be part of 2.40.
The PS3 firmware 2.35 did not bring any new features, so a new major firmware update could have been already in the works in parallel.
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Posted on Fri, 30 May 2008 14:24:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
New Sony PS3 Firmware 2.35
Sony released today the Sony PS3 firmware 2.35. The release notes of firmware 2.35 on the Japanese site just say: "Some PS3 software standards, work to improve stability".
This firmware update is not fixing anything related to the GTA IV issue some gamers on older PS3 consoles experience. A comment on the Playstation blog indicates that Sony Customer support has a solution for the GTA IV problem.
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Posted on Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
GTA IV PS3 Fix through new PS3 Firmware
For some Sony PS3 owners GTA IV freezes on them. Apparently only early PS3 consoles are prone to the issue.
Sony is now apparently fixing the issue with a new PS3 firmware update.
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Posted on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:29:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.30 and new Playstation Store available
As promised Sony launched today the new Playstation store and released the latest firmware 2.30 for the PS3.
The big news in the Sony PS3 firmware 2.30 is the support for Blu-ray Disc DTS-HD audio. DTS-HD can deliver audio that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master at high variable bit rates. The codec can deliver up to 7.1 audio at 96k/24-bit.
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Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.30 Details and Playstation Store Video
We already reported yesterday that the next Sony PS3 firmware 2.30 update will feature DTS-HD. The offical Sony Playstation Blog has now published a video walkthrough featuring the redesigned Playstation Store that will be launched with the new PS3 firmware.
Update:
Sony PS3 firmware 2.30 is released.
The new Playstation store looks pretty nice and will launch mid-April along with the new Sony PS3 firmware 2.30
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Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Weekly Top 10: New AMD Phenom X4 and X3, PS3 firmware 2.20, BaselWorld Previews
AMD introduced this week
several new CPUs.Samsung
introduced the Anycall
Haptic touchscreen phone featuring 22 vibrations that raised a lot
of interest this week.
Sony released the new
PS3 2.20 firmware bringing BD-Live to the PS3. The first Blu-ray
movies to support BD-Live are schedule to be released on April 8th. The
6th Day and
Walk Hard will be two of the first Blu-ray titles that feature
BD-Live.
Our Watch News site Wrist Dreams
features already several Luxury watches that will be presented at the
BaselWorld 2008.
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Posted on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.20 released
Sony announced last week the new 2.20 firmware for the Sony PS3, that introduces BD Live to the PS3. Today Sony released the system update.
There are no surprises in the firmware 2.20 release. The rumors that the update would allow to copy Blu-ray movie to the Sony PSP are false.
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Posted on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:04:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Weekly Top 10: NVIDIA 9800 GX2, BigDog, PS3 Firmware 2.20
NVIDIA dropped their new high-end graphics card on us. We put the
XFX 9800 GX2
right to the test and published a review.
Sony announced the new
firmware 2.20 for the Sony PS3 bringing the latest interactive
features to Blu-ray playback. Nintendo is proud to report a
new sales record
set by Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. If you are a SIMS fan, EA
revealed details this week about the upcoming
Sims 3 game.
Boston Dynamics released a new must see video of their
BigDog robot. The
coolest scene is where a guy kicks the Big Dog and the quadruped robot
gains its balance again, better than most animals would be able to do.
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Posted on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.20 brings Blu-ray BD-LIVE
Sony announced PS3 firmware 2.20 today. The new firmware will add Blu-ray Disc (BD) Profile 2.0 (known as BD-LIVE).
Update:
Sony PS3 firmware 2.20 available now
With BD-LIVE you can get access to downloadable video content, ringtones, games, and more - BD-LIVE promises to offer PS3 users the ultimate interactive film experience.
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Posted on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:24:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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