PSP Playstation Store launch in the coming week
In Japan they can expect access from their PSP to the Playstation Store on October 15th. Making this possible is the 5.00 firmware update that will be included which will put the store under the new XMB category that will be added.
Also following the rest of the year through out the holiday season will [...]
PSP Firmware 5.0 to Have Direct PSN Access?
Back in September when we reported that the Japan audience will be able to access the PSN directly. Well it looks like that Europe and North America may be getting the feature also.
According to French site PSPGen (translated by Exophase), the new functionality will arrive with Firmware 5.0. You can also look forward to an RSS [...]
Firmware 2.5 and Home 1.0 in October?
The Home Manager made a post in the us.playstation forums talking about freezes to the PS3 due to the Home beta, and Network Errors.
Source
Rumor: PS3 Firmware 2.5 Details
A source told CVG that the next firmware update is going to contain screen capture. This is yet to be known on how and if uploading them on a server is possible.
A development source has told CVG that PS3 firmware update 2.5 is rumoured to have screen grabbing built in.
This would be a nice feature [...]
PlayTV dated
Eurogamer announced after receiving word from Sony that PlayTV will be released on September 19th for £69.99 (€ 99).
Originally the release was slated for september 10th but now seems to be pushed back for around a week (Ain’t that a surprise).
With PlayTV you’ll be able to record TV while you play games at the same [...]
PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.42 live
PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.42 is now live. Official word from Sony:
Just wanted to give everyone a quick heads up that a PS3 firmware update (v2.42) is now available for download. This update improves the playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation format software.
Apparently it appears that Trophies have been optimized and [...]
Features Firmware 2.5 needs
Firmware 2.40 (or 2.41 for some people) was a fantastic upgrade, in fact, it’s the best firmware release we’ve had so far (apart from a few problems, so lets call it 2.41). Lets identify whats missing and needed in the next Firmware upgrade presuming its firmware 2.5 if there are no small updates in between.
In [...]
[Update]PSP Firmware update 4.05 out now.
Early today the 4.05 firmware for the PSP was announced to be released soon.
It would contain some new visualizers for music playback.But we all know how Sony is with firmware updates for the PSP and PS3, there are always a few hidden feaures as well. We’ll see what we bump into.
Update:
playstationlifestyle.net Announced that 4.05 is [...]
Why firmware 2.40 bricked PS3’s
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has sent ThreeSpeech the following statement regarding firnware 2.40 bricking certain Playstation 3’s.
“The PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) system software version 2.41 is now available for update from July 8, 2008. With this update, we have fixed the problem that prevented a limited number of PS3s from activating properly after updating to version 2.40, [...]
PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.41 live
The PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.41 is now live. Eric Lempel reported this on the Playstation.Blog:
“Hi, everyone. As many of you know, we released PS3 firmware update v2.40 last week, but had to take it offline temporarily because, for a limited number of users, the XMB wouldn’t display after the update was installed. [...]
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 [...]
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.
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