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E3 2009: Bigger PS3 2.80 update maybe and wishlist

E3 2009: Bigger PS3 2.80 update maybe and wishlist

By: Alan Ng | May 14, 2009 | 44 Comments

As we told you earlier, PS3 firmware 2.76 is now out and available to download. Sadly though, it doesnt appear to add any new features, unless there are some hidden features in preparation for the next firmware update (v.2.80).

Quite a lot of you are disappointed with Sony in the lack of explaination for this firmware update. The only comment PS3 owners recieved was that the update ‘improved playback for some PS3 titles.’

Thankfully though, there have been big reports of an upcoming firmware update during this year’s E3 event. Features on the top of many of your wishlists include cross game video chat, skype support, a return for backwards compatibility, in-game music, better in-game XMB and much more.

What are your thoughts on the current firmware and what would you like to see in firmware 2.80?

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  • Tom

    the PS3 is a mentle peice of kit… powerful

    ingame music
    all XMB features to be unlocked while ingame
    the ability to play video and then return to a game instantly(pausing a game to play video)
    ability to let the controller charge while PS3 is on standby(why would we charge the thing when playing!!!???)
    faster ingame XMB… very possible
    cleaner video and/or mic
    breathe some life into PSN! shit all on there!!! need some free games, demos etc

    if i think of others ill add em on…

  • Rob

    I want my ps3 40gb to be able to play ps2 games!! I’m sure a boffin out there can make it happen! I miss San Andreas, GTA 4 Sucked big time! Love everything else about my ps3 though!

  • Tom

    YES! I forgot about that!!! Good one Rob…
    i have a newer 80gb model that has no emotion chip built in, PS3 could run PS1 and PS2 games with an emulation rather easily… just something Sony needs to take the time to actually do.

  • Big Bob

    voice msg, in and out of game

  • Dima

    How about the Video Store in Canada and other places.
    I MEAN COME ON!

  • dustin

    make the ps3 do better multi tasking like listening to music in the background of almost anything, ik there’s a lot more but i can’t think of any. The ps3 should definatley be capable of doing it, unless you somehow lied about its power lol

  • Gaz

    I have a 1st gen uk 60gb, which can play ps1 and ps2 games.
    I am pretty sure the motion chip was included in 1st gen console around the globe, so find one on ebay Rob and Tom.

  • Tom

    Gaz, thats what I am getting at…

    and i dont think im going to be buying another PS3 just to play PS1/2 games…

  • Dundee

    Multiple simultaneous profile login for multiplayer, internet use whilst a game is loaded and (if firmware can achieve it) the ability for controls to charge when ps3 is off (xbox 360 style)

  • WhiteGeneral246

    i want that when someone signs in u hear a little sound to alert cuz sumtimes u dont even realise sum one signs in and i wud also like in game chat wid any one on ure friends list and wen i say chat i mean wid headset

  • http://myspace.com/nico9rd nico9rd

    How about an update that stops the internet browser from constantly crashing when I go to sites like IGN? That would be AMAZING!!

  • JayJay

    Sony only care about the stuff we do not want. They’ve got to make up ways to give us more unwanted and pointless features we do not want or really care about… ie: 2.70 “internet search for game installed” pointless and pathetic new menu option…

    I want them to update the really rubbish browser make it faster to change go back and forward and load them quicker… and to beable to use Facebook and support for Flash and Silverlite (if Microsoft is kind enough…)

    But most deffo – Backwards Compatibility and Ingame xmb music perhaps a new type of xmb menu – a refresh version coz its gettin a lil bit old.

  • Logic

    Password on the PS3 Login,
    & Let me backup all my game saves, even PSN games but not from or to a password protected Login without the password.

    Powered USB ports whilst on standby, if possible.

