UPDATE: Thanks for all of the feedback. Just a quick update, 3.40 has been released. In addition, PlayStation Plus is now available in the PlayStation Store.
We’re thrilled to hear that many of you are excited about the five star rating feature. This feature is retroactive for all of your PlayStation Store activity, so you can jump into the store right now and start rating all of your past purchases. Look for a “Rate” button on the product pages.
The PSN App on Facebook is also live. You can find it here: http://apps.facebook.com/playstation.
Hi everyone, once again we’re adding new features to the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system via firmware update to ensure we’re bringing you the best, most comprehensive entertainment experience possible. PS3 system software update (v3.40) will be available soon, adding the PlayStation Plus subscription, enhancements to the connection between your PlayStation Network and Facebook accounts and more. Additionally, we’ll be launching system software update (v6.30) for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system simultaneously with PS3 system software update (v3.40), adding PlayStation Plus compatibility as well as other new features.
We’ve gone ahead and provided a few highlights from PS3 firmware update (v3.40) below:
- PlayStation Plus: PlayStation Network users will be able to purchase membership to PlayStation Plus; a new subscription service on the PlayStation Network that provides you with new options to expand and enhance your gaming experience and enable you to gain an exclusive set of features and content. Friendly reminder, all of you PlayStation Network users will continue to have free access to PlayStation Network’s unmatched and expanding suite of new and exclusive features while PlayStation Plus subscribers will gain access to an exclusive and expanding set of gaming features, content and functionality.
- Photo Gallery: A new network based photo sharing feature is now available on the Photo Gallery. The enhancement allows you to upload, browse and comment on photos on Facebook and Picasa Web Album. You can also opt to share your photos between your PlayStation Network friends as well as print photos from Photo Gallery.
- Video Editor & Uploader: Video Editor and Uploader is a new function found on the XrossMediaBar (XMB), which enables you to edit, save and upload video files stored on the PS3 system to sites such as Facebook or YouTube.
- Five Star Rating Support: Users can rate the PlayStation Store content they have purchased with one to five star ratings.
- Power Save Settings: The default setting for PS3 System Auto-Off will be set at 2 hours, providing you with additional power save options and further improving power save features on the PS3 system.
In addition to the latest features introduced in PS3 system software update (v3.40), a separate, new PlayStation Network application on Facebook.com will be made available. This builds upon what was previously launched with Trophies and the ability to publish purchases from the PlayStation Store. Now you can further integrate your PlayStation Network and Facebook accounts with this new application. The application allows you to display your PlayStation Network profile on your Facebook account, find out which of your Facebook friends have a PSN account and send them a PlayStation Network friend request, view your PSN friends’ online status and add the PlayStation Network application tab to your Facebook user profile.
We’re very excited to be able to provide you with continued system software upgrades, which ensure your PS3 and PSP systems remain compelling offerings for years to come. For more details and instructions on how to update the system software for the PS3 and PSP systems, please visit http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Features/SystemUpdate and http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/psp/.
Let us know your thoughts. Enjoy!
to be honest it would be so much better if PSN included a video capture like they have on just cause 2 so you can record gameplay on all of your games i would love that so i can record modern warfare 2 footage for my youtube
I like the new update and people need to stop complaining about cross game chat. If you like to talk to your psn buddies that much then chat without playing different games. Sony might be waiting for Playstation+ to get up to speed and offer CrossGame Chat along with Plus subscriptions
I tried out the video editor today… it’s great! But I can think of a few things to improve. Like, maybe make it possible for us to use our own music? The stuff you put on there is really lame (:p. And maybe a little more user friendly??? But its a good step I like it alot, great stuff!
I am really hoping for PS2 software emulation is added, or PS2 games are added in PSN. Please make this happen sony!
PLEASE UPDATE EYECREATE SO IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE VIDEO EDITOR/UPLOADER! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how are we sapose to use youtube if we cant realy acces it. idk if evryone is having problems with youtube like i am but you cant even click the serch button and youtube xl dont give u an option to upload anything. sereusly sony give us wat we want we didnt ask for anything that u put in this update. keep doing this and i will migrate over to xbox. at least thay have evrything that you guys are just now getting.
“once again we’re adding new features!”
Oh, really? What has been removed this time?
God shut the hell up already. If you can’t afford PlayStation Plus, don’t buy it. Don’t cry about not being able to get it. There are a bunch of features added this update that aren’t related to Plus. Also if you come to an OFFICIAL PlayStation website expect the site to tow the company line. Stop being idiots and think about where you are and what you are doing here. Don’t complain about it when someone who’s checks are signed by Sony say nothing but wonderful things about Sony.
i would like to see sony add facebook in the xmb like PS Home kinda like the comic reader on psp that would nice
its an ok update playstation plus has potential. the facebook thing is cool. now can we have cross game chat and a better browser and i knw this may be a dumb request but how about a partnership with apple an itunes app
thats a fancy update! video uploading awesome! does this mean youtube will actually run w/out hassle on the ps3 browser? oh thats right, they messed that site up themselves. Anyway, trophy level is now visible on the face of our psn profiles. keep adding features to our profiles ‘cuz me likes!!!
