PS3 Fanboy got a couple more shots of the PS3 gamercards in action. We get to see the 3rd and 4th pages of the screen. That’s right, there’s a fourth page there when looking at someone else’s Gamercard. Pretty cool.
You can clearly see that you can compare trophies, which is a good move by Sony. I could see people really bitching if you couldn’t. Hopefully Sony will announce this before E3 and have that walkthrough video so we can get some official confirmation.
Wow, lots of news on the PS3 today. Sony had a presentation in Tokyo where they discussed plans for the upcoming fiscal year. Movie store is coming this summer in the US, Life with PlayStation is coming, the PlayStation Store is coming to the PSP. Wow.
I’m guessing we’ll hear a lot more about all of these services at E3, especially the video store. It’s already summer, so I would guess we’ll see a launch right around or shortly after E3 with the v2.40 firmware update.
You can check out Kaz Hirai’s full presentation in PDF form here. It’s a good read if you want to know what’s going on with the PlayStation brand.
CVG seems to think so. I’m betting it’s pretty close to reality. Here’s what they say is coming in Sony upcoming firmware update:
Sounds like everything we’ve heard before. They didn’t mention Trophy support, but there is background music in there, which is a big plus for a lot of people. CVG’s insider also points to a release date at the beginning of E3, so I guess we’ll be waiting a bit.
The PSP just got an update to v4.00 last week. But guess what? It’s broken. Yep, a major version change is busted. Sony released version v4.01 to fix any issues you might be having. Here’s what’s changed:
Just as a reminder, the two features in v4.00 were Internet Search and changing the speed of videos. I’m really surprise they released v4.00 and it doesn’t work for a lot of people. Either way, it’s fixed, so go grab the new update when you get a chance.
Some tipsters over at PS3 Fanboy got some images of the PS3 Trophies in action on the new gamercards. Not sure how exactly this will be implemented, but it looks like trophies will have multiple levels. It seems that you will level up depending on how many trophies you obtain, which is pretty cool.
Hopefully this is something you can view for other gamers who are online and offline. Being to see if on PC would be nice too. Maybe that’s what Sony is doing today with the PSN downtime…
Looks pretty legit to me. What do you think?
There’s a new firmware out today for your PS3, bringing the system to v2.36. This is NOT the big one. This just provides some stability with PS3 titles. In essence, it makes it work better. The big news, however, is that Sony officially confirmed v2.40 coming “soon” with both in-game XMB and Trophies.
Details are coming soon, so we’ll just have to continue to speculate about the Trophy system and how it will all work. I’m sure Sony will be letting everyone know very soon. I’d estimate another 2-4 weeks before we see this firmware update. They wouldn’t have released v2.36 now if they planned on releases v2.40 really soon. We’ll keep you posted as we get more details.
Is your Wii blinking blue again, even though you haven’t touched it in months? That’s because Nintendo has released a new system update, bringing the console to version 3.3. Not a whole lot new in this update, but you can now move a Mii from the Mii Plaza to the Mii Parade.
More importantly, this update completely breaks the Twilight Princess game save hack which opened the door for a lot of homebrew on the Wii. If you’re one of the homebrew users, I’d recommend not updating. Word on the streets is that the update also completely breaks Freeloader usage.
I’m honestly a bit shocked it took Nintendo this long to plug the homebrew hole in the Wii system software. They’re bat-shit crazy over there about piracy (which isn’t a bad thing), and leaving this hole open for so long definitely let some piracy take over the Wii.
Sony sent out a media alert letting us know that the PSP will see firmware update v4.00 this week. I’m guessing today or tomorrow. What’s new in this firmware? You get a Google search bar in the XMB. Hells yeah!
Wait, what? That’s enough for you? How about the ability to speed up or slow down movies that you play from the memory stick? Totally awesome!
Seriously, Sony, wtf? You drop a milestone version number and just add a quick search bar and the ability to slow down movies? I honestly expected a lot more. Why not just call this v3.97? In software development, moving to a new major version (ie. from 3 to 4) indicates some major changes, but we don’t really see anything here. With version 4.00, I was expecting maybe integrated PSN friends lists and maybe even a PlayStation Store directly on the PSP. But no, we get to search for stuff with one less step. Hooray!
Rumors are flying around the intarwebs about the upcoming v2.40 firmware update for the PS3. A few insiders are dating the update for June 10th, which makes sense given the release of Metal Gear Solid 4 on June 12th.
Apparently, in-game XMB isn’t the only thing we’ll be seeing in this update. Custom soundtracks and trophies are said to be included in the update. PSN profile pages are also rumored to be coming, making this one huge update for the PS3.
I can’t imagine so many features would be added and it would stay at v2.40. Seems too big for that numberical designation. I’d assume 2.5 or even 3.0 when it gets released. All signs do point to June, so I’d assume we’re going to get official word from Sony this week. We’ll keep you posted.
That recent firmware update for the PS3 did a little more than Sony said. It added the YouTube API for allowing in-game uploads to your YouTube account. This is one damn cool feature that I hope a lot of games start to take advantage.
Imagine coming up with a really cool level in Little Big Planet or having a crazy moment in Resitance 2. Instead of just telling people about it, you could immediately upload a clip to YouTube to share with the world.
Right now, the only game to take advantage is Mainichi Issho, a free Japanese PSN title that was released way back in November 2006. No official word on what other games will take advantage of this feature. We’ll keep you posted.
[via Joystiq]
