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gofreak · Mar 3, 2008

An unlikely source for firmware info, but Ray Maguire of SCEE dropped this while thanking retail for their support as PS3 passed 1m units in the UK:

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29792/Sony-hails-retail-as-PS3-hits-1m

Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer, firmware update 2.4 and the strongest line-up of games through our third party partners and our own studios. Id personally like to thank our trade and business partners for helping us on the start of the PS3 journey.

Bearillusion · Mar 3, 2008

Good.

Ghost · Mar 3, 2008

Summer 200?

Just playin'

BeeDog · Mar 3, 2008

Later than I had hoped, but ah well, at least it seems to be coming.

slider · Mar 3, 2008

Hmm. First to work out what "Summer" could mean. Good news though - although we all knew it was coming. So much for that big rumoured Spring update.

2.4 is quite a jump. But I guess in-game comms is a big deal!

Roll on the summer.

AmMortal · Mar 3, 2008

summer?

Better be june!

navanman · Mar 3, 2008

Looks like Sony are going the Microsoft route of 2 big FW updates a year.

solid2snake · Mar 3, 2008

summer means winter and winter means next year and next year means next system... and so on.

BeeDog · Mar 3, 2008

navanman said:
Looks like Sony are going the Microsoft route of 2 big FW updates a year.

And that fucking blows. Stupid people that complained about the more frequent updates, which weren't that frequent at all.

ItAintEasyBeinCheesy · Mar 3, 2008

What firmware is it at atm?

And whats ingame communication? besides the obvious.

Ashhong · Mar 3, 2008

cool. i wonder when the home beta will be. wats that "maybe fake" home countdown site?

ooh ooh. summer = june = MGS4! MGS4 bundle PS3s to be 2.4 confirmeddddd.

akachan ningen · Mar 3, 2008

Summer starts June 21, not in time for MGS4 or MGO.

Loudninja · Mar 3, 2008

Nice!

gofreak · Mar 3, 2008

akachan ningen said:
Summer starts June 21, not in time for MGS4 or MGO.

I think most people loosely consider it to start at the beginning of June. Heck, here in Ireland we consider it to start in May

I wouldn't be at all surprised if we had it by MGS4's release.

AmMortal · Mar 3, 2008

gofreak said:
I think most people loosely consider it to start at the beginning of June. Heck, here in Ireland we consider it to start in May

I wouldn't be at all surprised if we had it by MGS4's release.

They should aim for that.

gofreak · Mar 3, 2008

Timing would also fit with previous statements that PS3 would be updated to BD 2.0 when standalones supporting that start shipping..sony will be shipping BD 2.0 compliant standalones in 'summer' also..

BeeDog · Mar 3, 2008

Warrior300 said:
They should aim for that.

They should aim to release it as fast as humanly possible.

slider · Mar 3, 2008

I confidently predict that we'll have it by mid to late May. God knows they've been working on it long enough.

Make a note kids - slider has laid it on the line: mid to late May.

CSSer · Mar 3, 2008

lies, I don't expect any form of in-game xmb for 10+ yrs from now >__________>

Goldrusher · Mar 3, 2008

BeeDog said:
And that fucking blows. Stupid people that complained about the more frequent updates, which weren't that frequent at all.

.

I want firmware 2.20 and 2.30.

FirewalkR · Mar 3, 2008

Loudninja · Mar 3, 2008

Nice start to the week.

lherre · Mar 3, 2008

hteng · Mar 3, 2008

they'll release the XMB T shirt, just you see

Everdred · Mar 3, 2008

Thats completely too far away.

TylerPwnsYou1986 · Mar 3, 2008

Better be sooner than that you fucking wanker.

Tr4nce · Mar 3, 2008

ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
What firmware is it at atm?

And whats ingame communication? besides the obvious.

2.10

Insane Metal · Mar 3, 2008

Just in Summer, Sony? WTF?

Release the thing already >_>

Luckyman · Mar 3, 2008

Isn't this consired unpolite in Japan?

