Another update??? Sure sounds like they weren't prepared. Maybe after the 100th update the interface will be as good as the 360.

great update, cant wait for more updates like this in the future aswell...

sony is having some fantastic updates i cant wait for that....

if such overview is under the SCEA press center than that's a lie and nothing but wishful thinking :(

This is what I'm talking about!!!

Wow, that is too good.

I don't know about you guys but i want to be able to like screen grab the images that show up when you hover over a game (before you click to start it) like the huge resistance skull and use those as wallpapers.

That's a beastly update. Am I the only one who's noticed that we need a time display, lol?

In-game XMB opens up a lot of possibilities.

Better tell my friend that owns a PS3..he gets kinda pissed when i tell him bout updates to the xbox, good ps3 is also updating

its too good to be true...but I hope it is true..

This is abosolutely amazing, if I get to listen to my music while I am playing I will be estatic(sp). The xbox can do it why cant the playstation. IU have been waiting fo;r this forever.

Let's hope its true..It be awesome update for all PS3 owners..And we dont have to worry if its goin to brick our system..PS3 is getting better each month, and no doubt in my mind when games start dropping a lot of people is goin to think differently.Just payin the extra 100 dollars is all worth it especially with so many features to justify the price(I love Blue Ray).PS3 hardware will last 10 years unlike the 360 who struggles to have a life span of one year. Also for the people who can't afford one maybe next year there will be a price drop for you guys.

Super cool.

I have a request though they should give to option to change little fade between songs when listening to CDs.

Because its cool when playing songs off the HD on random but when listening to CDs it kinda messes it up.

Can sombody tell me wut the RSS channel is? Edit: Thank u 6.4

ok now lets see some good games because the one's thats out right now suck......... cheers!

yea this is sweet........but been there done that on my 360

cool multi chat!

but when is its out????????

XMB access anytime. Themes. This has been a long time coming for the PS3. I knew it would happen sooner or later. hopefully sooner rather than later. Looks like PS is finally picking up steam. Lets go sony lets go!!!

That indeed sounds too good to be true. But if they added half of those features, I'd be insanely happy

I can't wait to play music during my games

going to be tight! Man i hope its true and i hope it comes really soon!

If this is real I'll trade in my 360 on the same day.

i just skimmed through the article but does it say you can have your own music ingame?

when is this suppose to happen?

360 advantages seem to be disappearing on a daily basis!

no where does it say customs soundtracks. but guys are drooling over it like they said it was there!!

Don't know about the ingame music but i am speculating xmb access ingame = xmb features in game e.g. chat, music and all that other stuff xbox does with blades. IMO assuming this update does happen i honestly cannot think of any other feature the 360 would have against sony.

if its true, we have to wait and see if Sony will confirm this.. anyway great news, made my day *lol*

what about VOICE chat!! NEW MESSENGER,media center support,custom sound track in game, VIDEO market place,video chat,voice in EVERY GAME,an more. no knock on the PS3 because I have ,but they just aint there yet!! plus why does it take so long to do an update, it took me about 45 minutes to update my Ps3, when the 360 update takes less the 1 minute!!

If it takes 1hr i really don't care as long as it gets the job done. You can always download the update on your computer and transfer it to your ps3 so it jst installs if you want to kill time. As for the messenger bit i really don't need it. I thought the voice chat feature was already there though. Shows how much i know. I am pretty sure we have video chat. Don't really care about video market place either. I have xbox and i have only dwnloaded 1 thing from the video market place and that was just to test it out. I got a computer i can watch all that stuff elsewhere.

Actually now that i read the article again am pretty sure this is bogus. I mean all of this in one update. If it did it would be awesome but still very unlikely. Hopefully the ingame xmb comes thru 1st though

please dont ever respond to one of my comments unless you act like a person with since!! see I hate your kind. I did not insult anyone,call anyone names an here you come like an idiot!! PS3 HAS HOME AN VOICE CHAT!! no it dont,I have a PS3 do you!! ONLY a few GAMES have voice chat on the PS3. on the 360 I can VOICE or VIDEO CHAT with just turning on the system, no game needed, can the PS3 do that NO!! then you say the PS3 has HOME, no it dont, it has home COMING!! can you log into home today,tommorrow, or next month!! NO, so would you please SHUT THE HELL UP!! then you called me an xbot get your facts right I'm a PS360 bot. but your just an IDIOT!!

