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Nitrowolf25290d ago (Edited 5290d ago )

"- Privacy Settings has been added
To further enhance the privacy of its users, players can now choose whether or not they want to receive a friend request or friend message from someone they don’t know. Your settings here will also affect your profile on the Vita."

That's actually a pretty useful feature.
Hate getting random game invites from people.

I always wonder why Sony keeps this stuff a secret though.
Honestly as much as I love finding hidden features, I can't help but feel that we miss some of the stuff sometimes. Rather just have a full feature/change log during the PS post rather then wait it out.

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admiralvic5290d ago

It's like an easter egg hunt. Sorta like how people find the most random stuff in android updates. It also gets people to really look at the firmware which makes people care more.

Also oddly enough thats not a huge feature for me. I have yet to get any random invites outside of idiots on my friends list lol.

Dante1125290d ago (Edited 5290d ago )

I use to get TONS of those lame chain messages awhile back. It's calmed down since but I do get one or two random ones ever now and then.

Edit: @ jriquelme_paraguay

Man your gonna get perma banned if you keep typing that in all the non related articles and sending random people PMs on this. Lol, I wish N4G has this for PMs.

young juice5289d ago

do i have the option to put a password on my ps user profile in general yet? sure would save alot of trouble...

FACTUAL evidence5290d ago

Since when were obvious things in your face hidden features?.....Also, I wouldn't put health warnings on the same page as a feature....

kneon5289d ago

That's right, none of these features are hidden. The real hidden features are the things they may have done under the hood that enable games to do something new or better. And those we won't see until a new game comes out that uses them.

BigDog555287d ago

All changes in a firmware update should be listed! Not just a chosen one!

gaden_malak5290d ago

I never get random invites...

gaden_malak5289d ago

Nobody cares about Eeyore..I mean gaden_malak

RedDevils5289d ago

If you always online you'll get it, game like uncharted and Fifa have got me load of random request lol

DarkBlood5290d ago

do they mean freind requests from the games you play or the random shit you get once awhile from some random person whos online name u dont reconize from any other game you might of played online?

HellzAssassin5289d ago

Exactly what I was thinking... And to be quite honest, it's not too efficient (to me) to begin with. All you have you do is click one button: DECLINE o.O

Then again, that's just my opinion. I don't mind getting random invites; because it doesn't happen all the time and clicking deny/decline/no is pretty easy.

cyborg69715290d ago

I'm just waiting to hear all about how this update bricked my console comments and articles.

Mr_cheese5289d ago

most requested is cross game chat, although we'll never get it this GEN with the PS3.

Christopher5289d ago (Edited 5289d ago )

One not shown there is that they've added a feature to detect and report to you if you're using an unrecognized/unsupported USB device. I use a USB port extender and got the messages that I'm using an unsupported USB device a few times last night.

As far as this being a major release (4.0 instead of 3.8), integrating Vita is a major task and there is a ton involved that we are not seeing at all.

As a developer, this is what I would have done with this release as well. The problem is that the community thinks that every major release should be for them and not for the product or brand. That's not how it works. Never has been, never will be. It's all about the level of work done by the developers.

I will say that it's obvious that we haven't seen any new PS3 specific FW updates since it seems the OS developers have been working on Vita integration rather than other projects.

joeorc5289d ago

Also i would like to add they are getting the PS3 "playstation suite" functionality also being worked on to go along with the PSVitas's an Android ver also. Crossplatform functionality between the PS3+PSVita an of course Android will make for a good start of a unified Playstation platform for development for not just Games but also Apps.

KwietStorm_BLM5289d ago

Man all I want is sign in invisible and a categorized download history list. That is all.