Fix the ACCOUNT ISSUES now!!!!, Sub to Masters, the stupid 5 ACCOUNTS thing. FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT
Am I missing something?
Does the video editor not work with the playstation eye’s videos?
And does it not capture video?
Even after recording with the new firmware (through the playstation eye’s software), the new editor will not load it.
The trophy level displaying on psn id is cool but can you have the percentage to next level on it. And also in the ticker box when you get a message can you display how many messages we have that are unread. Also on friends list can we have more detailed gamer cards. Another feature is cross game chat. deleting 0 percent trophies off of trophies list. A faster in game xmb as in no load times. But this is a great update. You just need to pay attention to making things more detailed and using commonsense with certain features!!!
I agree with ART-IS-WAR. I mean with the whole 5 account rule. There honestly shouldnt be that constricting of a limit. There has to be a better way to do this. A larger number or an easier way to deactivate you account from all systems at once. Something would be better than getting your new ps3 and then not being able to download because you forgot to deactivate your account.
Sony’s Not Dumb If We Do Get XGVC It’ll Be A Plus Feature. Watch All The Belly Aching When They Do That. Alot Of PSN Users Are Used To Free Ish But If Paying For Plus Help Sony Build A Better Network I’m All For It. I Just Hope They Add More Stuff To Home For Plus Members Also, There’ll Be More Belly Aching If They Do That. For The People That Think XGVC Is Useless Don’t Use It. No 1 Is Forcing You To Conversate. Signed Up For 1Yr Of Plus Last Night, Use My $50 Wisely Sony Lol. The Gaming Gods Require Sacrifice So For All Of Those It Should Be for Everybody Folks Pay Yo Fare Or Sony Don’t Care LOl. Just Be Grateful You Can Play Online & Access The Store For FREE. It’s Free To Us But Cost Sony $. And To People Crying About Plus Saying I Can’t Keep The Stuff I Bought, What Stuff Did You Buy? We Are Basically RENTING All This Content. If You Buy Something With Your Plus Discount It’s Yours To Keep, Not The Free Dl’s. I’d Love XGVC Because I Have Real Friends On PSN.
I tried using the facebook application for PSN using Safari on my Mac and the application didn’t work. I then tried it on mozilla and it worked fine. Please address thank you Sony you guys are awesome
Heres An Idea Show The Plus Logo Next To All Plus Members On Here. Make Me Proud Of My $50 Gold D Pad LOL !!!!!!!
Where is Cross-Game Chat ??? :(
PS+ is awesome, ratings system is awesome, photo/video crap is entirely useless. I messed around with it a while and found it completely worthless. WHY do you keep giving us crap that nobody asked for and has no purpose while TAKING AWAY things that we all want and use?!? Look at the share site you gave us, READ what we have to say and GIVE US THAT STUFF!!! GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, SONY!!! THIS UPDATE IS CRAP!!!
Wow, features?
YOU are ADDING features?
At least now you are attempting to give people a reason to upgrade.
Still not anywhere near good enough.
The hackers lost, give us back OtherOS.
I agree with #10. These things should be on top of the things that we ask for. I don’t recall anybody asking for this. They are good though but even better as additions.
The video editor isn’t very useful at all. A YouTube or Facebook XMB app would be more suitable. This may be too much clutter on the XMB.. That and the extra PSstore logos under other categories.. We appreciate the new features, but when it doesn’t work out.. It’s painful. Should’ve just kept Linux for the PS buyers and the U.S. Airforce; Also, focus more on PS2 compatibility and stop making PS2 models. The PS3 will not survive.
Yawn.. I miss the days when firmware added things like in-game XMB
if ps+ is a monthly update first month kinda bites
i hope next month has something i dont own in it
and please we dont need cross game chat
enough about it already
EVERYONE WITH EYECREATE PROBLEMS READ
EVERYONE WITH EYECREATE PROBLEMS READ
EVERYONE WITH EYECREATE PROBLEMS READ
I found a workaround: copy the video to an external drive, then copy it back
I copied the vid to my iPod cause I have no flash drive
Thank me later
Great update guys. Now, to be perfect…Xgame chat and native .mkv support!!!
JESUS IS LORD!!!!!!!
Lol Sony doesn’t listen at all
I updated the psp with the format sort I seen 2 formats I don’t recognize can someone explain them to me? 1 is called PCengine and the 2nd is called NeoGeo thx alot in advance.
