KFBradley  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

Great job guys! This looks to be another really great update!

I would still really like to see the option to sort games in the XMB by title. Maybe v2.51?

souporman  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

Very nice. I’ve been waiting on a lot of these. Can’t wait for them to go live!

Fatal_Bullet  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

Sony Computer Entertainment America Read This

Crucial Features Needed for PS3

-Ability to password protect a user.

-Multiple user log in for games (Little Big Planet for example)

-Notification sound when message is received, friend signed in or out, when you sign in or out, chat invitations, game invites.

-Smoother in-game XMB access. Instead of going by the games current frame rate, freeze the game in the background and have it run smoother. For online titles, Make the background black and have the in-game XMB still move at a smooth pace.

-PLAYSTATION Network profile cards. Ensure easy access and making it possible to scroll through multiple friends’ profile cards instead of having to exit out of it and then click on another friend. Add % to next level. Region flag next to name to show where the player is located and to promote easier communication. Trophy icons load faster in the profile card, ability to display your top 8 favorite trophies (an option ro display recent trophies earned or display favorite trophies), the ability to click on those 8 trophy icons to take you directly to the trophy information about it.

-In-game chatting with at least 1 person to start, expand upon more friends in future.

-All setting available while in game, movie, PS1 or PS2 game. If major change is preformed, screen will go black for a few seconds until changes are applied.

-In-game XMB for Movies, PS1 and PS2 games.

-MAJOR UNIQUE FEATURE; Create a clan or manage clan icon is added to friends tab in XMB. Here you can create a global clan name, tag, modo, insignia, calendar, ect. Here you will be able to invite players from your friends list, players met, or you can simply enter an online ID. From here the user will receive a clan invite which contains the following information–

-Clan Name
-Clan Tag
-Clan leader
-Region
-# of players in clan
-Spots available

The max number of clan members in 250 and will expand upon future game releases (MAG for example).

-Max friends increased to 250.

Thanks again, take care.

Yummy Tree Sap  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:27 pm

It was a mistake to leave in-game music to the developers, it was a mistake to leave trophies for new games to the developers, and it’s a mistake to leave in-game screenshots to the developers.

It sounds harsh, but it’s absurd to me. History has shown that developers just aren’t going to implement those features into their games. Few games have trophies, no game I know of uses the in-game XMB for music (which should be a global feature, not game-by-game—it’s inexcusable that it isn’t), and I’m sure the same will be for screenshots. Some games already have this feature.

Delriach  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

>_> I want a clock when you press the PS button for PS2 and PS1 games.

FelonOnParole  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

@FeaturePreacher

I downloaded a movie from PSN onto my PS3 HDD and tried to access it via REMOTE PLAY and it says on my PSP- ‘ not available during remote play ‘.

So could you please explain to me how you are able to view movies stored on your PS3 using remote play?

Thanks

Sr. Enity  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Thank you, Eric and your team, for all the hard work that went into these updates. It is much appreciated!

Could I suggest, within the ‘Friends’ section, tweaking the ‘Not Available’ status to be set automatically after 5-10 minutes of user inactivity. What do you think?

Thanks again guys,
Keep up the good work!

Pyroman  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:54 pm

What about the release of SOCOM:Confrontation in EUrope???Is it delayed till fall November????

zak138  |  October 13th, 2008 at 10:59 pm

2.50 FTW!

marz1984  |  October 13th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

i would like to c certain games where u can play ps3 vs. x box

FeaturePreacher  |  October 13th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

@FelonOnParole
Well I’ve never purchased a movie from the video store and tried to watch it via remote play. However, I have been able to watch video files, such as those with an .avi, .wmv, or .mp4 extension, via remote play. I guess there has to be someone out there who can try to do that.

Mattieboy21  |  October 13th, 2008 at 11:38 pm

What an update!!!!! Cant wait to try out these features!!! keep it up Sony dont fail us all!!!

Delriach  |  October 13th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

I still wish for the day that the US PS Store gets an over abundance of PlayStation one classics.

It would save me so much money on certain games

*nudges Sony*

Be a pal

FeaturePreacher  |  October 13th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

@Delriach
Well you could move to Japan where they have 239 different ps1 games.

blog.wired.com/games/2008/10/there-are-this.html

tails-4  |  October 13th, 2008 at 11:49 pm

WOW THIS IS A GREAT UPDATE!!!!
Some seriously cool stuff in there.
The auto power off options are great and I can’t wait to test out the screen shot feature.
AWESOME!!!!