This is sad, X-box user complainning/hating on a possible update in the future on another system. Why even get jealous about it, if these are features that are already enjoying X-box 360, then be happy about it.

Is it due to before you could say I could chat with users while in game? And now possibly Ps3 will get this functionality, and thus evening the advantage X-360 had?

I mean the other user who was saying this is sad, PS3 having so many updates? Sure it's not a good thing to have an update every week, even if it's adding functionality, but it's better than just leaving it alone no?

Some of the comments on here, are crazy.

I await confirmation though.

As for the idiotic haters coming to make noise. Enjoy paying for free services.

Out of all these new features.. the one I really like is the [RSS Channel]... I hope it's a good RSS reader. Though one can always visit google.com with the PS3 browser... but an integrated one is always nice to have.

This is every thing I was hopin for. But, this sound too good and like a feature overload (which is a good thing):)

Admins have edited the original post...not once, not twice, but three times. As the poster reeditted it. Sounds very much like the Kutako and Sony incident...so I think it's pretty legit.

If this Update is true, and if Gamers day is this week, I believe it might come out that same day.

this is toooooo good to be true...............
i really hope this is true..........
yea baby:D

AHHHHHHHHHHHH this update solves ALL problems (except cust soundtracks). holy crap im so pumped. that list sounds too good to be true though... hopefully its true.

Then that's a hella cool update.

This update looks great and all, but there's no timeline. We could be waiting for months.

Why are u all over a ps post get the f outta here u F@G Xbots dont bother me....btw this is an great update

Looks good!

As long as this list is true and we'll be seeing these features soon, this is awesome. The only left that I'm asking for is universal voice chatting so no matter what game you're in, you can always chat over a headset.

Why not say something intelligent for once, mate? I dare you. You've been sick in the head a long time son. What's wrong? that overpowering lineup of "splendid" 360 games gotchya up all night - rabidly trolling some good PS3 news? Loser! HAHAHA Oh..nevermind then, I see you can't respond. =O

Ver. 2.00 - Spectacular upgrades. Seeing this just makes me fiend for the HOME launch even more. That sh!t is going to be Colossal. I reckon it will break the all-time "hotness" rating on N4G (since beta) you know...

Cheers

I'm Surprised No one has used the spring update killing 360's as ammunition in a flame war....

I cant wait for this update... Sony has got the right idea...any xbot who says different is just badmind

This f@cking sounds great

This update should make the PS3 kick even more @ss!! I can't wait.

and I stress If, this is good news, there are some good features such as RSS and accesing the XMB, keep it up guys at sony let's hope we get a release date soon.

when is this coming out?

Sweeeeeeet!!!!:)

...but where the hell are all the cool PS3 games?

o Support for PLAYSTATION®3 format software titles has been expanded.

Can someone please explain that one. It still makes me laugh.

Deep, I'm gonna DDoS your bubbles.

Further, if I can read this right, I would be ablte to have webbrowser up with a faq at the same time? Would be a killer!

Come on guys, I used to have a 360, why don't the 360 fanboys grow up.

Re the update sounds good, hope it's all correct.

Re accessing the XMB, this is available while surfing the net and that allows you to play your own music so it would be nice if by accessing it from games you can do the same thing. But I have a feeling this won't happen yet. On the 360 it takes into account the ingame music and sounds and turns them on or off depending on what your doing. I would be surprised if this feature is available just yet on PS3 as I assme it would take a lot of coding? All I'm saying is, the 360 fanboys are going to laugh pretty hard if everyone gets over excited and then let down. I would ecpect the feature is more to access the XMB for messages, etc. But who knows.

Re the games, I'm sorry but the PS3 launch games are much better than the 4 or 5 360 launch games, I know, I owned them! The PS3 has been out a matter of months! Let's see how many great games it had after the year and a half 360 has had. Also, I do not feel the 360 still has masses of killer titles. It's a problem with next gen dev costs, not console wars!

