PS3 Firmware (v2.70) Update

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Hi everyone, we’re adding some great new features with the next PS3 firmware update (v2.70) that will continue to enhance your connected experience on the PS3. The 2.70 update brings a new Text Chat feature that enables you to communicate online with your PlayStation Network friends. Now, you’ll be able to chat with up to 15 online friends using the Wireless Keypad, on-screen keyboard, or other compatible keyboard peripherals. Not only can you chat with your friends instantly, but you can also access Text Chat while playing PS3 games and even participate in up to three chat rooms at once.

In addition to Text Chat, we’ve added a few more enhancements:

Friends list on the XMB (XrossMediaBar)

  • Sort your friends via their online status
  • Attach larger files to the messages you send to your friends (file size will increase from 1MB to 3MB)

Video delivery service on PlayStation Store

  • Video files you’ve purchased from the PlayStation Store can be backed up to an external storage device and then restored to PS3’s internal hard drive for playback – so you can clear up space on your hard drive and then restore the video anytime in the future
  • Videos you’ve purchased for PSP (PlayStation Portable) system can now be transferred to PS3 for playback

For a quick preview of Text Chat and some of the other 2.70 features, check out this video:

The 2.70 update will be released soon, and as always, we look forward to reading your feedback.

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2,068 Comments

  • Okay lets all be real here and move on and the first part to recovery is to admit you have a problem. Seriously have any of you thought that maybe this update was a build up to voice chat? No, I’m sure you didn’t since most of which are one track minded and Sony dont take it like I’m defending you but most are just a bunch of brats that game all day and have no real life. Sony really needs to open the line of communication with the blog or find a new approach to answering questions. I’m waiting on my PS3 to return right now and can’t wait til I can play games again in fact, going to buy RE5 as we speak.

    I do see that that 10yr lifespan is trying to be kept which I’d say if its ready then all means release it instead of all these stupid schedules which are pointless in many cases cause they are rarely kept. Sony you know what we won’t so either say what’s possible and set a plan or roadmap for developement. I like the fact we can backup videos, now I may buy some although you cant buy in HD and you really need to bring back backwards compatibility cause if I had to buy a new system then you would loose me as a customer for that reason until then if any have something to say then go on ahead even though I won’t see it.

  • Ok so here is an IMPORTANT question i am wondering about. It does appear there are a few hd movies available to own from the PSstore. Zack and Miri Make a Porno is one example. The file is more than 6gbs. With 2.7 we are now allowed to backup and restore from an external hd, however as we know all to well fat32 will only accept 4gb files. How does 2.7 handle files like Zack and Miri when attempting to backup and then restore? Is this opening the door to somehow transfer files larger than 4gb? Or is 2.7 going to manage the splitting of files? Should be interesting. I might download one of these files just to see how this will work. Please comment if you have the answers. And by the way i feel the pain about text chatting….

  • THE PS3 could easyly be the best system. But they choose not to… WHERE THAT HELL ITS THE IN GAME CHAT. I’M FORCE TO BUY ALL MY GAMES FOR THE xbox 360. TEXT CHAT? DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME. ALL MY FRIENDS DONT LIKE THE PS3 for that reason. IT’S SO HARD TO PLAY AND COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ONLINE. XBOX 360 my eyes are on you…. I DONT CARE CHARGE IF YOU HAVE TO. OMG!!!!!!

  • 2.70 has ruined my system I can no longer watch bluray or dvd movies and if I hit the ps3 button to quit a game or use my in game xmb it sits there with the icon that spins as if it is loading the tools!

    here i am a big die hard PS3 fan up til this update where I can only use my ps3 to surf the net, what is the point in an update with text chat and movie back up when your update makes it where you can’t play games of movies I have a 600 60gb Sony WebTV….

    when you call text support and tell them they are useless and ask me to double check my HDMI cable and I tell them my TV doesn’t have HDMI so I am using component they tell “well just double check your hdmi cable is connected” I tell them 3 times I am using component then they say check the cables I tell them they connected then they tell me “oh then you shouldn’t be having a problem and to restart my system” when I do this to humor them, they tell me they are glad everything is fine and thank you for calling then hang up on me.

    Nothing was fixed!

  • you guys are foolish if you think anyone wants text chat

    especially if you arn’t going to GIVE use keypads I sure as hell am not gOnna shell out the cash for one

  • In my opinion, most of this update was extremely worthwhile.

    The ability to backup content that users purchase on the Playstation Network (PSN) could prove invaluable. If I’m correct, PSN limits the number of times users can download purchased content (movies), but the ability to backup this data should calm some people’s nerves where this limitation is concerned.

    Despite the usefulness of most of these updates, I believe the addition of in-game text chat is utterly useless. I don’t know any gamer (outside the realm of PC) that would ask for the addition of text chat over voice. Although, I do agree with some of you that this is a great addition where “accessibility” is concerned. In contrast, we have the technology to implement text chat, so why aren’t we using it?

    Gaming has become social by nature. Home is great, but why shouldn’t we be able to chat with whomever we want whenever we want? If you can implement in-game chat, surely you can implement a general voice chat system.

