Sony PS3 Firmware 2.44 or 2.50: What’s Next and Expectations
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: October 9, 2008 | 26 Comments
There have been a number of rumors that we could be seeing a Sony PS3 Firmware 2.50 by late October. This has not been made official yet, this might not be the case, and we could instead see a 2.44 update first instead.
You have to ask yourself what 2.50 will give us, let us hope that we get even more features to PSN as well as improvements in other areas. Sony has their work cut out for them if they want to try and close the gap to Xbox Live. However; Microsoft are about to make that a harder task once they launch Xbox Experience on November 19.
PS3 Firmware update 2.50 is needed very soon, as Sony has said that it is needed to work well with Home. Let us hope that Firmware 2.50 and Home 1.00 does get an October launch. As yet nothing is known about 2.50, but I am sure that there is a huge list of features that PS3 gamers would like to see, but what?
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Flash update.
This is so SO needed.
Being able to watch Flash whilst using the Internet is something that is long over due.
The ability to download from the psn store whilst playing any/all games, it seems to work with some but not others, and it never seems to work at all whilst watching a DVD, it’s ridiculous that i can’t download demos and a watch a DVD at the same time.
The ability to mute the background music that starts playing when scrolling through your demos/games would also be very appreciated.
I would like to see 16:9 aspect mp4 actually displayed 16:9 on a 4:3 screen. Minor detail, but it is noticeable.
I think that should be kind of a support where people could see local subtitles when playing games like GTA4. I understand english very well but I think that if there was a way to download or otherwise the machine itself had translation support, it could boost the sales of some games for younger kids and even other people who don’t understand very well other languages. I like the game GTA4 but the only flaw for me is not have other subtitle support in my native language. About the XMB environment, I think adding the capability of playing web streams like a computer would be very good, but if it was possible, a way to compress game installation data could allow having more games preinstalled rather than buying a new hard drive. Other thing is I can’t access my music files from my network because I have more than 15000 songs. Videos and pictures work well but fails when working with many files. I wish I could see webtv channels with some kind of media player like regular computer do. And the possibility of adding gadgets and installation of any kind of compatible software would make ps3 more atractive than a computer. The machine has potential, but Sony should offer the possibility of upgrading the RAM for a small fee. No one should be left out with outdated configurations.
1. Flash player upgrade
2. Better music, photo and movie filter system
The ability to play videos file in the same way you play music eg at the moment when a video finishes it just pauses, it would be great to have a play list for videos, Especially for music videos
Flash update & more memory to the browser! A LOT of sites are STILL incompatible with the PS3 for this reason! Password protected user accounts & the ability to password protect videos, photos, etc… Not everyone needs to see my PORN! The ability to take in-game screenshots during ANY PS3 game….like in MGS 4 with the digital camera! The option to change and edid our OWN messages in the side scrolling info bar! I wanna see Life With Playstation updated to show news & weather for MY state, dammit! The option to create, upload & use our OWN PSN Avatars! In-game video chat with PS Eye, cross-game invites, and of course in-game custom soundtracks via the HDD during ANY PS3 game….regardless of weather the dev’s support it or not! It’s stupid that we STILL can’t DO that! The ability to charge the PS3 controller during STAND BY mode and the ability to play or display .GIF’s and other animated photos/icons. The option to send video files and MP3 Music to friends, like when attaching a photo to a message. I wanna see support for ALL Canon printers, dammit! Not just Epson! There needs to be an “interactive” calendar to go with the new date and time, so we can pencil in reminders & birthdays, etc… We need SKYPE for PS3. You could SO make phone calls with the PS Eye if they would just DO that! PSP has it, why not PS3? How about an “interactive” XMB through the PS Eye…like in Minority Report? I could go on and on…..
Flash upgrade….