PSP Firmware (v3.95) Coming Soon

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Eric Lempel SVP & Head of Global Marketing, SIE

Just a quick update, we’ll be making PSP firmware update 3.95 available shortly. The update includes the following:

  • While playing PSone games on your PSP, you can now customize how the buttons are assigned by going to [Controller Settings] > [Assign Buttons] and select [Custom].
  • You can now quit Remote Play and choose to turn off your PS3 or leave it on after quitting. This is useful if you are performing a download and want to quit Remote Play, but still want your download to continue on the PS3. Select [Quit and Turn Off the PS3 System] or [Quit Without Turning Off the PS3 System] from [Quit Remote Play] when you press the HOME button on the PSP system.

PSP Screen

For details on remote play, refer to the online user’s guide for the PSP.

As always, thanks for your feedback and support.

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172 Comments

  • scorpio
    April 8, 2008 at 6:05 am PDT

    Nice little update…

  • Enforcer_X
    April 8, 2008 at 6:08 am PDT

    Nice update! I am glad to see the small things aren’t being overlooked!

    To bad Sony can’t add a second analog stick and R2 and L2 buttons to the PSP.

    Also a little off topic but can the PS3’s Blu-ray drive be Firmware flashed to make it read at 4x kind of like the Sony DVD burners got a Firmware flash to upgrade the write speed?

  • Gunwing
    April 8, 2008 at 6:16 am PDT

    Man more new features!? Even if it’s not a PSP store like most fans crave right now this is great that the remote play feature gets expanded like this! Even the DS Wii connectivity stuff is mostly dropped by Nintendo due to online cheating, and the like.

    This rocks! Thanks for your continued support and getting what the community wants on your systems!

  • Coolwater
    April 8, 2008 at 6:45 am PDT

    I’m pretty sure that you already had the option of quitting remote play without shutting the PS3 off.

    So that makes this officially the lamest update yet.

  • LokeSTL
    April 8, 2008 at 6:57 am PDT

    How about making PSP games playable on the PS3 when the two systems are connected? This should have been done from the start.

  • Seanscythe2
    April 8, 2008 at 7:27 am PDT

    @97 well my ps3 says “unsupported” maybe I need to turn something on but I think everything is on.

  • StalkingSilence
    April 8, 2008 at 7:57 am PDT

    Always glad to see new PSP/PS3 functionality. Though I assumed quitting remote play before still left the ps3 on because it would continue to run folding at home. But whatever, I like the continued support.

    Also, it will be nice to map custom buttons for Twisted Metal 2, since all the provided button schemes were crappy. Looking forward to using this in the future.

  • 40cal
    April 8, 2008 at 8:08 am PDT

    GPS for PSP? In the states!

    Thanks.

  • elmonstro
    April 8, 2008 at 8:16 am PDT

    OK, I’ve been holding out on getting a PSP, but now I’m getting one. Cya online!

  • Gunwing
    April 8, 2008 at 9:00 am PDT

    @ 104:

    No we were only able to tell the PSP to trun it off or on if we closed the connection. This way the PSP will ask each time you close the connection instead of it being set like we have to do it now.

    IE once you set it to turn off the PS3 you can’t change it right now, but with this update you can make your choice at will without having to take up extra space to save the setting each time you do it.

  • afrosheen
    April 8, 2008 at 9:06 am PDT

    Neat little update but we’re still missing DivX. Our big brother has it, it doesn’t take much grunt to decode, just fork it over already please.

  • cloudstrife13
    April 8, 2008 at 9:10 am PDT

    Good stuff.

    Can we see more PS1 games on the Playstation Store to download for PSP?

    Final Fantasy VII
    Gran Turismo 2

    are the two I’d really like to see.

    • adeleon
      April 8, 2008 at 9:54 am PDT

      We know there\’s an appetite for PSone games and are definitely working on getting more of them on the Store.

  • Anthrax809
    April 8, 2008 at 9:21 am PDT

    very nice options..thanks

  • Gunwing
    April 8, 2008 at 9:33 am PDT

    How about the fallowing PSone games for the PlayStation store:

    Final Fantasy VII
    Gran Turismo 2
    Wild Arms 2
    Gex: the Geko
    Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
    Star Ocean: The Second Story
    Syphon Filter
    Syphon Filter 2
    Syphon Filter 3
    Lunar: Silver Story- Complete
    Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete

  • Aaron
    April 8, 2008 at 10:23 am PDT

    Dont forget Metal Gear Solid 1 for the PS Store too :)

  • Aaron
    April 8, 2008 at 10:25 am PDT

    oh adeleon is there any chance you answer one or both my questions at https://blog.playstation.com/2008/04/07/psp-firmware-v395-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-52998

    Thanks adeleon!

    • adeleon
      April 8, 2008 at 10:38 am PDT

      Hey Aaron, the God of War PSP bundle will be released in June — check back here for the official launch date.