Zoc · Mar 3, 2008

Home, in-game XMB, voice chat... all things for the multiplayer gamer. Anything coming for those of us who won't touch online MP with a ten-foot pole?

DubloSeven · Mar 3, 2008

Is In-game XMB in yet?

BrokenSymmetry · Mar 3, 2008

Warrior300 said:
summer?

Better be june!

Whenever something is announced to be published in "summer", more often than not it's september 20.

Nemo · Mar 3, 2008

That could be at least 3 months after GTA gets released, boo. The game better have custom soundtracks built in!

gofreak · Mar 3, 2008

Teetris said:
That could be at least 3 months after GTA gets released, boo. The game better have custom soundtracks built in!

Not sure what custom soundtracks would have to do with 'in-game communication'? Also, at least 3 months after? It could also mean a month after GTA, or 2..

marvelharvey · Mar 3, 2008

Guess I'll have to stick with Skype for a little while longer

No45 · Mar 3, 2008

Zoc said:
Home, in-game XMB, voice chat... all things for the multiplayer gamer. Anything coming for those of us who won't touch online MP with a ten-foot pole?

What other functionality do you want from the firmware? I'm not hugely into online MP either so the firmware does pretty much everything I could ask for.

TTP · Mar 3, 2008

In-game communicaton?

Makes me wonder who I have been talking to in PS3 online games up until now. Bots? I also hear voices. Am I crazy?

Ghost · Mar 3, 2008

Zoc said:
Home, in-game XMB, voice chat... all things for the multiplayer gamer. Anything coming for those of us who won't touch online MP with a ten-foot pole?

You're going to get a free 11 foot barge pole so you can start playing online.

Shinblade · Mar 3, 2008

GUYS....

THE LETTER DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT FIRMWARE 2.4 AND IN-GAME COMS ARE ONE AND THE SAME.

2.4 could be important for lots of other reasons... Home... Profiles.... Trophies...

Etc etc etc etc

nofi · Mar 3, 2008

Shinblade said:
GUYS....

THE LETTER DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT FIRMWARE 2.4 AND IN-GAME COMS ARE ONE AND THE SAME.

2.4 could be important for lots of other reasons... Home... Profiles.... Trophies...

Etc etc etc etc

This is true.

AND devs can add in-game XMB if they want to anyway - this will just be a retro-fit for older games, I'd imagine.

Totobeni · Mar 3, 2008

f that , i want my monthly update back , i want my PS3 to be Up to Date with the latest fixes , codecs , stealth stuff and other things , all complainers ( about the monthly FW update ) Should Be Shot Between Eyes

JB1981 · Mar 3, 2008

strange_booj said:
Thats completely too far away.

this

XonoX · Mar 3, 2008

Who the fuck is this guy and why does he keep fucking with Sony's timelines in my head

nofi · Mar 3, 2008

XonoX said:
Who the fuck is this guy and why does he keep fucking with Sony's timelines in my head

He's a YUROP. Don't panic.

ThirdEye · Mar 3, 2008

Looking forward to getting 2.2 and 2.3

alba · Mar 3, 2008

Looking forward to them releasing it earlier, possibly for GTA IV's release

(or Store redesign!)

please? *puppyeyes*

badcrumble · Mar 3, 2008

Sounds like 2.2 will be the new PSN store and 2.3 will be BD Profile 2.0. With any luck, 2.4 will also include Home. We'll see. I'm not expecting software-based PS2 emulation by the summer, but with any luck they can get PSP feature parity in there somewhere (i'm thinking RSS feed and Skype).

Dead Prince · Mar 3, 2008

Let's go with Europe's Summer.

Kaim Odyssey · Mar 3, 2008

Is this in game XMB or a new Feature ???

Dead Prince · Mar 3, 2008

Kaim Odyssey said:
Is this in game XMB or a new Feature ???

A surprise right now. I'll wait for the PS.Blog to tell me about it. There's a few things they promised anyways. [especially the blu-ray features]

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