Mozilla in conjunction with Sony Computer Entertainment will collaborate to bring you the most complete web browsing experience that's available. Firefox. Better than the Opera browser and leaps and bounds better than Microsoft's garbage internet explorer, firefox brings you an easy to use interface with user friendly customization options. Combining this with the stellar functionality of PlayStation®3 seems to be a natural transition.

Dark Sniper would like to reiterate that PlayStation®3 is more than just a gaming machine, it is a network terminal that is capable of functions that no other console or computer could bring. As it stands right now, millions across the globe are utilizing their PlayStation®3 consoles to find the cure against cancer.

With that being said, many have forgotten that with the installation of Linux. PlayStation®3 has the firefox browser ready and available. Which works flawless as you would expect from a computer.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer is such a terrible disaster that the service is not even available for your Xbox 360. Which is an embarrassment to the realm of technology we live and Microsoft since they're supposedly known for their software.

With Firefox coming, Dark Sniper has no need for his computer anymore. He's already taken it to his local pawn shop due to the fact that PlayStation®3 handles all of his personal computing needs.

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it would be nice to have the best internet browser on ps3.. id actually use ps3 to browse internet

they are already in relationship with google chrome?

Make it happen Sony. That way you would be ahead by a land slide with the functionalities it would offer. Enhanced browser means faster porn sites FTW.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, not like i don't get enough action from the misses.

if they get firefox on the PS3, then I will be the happiest man ever.

NOBODY CARES.

I USE MY COMPUTER FOR THAT. People buy consoles only to play their games. Noone cares about the browser.

But being able to watch blu-ray movies is a nice addition.

Chrome or Firefox? Doesn't matter to me, as long as it works!

Ohhhhhh my, this would be a game-changer.

i love Firefox, im using it right now!

any improvement is better than none

god hope this turns out true. better than the browser on ps3 now

This is a pretty tits rumour! Hopefully it comes true. OooOOoooOOo Firefox and Cross-Game Chat on December 25! That would be an awesome present!

Hope this is true. Any form of communication anybody makes with other companies is good news.

Anyways, FF is great. My browser of choice, gotta love the community tools.

i'm ok with the current browser tbh. The pages load quite fast and with a keyboard plugged in, the experience is the same as a computer, more so for me since i can use the HDTV in the living room to browse compared to the tiny computer monitor i use. Java is also a really nice addition since i can watch any tv show on megavideo and other streaming services. If i could stream HD divx as well then that would be amazing, but if the firefox browser can easily top the current browser, i'll be a very happy person :D

whoa...this would be great.....better than useless apps on a console, like Twitter and Facebook, which I am paying Gold prices. for....

our install base is biger than ther

all i want is crossgame chat and itll be good for me its actually good now but its just missing that little thing to make it complete.
I dont care about netflix or that other crap just make my online gaming better.

please let this b true!!!!!!

the issues with the current browser is that it's flash support is very dodgy, many sites don't work properly with it (I haven't tried since the new fw update though) such as facebook (a lot of buttons don't work properly) or yahoo mail (i wasn't even able to reply to an e-mail with it, the reply button didn't work).

there's a lot of room for improvement.

512mb* nice try.

I love Firefox so I hope it's true.

Then the ps3 would be the ultimate home center entertainment unit. Browsing the web and other sites like hulu would setup the ps3 to be almost the only electronic media center you need at home.

Can only hope this one is true. That results will happen quick if it is.

according to ACID3, the ps3 browser is still better than IE8 xD
(test it yourself: http://acid3.acidtests.org)

EDIT: here's the correct link:
http://acid3.acidtests.org/

This is going to be Awesome if Sony PS3 gets a Mozilla web browser.

Please bring Firefox to PS3! Apps and everything!!!

I love Firefox!

This is the update I want the most...a new browser.

if this does work out and we get a version of firefox... WELCOME BACK HULU!!!!

Chrome, and now this. Hmmmm, what's brewing in the pot?

Hope the rumor is true

Been only using firefox for years on Linux machines. Foxy's not perfect but helluva lot better than the Ps3 browser.

I keep saying: Sony should have made the Ps3 OS from Unix or Linux. Opera & Firefox would have immediately been available and if the Ps3 had more memory, multitasking xchat, browser, games and music at the same time, could have been done.

