Exactly, and that's why I explained it.Woo-Fu said:Now that you can get XMB from within a game, you can receive and act upon a crossgame invite from somebody playing Burnout Paradise, and possibly GTA4.
In other words, everything needed for crossgame invites has been provided by Sony, it is up to developers to make use of it.
IMHO, you could probably create a thread just to discuss the pros and cons of Sony's "open" approach with PSN as compared to Microsoft's "closed" approach with Live. I use the terms in quotes relatively.
It will ultimately boil down to policy, not technology. Sounds like Sony is mandating trophy support for games at some point in the future, they'll need to do the same thing for crossgame invites and custom soundtracks if you want them in every game.
I wouldn't hold your breath for crossgame chat, given the memory footprint they're dealing with.
Actually, those who downloaded early didn't have the problems last time. Those who downloaded late had them I believe (or the next day).pr0cs said:I won't be rushing out to install it, after the first debacle.
Unregistered007 said:I got the firmware asap it was available and I have no issues, I have used my ps3 every single day, what issues are you having ?
HUELEN10 said:
Ranger X said:Regardless the excitement i will wait for you guys bricking before i download it.
Tango & CashJCtheMC said:What movie is that from?
JCtheMC said:What movie is that from?
Sho Nuff said:
BANG BANG!
BRICKIN UR BOXES WITH NANOTECH
The Faceless Master said:
There is no way I'll be rushing out to install it for at least a few days. I've already had enough problems with one console I sure don't want to have to mess with another.BoilersFan23 said:Actually, those who downloaded early didn't have the problems last time. Those who downloaded late had them I believe (or the next day).
eznark said:you're a terrible person
OK, so we can post spoilers without spoiler tags now? Great.Sho Nuff said:
BANG BANG!
BRICKIN UR BOXES WITH NANOTECH
That was such an awkward cutscene.Sho Nuff said:
BANG BANG!
BRICKIN UR BOXES WITH NANOTECH
Seiken said:OK, so we can post spoilers without spoiler tags now? Great.
Mac the KNife said:Okay. I just got back from vacation. I left July 2nd but downloaded 2.4 beforehand then turned my PS3 off. I'm afraid to turn the system on. What do I do?
BoilersFan23 said:As for cross-game chat, it will most likely come eventually, but not right away. Did you ever hear how many RAM the PS3 OS was using initially?? 96MB around launch. Many multi-platform games which didn't want to utilize the cell early on were stuck with 160MB of RAM to work with, which is why many early 360 ports on PS3 really suffered. Ever since launch, Sony has been trying to reduce the footprint of the OS with every firmware upgrade. While trying to reduce they footprint, they'd occasionally add features.
KernelPanic said:I'm more curious if in-game XMB was ever planned from the get-go.
Mac the KNife said:Okay. I just got back from vacation. I left July 2nd but downloaded 2.4 beforehand then turned my PS3 off. I'm afraid to turn the system on. What do I do?
TTP said:Wait for 2.41? You never know. You have 0,3% chances to brick your system.
I'd do if I were you. I was one of the braves that plugged the JPN PS3 into the wall without a step-down converter just to check if the internal power thingy was really universal. Luckly, it was
tha_con said:From what I understand, it was the initial download that screwed up peoples system, not the install.
Sho Nuff said:
BANG BANG!
BRICKIN UR BOXES WITH NANOTECH
CoilShot said:Best part in the game :lol
Mr. Wonderful said:That was such an awkward cutscene.
Can't someone 2.41 it already so I can add it to the OP?Shadow Moses said:fantastic gif
Kinan said:What is this cross-game invite business? You need to change a disk anyway, so how is that different from the situation when someone send me a message "lets play PES" while I'm playing MGS4? Couple less clicks? Thats all you are bitching about?
Kinan said:What is this cross-game invite business? You need to change a disk anyway, so how is that different from the situation when someone send me a message "lets play PES" while I'm playing MGS4? Couple less clicks? Thats all you are bitching about?
Many games (well, ones that I play) allow you to reserve slots for players, to avoid others joining in.Moray said:True cross-game invites are faster--the game will skip menu screens and server browsers and such to take you straight to your friend's game. Waiting for a friend to join your game in a lobby filled with other people can be an annoyingly long process, and sometimes difficult if the time between rounds is short and the game doesn't allow you to join games in progress.
So basically yea, it's a convenience thing.
TheIroning said:are the gonna fix how the battery charge indicator covers up the clock?
What about it? Why would anything that has to do with your trophies change?BobTheFork said:What about those of us who DL the firmWare and whored all the trophies dead before daylight?
:lol :lol :lolh3ro said:John Starks in a Bulls jersey...
BobTheFork said:What about those of us who DL the firmWare and whored all the trophies dead before daylight?
soldat7 said:And a question, can you listen to music while accessing the browser? I'd love to try...
soldat7 said:Can't wait for this update. It better fix my freezing issues.
And a question, can you listen to music while accessing the browser? I'd love to try...
Full Recovery said:that has been around for ever. 1.8? earlier?
TTP said:In-game XMB is essential per se as it actually makes messaging meaningful and allows to check and compare trophies. Imagine having to quit the game every time you wanted to do that.
I was referring to the trophies. Imagine Sony adding them but not the ingame XMB.chespace said:Um, unless you have short term memory, we really don't have to imagine it.