Megulito  |  October 13th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

hey i dunno about anyone else but im gettin screwd on psn cards i buy them pay tax and then pay tax again can u guys at sony explain and rectify this (im sorry this may not be the forums and u dudes are doin a good job but i had to try to get this addressed

DaveTheStalker  |  October 14th, 2008 at 12:01 am

Still not personal ingame XMB music, FW updates are worthless.

crystalx3d  |  October 14th, 2008 at 12:23 am

@663
Easy solution: use a credit card. If you refuse to use a credit card, then tax is the price you have to pay. Blame the government, not sony. Seriously, why people make such a big deal about PSN cards is beyond me, especially considering that just about every bank out there gives their checking account holders a debit card that can be used as a credit card.

crystalx3d  |  October 14th, 2008 at 12:27 am

Question: Now that the psp can connect to the PSN with our PSN ID, and considering the new psp 3000 with the built in microphone, can a person sitting at a ps3 voice chat with a person using a psp? And can a person using a psp voice chat with another person using a psp? (using the psn I mean, I know you can already do it through skype)

SPARTAN128  |  October 14th, 2008 at 12:41 am

I have some suggestions for future firmware updates like showing recent games played on profiles and a new interface.

alectro  |  October 14th, 2008 at 12:48 am

Hi, What about including the chance to select .srt subtitles on divx?

Thanks!

Delriach  |  October 14th, 2008 at 12:51 am

@FeaturePreacher,

I don’t need to move to Japan to play those games. I already have purchased a few games thanks for network tickets. Einhander, IQ, IQ Final, Raystorm, and R-Type Delta.

Wataru2001  |  October 14th, 2008 at 1:17 am

I just want one thing:

Make first controller to be switched on Controller 1 in case you have USB devices connected! Currently, I have an infrared receiver plugged in for use with my universal remote as well as the Buzz! wireless receiver. If I turn on the PS3 using my controller, the controller will be assigned to Controller 3, not 1, so I manually have to switch back to Controller 1 to play, which is really annoying. PRETTY PLEEEEEASE change that in a future update!

Cheers,
Wataru2001

wazza12  |  October 14th, 2008 at 2:01 am

@kspraydad. Thanks. Full format did the trick.
Waz

joelface  |  October 14th, 2008 at 2:07 am

so, you already have 14 pages of people making replies, so my little wishlist is probably meaningless…

but i would LOVE if the psp had an Enqueue feature, basically an “add to playlist” feature for music playback. i love being able to pick out my next song, as the previous one is still playing, but i can’t get two or three songs ahead because if i click on the next song it will cut off the one thats currently playing. so you can see my dilemma!

also, i wish the shuffle feature would randomly play songs from inside different folders and non-folders, rather than being confined to the folders (when shuffle mode is enabled).

please consider these two changes! it would really improve the music feature on the psp!

also, thanks for this current update, i can’t wait to get to try the screenshot feature on the ps3.

emil1231  |  October 14th, 2008 at 2:15 am

Cool,..
but when will in-game PRIVATE voice-chat come to PS3!??!!

hijaker77  |  October 14th, 2008 at 2:27 am

This is amazing.. this is what I call about consumer satisfaction. All these small features bring a lot of convenience in some way. I honestly am happy with this update although there are still some features I still want integrated which can be in future firmware…. such as in-game music (from XMB) enabled all the time in no matter what game you access or quit. Most of these features have already been integrated to the xbox 360 from day 1…. lol Sony is slightly slow and is taking it step-by-step.

Great I am looking forward to this update… lets hope to see some more features added in the future

Trat  |  October 14th, 2008 at 2:41 am

@ hijaker77 | October 14th, 2008 at 2:27 am
In-game music from XMB has been possible for some time now. MS has a pattent on in-game music player from a dashboard and we dont want Sony to pay them, do we?

iceman  |  October 14th, 2008 at 2:46 am

that is really awesome like all the changes etc i really like the psp update and the sleep timer but i have one idea now that you have a sleep timer what about an alarm i have always wanted to wake up to the sound and or music from/on my psp!

Trat  |  October 14th, 2008 at 2:53 am

Eurogamer. com says the new 2.5 update has Flash 9 support for the browser. If this is true, than this update is the best ever!

hijaker77  |  October 14th, 2008 at 3:33 am

@Trat (678)

Yeah I know that….. but people want that feature… why not?

