PSN downtime = firmware 2.41?

As you may know the Playstation Network is going to be down today for ‘maintenance’ but we think firmware 2.41 will be release and agree with the latest 2.41 rumors.
We’ve tried contacting relevant people, asking them if its anything to do with firmware 2.41 and one responded with an answer that looks promising:
“you will have [...]


PS3 System Software Firmware 2.41 this Wednesday?

Playstation 3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.41 is rumoured to be coming as early as this Wednesday the 9th of July 2008.
According to CVG:
According to customer support, firmware version 2.41, which should be clear of all errors, will out “midweek”, although Sony is yet to make an official announcement to confirm that.
Lets hope this [...]


Sony messed up, so what

A TalkPlaystation.com user sent me the following to post. It basically argues that why people made the firmware 2.4 bug a big deal and how its happened to Microsoft with their Dashboard update.
“Should we trust Sony with their next Firmware update? Presumebly it will be firmware 2.41 that will be released next just to reasure [...]


Flash Player upgraded thanks to Firmware 2.4

Firmware 2.4 has added a number of ‘hidden’ upgrades that we dont know about. The first was an upgrade to the Playstation Store where pre 2.4 the store would load sluggish and it wouldn’t cache properly. This was fixed in 2.4 and the store now loads a lot quicker. Also there is a new view [...]


Firmware 2.4 is not back online

There is a report going round saying that Firmware 2.4 has been put back online and ready to download again. This is false news because i’ve just tried it myself and told other people to try and no success.
“The 2.4 firmware for the PS3 has been put back onto the servers so download it if [...]


Firmware 2.40 pulled offline due to problems

If your a lucky individual who successfully installed firmware 2.40 with no problems you won’t have any problems to come. There are a number of reports saying that they’ve had problems with firmware 2.4, saying that this firmware upgrade has ‘bricked’ their Playstation 3’s meaning it won’t boot up.
Sony’s Patrick Seybold Director, Corporate Communications & [...]


Firmware Update 2.40 Changelog

Want to know all the details and changes that PS3 System Software Firmware 2.4 did?
Here’s the full list:
The latest System Software Update is now ready for download for the PLAYSTATION 3. Here are the details of what this firmware accomplishes:

Displaying the XMB™ screen during gameplay
You can now access the XMB™ screen while playing [...]


PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.40

If you havent already turned on your Playstation 3 to download PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.40, get downloading it now!
Firmware 2.4 is finally live and you can start earning your Trophies and playing with the new in-game XMB.


New video of Firmware 2.40

Here’s an interesting video of Firmware 2.4. Basically its a new video of firmware 2.4, no one knows if its real but it looks real. Judge for yourself, we don’t have long to wait until we will all be seeing it with our own eyes.
“New video of firmware 2.40 wich was never released”


Is Sony ready to launch 2.4?

Is Sony ready to launch firmware version 2.4 tomorrow? What i mean by this is that almost every Playstation 3 owner will be up tomorrow awaiting the release of 2.4 as this is the most anticipated and talked about firmware update so far.
Lets hope we don’t bring down the Playstation Network with the flood of [...]


Overview of PSN improvements

There’s a lot of new things coming in the next firmware update (2.4) and i bet you’ve lost track of whats to come. This post is to take a look at the improvements that will take place when the next firmware update is released AND whats to come in the future. Firmware 2.4 will be [...]


Google search bar confirmed for PS3 Firmware 2.40

According to videogaming247, Playstation Network boss Eric Lempel, the firmware 2.4 update will include the Google Search Bar.
“We’ve addeed one more feature that we’ll talk about today,”
“This is something we did a few weeks ago on the PSP, with Firmware 4.0, and that’s the addition of a Google Search Bar.”
The next video of firmware 2.4 [...]


Official Trophy and gamer profile images

Thanks to sony-playstation.cz here are official images of the Trophy system that will be included in the next 2.4 firmware update. Looks like these rumors were true afterall.


In-game chat confirmed?

If you take a look at this Neogaf post, you will see that while bringing up the Cross Media Bar in-game, you can start a chat session with your friends. Here’s an image.

Whether you can talk/view the webcam while playing a game is currently unanswered. But it seems like that because theres a seperate ‘create [...]


Firmware 2.4 official release date

SCEE announced that firmware 2.40 will be available from July 2nd through automatic firmware upgrade after a long time of plea’s and requests/suggestions from users.
There have been speculation about when 2.40 would be released, including dates as early as April, June 12th along MGS:4 or E3. Nobody expected 2.36 to be released and feared the [...]