I really like the Video Editor & Uploader
This is very useful for me doing videos
for instance like using a EyeCreate Software and my PlayStation EYE
And then I will be to use my PlayStation EYE to do capture videos
and then use the Video Editor Feature to upload the recorded video
to Facebook and YouTube.
This is my favorite feature in the update.
Very happy with it.
I like the video editor, but one thing that’s HUGE for video people like myself, is for in-game screen recorders. If you could add some sort of program that would allow us to record our game play that would make a lot of people happy even if it was a plus only feature. Along with the capability to listen to music from the XMB in game.
Also, #820. Hackers have found a new way to run a hello world program. Say bye bye to custom themes…..
@806..try going to the website YouTube.tv on your ps3…
i’m disappointed… it looks like you don’t really care about what your customers want… there are lots of pertinent requests out there which could be resolved with just a few lines of code.. but NO… you just don’t give a damn. i feel cheated! Thanks for nothing Sony…
I want the ability to set what gets automatically downloaded. After setting the auto download to stop at 6am, it was still running at 6:30 – downloading 2 game demos . . . for games that I already have the full version of.
Please put in the option to disable different types of downloads as I am not interested in game demos, and am on a capped internet plan.
c’mon guys, stop asking for stuff… don’t you get it…?! NOONE’S LISTENING TO US!
cool update.
we need apps plz making it come true plz man plz……….
Photo Gallery: Please let me select “no music” for a slideshow. While viewing a slideshow, let me zoom in on an image, as well as pan the image. Let me create a playlist from Facebook photos. Also you’re going to have to do some caching with Facebook – I have fewer than 100 friends yet it still takes like half a minute to show each one of them. For extra credit let me copy images from FB to my PS3. I was pleasantly surprised by the ability to enter a Facebook comment on a photo right from my PS3.
Video: Can’t say much about it other than I can’t get it to work. It wouldn’t import existing videos, even those from MLB09 or EyeCreate, saying that it couldn’t use videos created with system software prior to 3.40. I can’t think of any valid reason for that, but whatever. I used EyeCreate and the PlaystationEye to record a new video. The video editor wouldn’t add that one either, giving the same error message. What exactly is this thing *supposed* to work with?
this update broke my uncharted 2 game now it wont work, you guys really need fix ur updates it always breaks somthing or causes problems
Would be great if the video editing tool could be used to edit videos recorded in game, the work around is to just copy the clip to a memory stick and back… why would you want to restrict peoples creativity :P
So this update has ruined my PSN network experience, I am able to be on the network for 5 mins before getting the (Keep getting the error 8002A535) and then booted off the Network.
Any suggestions why this is doing this? I have run the network settings, and re-did the net work connection. Give me a rollback on the update cause this sucks.
Yeah I updated to the new update & now my PS3 won’t play disc what up with that!?
Sony still hasn’t provided any reasonable way for me to get together with my friends and game online.
They keep adding random features that would be associated with having online friends to play games with. Yet the overall functionality is still unusable.
I need to be able to talk to my friends at the system level, decide what game to play, get into the game, and play it. That is what cross game chat is about. Without this ability, I can’t get any sort of gaming going with my online friends without resorting to some outside method (like telephone)… and that’s clunky and awkward, and it rarely actually happens because it’s clunky and awkward.
So at the end of the day, I barely game with my online friends at all. And I want to.
Sony, please take a look at how your system is actually used. It’s not just about having the list of features, it’s about being able to really use them together in a meaningful way. I think that concept is getting lost in the shuffle sometimes.
Very good update Sony. But I can’t play flash based streamming video content on the ps3 web broswer such as twit live. Is their going to be a fix soon for the flash player for the ps3 sony?
I like the update. Good stuff. All very nice things to add to system…… However, a new web browser would be SOOOOO nice right about now. Playstation 3, it only does everything….except for browse the web without crashing.
The update sounds good,cant wait 2 use it.
I have now the ability to UPLOAD videos from my PS3 to Facebook.
I also have an EyeToy with EyeCreate with the ability to CREATE videos.
One Problem: THE UPLOAD ABILITY WILL NOT WORK WITH EYECREATE VIDEOS!!!
Fix this problem if at all possible please.
I noticed that I can use my Sony CyberShot to put videos from my camera to the PS3 to Facebook, but I’d rather just use my EyeToy.
The “Group Content” feature for the PSP is great, but could you please patch it so that it saves your settings? Every time you exit out of the XMB it resets and you have to group again. PS3 saves the setting, please make it so for the PSP as well.
Eric Lempel, do you know when/if PlayStation Plus will be available on the PlayStation Portable? I can’t find it on the PSP’s Playstation Store.