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Interview with SCE Engineers about PS3 Firmware 2.20
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Beer Monkey
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Mr. Mister said:
Some do, they really need to make it a TCR.
Nuclear Muffin
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PS2 remote play support please Sony!
I don't like the new streaming in the web browser. I used to be able to download titles straight to disk with a few clicks. Now I have mess around with 3 or 4 extra clicks from the tools menu to download link target. There should be a pref for this behaviour, or some shortcut to get the old behaviour.
There should also be a pref for the "do you want to download in the background?" question every time a download is started. I doubt many people want foreground downloading these days and the extra button click and associated delay in downloading is redundant and a pain in the arse.
There should also be a pref for the "do you want to download in the background?" question every time a download is started. I doubt many people want foreground downloading these days and the extra button click and associated delay in downloading is redundant and a pain in the arse.
drakesfortune
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Jim said:
I have a 40gb and 60gb PS3, and I would gladly pay $19, even $30 to have PS2 backwards compatibility on the 40gb. I would make it my main PS3 then because it's quieter.
badcrumble
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Not for online games.Mr. Mister said:
Freeza Under The Shower
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Ranger X said:
That would cause extra problems, since the PS3 OS and memory handlers have most likely not been designed to rotate gamedata and internetbrowser data. (and other things)
Schrade
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That's exactly what I said when I read that part. I think most people assumed that the PS3 -> PSP movie copy thing was already doing transcoding so that's why they're not making too much of a big deal about it. But for people who paid attention it was only announced that Portable Copy was going to be available and only on Sony movies.Clipjoint said:
If this Managed Copy is coming that's a huge thing.
And dammit, the PS3's firmware guys really need to do more interviews. There's always so much good information in them. I remember their other one they had just before another big firmware release. It had so much good info.
Goldrusher
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nofi said:
What most people want is be able to pop-up the friends list & messaging system so they can reply to a message, or contact a friend without having to exit a game.
Many games already have the ability to invite friends or see their statistics, but only when they are online and in said game.
But yeah, a fully functional XMB, with the game in some kind of pause mode or as an in-game overlay, is probably never going to happen.
badcrumble
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Pretty much all people want is a reduced XMB interface with friends and game options/settings, maybe with music as well. Browser could be cool since some less system-taxing games enable that, but wholly unnecessary; the same goes for looking at pictures or videos or changing unrelated system settings, or buying things through the PSN store.Goldrusher said:
badcrumble said:
I was planning on running Folding @ Home while playing Resistance 2, personally
But yeah, like the XBL mini-blade on the 360, they'll cut out all the crap and leave us with friends list, text/voice messaging, and likely some sort of custom music thing.
The other supposed benefit to the newer SDK/firmware is that some of these more common functions no longer require additional memory. So... smaller OS + that = good stuff on the way. They've clearly been doing everything possible to make this a reality.
devildog820
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Wollan said:
You can patent anything. I think some idiot was able to patent a "while" loop a few years ago.
MS has some of the best patent lawyers in the world, so if it could be patented, it was.
Jim said:I was planning on running Folding @ Home while playing Resistance 2, personally
But yeah, like the XBL mini-blade on the 360, they'll cut out all the crap and leave us with friends list, text/voice messaging, and likely some sort of custom music thing.
The other supposed benefit to the newer SDK/firmware is that some of these more common functions no longer require additional memory. So... smaller OS + that = good stuff on the way. They've clearly been doing everything possible to make this a reality.
Thanks for all the info Jim, and also Wollan. I'm glad they are reducing the memory footprint. I just want that cross-game invite and messaging system. I hate playing Motorstorm, seeing the system tell me I have just received a message, but not really giving me any options on actually looking at the message. To me, it makes the PS3 currently a mostly offline gaming system.
I was hoping we'd get the cross-game stuff by GTA4, but I guess it's not to be
devildog820 said:
I may be out of the loop, but I don't think this was an April Fools joke: http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6981918
badcrumble
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Pretty much. The great thing about the way the XMB interface is designed is that it's fully modular and infinitely expandable (in theory, though it'd be better to keep it to <10 main tabs in my opinion). In-game XMB can easily have features added in the future, or optional features for some games and not others (custom soundtracks may end up this way).Jim said:I was planning on running Folding @ Home while playing Resistance 2, personally
But yeah, like the XBL mini-blade on the 360, they'll cut out all the crap and leave us with friends list, text/voice messaging, and likely some sort of custom music thing.
The other supposed benefit to the newer SDK/firmware is that some of these more common functions no longer require additional memory. So... smaller OS + that = good stuff on the way. They've clearly been doing everything possible to make this a reality.
devildog820
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Jim said:
You are absolutely right, that wasn't a joke.
I wasn't being sarcastic with Wollan though, one really can patent whatever one wants. That's why the US Patent regulations need some reform.
badcrumble
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Didn't the recent MGS4 event happen before FW 2.20 was available to users? Not saying that's a definitive no or anything, since obviously there's a lot that devs have access to.Jim said:
Xisiqomelir
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So long as we get this critical feature, the rest is immaterial.
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