Trat  |  October 14th, 2008 at 3:44 am

@ 681 hijaker77 | October 14th, 2008 at 3:33 am

Nah, its only for kids IMO. Its very simple: if a new game doesn’t have the feature then don’t buy it - hit the devs where they feel it most: in their pockets. I don’t care for it, I hate listening to music when playing games - always turn it off. So, for me its not a good feature and I only care for myself so Sony shouldn’t waste any money on it.

hijaker77  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:01 am

@ 682 Trat | October 14th, 2008 at 3:44 am

Some games are suitable for music.. once again everyone has their personal preference but adding this feature as an option wouldn’t be bad after all.

pspx256  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:03 am

love it guys.. you rock sony! keep it coming..

flubba  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:22 am

http://threespeech.com/blog/2008/10/new-info-on-the-firmware-updates-for-ps3-and-psp/
• Flash 9 content becomes supported on the Internet Browser.

Xulap  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:25 am

Guys, I just read over at EuroGamer that this firmware is going to add Flash 9 support to the web-browser!!

Article here: [http://tinyurl.com/4yl8md]

Woot!!

Fersis  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:26 am

Ok, Flash 9 Support !!!!
2.50 is the best firmware yet !!!!
Good work guys.

Xulap  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:28 am

Guys, I just read over at EuroGamer.net that one of the not-mentioned features is Flash 9 support for the web-browser.

Woot!!

Thanks, Sony! Even if this is not true… I love all the changes you mentioned here.

Xulap  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:29 am

Gah… Sorry for the double-post… (triple with this one).

Stoffinator  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:46 am

I don’t get why if Flash 9 is in this update why Sony didn’t mention it? Although they are known not to mention everything in a FW update, but still. Thats a big one.

JaffaBoy  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:54 am

Looking forward to this update.

For the future, how about some work on the music section of the xmb?

- Use L2/R2 to skip to next letter, i.e. grouped by artist will skip from groups starting A to ones starting B etc. - takes so long to go through the list at the moment.

- Add sub-groups, i.e. Arist/Album or Genre/Artist/Album - so you have levels of ‘folders’ rather than current top folder then everything is listed as a single list. (Tversity does this really well for streaming from pc… but all my musci is on the PS3)

- SingStar already does some of these things, how about adding some of this functionality into the xmb?

draconus787  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:55 am

This is the BEST UPDATE that i have seen in a while!!!, AWESOME!!! Keep up the good work guys!!!

superaktieboy  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:55 am

@Al de Leon (68)
thx for the info

Skilly9000  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:55 am

redeem codes option for the store… very nice… too bad there aren’t any plans for the PSN cards in europe

not fair.

draconus787  |  October 14th, 2008 at 4:57 am

OH!, you forgot about the FLASH update! ok guys i’ll just let it slide for this time.

Trat  |  October 14th, 2008 at 5:08 am

@ 692 Skilly9000 | October 14th, 2008 at 4:55 am

Forget those cards, its much better to buy with a creditcard since you buy for the exact amount you need. Get a creditcard, they cost like nothing.

kspraydad  |  October 14th, 2008 at 5:09 am

The Flast 9 functions have been confirmed at ThreeSpeech:

http://threespeech.com/blog/2008/10/new-info-on-the-firmware-updates-for-ps3-and-psp/#more-2251

luminousCranium  |  October 14th, 2008 at 5:18 am

Wow! these are some worthwhile enhancements!

I have complained about how you can’t background download with the console off as you can with the Xbox360. Even though the PS3 will remain on (the 360 is really “on” anyway) now I can leave my house or go to bed and feel comfortable that the PS3 will shut down when completed. Now we need to be able to charge our wireless controllers while the console is off…

The PS Store on the PSP is really exciting too. I’ve used Remote Play to browse through the PS3, but it’s hard to read. It will be nice to have a store optimized for the PSP. I can also more easily manage my demos and other PSP downloadable content.

Very exciting stuff guys! thank you for the hard work you put into improving our products!

Enforcer_X  |  October 14th, 2008 at 5:31 am

Why doesn’t Eric Lempel comment?
Just curious.

kspraydad  |  October 14th, 2008 at 5:32 am

@697 Too busy watching all that new ‘content’ in his PS3 browser?