Firmware (v.2.40) Walkthrough Part 1: the XMB

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Hi everyone! We know you’re all patiently waiting for the next PS3 firmware update, v2.40, which includes XMB access in-game and Trophy support. The good news is that it’s coming soon, and you can now see how accessing the XMB from in-game will work in this video demo.

Shortly, we’ll be posting another video here on the PlayStation.Blog that shows the Trophy feature in action for the first time. At that time we’ll provide even more details on how firmware v2.40 will enhance your PLAYSTATION 3 experience.

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  • This Update is going to be the best update since the one we got for themes.
    Cant Wait.
    But what I want to know is will IN-GAME MUSIC
    Be for all games,For Example(Resistance:FOM)
    And Can u Use the IN-GAME MUSIC feature ONLINE?
    Or do the developers have to patch there game.

  • He just showed that you can send messages to other players in the the in-game xmb, so there is basically cross game chat in there already.

  • Great! Of course I want in-game xmb for ps2/1 too and in-movie xmb.
    But this will be great!
    Oh, and will this make me able to listen too music while surfing or checking PSstore? It really should!

  • awesome

  • Can we also send voice messages? or do a voice chat while the other person is in another game??

    Thanks for the update. long overdue but its better late than never

  • Haha people already want more. Hopefully the next phases solve that.

  • The music system is exactly what I wanted. I can’t wait to see the final firmware on my PS3!!! Great job!

  • PLEASE IS THERE XMB IN GAME CHAT ? CROSS GAME AND ALL ? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE !!! its a most wanted here

    anyways THX A LOT !! this is amazing

  • Thank you Sony!!!

  • PS3 Sales have finally passed crapbox360 sales… even though 360 had a year’s headstart. congrats sony. it really shows how the ps3 is far superior to the 360. The ps3 had better features to begin with than the 360, and now that we have all the 360’s features, it’s no doubt that the ps3 is much more valuable and awesome.

    Sony FTW!

  • Built in wifi (Compare to 360’s $100 accesory)
    Built in HD disc player (BluRay)
    SIXAXIS wireless & rechargeable Controller standard (compare to 360’s battery powered controller)
    40GB Hard drive standard (Compare to 360’s 20GB)
    Great, non over-hyped exclusives like Warhawk and R&C!(compare to crapbox360’s Halo x] )
    Free, constantly-growing Playstation Network (Compare to XBL)
    /Home\ (when its finally released.)
    FULL In-game XMB (Messaging, music, etc.)
    Trophy system (Compare to Achievements)
    Folding@Home
    HDMI output standard
    Optical audio output standard (compare to 360’s standard audio)
    Can run Linux
    Internet browser

    need i go on?

    clearly we have a winning console.

  • Great job on this update, but one thing tho… I am still waiting to see what the PS3 sytem can do, XMB is a start. I don’t know what the sony “Ninjas” will be working on after this update but hopefully something that will have peoples jaws hanging for days! After all the PS3 is smarter than the rest of the other consoles.

  • Amen!

  • Evolution of the PS3! That’s what it’s all about! Oh yeah!

  • to be honest this video is very mis-leading it seems like you would be able to access custom soundtracks for all games, but jeff even said that pixel junk monsters isn’t even patched for custom soundtracks… that it was a special version to show how it works….

    shame shame

  • well done Sony. thanks for making the PS3 the evolving awesomeness that it is.

  • I know in-Game XMB is a big feature but honestly I’m excited at the Google Search. Not so much the feature as the relationship with Google to include it and for them to make a custom page. I think you guys should try and get them to make Google properties work well on PS3, such as Reader, G-Mail, iGoogle, etc. It would be cool if they worked completely and were custom set for HDTV resolutions. I could see you guys using Google News for Life with PlayStation as well.

  • Finally!!!!!!!!! 2.40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Finally, thank you Sony :)

  • finally I get to leave a comment, after reading all of them at work, sadly I couldn’t log in.. wonderful video, getting me excited and all! I can wait to mess around with it! No more annoyingly having to get out of a game to reply to all my friends! Though I do hope we get cross game voice chat, so I can continue to play while chatting it up with my buddies across the US!

  • Sigh, stop giving us these useless features and get started on IN-GAME XMB! IN-GAME XMB! IN-GAME XMB! IN-GAME XMB! IN-GAME XMB! IN-GAME XMB!

    Oh wait…:D

    This looks sweet. Thanks

  • I really love the ability to switch from one game to another without leaving the game that you were playing.