Bring on the Ps4.

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffff..... YES BL0ODY PLEASE!

i would absolutely love this.

my big complaint with the ps3 is the browser, which i rarely used, but had to completely stop using because it freezes my PS3

Opera is a no go since Wii has it, I doubt it's exclusive, but it can really open up competition for Mozilla entering into a gaming console, especially spreading it's awareness to PSN players who don't normally use it. I even doubt that if Microsoft were to add an internet browser, they would let 3rd party internet browsers come to Xbox, it's all Internet Explorer for em. So Firefox or even Chrome makes sense for Sony to get as their main internet browser.

please!!! i love firefox!!
just getting better and better!

personally i would rather have Google Chrome, but firefox is good 2

anything better than the current browser though

Most of you people must have no knowledge of anything computer/networking related. Firefox to the PS3 would be incredible. And obviously any RAM problems would be solved before they made the switch. Use your brains before speaking please. Firefox is considered the best browser OUT period.

One day we will have a ingame browser I would say PS4 would sport it. But more than fingers crossed with this rumor, toes, arms and even legs!

Anything would be better than the current browser on the PS3, the current one is just awful. Can't open more than a few windows before its crashes or uses too much memory. =/

Wow. If this is true, ps3 gets better. It will live up to it slogan "it only does EVERYTHING!"

btw - over the past month, for ps3 good news keeps coming. xbox 360, havent seens any positive news lately apart from twitter/facebook integration (which u have to be a gold member)

I still can't believe this thread is full of detractors claiming that Firefox is memory hungry. Maybe in 2006.

Firefox 3.5 has some of the lowest memory footprints of any browser, it beats the crap out of Chrome each time. Chrome obviously has the worse memory performance, because it opens up a new browser instance with every tab.

But like always, N4G is full of ignorant idiots, who post without doing even the most basic of research. This is why we get so many fanboys, because you're all idiots.

http://www.favbrowser.com/b...
http://lifehacker.com/53521...

You need 2gigs to browse the web in vista

delineate what the PS3 is missing that makes Firefox such a b!tzchan idea. Are you talking all the cool plug-ins or what? Or is it the browser on filling part of the screen? What!

I feel like the only teenage girl standing after a Beatles concert in the 60's.

It will not lead to any dam thing
Because FF is a memory hungry piece of app
And I've been using FF for years and years now
I remember the days when I had a 256 MB ram on a WinXP system and let me tell you one thing it didn't work flawlessly as I recall, its keeping swallowing memory until you clear cache and then close it or kill it and I keep repeating this after every heavy browsing is done or after keeping it idle for some hours
there is a big bug and I mean a f...'n BIG bug still to this day exists in firefox's code Or maybe it's just a performance tweak in a good way
Bottom line is this FF can be functional on ps3 nice feature but users will be complaining about it for decades to come

I don't see why Sony didn't do this a long time ago. Wii has Opera and PS3 has firefox. Seems right to me.

If this rumor is true. Then that is great news. I use Mozilla for ever thing. I am using it right now. So I would like to see Mozilla come to the PS3. I would then use my PS3 more often for web surfing. So I hope this turns out to be true.

say it with me: i want chrome!!!! i want chrome!!!! i want chrome!!!! i want chrome!!!! i want chrome!!!! i want chrome!!!!

Begun, the Browser War has.

Most gamers don't own computers, so they need to browse the internet on their video game consoles.

;-)

cause the ps3 browser sucks. It is the worst damn thing about the machine. The wii browser works better than it and the wii browser sucks too. Anything would be an improvement. Everyone knows the browser is a joke- but good luck getting anyone to admit around here. The 3 d's of the sony faithful - deny,defend,debubble

Who is to say that Mozilla won't release a Firefox Lite? Firefox right now has TONS of memory leaks especially when you hit sites with Flash.

Out of all of these upcoming updates that has been circulating in the media as of late (cross game chat, cross game invites, Facebook, etc.), this is probably the only one that I would be remotely interested in. And maybe Netflix.

I hope this is true. If this site turns out to be wrong we should all boycott them for spreading lies. If they are right we should call them gaming news gods.

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.