JordanBlack68  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:13 am

Any update on Firmware 2.40?

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:17 am

yes, could you please give us some info? just to let us know what is going on?

Enforcer_X  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:18 am

2.40 ROCKS!

VenomX  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:19 am

Best week ever. 2.40 & In-Game XMB has been awesome. That Naruto demo from the Qore episode 2 is was awesome.

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:19 am

i have heard of other problems with 2.40 after install. im afraid to use my ps3.

KazeEternal  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:20 am

When is firmware 2.41 going to be ready, I’m tired of existing in a divided community where I have 2.40 and half my friends have 2.36 ><

Will we start hearing about pre-E3 stuff this week?

Also InGameXmb for PS2/PS1/BLuray/DVD, BC for PS2 on 40 GIG.

epacs  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am

Where’s the 2.40 fix ? Where’s in-game music ?

H3AVY F1R3  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:24 am

Does anybody know what’s up with that new Resistance 2 ARG trailer is? It’s like a a lady comforting a guy on the stretcher while the doctors are taking care of …. on the stretcher. Then it’s supposed to redirect u to a interactive website but 4 some reason it doesn’t work for me.

the_icon  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:24 am

You guys need to get ur **** in the office and get the 2.41 up as fast as possible.

the_icon  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:25 am

Its funny, he didn’t list the “2.40 Status article”. lol

ftwrthtx  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:27 am

Thank you for the in game XMB update and the trophy system.

Is there any way to get current updatesd for games that will support trophies?

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psnetwork&thread.id=290980

That thread is currently lacking in titles.

KazeEternal  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:27 am

@10 Actually he did it’s the 7th one down.

the_icon  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:28 am

My bad # 11, regardless… we need 2.41 up.

Kazammm  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:28 am

2.40 is amazing. I hope the patched 2.40 comes out soon. :)

Engine  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:30 am

Would be nice to get an update on 2.40. It was taken down 5 days ago with no word :(

KazeEternal  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:33 am

@12 damn straight we need 2.41, its annoying trying to remember who has IGX and who doesn’t when sending messages. I’ve changed my comment to reflect that so people no that I have 2.40.

REQUESTED FEATURES -not part of comment-:
InGame XMB for PS2/PS1/DVD/Bluray
40 GIG BC with PS2 games
Fix Battery Indicator over Clock
Music Playback from Network and USB ingame

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:35 am

2.40 works fine. I’ve found no problems what so ever. Sony has stated if you have 2.40 and all appears ok, you should be ok and not to worry. It’s just a limited amount of customers that are experiencing the problem, but that’s holding up the update being promoted live again. Don’t worry about using your PS3 if you’ve got the patch. Many other items people are posting seem to only be specific machines that are experiencing these probles and some I think aren’t even related to the 2.40 patch.

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am

I’m pretty sure they’re working on a fix, just that the blog team is out for the weekend…so we probably won’t hear anything until Monday. It’s really not that far off people.

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am

its funny how he just posted the weekly recap like nothing was wrong.

didnt even mention the problem….i would think that should have made the weeks headlines

lol

KazeEternal  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am

@16 who are you talking too?

alballam  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:38 am

BOOOOOOO
what about 2.40 !!!!!!
i care about nothing now except this!!!

KazeEternal  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:38 am

@18 It’s a weekly recap not a status report lol

REQUESTED FEATURES -not part of comment-:
InGame XMB for PS2/PS1/DVD/Bluray
40 GIG BC with PS2 games
Fix Battery Indicator over Clock
Music Playback from Network and USB ingame

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:40 am

i know

just trying to give them a hard time

hobbesdream  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:41 am

donno if it’s related to the issue, but what i did just in case before i installed 2.40 from a thumbdrive (got the file from the internet) i deleted all my themes.

now i don’t know if it’s related to the issue
but it installed fine, no problems
i’m on a 20gb PS3 with an upgraded 120gb internal

:D

oh, and on topic, i do find it interesting the 2.40 recall is not prominently posted, but that’s not an issue really, i mean it is in the order they were posted if you think about it.

thanks Sony, the blog rocks!

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:41 am

@20

what i care about is a PS3 that works and is stable

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:44 am

Firmware (v2.40) status: Stay tuned to the Blog for further status updates.

its funny how he says that…..1600 comments and no updates yet

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:45 am

Can’t believe some of you people…first complaints that it’s not out. Sony puts it and people complain because only Super Stardust HD at the moment has in game music and trophies.
Then a few people have problems and Sony takes the update off the site so no one else may have a bad experience until they find out what’s wrong. The people complain that they can’t get the update and no updates even though it’s a long weekend for these people too.
I think the developers and techs are working on it, but like this person stated in this blog, the blog team is out for the weekend so most likely even if it is fixed, there won’t be a post until Monday.

I’ll bet when it’s up again, more people will complain…’where’s the in game music and trophies ?’