      The new Store interface will require a firmware update, and we\’ll be providing the timing and firmware version number soon.

  • Aaron
    April 8, 2008 at 10:47 am PDT

    Thank you for the reply Adeleon! I really appreciate it. So the God of War PSP bundle comes out in June. I was reading around different sites that said it was coming out in May. That is why I decided to ask about it here. Can’t wait for it!

    Also can’t wait for the video for the new PS Store hopefully it gets put up soon :D

  • P_tear_griffin
    April 8, 2008 at 10:49 am PDT

    Do away w/ the remote-play icon on thePS3’s network section. When already on, have the PS3 simply recognize anytime the registered PSP wants to access remote-play.

    I should’ve phrased that as a question. I don’t know how hard that would be to implement. Is that a possibility though?

    Thanks for the PSP update.

  • Modus Operandi
    April 8, 2008 at 11:09 am PDT

    Hey Eric,

    When can we have multiple PSPs play during remote play?

  • JDPoZ
    April 8, 2008 at 11:21 am PDT

    Metal Gear Solid is available on the Japanese PSN store. Why isn’t it on the US Store? Do you people not like money?! Who is in charge of this kind of stuff?! What happened?!
    You started doing right when you got “Wild Arms” and “Castlevania : Symphony of the Night” on the store. Now, get back in gear and put Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII, Tomba, and Einhander in the store NOW!

    Thank you.

  • superbone547
    April 8, 2008 at 11:21 am PDT

    Oh, that’s nice. I had tried to play PS1 games on the PSP before, but I just couldn’t find the perfect options with what was preset. Might not seem large, but these are actually awsome updates.

  • whoelse
    April 8, 2008 at 11:26 am PDT

    Its all very good but i would start to use Remote Play more if the video quality and response time would improved greatly. And not one or the other where i have to have ‘high response’ but then give up ‘high video quality’.

    Thanks for updating my PSP though!

  • Sora57
    April 8, 2008 at 11:47 am PDT

    Adeleon: with the GPS coming out for the US, will it work on the PSP-1000 (phat)?

  • stennex
    April 8, 2008 at 11:49 am PDT

    All of these capabilities were already available on the PSP. Has anyone pointed this out. Or am i going crazy. For the past few months i have been using these remote features. Ability to customize the buttons, log off of remote access and log back on. IT seems like an old update made new.

  • Violater
    April 8, 2008 at 12:44 pm PDT

    Insert obligatory “Ingame XMB” “HOME” comment here…….
    and here…….

  • stennex
    April 8, 2008 at 12:47 pm PDT

    Sony needs to have better ways to show new features that are available for their systems. I really enjoyed the videos they posted on this site for the PS3 update and Warhawk. I hope that more of these videos are done so that more gamers are in the know. These PSP features are not all new. I also would like to know if videos of updates and added features will be also posted on the new PSN store so that more gamers are reached? Thank you.

    PSN: stennex
    GAPmember

  • leetfoo
    April 8, 2008 at 12:54 pm PDT

    @120 Not just that- They also have Resident Evil 1 and 2 on the jp store… It really does make me wonder sometimes if SCE America just doesn’t want money. A handful of junk games here while JP has a truckload of awesome classics. Sigh.

  • thingg
    April 8, 2008 at 1:04 pm PDT

    Wait, I thought the store update was just for the PS3 store. Are you doing the PSP store as well?

  • Aaron
    April 8, 2008 at 1:11 pm PDT

    @128

    no right now its just for the PS3 PS Store.

  • spike021
    April 8, 2008 at 1:12 pm PDT

    Hey adeleon, any word on if original PSP adopters will still get equal say in functionality? Or maybe just allow us to make our own applications as I am sure there is a way to do that without being connected to piracy.

    You would definitely sell more systems that way.

    And as above, MGS 1, along with Final Fantasy VII are the titles that we need.

  • Kazammm
    April 8, 2008 at 1:20 pm PDT

    I guess the prompt to turn off or not turn off your PS3 is more intuitive. Although, it was possible before.

    The option to map buttons is nice. The remake games like FF 1-6 could really use mapping from their NES or SNES roots. Other RPGs for PS1 could use it too. Any chance this mapping could come to the PS3 as well? It would be annoying to learn a mapping on the PSP and another on the PS3.

    I am guessing it only works for PSP games that are on your memory stick, not PS1 games playable over Remote Play. Am I right???

    Oh, and when watching a video, the PSPs square button allows to jump to a part of the video with a small frame displayed at the top. This is totally missing from the PS3. It’s amazingly useful when (like me) you have recorded TV shows (via a TV tuner) on your PS3 or media server and you wanna skip a part of the show, aka the commercials. :P Again, any chance this could make it’s way over to the PS3?

    Thanks for all the work guys! I am loving my PS3 so far!

  • scorpio
    April 8, 2008 at 1:28 pm PDT

    I would LOVE MGS1 on my PSP!!!