    It could really help to ease getting gaming marathons together with some of my friends.

  • Incredible

  • so access to the music saved on the HDD while in game will be like photos now? if so then that part sucks :( but still THANKS FOR IN GAME XMB and tha lil clock :) lol… i cant wait for JULY 2nd!!!!

  • FINALLY…..all i cared about was in-game music really lol.

    @ 13 I have had my PS3 since launch (60 GB) and it still works perfectly. maybe you got a wave of faulty PS3s?

  • Man the 2nd can’t come soon enough

    PSN = Tparsons5150

  • no one said anything to my comment numbers 560&561…i thought i wrote it well :)

    @576…tell me about it!

    @571
    that made me laugh :)

  • @543
    well said

  • This update is great the best since.
    But what i want to know is why do we need a Patch for games to do so.
    How come the other console doesn’t need patches for its games to have In game music
    In Game Music was the main thing everyone wanted besides crap messaging.

  • 543 is correct. the ps3 completely defeats all competition now. as soon as Home is released, there will reason to sell your xbox 360 if you own both systems.

  • In-Game Music is Nice for some Games, but In a really awesome game the Music is part of it like in a really good movie, replace it with your own and you miss the experience. It’s ok for something like PAIN.

  • @579 Cuz it’s been there from the start and M$ forces it on Devs not giving them a choice,. SONY left it in the hands of the game makers, which is how it should be.

  • i think its gay u cant play 2 games at the same time

  • LMAO at 583 for real?…

  • Does anyone else think that accessing the XMB in-game should automatically pause the game for you?

  • That looks perfect for me ^_^
    THX A LOT for your hard work!

  • thanks eric and jeff and all of you other sparkling wiggles @ Sony. You guys have come through and delivered what we’ve been asking for. Can’t wait to try out this In-game XMB.

  • I cant wait for this now, PS3 is the best thing out :D every update is making it better for gamers of the ps3. The Google search thing will be good and the sending a message to your friends while playing a game is finally here.

    But there’s one thing that i think most people would want while browsing on the Internet on the ps3. That would be a proper flash player that can play anything, videos,live radio streams and so on. Will this feature become available at any time?

    Also when is Home coming out? kind of crap the way UK users cant try the beat test :(

    Thanks Campbell

  • PSNThesoviet899

    Thats freaking great, what about adding friends, because im tired of forgetting peoples names LOL, see my name? add me.

    (its called The Soviet because COD4 was my main game and they’re in conflict with Russia, made me look like a bad guy or something, and I didn’t want to be TheMiddleEaste or something.)

  • hey eric or jeff….does the 2.40 update have a midnight launch?

  • 2.40 is looking great! But one of the biggest problems of the PS3 is that the user interface limits its usability. The XMB works great for few movies and music, but when you have a large collection it gets very painful to browse the files. You guys should inspire on Apple TV GUI, at least for music and videos. Add the ability to browse six columns of video and add the ability to search to our library.I really try to use My PS3 to watch a lot of videos (I actually encode my dvds to mp4 so they are always on my PS3) but the user interface sucks so bad I’m considering buying an Apple TV only because of the easier interface. Please Sony, do something about it, I want to have only the PS3 at my living room, but I’ll only do so if it gets usable enough for everything it was designed for, not only games and blu-ray, but music and videos in a very comfortable user interface. Maybe in 2.50?

  • YEAH!!!!! CROSS GAME VOICE CHAT!!!! KEYBOARDS ARE SO LAME!!!! HEY IF YOU CAN PUSH PICTURE IN PICTURE VIDEO CHAT TOO THAT WOULD BE AWESOME EVERYONE SHOULD FLOOD THIS PLACE ASKING FOR AT LEAST CROSS GAME VOICE CHAT AND MAYBE VIDEO CHAT PIP

  • unnecessary. you can’t just expect your demands to be met. there’s only so much sony can do. your one of the people that is just never satisfied, i suppose.

  • Hey whats your online id???

  • Wow, the video has over 1,300,000 views…

  • I am so looking forward to this update. Not only for the new features, but now hopefully these blogs can focus on the topic.

    Rock on Sony! Rock On!

  • I wonder if we will ever see a PSP firmware update that is so extensive that we need so much information on how to use it.

  • Egads! I love The Go! Team!
    I sure hope their music is in LittleBigPlanet…

  • on behalf of all playstation triple owners, thank you!

  • whats your online id??

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