As long as it makes things better and better im all for them!

Although, I do long for Artist/Album/track and Year/month/image depth in Music and Photo. This bugs me right now only having Artist/track (so there is a big list of ALL songs per artist) or album/track (having to search through a big list of albums). I have 45GB of music so its tedious not having three levels. Some arranging in Video and Game menus wouldnt go amiss too. Like Movie TV and Video camera folders. and Demo Games and PS1 (when they appear in Europe) games folders. Instead of all being in one big list.

Minor niggles, but niggles that should really be easy to change and make my PS3 experience nicer with media.

yup this list is true...an anonymous person has joined up to report it as spam...haha...too late now.

Is it confirmed already? On PSU they say they have already tried it... dunno...

but we are only on update 1.8 were is up date 1.9 or will it just jump to 2.00. dont flame its my first post

is it just me or have everyone notice that sony have an update every other month or every two month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Since you can access the XMB during a game, you can now:
Messege friends
Look up codes/faqs
Listen to your HDD Music

This update fixes all problems, and does everything that weve all waited for.

Kinda like waxing a car that has no paint.

This could be the update that Phil Harrison was hinting about way before GDC, he stated that v2.0 would be huge!

Let's hope that this is all true of course it's real coincedential that Sony's Gamer Day is around the corner and that PS Network was recently maintenanced.

Then PS Network strategy was announced with the next firmware "update" coming "late-May, early-June".

Things just seem to be too distinct to just brush off as "rumor" or "speculation". This looks to close to what an actual update looks like when posted on us.playstation.com

@mp

there have been other updates that included this cryptic thing...
Support for PLAYSTATION®3 format software titles has been expanded.

What does it mean? i dont think i've ever found and explaination for it.

I have a friend that works for Xbox live support and they have been getting alot of calls lately from people wanting to cancel their xbox live accounts from automatically renewing. When asked why they want to cancel most of the time they say they have a PS3 and the PSN is free and is finally good enough to say dump my live account. There are some great online games out now and Rainbow Six is coming. With these features it will be even better

good news, sounds like they are working hard to cath up with live.

hopefully they are equal soon so MS will be forced to make XBL free:)

The rock has come back to the ps3...Time for the smackdown!!

o Support for PLAYSTATION®3 format software titles has been expanded.
im kinda guessing its a typo, and it means either ps2 or ps1 titles. thats great, but surely it could only effect us euro gamers with no emotion chip inside?

But I don't believe this. This is too good to be true.

I think it's a Hoax. I hate to say it guys... but I can feel a massive sigh of dissapointment in a few days or even hours.

If I am wrong someone can quote me on this and I have to change my avatar to a hot sexy man wearing leather. But that's not going to happen. There is no update - it's a cruel trick to get us all excited.

here is the link to their story:

http://www.psu.com/node/109...

seems PlayStation 3 is getting better and better every day.
and by the time i'll buy this baby (fall) this console will have everything i need and much more.

cya guy's
Ray J :)

well i guess i have a bunch of cool features when i get my PS3, though ill have to download a lot of these updates. Right? Or after next year are they sending a new batch out with all the updates so far?

Either way, good job sony.

here the link:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps...

honestly sony is doing a marvelous job keeping up with the ps3. they r really commited to the ps3 really being PLAYING BEYOND. and best of all its free!! their service is starting to look better and better each and every day. good job sony

Xbox 360 users seem to think that all those jazzy Xbox Live features were there since inception? I've heard 'been there done that' ... or ... 'still don't have that' ... or 'what about this?'. This rivalry is getting as bad as the Yanks and Redsox (American baseball).

I think Sony has done a marvelous job of supporting their network and XMB. Rumor or not, I'm expecting significant changes waiting in the wings.

Anyone have a release list of options improved/added within Xbox Live since inception by version number? It would be interesting to know when those improvments were added relative to the current updates in the PSN.

Nice to Sony continually making inprovements based on what consumers want. With the 360, almost every update bricks the console which is already prone to overheating, freezing and scratching discs. With MS latest update, some people have been having problems with Messenger. They can't even get their own software to work with their own hardware.

