Firmware (v2.36) coming soon, (v2.40) to include trophies, in-game XMB

playstationalltheway  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

Finally 2.4!!!!!!!!!!

Schitthammer  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Thanks for the update Eric, this is what most of us are waiting for!

michigander692002@msn.com  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

kingxtreme81  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Fantastic!

Thanks for touching on this. We’ve been hearing lots of rumors, so it’s nice to finally hear you talk about this.

On behalf of the entire Playstation community, thank you.

I can’t wait to hear more!

playstationalltheway  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

@eric

When can we expect 2.4???

ftwrthtx  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Thanks for the heads up, but how soon is ’soon’?

marcindpol  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

finally, hury up Sony!

Raziel Dune  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

HOLY CRAP! *explodes*

scubafinch  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

Excellent. Thanks for the info. I’ve got a 60GB AU PS3 from launch and have been extremely happy with the updates and support. Now if only my TV, amp and car got free updates…?

vant6  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

What’s the point of 2.36. Why not just go directly to 2.40

Rendermonk  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

I have to say, I’ve been watching this blog for awhile now, and it’s good to see that Eric actually responds to the requests made here. So many forums are all hype and speculation with pointless opinions and rants. Really looking forward to “Firm” dates and the upcoming firmware release of 2.40. Thanks for making an official post Erin.

Goodfella2487  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

YES! I love you Sony!

Draicus  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Glad this is finally official. Really looking forward to the new features!

Rendermonk  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

I ment Eric

Aaron  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

AWESOME!!!!!!

spawn_4567  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

YES!!!! FINALLY!!!! Awesome! ….but how far away is 2.36? and how much farther away is 2.40….. We have to get one before the other… I guess the real anticipation will begin after 2.36… ( and now we wait…)

Carl  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Confirmed at last! Thanks a lot.

Can’t wait to work this trophy system and in-game XMB.

Will all games support the trophy system?

un-discovered  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

WOOHOO! Details!Details!Details

Troyd  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Thank you, Official statements help squash rumors! Now I know you guys don’t like to give out official dates for firmware. “With it comes out when its ready policy” which i tottaly agree with. Just… can we expect it by the end of june?

stefen  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

Better late than never! =)

Janos2615  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Finally, people can finally stop complaining in every single post about it.

But watch the people that were complaining for so long about it will start to praise Sony saying they are the best and so on…

Got to love the internet…

Anyway, thanks for the heads up.

BulletToothTony  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Can you please give us an idea of when is 2.4 coming… it’s extremely annoying hearing about this over and over again on the net…

And have to idea of when is coming…

Any idea??

neo_bahamut  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Great! Thanks for the update

jlch777  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Thanks God and thanks Eric for the confirmation its about time now i cant wait!!!

Seri@lkiller  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

nice job
thanks for keeping us updated.
Even tho its nothing big like details
its nice to see something official
hope this trend is going to continue
keep up the good work

fperez  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Soon when?
And improve system stability on which games?

Thanks!

Carl  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

How long before people find something else to complain about>

EvoAnubis  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

THANK YOU ERIC!! See, this is what I wanted to hear. Progress. Excellent news! The only remaining question is when is 2.4 actually going to hit. Just give us a general timeframe, Eric. 2 weeks? A month? 2 months? Come on, man; ballpark me.

Dorian_D  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Will it come out this month? Oh well good to here from the psn guy that this confirmed. MGS4!!

efs5030  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

I Love You wow this is announced like a couple hours after my rant did someone listen or is it coincidence?

Snap  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Woohoo! About time.

Fersis  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Yeah , im glad for two reason:
1- a truly great update
2- Finally those tedious comments of
‘i want ingame xmb’, will be over
im wonder for what reason they will start to cry now…

vboyd666  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Hooray!!!

iorkara  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

I don’t understand why we don’t get 2.40 now seriously.

Withnail  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

Oh yeah. That’s the good [DELETED] right there.

Dubbedinenglish  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

Exciting news. Can’t wait to see it in action.

VenomX  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

ZOMG I’M HAVING A SEIZURE

Violater  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

How soon are we talking?
this month soon?
or don’t hold your breath soon…..

Mana Knight  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

Awesome news. I knew it was coming if we were patient enough, which I was. Thanks a lot Eric.

TheApprentice  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

THANK YOU SONY FOR CONFIRMING THE SPECULATED!!!

WOOO!

VenomX  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

I love you Sony

Carl  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

@iorkara

Because it isn’t ready? We’ve all seen leaks, but maybe Sony doesn’t think it is up to standard, or found some bugs

mdd34  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Wow, that’s the only complaint I’ve had about the PS3. Give us in-game XMB and we’ll be set.

sampenno  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

OMG its real can we have the details and a video as early as possible please

xplosneer  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Confirmation is a blessing Sony!!! Thanks so much. I’m not gonna ask when, It’ll be a surprise.

gamesblow  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

I could care less about in game xmb, other than me wanting to access my display settings for 1080p games. Keep your xmb, Sony. I want games to use it with. You keep cutting them all, though.

Less time on ps2, psp and Singstar and copying motion control tech from Craptendo and more time doing what you should’ve done in the offset. Make sure the ps3 had the games to back up your claims.

Nuff said.

joel  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

OMFG!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

aliziry  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Guess v2.4 will be released on the day of Sony’s E3 press conference.

DankandSticky  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

So it is guaranteed… Jeff could you please tell us whether 2.36 is coming this week…

and obviously were all just salivating at when it will really happen… im more excited for trophies i think…

TheApprentice  |  June 17th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Wait…

Why does 2.36 have to come first :(

Just release 2.4