Khaqan  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:00 am

Nice!

Jeff Rubenstein replied on June 30, 2008 at 11:13 am

Hey everyone, we know you’ve got a lot of questions about FW 2.40. Know that we’re gathering your questions from this post (and the last one as well), and will bundle them into a FAQ for you all soon.

Khaqan  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:01 am

What’s the point of earning a virtual picture?

Relentless  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:01 am

Thanks again, so is the update 2moro then???

whoelse  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:02 am

Woot more more more.

Dorian_D  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:02 am

Sweet stuff! Keep it rolling Eric !!

ActionBastrd  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:03 am

That is one big ass’d TV. Nice info on the update and release date!

monkeyisland  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:03 am

Wow already!

Will we be able to access the playstation store ingame? And when are you going to fix the damn disc-reading issues..all ps3 consumers will have their ps3 broken one day..so what are you waiting to fix the issue?

Bierbeer  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:06 am

Looking good!

Any news on having an online profile which you can access with your PC? I guess this will be implemented when Home comes out?

SocomTysoN  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:06 am

looks very cool good job

Herby  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:06 am

Woah sounds great. Thanks for the date. And finally we will see this.
I wonder what those commentators will have to comment about now that in-game XMB is out. This blog is going to see alot let less traffic. LOL
Thanks guys for delivering a tremendous value in this product. Incredible what a 600 dollar investment has become.

canguy69  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:07 am

Fantastic! Can’t wait. Thanks guys.

Mikelarry  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:07 am

wohooooo finaly

X820  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:08 am

Thanks!

Kaoro  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:08 am

Can we access in-game XMB features while playing a PS2 or PS1 game? Been playing a lot of FFXII lately, would hope I can access some of these features!

Will trophies be mandatory for all games release here on out? That should be required by Sony.

juuken  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:08 am

WHOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

heisert  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:09 am

RELEASE IT TODAY!!!

NewYork214  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:10 am

nice few days away. is this a requirement from developers from now on? since Microsoft can make achievements required you guys should do the same. hopefully resistance 1 will get trophies soon wanna replay it but waitin til i here if trophies will eb comin out for it

whoelse  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:10 am

Yay July 2nd!

Dorian_D  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:10 am

Thank you Sony for listening to the millions of users that have be eagerly waiting for these features. While playing the epic MGS4 it was hard when buddies would send messages or chat invites and now we have the tools to communicate back! Once again Thank you Sony and keep it up. !!!

Clinton514  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:11 am

Good stuff. Time + Google bar = :)

One complaint(which I rarely have), is the whole look of the trophy background. I was hoping for it to be a little…better looking. I know it doesn’t affect functionality but how likely is it that we’ll be able to customize the look?

Thanks for the update!

P_tear_griffin  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:11 am

Cool!

tomplast  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:12 am

Great :D. Now how about voice chat during play session? Will it be possible from within XMB when you are playing? A lot of people want to know this so please respond.

Keep up the good work :D

mattyInkWell  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:12 am

I’m quitting my job. I’m going top become a trophy whore

Jersey-Gamer  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:13 am

Thanks for posting these videos. The new firmware features look like they’re going to be great!

As Bierbeer (#8) said above, I’d also like to have the ability to view PSN profiles from the PC using a Web browser.

P_tear_griffin  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:13 am

BTW, I think this is a good time for late adopters to “jump in” to the PS3 and play beyond

kalel52  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:13 am

July2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!

Gameboys  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:14 am

thank u sooooooooooooooooo much :D

johnamanel  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:14 am

Is all trophy features available in-game????? Or do we have to quit??

JordanBlack68  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:14 am

btw Jeff

Thanks for the PSN add ;)
and thank you for the videos. Thats exactly the way I like it.
thanks

Nitrowolf2  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:14 am

i know this might be an obviuose question or not
but do you have to be online to use the trophioes system?

cause i dont have online through my PS3 since i use sprint so i update using the USB

PirateThom  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:14 am

That’s Jeff and Eric and everyone else, you guys have nailed this, it’s exactly what I was expecting.

My only question would be, existing games you’ve already unlocked things in, say Uncharted, will the patch automatically allocate unlocked trophies or would you have to do it again? Is there a system like this in place?

Debo2U  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:15 am

Great! Can’t wait.
When can we hope to try this out on our own?
Will Gta 4 be a ready at launch title?
Will the 2d trophies in warhawk and pain use there already present trophies? ie the baggies and medals of warhawk?
And why did the developers of pain update/patch their game with a music player before in game xmb?
Will in game Xmb affect pain?
thanks

Sentry  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:16 am

Hell yes baby. In-Game XMB, Trophies, new Profile system, etc etc. What a great day.

Next up: Cross game invitations, simplified voice chat for in-game XMB use, and an addition to the voice and video chat systems; text chat.

Trying to think of more things we can possibly milk and request from you guys, but this will do for a while… until 09 or so. :P

PS- My personal request would be remove the ‘Copy Multiple’ and ‘Delete Multiple’ options, and instead have it be ‘Select Multiple -> To Copy, To Delete, To Edit Information’

PLEASE! Kudos again.

BabeBro  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:16 am

Laaaaaaaaaaaawd! I’m bout to catch a heart attack! Sony has hit with a bang! I am so proud to be a PS3 owner since NA launch in 11/17/06!!! Bring on 2.40 FTW!!! I freakin’ love you guys!! See you on PSN and on July 2nd my trophy game is going to be sick, do u hear me?!!! Keep up the good work guys!

ghamdikh1  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:16 am

Thank you to all the members at sony who made this possible and for putting up with all of our nagging about having these features,thank you can twait for the next video

Khaqan  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:17 am

July 2nd!!!!!!

marcindpol  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:17 am

YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeS!!!

Xyavid  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:17 am

hi jeff ! Is the Chat will be available to use when we play a game ?

xXxNiteMarexXx  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:18 am

Awesome cant wait until the 2nd!

StargamerX  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:18 am

Of course the update has to come on July 2nd. That’s the day I’m on vacation. I’ve been waiting the whole month of June to find out I’ll have to wait 2 more days. Ah, that’s not that bad and it will be worth it. :)

Khaqan  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:18 am

@38

No the chat is not a available yet.

shubhamsaboo  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:18 am

cool but what about the other games like call of duty or uncharted…etc

DeviantBoi  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:19 am

Can you only compare trophies with friends that are online?

NewYork214  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:19 am

@43

the guy/girl he compared to wasnt on when he wass demoing it

nofi_tsa  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:20 am

Excellent stuff guys. =)

Debo2U  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:21 am

I read some where that will be able to sign on two different psn accounts while playing games like warhawk. Can u comment?
And can u comment on voice or video chat.
Has it changed? Can we chat across games?

TheRocker  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:21 am

Jeff why is RockBand 2 being released later than the other version? Cant you guys help HMX with the development?

cubehouse  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:21 am

Two questions:
1. Will MGS4 have trophy support?
2. Will there be an API for web developers to access the PSN data, so gamer cards (like xbox live) can be created?

Thanks,
Awesome blog, you tease and delivered the goods :)

tretle  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:21 am

Holy s+it :D :P Thanks so much for the videos and release date… Really cool thing to wake up to. Was the psn integration with the forums so they could add these gamer cards to the functionality?

rAdIOhEaD73  |  June 30th, 2008 at 5:21 am

Hey Mr. Lempel, release this firmware now! as of NOW!!!!!!