No one seems to read the articles any more…there are so many posts telling everyone that this is only for one game so far and the developers have said that now that Sony has the patch..they’re willing to update a create other games with trophies and in game music..

Check it out at PSXExtreme.com….they have an article on it.

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:48 am

Just in case people can’t find the PSXExtreme article…here it is again:

“Developers Vow: Trophies Are Coming

As you all know, firmware update 2.40 is finally here, and it contains the long-awaited in-game XMB and Trophy support. However, many users are a little miffed at the idea that Trophies aren’t retroactive, which means they’d have to replay any games they’ve already completed to nab those Trophies. Furthermore, we don’t have a giant list of games coming out in the near future that will definitely support Trophies, although you can expect that all first-party games will.

However, developers are already starting to pledge their loyalty to the Trophy system, and we can expect many games, both old and new, to feature the option. It goes well beyond Super Stardust HD (the first game to allow Trophies); according to MCVUK, developers Criterion and Naughty dog have tossed their hat into the ring. They say that their biggest titles – Burnout Paradise and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, respectively – will soon get Trophies, and of course, this means future projects from these guys should also boast the support. There was a nasty rumor going around that only first-party titles would give us the Trophy option, but clearly, that isn’t the case. Now that the capability is officially here, more developers are ready and willing to give PS3 users the equivalent of the Achievements for the Xbox 360 versions of next-gen games.

In addition, we can expect those same developers to start taking advantage of the in-game XMB. Obviously, as it hasn’t been released until today, game makers haven’t had any call to implement an in-game XMB into the development process for any given title. But all that has changed. New customization options are fun for all!”

the_icon  |  July 5th, 2008 at 11:52 am

@KazeEternal- I would love to see yor requested features sometime soon.

Subzero_11  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

The only feature i cared about was screwed up, please put the battery icon to the LEFT of the clock if possible.

To the left, to the left, everything u own in the box to the left

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

I don’t see the battery icon on mine but maybe it’s something to do with the controller not being charged…the clock on my system is in the right hand top corner and nothing is blocking it.

One feature I’d like to see (I have TVersity media server for streaming internet music, videos, music, pictures, etc to my PS3) would be to have in game internet music…but I doubt that will come any time soon.

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

Ok I saw the battery icon now…but that’s only when you check it that it overwrites the clock…no big deal for me.

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

it also does that if you sign in or out of the network

alballam  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

@24 up urz ;P

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Signing in and out yes…still not a big deal for me.

Some people have asked that a feature be implemented to be able to turn the clock off….but I like it and it’s not that intrusive.
Others mentioned they’d like to be able to dim it….but there’s a Setting feature for Screensaver that you can set going from 5 minutes and up that will dim you entire screen.

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

@33

what are you?…..like 12yrs old

burgerking579  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

im just going thru PS3 withdrawal

sorry if i am getting crazy

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

By the way…if anyone else has TVersity set up for their PS3…there was an update to that software this week as well (NEW! TVersity 1.0 RC1 is here!)

Go to TVersity.com….it’s a free piece of software and works really well for me at least.

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

Me I’m one of the old f**rts…..over 50.

But I love my PS3 and gaming….

Consoles have come a very long way….you should have seen what we had to play with back in the 80’s.

These days are much much better.

C-h-a-o-s  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

Jeff if you read this I received my shirt wanted to say thanks, it rocks!

supersnake  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

Where is 2.4? When will you the disc-reading issue?

Trustter  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

Hi Sony!

MuRADiN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

2.40 it’s cool (:

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

@19 – KazeEternal I was talking to @5 Burgerking579 who stated they were afraid to use their PS3.

Pendragonzero  |  July 5th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

Please add In Game Xmb for PS1!

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

@44 Pendragonzero….not that I know this for sure…but I don’t think the PS1 or PS2 for that matter can support in Game XMB.

Thetruefiziks  |  July 5th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

next week…

-PS2 game freeze at [game]boot
-Bluetooth headset output crash
-Game crash when turning off bluetooth headset while in-game
-improved exception handling
-battery icon moved
-clock toggle

I can wish, can’t I?

KazeEternal  |  July 5th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

@45 XMB can function on PS2 and PS1 games on PS3. The memory foot print is so small for these games that its impossible for it not to support it lol. PS1 used 3 megs total for VRAM and main memory, PS2 had 32 megs of main memory. PS3 has 256 megs of main memory alone which easy envelopes those previous generations. The Memmap for those devices in emulation mode would be small as well.

Processing power is also there.

Also Eric said that if these features were requested they would consider implementing them.

REQUESTED FEATURES -not part of comment-:
InGame XMB for PS2/PS1/DVD/Bluray
40 GIG BC with PS2 games
Fix Battery Indicator over Clock
Music Playback from Network and USB ingame

safil  |  July 5th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

please, let’s not forget in-game invites and in-game voice messaging!!!

GGCAN  |  July 5th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

Wow great to know thanks KazeEternal….so Pendragonzero, you may just get your wish soon.