June 30, 2008January 10, 2019

Firmware (v.2.40) Walkthrough Part 2: Trophies

Hello again, everyone! Very recently, we demonstrated a major new function enabled in PLAYSTATION 3 firmware v2.40: XMB access in-game. But that’s only part of the story, as the next system software update also introduces the Trophy system to the PS3. This video demonstration shows the system in action.

Super Stardust HD, a PLAYSTATION Network-exclusive released in June 2007, will be the first game to leverage Trophies and will offer a variety of trophies. Trophy support in Super Stardust HD will be available for first-time users who purchase the game soon after firmware v2.40 is released, while those who previously purchased and downloaded the title will be prompted to install a free patch.

PS3 users can expect to see additional games bringing Trophies support to their feature sets through 2008 and beyond, providing even greater opportunity to showcase their accomplishments and compete with friends. The following first-party games are also slated to offer Trophy support:

BUZZ! Quiz TV
LittleBigPlanet
MotorStorm Pacific Rift
NBA 09 – PS3
PAIN
PixelJunk Eden
Resistance 2
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Warhawk

To further emphasize the community aspects of this system software update, the amount of people you can add to your PSN friends list has been doubled, to 100.

The update also adds a mini-control panel that you can use while playing music and an internet search feature powered by Google that allows you to initiate search directly from the XMB (similar to what we added to the PSP recently). In addition, when you’re using the XMB or accessing the XMB from in-game, the current time and date will be displayed in the upper right hand corner. There are a few more minor enhancements included in this update, once the update is live you’ll be able to read about them here.

Firmware v2.40 will become available for download on July 2nd. We hope you enjoy these much-requested features, and look forward to your feedback.

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570 Comments

Khaqan
June 30, 2008 at 5:00 am PDT

Nice!
- Jeff Rubenstein
  June 30, 2008 at 11:13 am PDT
  
  Hey everyone, we know you\’ve got a lot of questions about FW 2.40. Know that we\’re gathering your questions from this post (and the last one as well), and will bundle them into a FAQ for you all soon.
Khaqan
June 30, 2008 at 5:01 am PDT

What’s the point of earning a virtual picture?
Relentless
June 30, 2008 at 5:01 am PDT

Thanks again, so is the update 2moro then???
whoelse
June 30, 2008 at 5:02 am PDT

Woot more more more.
Dorian_D
June 30, 2008 at 5:02 am PDT

Sweet stuff! Keep it rolling Eric !!
ActionBastrd
June 30, 2008 at 5:03 am PDT

That is one big ass’d TV. Nice info on the update and release date!
monkeyisland
June 30, 2008 at 5:03 am PDT

Wow already!

Will we be able to access the playstation store ingame? And when are you going to fix the damn disc-reading issues..all ps3 consumers will have their ps3 broken one day..so what are you waiting to fix the issue?
Bierbeer
June 30, 2008 at 5:06 am PDT

Looking good!

Any news on having an online profile which you can access with your PC? I guess this will be implemented when Home comes out?
SocomTysoN
June 30, 2008 at 5:06 am PDT

looks very cool good job
Herby
June 30, 2008 at 5:06 am PDT

Woah sounds great. Thanks for the date. And finally we will see this.
I wonder what those commentators will have to comment about now that in-game XMB is out. This blog is going to see alot let less traffic. LOL
Thanks guys for delivering a tremendous value in this product. Incredible what a 600 dollar investment has become.
canguy69
June 30, 2008 at 5:07 am PDT

Fantastic! Can’t wait. Thanks guys.
Mikelarry
June 30, 2008 at 5:07 am PDT

wohooooo finaly
X820
June 30, 2008 at 5:08 am PDT

Thanks!
Kaoro
June 30, 2008 at 5:08 am PDT

Can we access in-game XMB features while playing a PS2 or PS1 game? Been playing a lot of FFXII lately, would hope I can access some of these features!

Will trophies be mandatory for all games release here on out? That should be required by Sony.
juuken
June 30, 2008 at 5:08 am PDT

WHOOOO-HOOOOOOO!
heisert
June 30, 2008 at 5:09 am PDT

RELEASE IT TODAY!!!
NewYork214
June 30, 2008 at 5:10 am PDT

nice few days away. is this a requirement from developers from now on? since Microsoft can make achievements required you guys should do the same. hopefully resistance 1 will get trophies soon wanna replay it but waitin til i here if trophies will eb comin out for it
whoelse
June 30, 2008 at 5:10 am PDT

Yay July 2nd!
Dorian_D
June 30, 2008 at 5:10 am PDT

Thank you Sony for listening to the millions of users that have be eagerly waiting for these features. While playing the epic MGS4 it was hard when buddies would send messages or chat invites and now we have the tools to communicate back! Once again Thank you Sony and keep it up. !!!
Clinton514
June 30, 2008 at 5:11 am PDT

Good stuff. Time + Google bar = :)

One complaint(which I rarely have), is the whole look of the trophy background. I was hoping for it to be a little…better looking. I know it doesn’t affect functionality but how likely is it that we’ll be able to customize the look?

Thanks for the update!
P_tear_griffin
June 30, 2008 at 5:11 am PDT

Cool!
tomplast
June 30, 2008 at 5:12 am PDT

Great :D. Now how about voice chat during play session? Will it be possible from within XMB when you are playing? A lot of people want to know this so please respond.