They think they crazy but they ain't crazy, let's face it
Sh1t basically they just playin sick
They ain't sh1t, they ain't sayin sh1t, spray em' PS3
A to the K get in the way I'll bring LAIR and them wit me
And turn this day into f'n mayhem, you stayin wit me?
Don't let me lose you, I'm not tryin to confuse you
When I let loose wit this Uzi and just shoot through your HALO
You get the message? Am I gettin through to you?
You know what's comin, you m'er f'ers don't even know, do you?
Take some BigPlanet and some HOtShots and you mix em' up in a pot
Sprinkle a little MGS4 on top, what the F do you got?
You got the realest and illest killas tied up in a knot
The juggernauts of this Console sh1t, like it or not
It's like a fight to the top just to see who'd die for the spot
You put ya life in this, nothin like survivin a xbox
Y'all know what time it is, soon as HOME signs on this dot
Sh1t what you know about R:FOM death threats, cause I get a lot
SONY was eighty seconds away from absolute power
Microsoft cowards F'd wit the wrong company, when the went after ours
Better evacuate all children in nuclear showers
There's nothin spookier
Ya now about to witness the power of f'n SONY

.. awesome

don't really care much for the personal music in-game i prefer original soundtracks(theyre there for a reason and most of the time they create moods and are very inspirational-exception-gta).b ut i would like to not have to quit the game when one of my friends sends me a messsage. that would be sweet

so rumour or fact? The poster was the one bringing details on the all previous updates and hasn't been wrong once. I guess we'll find out in the next few days

Copying is the sincerest form of flattery. Sony will never get there completely but there trying to play catch-up.

sony is not coping anything putting in game chat was not a feature that microsoft and sony just made up. it has been used for years

HDMI , bigger HDD, High Def DVD support,online play,black sku,....and so on...

The Xbox was designed with the PS2 in mind. The controllers are based on Sony's dual shock. What the hell did Sony copy? Online gaming? That existed before on consoles and PC. So what exactly did Sony copy from microsoft you morons? HDMI? HDD? Next-gen format? Retards.

hahaha at the ps3 rap. Some people get way to passionate about updates. but d updates are hot though

that was funny #84. What?! XGamer I guess you've got "truth" stuck in your ear like good 'ol Billy Baker [69.2], huh? Well, if that's you're form of truth guys, please don't get any on me. I like for everything to "work" just fine, like it does now without additives.

BTW - I wonder if you guys were successful in getting that "Folding@SecondLife" program up and runnning yet? Doh!

Cheers

all we could do is wait and hope this is true :)

I'm waiting on the one update with the "Ps3 Eye" where you can use the XMB navigation like Minority report, I would go Bananas over that. I swear, If Sony doesn't do that we should have a petition for it.

Leah wrote:
Attention!!!

I am now fully aware of the circumstances pertaining to something the was posted by my account (Leah). Fact is, I have been in the dark about what's been going on until today and it has had me worried.

Maybe I'm a bit naive, but something should have clicked when I had trouble logging on this afternoon. I never had the oppertunity to post such information, as I wasn't anywhere near my computer to do such a thing (Mother's Day).

To put an end to the now titled "Conspiracy", I would like to state that I'm souly and completely sorry for whatever this may have caused. As a side note, PLEASE don't ever take something posted (whether by me, or anyone) as fact unless it is provided by the creator's of such software/hardware (SCE).

Once again I'm sorry for the misunderstandings, and taking precautions so it will never happen again.

- Leah

So its fake guys

PS3 updates that actually improve and give more to the system..

Instead of other crappy systems updates which only fix f*ckups from previous updates...

Not that it will help much cause after the first corrupted update chances are you will get the Ringer.. :P

This is still just a rumor. If Sony has taught me anything it's, don't get excited, or you will be let down. So try to hold steady people.

Does anybody yet know the realease date for the update?

they just released an update? when?

it doesnt matter itz all about the 360, ps3 is wack....lol na itz all good ps3- is nice im getting one over the summer so be careful while your online

I can't wait for wallpapers, i remember when they cam out for the psp...

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.