  • Sony Boys…Where is the Music suffle feature!!!! Apple has the Generate music feature on itunes. Where is the PS3 version.

    Stop the presses this is what you need to work on! I keep having to scroll through all my music to get to the end of the letters…Wille Nelson ie

    Please get on this feature!
    Thank you,
    HN3

  • Features that don’t interest me at all. #1 I only buy movies on optical media. I don’t feel comfortable tying myself to a brand for movies. #2 Why would I ever text chat in a game? Unless it was some turn based game, the feature sounds pretty useless.

    Sony, if you want to make me happy, emulate the freakin’ graphics synthesizer and bring us some PS2 backwards compatibility. And then allow us to play our PS2 games using remote play, I would totally explode with excitement then.

  • More things to do with Interaction being able to move your arms & being able to smack people like in Little Big Planet this would be a way to tell them back off! because HOME is annoying with kids and Perverts! XMB in game music 4 all the games we own SONY are you listening?..DJ clubs that have radio stations or Trance I want Trance in HOME! I can’t stand your selection of crappy music Chain Swing that is so dumb sorry but it is!

  • Oh yeah I want to see the Costumes from the movies that are going to sellout this Spring & Summer! Star Trek, GI JOE Rise Of Cobra, Transformers 2-The List gos on
    MORE Previews like in the future give us a bigger Theatre the one from Europe perhaps Sony?.The German 1 is called KINO its huge! they play 7-10 Previews I can’t believe you guys haven’t had any good Previews in The American Theatre 4 months now where is the Super Bowl ads? etc!

  • @ Eric Lempel.

    Could we get new Avatars in the next Firmware Update?

  • I want to see the Watchman costumes in America!-Tekken 6 Costumes more Varity in the Mall where is the other Apartments that are always displayed in the Mall.. I would probably buy the Japanese Apartment Day & Night time?.I have yet to see that feature work as well..Sony you need to keep up with the Demands in HOME etc..

  • In HOMEs next update I want to be able to listen to my own music and play the NAMCO ARCADES!!..Sony that is not hard to do considering I can play the Hong Kung NAMCO Arcades in my Apartment!..

  • We should be able to send video files that we make from the PS Eye. You showcase that in the video for the PS Eye, you really need to actually start implementing it.

  • i cant download it every time i try it says error is there anything i can do

  • i cant even go online or even chat with my friends cause for some reason i cant download the update

  • For anyone complaining about issues with media file playback and Unsupported Data, try updating your DLNA client or NAS. I had the same problems you are having until I updated my ReadyNAS to the latest Beta and now Everything is back to normal. Not sure why Sony couldn’t reply here and tell us that themselves, but what do you expect?

  • WE WANT VOICE CHAT, NOT TEXT CHAT, STOP TRYING TO GIVE US A REASON TO BUY THAT STUPID TEXT PAD, WE WANT TO GET INTO A VOICE CHAT ROOM SO WE CAN TALK CROSS GAME

  • I think it’s kinda cool that you guys made this instant in-game chat room feature, but seriously, where is the in-game voice chat? I want, well, we want, to have a Party Chat and talk with everyone while your doing pretty much anything on your Playstation 3, surfing the web, playing a game, watching a video, listening to music, PSS, Home, etc. And i noticed on this update how it estimates how much time there is left on your download, when your downloading something (not a background download).

    So ya, just keep that in-game voice chat in mind…

    Sincerly,
    …………|BloodWhine|………..

  • As ‘Land of Trill’ early said how this in-game messaging is just the next step to in-game voice chat, You have to agree, unless your just plain dumb (no offence)…

    I mean Sony has worked hard on this in-game messaging, you gotta apreshiate it a little at least, i mean i think it’s pretty neat…

    Anyways, back to the subject… You see how there are going step by step? You have to be patient, i bet you there working on it right now as we speak, and probably having a whole bunch of technically difficulties..lol. But yeah, your complaining won’t help it go any faster, just w8. Frikin’.. play LBP, or COD5 for a lill bit and it’ll out in no time.

    I can’t promise anything, but the next update will probably be this June or sooner… Who knows wat kinda Sh** will be in it.

  • I know… I suck at spelling…

  • Oh, do u no wat would be kinda cool, would be having a home avatar instead of a picture of a charater out of some retarded game. Kinda like wat they have on the 360.. but i wouldn’t do it, or else it would be kind of cheap..
    …………….|BloodWhine|……………….

  • Oh, and ‘ButtersPTOM’ if this message somehow wierdingly gets to you… Add me, i’v been w8ing forever. You like, play a whole bunch of video games, and make reviews, but never are online… It doesn’t say your friends list is full anymore………

  • It’s cool how you can have 3 chat rooms going on at once, and all with the capacity of 15 people.

  • finally, larger sending files, 3MB instead of 1MB, lol, huge change…

  • do they have any plans for voice chat

  • hi sony, thanks for messin with my messages. after downloading v.2.70 update, i can no longer reply to messages recieved, all i get is an error code8002abob. i’me sure their must be plenty of others out their with the same problem,how about an explanation.

