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Firmware Version 2.00 - Official Press Release
- Thread starter AmericanNinja
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Zombie James
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iapetus said:
Oh snap! :lol
Goldrusher
Member
supermackem said:
:lol
Mrbob said:
I'm pretty sure it's never going to happen so people should just take a big gulp and accept it and move on. When they showed it pre-PS3 release it was obviously a total fake and it seems that they just can't pull it off within the ram/cpu constraints or they would have done it by now. Unless the PS3 magically gets a ram/hardware upgrade I don't think it'll ever happen.
TONX
Distinguished Air Superiority
Bebpo said:
Its going to happen. Alot of games can do in-game messaging, its just Sony not having all their eggs in the same basket.
See, thats what i don't get. Why do some games have access to it and others don't? and why would they show at E3 that they could choose music off the PS3 via the PSHome button? The only reason i see is that they're tying it all to Home when its released. Home is still in beta form (pre-beta if you ask some people) and while i dont want to break NDA, alot of problems most people have should be worked out by the time home is released.
Psychotext
Member
I guess if it gets them a few more sales it will be worth it. Shame none of these features will ever be useful to me.speculawyer said:
InterMoniker
Member
Mackenzie it's not that bad!!! :lolRaist said:
fatigues_gasolini
Member
AKS said:
Someones been snortin the Devils Dandruff!
Psychotext
Member
You talking about the original xbox? (Which indeed has a far better interface when modded)neorej said:
With PES out, I really wanted at least in-game XMB. Game doesn't even have a friends list, so it's basically impossible to have a random game with friends. It's a really big feature to me, as I know it is to many here. Don't know what the hold up continues to be unfortunately.
Even the limited friends list access in HSG5 (in lobby only) feels so refreshing compared to the rest.
Even the limited friends list access in HSG5 (in lobby only) feels so refreshing compared to the rest.
neorej said:
All the functionalities I referenced were there day one. Sure they added background downloading, queuing up multiple downloads, power saving downloads, and a bunch of other features, but what I referenced was there day one. And why are you bringing up modded Xbox OS's, we're discussing the 360/PS3. You can't run homebrew on the 360, so I'm not exactly seeing your point. Sony is still 2 years behind as far as I'm concerned.
I like Sony as much of you guys, but you guys need to open your eyes and see what's going on around you.
Microsoft isn't standing still, but Sony's added more to the PS3 firmware in the 3 months I've owned mine than Microsoft did in the 10 months I owned my 360.Tieno said:
Now that this is out, the only two things they're lacking that Microsoft has is the ability to read messages and your friends list while in-game and the ability to play music in-game. Ok, MSN integration too, but Microsoft runs and would never allow that.
Maybe the fall 360 update will change that, but... I'd expect Sony to be ahead of Microsoft in terms of the state of their firmware by the full release of Home and the DS3. That is, unless Microsoft really steps it up.
greendublin
Member
Tideas said:
Firmware doesn't sell consoles, but it is a determining factor in multiplatform games. For those who own 360 and PS3, why would you get the PS3 version which doesn't support in-game friend invites, custom soundtracks or achievements? Firmware deficiencies are hindering PS3 software sales.
consoul
Member
After 1.80, everyone had great expectations for 2.00.
Denied.
This update would be received much more warmly if it wasn't "2.00".
I think Remote Start is excellent.
Unfortunately, that's the one thing everyone knew was coming, and the other features aren't causing much excitement. The themes are nice though.
Denied.
This update would be received much more warmly if it wasn't "2.00".
I think Remote Start is excellent.
Unfortunately, that's the one thing everyone knew was coming, and the other features aren't causing much excitement. The themes are nice though.
Ragnarok10
Junior Member
Oh God, that's classic. :loliapetus said:
greendublin
Member
neorej said:
True. I don't own a 360 yet (for the reason you stated), but if I did I would be buying crossplatform games for 360 because of custom soundtracks and in-game messaging/cross-game invites. I know I'm not alone there.
Bebpo said:
I don't think it has anything to do with RAM / CPU constraints. After all the PS3 is quite able to download stuff in the background.
I expect that in-game is going to come, but it's also very likely that Home will have a major impact on how it is implemented in the XMB, what the backend infrastructure is like and a bunch of other things. They may have good reason for not putting it in now if they intend to do something with Home for it.
DrXym said:
Good point, and that is my believe also. If it is going to be available, it's going to be available at the same time Home arrives. Probably because they need to have the software working together without a fault.
But then again, I don't expect anything at this moment. FW 2.00 seems solid enough for now, and I don't really mind not being able to read my messages when playing a game. People will just have to wait before I can send a message back.