Christopher5289d ago

@KwietStorm: I would love for them to actually revamp how we get our downloads. It was sad that I found it easier to go to the store and download my Rock Band songs individually rather than look through my download list.

saladthieves5289d ago

Just waiting for the ususal FW V4.0 bricked my PS3 comments :)

StraightPath5289d ago (Edited 5289d ago )

Pretty much another fail update. Sony left ps3 with poor XMB and PSN no new features no nothing. You hear all the time Xbox 360 updates getting new features and stuff whereas when was the last time my PS3 got somthing good? it has been ages...this updates sucks hard and this one is the worst one.

My Xbox 360 gets great features what does my PS3 get? crap online passes and crap sorting out friends a-z. Another joke update giving up on Sony dont expect anything from them anymore with these useless updates for years now.

OMDS I JUST saw the terrible health warning how do you off this? is this a joke everytime i on my ps3 an anti climax this terrible?

HellzAssassin5289d ago

As much as I love my PS3, I have to agree with this comment :/

PCRockStar5289d ago

I definitely keeping my ps3 now!
AWESOME FEATURES!

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P_Bomb5290d ago

Wish there was a way to disable all these health warnings now tbh.

One when you start the system (!), 3D warning, Move warning, Seizure warning, 'do not shut off while saving' warning heh. It's getting a bit excessive. No?

r215290d ago

yeah, agreed, having a way to disable the warnings would be useful. i suggest the next update, if there is any, implement a feature that after being forced to having seen the warnings once, they dont show up anymore :D
btw, i thought those warning came on discs?

NEW-AGE5290d ago

WARNING!!! you are about to be Warned of a Future Warning

Focus5290d ago

WARNING!! You are about to switch off future WARNINGS!!

NEW-AGE5289d ago (Edited 5289d ago )

You Have Been Warned!?! Next Warning YOU will be Banned, i love that Phrase, what use is it to me if ive been banned Then warned about it?

prodg525290d ago

There's a legal term called "Failure to Warn" It's a company's liability if they don't tell you of potential danger. So thanks to never ending lawsuits in the US Sony has to put this warning label out there. It will not go away... ever. Just like McDonalds has to put Warning Hot on it's coffee cups. Of course coffee is hot :/

DarkBlood5290d ago

true but it should be skippable at best no one *who doesnt want too* shouldnt have to endure looking at the screen upon starting the game everytime

this is probably only there to back the *im prepared to be dammned for this* idiots who dont know any better

Mr_cheese5289d ago

just like a packet of nuts contains the warning 'may contain nuts'

QuodEratDemonstrandm5289d ago

Or CAUTION: HIGHLY FLAMMABLE on a bottle of lighter fluid. Yeah duhh that's why I'm buying the stuff.

Biggest5289d ago

Except the American justice system allows ignorance to file suit. I hate extra warnings as much as the next guy, but I can't find fault with a company trying to protect themselves for people that need money fast and don't know Montell Williams.

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PirateThom5289d ago

This new warning is really annoying... why not have this on the same screen as the PS3 logo instead of adding another few seconds to start up time?

Insane...

Or, more to the point, why not have it on the game start up screen where it normally appears anyway.

KyRo5289d ago

That is something I don't get considering they took the Playstation 3 logo away every time we booted up the game to make things faster.

Mr_cheese5289d ago

maybe they're about to having a new ps3 boot up intro with flashing lights and explosions. lol

Kahvipannu5289d ago (Edited 5289d ago )

"maybe they're about to having a new ps3 boot up intro with flashing lights and explosions. lol "

Lol, that would be awesome! Not.

"Or, more to the point, why not have it on the game start up screen where it normally appears anyway. "

Agreed. Common sense is rare these days, but I'm guessing it might be somekind of legal thing...

UltimateIdiot9115290d ago

Noooooo. I hate health warnings. It's annoying on the Wii already.

MUNKYPOO5290d ago

its taking forever to update......

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot26d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle25d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7725d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer34d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde32d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy33d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12532d ago (Edited 32d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7734d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga34d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199233d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga33d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman33d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger33d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box34d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion33d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7234d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7533d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit33d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14934d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7734d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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