Keep up the good work :D
mattyInkWell
June 30, 2008 at 5:12 am PDT

I’m quitting my job. I’m going top become a trophy whore
Jersey-Gamer
June 30, 2008 at 5:13 am PDT

Thanks for posting these videos. The new firmware features look like they’re going to be great!

As Bierbeer (#8) said above, I’d also like to have the ability to view PSN profiles from the PC using a Web browser.
P_tear_griffin
June 30, 2008 at 5:13 am PDT

BTW, I think this is a good time for late adopters to “jump in” to the PS3 and play beyond
kalel52
June 30, 2008 at 5:13 am PDT

July2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!
Gameboys
June 30, 2008 at 5:14 am PDT

thank u sooooooooooooooooo much :D
johnamanel
June 30, 2008 at 5:14 am PDT

Is all trophy features available in-game????? Or do we have to quit??
JordanBlack68
June 30, 2008 at 5:14 am PDT

btw Jeff

Thanks for the PSN add ;)
and thank you for the videos. Thats exactly the way I like it.
thanks
Nitrowolf2
June 30, 2008 at 5:14 am PDT

i know this might be an obviuose question or not
but do you have to be online to use the trophioes system?

cause i dont have online through my PS3 since i use sprint so i update using the USB
PirateThom
June 30, 2008 at 5:14 am PDT

That’s Jeff and Eric and everyone else, you guys have nailed this, it’s exactly what I was expecting.

My only question would be, existing games you’ve already unlocked things in, say Uncharted, will the patch automatically allocate unlocked trophies or would you have to do it again? Is there a system like this in place?
Debo2U
June 30, 2008 at 5:15 am PDT

Great! Can’t wait.
When can we hope to try this out on our own?
Will Gta 4 be a ready at launch title?
Will the 2d trophies in warhawk and pain use there already present trophies? ie the baggies and medals of warhawk?
And why did the developers of pain update/patch their game with a music player before in game xmb?
Will in game Xmb affect pain?
thanks
Sentry
June 30, 2008 at 5:16 am PDT

Hell yes baby. In-Game XMB, Trophies, new Profile system, etc etc. What a great day.

Next up: Cross game invitations, simplified voice chat for in-game XMB use, and an addition to the voice and video chat systems; text chat.

Trying to think of more things we can possibly milk and request from you guys, but this will do for a while… until 09 or so. :P

PS- My personal request would be remove the ‘Copy Multiple’ and ‘Delete Multiple’ options, and instead have it be ‘Select Multiple -> To Copy, To Delete, To Edit Information’

PLEASE! Kudos again.
BabeBro
June 30, 2008 at 5:16 am PDT

Laaaaaaaaaaaawd! I’m bout to catch a heart attack! Sony has hit with a bang! I am so proud to be a PS3 owner since NA launch in 11/17/06!!! Bring on 2.40 FTW!!! I freakin’ love you guys!! See you on PSN and on July 2nd my trophy game is going to be sick, do u hear me?!!! Keep up the good work guys!
ghamdikh1
June 30, 2008 at 5:16 am PDT

Thank you to all the members at sony who made this possible and for putting up with all of our nagging about having these features,thank you can twait for the next video
Khaqan
June 30, 2008 at 5:17 am PDT

July 2nd!!!!!!
marcindpol
June 30, 2008 at 5:17 am PDT

YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeS!!!
Xyavid
June 30, 2008 at 5:17 am PDT

hi jeff ! Is the Chat will be available to use when we play a game ?
xXxNiteMarexXx
June 30, 2008 at 5:18 am PDT

Awesome cant wait until the 2nd!
StargamerX
June 30, 2008 at 5:18 am PDT

Of course the update has to come on July 2nd. That’s the day I’m on vacation. I’ve been waiting the whole month of June to find out I’ll have to wait 2 more days. Ah, that’s not that bad and it will be worth it. :)
Khaqan
June 30, 2008 at 5:18 am PDT

@38

No the chat is not a available yet.
shubhamsaboo
June 30, 2008 at 5:18 am PDT

cool but what about the other games like call of duty or uncharted…etc
DeviantBoi
June 30, 2008 at 5:19 am PDT

Can you only compare trophies with friends that are online?
NewYork214
June 30, 2008 at 5:19 am PDT

@43

the guy/girl he compared to wasnt on when he wass demoing it
nofi_tsa
June 30, 2008 at 5:20 am PDT

Excellent stuff guys. =)
Debo2U
June 30, 2008 at 5:21 am PDT

I read some where that will be able to sign on two different psn accounts while playing games like warhawk. Can u comment?
And can u comment on voice or video chat.
Has it changed? Can we chat across games?
TheRocker
June 30, 2008 at 5:21 am PDT

Jeff why is RockBand 2 being released later than the other version? Cant you guys help HMX with the development?
cubehouse
June 30, 2008 at 5:21 am PDT

Two questions:
1. Will MGS4 have trophy support?
2. Will there be an API for web developers to access the PSN data, so gamer cards (like xbox live) can be created?

Thanks,
Awesome blog, you tease and delivered the goods :)
tretle
June 30, 2008 at 5:21 am PDT

Holy s+it :D :P Thanks so much for the videos and release date… Really cool thing to wake up to. Was the psn integration with the forums so they could add these gamer cards to the functionality?
rAdIOhEaD73
June 30, 2008 at 5:21 am PDT

Hey Mr. Lempel, release this firmware now! as of NOW!!!!!!