    Hoping this happens sometime…

  • Sembazuru
    April 8, 2008 at 1:47 pm PDT

    Actually, I think the prompt to turn off or leave on the PS3 when closing RemotePlay will be annoying. It is forcing yet one more button press. Before the two options (my PS3 is off so I don’t have the exact wording) of Quit RemotePlay and Turn off PS3 were at the same level. I always thought that Turning off the PS3 automatically implied that RemotePlay would shut down because the PS3 I was RemotePlaying to vanishes once it’s off…

    I understand the idea of compartmentalizing and organizing like-features in a menu system, but this just seems to be adding hierarchical depth for no reason.

    Looking at the online manual (which has already been updated for the new firmware), I see a Connection Status entry. Either I don’t remember it, or it’s new as well. But this reminds me of something that I’ve often through would be good. Some sort of signal strength indicator (any time Wi-Fi is being used) next to the time or battery indicators when you press the PS button.

  • flipah
    April 8, 2008 at 2:20 pm PDT

    Nice update ;-)

    How about these updates in the future:

    – Stretched fullscreen for UMD-games and games/media streamed from PS3 when PSP is connected to LCD-TV through component.

    – DivX-support with a limited 480p resolution, if not, perhaps automatically downscaled.

    – Ability to still play audio on PS3 when Wifi or PSP goes to sleep when connected through remoteplay.

    – And of course more God Of War games for PSP.

    Cheers! :-D

  • Gregero
    April 8, 2008 at 2:24 pm PDT

    @124

    I was kind of thinking the same thing. Weren’t we already able to have the option to turn off the PS3 or leave it on? I remember leaving it on to download things while I use my PSP regularly. Also I believe we already had the option to either quit remote play leaving the PS3 on or quit remote play and shut the PS3 off. This update was pretty unnecessary if you ask me.

  • stennex
    April 8, 2008 at 3:23 pm PDT

    So i a not going crazy. lol.

  • PAYBACK-Joker
    April 8, 2008 at 3:25 pm PDT

    Great, now only if the God of War PSP was out, I’d be even more excited!!! I cannot wait for that little red puppy to come out and I can take full advantage of all of these cool things the PSP has or is getting!!! Nice work.

  • spike021
    April 8, 2008 at 3:26 pm PDT

    System… $130-200, Games… $30-50, accessories… $1-750, useful homebrew……. priceless.

  • boxmyth
    April 8, 2008 at 3:58 pm PDT

    It’d be nice to have a feature to have the PS3 automatically shut down after the downloads are complete(both with remote play and normally), which would help when I remotely start PSN downloads with my PSP over my lunch break on Thursdays and don’t want to keep signing back on to see if it’s done yet.
    It’s one of the few 360 features that I’d love to see the PS3 have.

  • Richard
    April 8, 2008 at 4:10 pm PDT

    Im having some problems with Video playback, when you try to fast forward or use the scene search feature, the video becomes distorted, this is with fw 3.95 installed.

  • papeshm
    April 8, 2008 at 4:21 pm PDT

    Sony why can’t you give updates for people who can’t use playstation store and people who don’t have a PS3

  • WHAT
    April 8, 2008 at 4:23 pm PDT

    @140 the forums are more of a place to discuss, but if you press the PSP Home button when in Remote Play you can adjust the Quality and Response time.

  • AndyBD
    April 8, 2008 at 4:38 pm PDT

    I’m not sure about the second part, because I just turn off the PSP during remote play, and the PS3 stays on.

  • stennex
    April 8, 2008 at 4:45 pm PDT

    I tested this so called new update out. The only difference i see so far is that there is a second or third instruction asking if you would like to turn of the system or just remote play. What i am noticing is that i am having trouble using the internet option to remotely access the PS3. Private works fine but from last month the internet option does not work. Is there a problem on your end Sony?

  • XxBigP123xX
    April 8, 2008 at 5:25 pm PDT

    You should let us use the PSP as a controller for games that we can play through remote play

    Ex: using the PSP as a remote for Pixel Junk Monsters or High stakes on the vegas strip.

    Since the ya know, i was expecting to be able to use the PSP as a second remote for the PS3…

  • Richard
    April 8, 2008 at 5:27 pm PDT

    heres a video of the bug
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8kghpuBFCM

  • Gregero
    April 8, 2008 at 6:02 pm PDT

    Stennex,

    The same thing is happening to me- I can remote start the PS3 using Private Network, but when trying to remote start it using Internet it’s a no-go. I’ve found that I’ve had to disappointingly leave my PS3 on remote play at home if I want to access it through internet, and because of that I must leave it on if I want to access it again while I’m out. I hope Sony fixes it.

  • StormLord
    April 8, 2008 at 7:42 pm PDT

    Nice!! keep it up :)

  • APaz
    April 8, 2008 at 11:59 pm PDT

    Good lookin out Sony. A very useful feature.

  • tcapeles
    April 9, 2008 at 7:55 am PDT

    the update is ok cant wait for the store update

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