  • please please on ur next update, remove region codes for ps1 and ps2 games from other regions, that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

  • will we ever be able to share MP3 files with friends through the ps3??

    I think that would be a really really hot feature…

  • I’m sorry guys, but why are you excited for this?

    This is a total nonevent. Seriously, there’s almost nothing there.

    I can back up my videos? Who cares? I can always redownload them anyway.

    Sort friends? They’re already sorted according to online/offline, and that is about all you realistically need.

    And text chat? Give me a break.

    It’s great that they’re working on stuff (the PSP to PS3 videoplayback is about the only one that is worth counting), but they should
    be thinking about improvements instead of useless features no one will use.

  • WORST UPDATE EVER!!!!! Sony, you guys screwed the pooch on this update!! I am so fuming mad with Sony right now because of the v2.7 “update” that RUINED MY MEDIA STREAMING CAPABILITIES!!!!!! NAS media devices DO NOT WORK WITH v2.70!!!!

    This was the worst update ever, makes me NEVER want to buy Sony every again. v2.6 and under WORKED PERFECTLY, v2.7 = NOTHING WORKS.

    Sony, I can only say YOU SUCK for releasing this v2.70 firmware update.

    DO NOT UPGRADE TO V2.7 IS YOU WANT TO KEEP USING YOUR NAS MEDIA SERVER TO STREAM VIDEOS TO YOU PS3…IT WILL NOT WORK!!!!

  • I do like some of the new features, but here are other things that I would like to see.
    1) Labeling game updates so that when you update a ps3 game, you’re told what you get with the new update
    2) Voice chat with a headset. Text chat is nice, but I’d like to have a voice chat without going to that gray screen
    3) An improved in game xmb

  • there is only one thing i want in these firmware updates….and that is to be able to play ps2 games!!!!!

  • oh yeah..and this update sucked….

  • update the the backwards compatibility please i need to play naruto shippuuden ultimate ninja 4

  • i want to play ps2 games for example naruto shippuuden ultimate ninja 4 on my 8ogb ps3 but it keeps freezing update the backward compatibility please…

  • listen sony people dont like to be left in the dark so stop releasing this info so late u should let us know sooner like right after u released 2.60 so people can give u there thoughts before u come out with crap

  • Unfortunetly most of my friednds are’nt gamers, so it would be cool if the texting was somehow intergrated into AOL Instant Messenger.
    And AOL Internet Radio or an equivalent would be awsome too.

  • this blog post is SAD!

  • 1) cross game chat
    2) backwards compatibility
    3) party system
    4) skype

    do this in this order and all should be happy

  • This update was useless … Nobody uses text chat alot plus talkin is easier . You guys should of put the in game chat so we can play our game without being interrupted . The text if were playing a game we have to go back and keep typing plus you can only type a few words at a time . Nobody is gonna use this it was stupid . We can already send messages through the xmb what was the point . Nobody wants to be waisting their time texting when you could be talkin or sending a voice message like xbox ! I’m telling you , you guys made the most enhaced system and it can’t do the simplest things. We want in game CHAT!!!!!!!!

  • improved stability on more PS2 titles for those of us who have PS3 that are backwards compatible. I love my Motorstorm 80 gig, but my girlfriends kid enjoys my selection of PS2 games, but flips his lid whenever one messes up.

  • Sony, you guys need to step your game up. I know you guys did not promise features like cross-gamechat and voice msging but if you ever hope to compete with xbl you are going to need these simple features. What is taking so long? I think psn has the potential to surpass xbl, but youre going to have to give us something better than the chat game feature. Were is the party system? Is this so complicated to impliment? It’s been over 3 years now, and still we havent gotten these features. You guys need to look at microsoft and see what there doing. They know what the peaple want.

  • Mr. Lampert who is Your boss? I need to send him link to this blog because You do not read demands of PS3 users.

  • Great job guys, keep it up!

  • Right at 1,800 comments and there is STILL no response from Eric Lempel, or anyone from the Playstation division of Sony. It’d be one thing if the other blog posts had no replies to them, but they do. This is one of (if not THE) only blog post not to have a single reply. There hasn’t been a peep out of them about the backlash from the gaming community following the text chat release, but no voice chat. No reply to the bricked console syndrome many have reported. Nor is there a reply to the loss of compatibility of certain file extensions. Are we being ignored? Is this Standard Operating Procedure here? If this is SOP, then for shame Sony. Your customers are asking not just for cross-game chat, music, etc. More importantly, they are asking for a reply. Let us know you’re listening to us. Let us know these comments and emails you’re receiving for 2.70 aren’t simply going into a spam bin or something.

    Bottom line: Talk to us. You say you value our feedback? Then let us know you’re reading it.

  • @1796 – THAT’S the problem!! ..just an answer

  • @1796, I second that!

  • Please, please, PLEASE let this be an April fools joke. The original xbox had group voice chat. The ps3, after many firmware updates, has….text chat?

    If this update is not fake, then it is simply insulting to anyone that owns a ps3 and actually wants to use it.

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