  • drtypntyz

    i would like to see

    1) xmb any option while in game, when friends in game.
    2) if you have the same game you should be able to join their game with an option on the friends list (an option when you click your friends game)

    3) music in background during anything
    4) alerts (sign in, updates found, friends joining the game ur in – to name a few)

    5) charge feature while in stand-by
    6) email client (like thunderbird, where you have email with hotmail or yahoo and you can have it set to your PSN account

    7) when downloading, the status should also show speed you d/l @

    thinking of more…

  • Dundee

    Here Here drtypntyz!!!

  • jamez002

    I’d like remote play fixed so i can turn the playstation on from outside the house.I want to use my playstation like a slingbox but dont fancy leaving it powered on for 2 weeks at a time when im away. So many people are having trouble with this, Remote play only works well at home :(

  • panatha

    speed up the internet connection on ps3 is the best idea and i hope it will be on the next update

  • Solowkey

    What you on about speed up teh internet, how can sony sort your own DSL line out ? it has gigabit connection what do want to have added !

    I just want more codecs to play and the ability to make playlists from remotly stored media, and a decent search as well it takes ages to scroll through all my music and some times it doenst sort it correctly so finding things can be a nightmare.

    Internet borwser needs work tho, it crashes a lot and and cannot view many sites due to outdated flash etc

  • john

    Grrr >.< ima bite yo arm off!!!!! I LOVE PS3 AND HALO IS FOR NEWBORN KITTENS!!!!!

  • Whodey1010

    Firmware 2.76 made my ps3 stop spinning disc

  • Oliver

    Better PSN layout (for demos/free content etc.)
    Quicker ingame XMB
    Cross game-chat
    Automatic Trophy synchronisation
    Confirmation message for starting programs like Home and LWP; the amount of times I accidentaly boot one of these up is so annoying so a confimation message of some sorts would be nice before start up!!

    TBH though, Sony plan their update content months in advance so suggested stuff here might be round probably after 3.00 but I do hope 2.80 has some good stuff to mess about with :p

  • Don WOo

    2.76 FW broke my ps3. Since the day of update and flawless completion of the download, my system does not read any form of media disks. No its not the blu-ray lens. I had it checked. Actually I had it checked for all the fan boys that stated to me that firmware can’t disable your blu-ray drive. WOW were all those idiots wrong. Well I expected that, figure half the people on the ps3 forums are like 12 and up. To everybody with this problem, your ps3 not reading disks after 2.76, all I can say is wait to see if the new update will fix your system. DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT pay Sony 150 dollars to fix unless your a jackass that likes to waste money or rich and money doesn’t matter. Personally I am both, but one thing I hate the most is being lied to and cheated out of money. Oh and by the way I have been able to simulate the problem with 4 other ps3′s. From my testing I believe that 2.76 was created to get rid of 1st gen ps3′s that had Backwards compatibility hardwired into them. Now being that I am a lead designer for APPLE, I can say that my findings are more then just a hypothesis.Unfortunately there is no way for me to fix this problem cause of the PS3′s horrible internal design. Wow I thought PC’s were made like shit…..I was wrong. Damn I wish everything worked as well as my APPLE COMPUTERS……. SOny, stop being cheap and pay people to do your testing.

  • Angry Hulk ManBear

    FIX WIRELESS VIDEO STREAMING FROM MY PC

  • jeremy

    if u want to play ps2 games use aa ps2…….otherwise de ideas uses such as cross game voice chat etc, r gud 1s

  • blank

    what is sony thinking god XBOX Live is destroying ps3 for let me see 1= in-game music, 2=in game voice chat,and 3= just the absoluty easyness of finding friends i mean wtf thats what everyone wants and they’re giving us “photo gallery,” i mean people have been asking for two years now for an update with them just like the PSP and youtube i wouldn’t suggest anyone get a PS3 until sony finally realize what the people want

  • Soap

    —cross game chat (headset)
    —voice messages, maybe alter your voice as an option?
    —playback music for ANY game
    —be able to download videos from like youtube and other sites
    —a new psn look cuz its getting old

  • Balram

    ALL 60GB Models play PS1, PS2, CD & DVDs, Any other PS3 plays everythin but this but rarely some cant play Blu-ray DVDs as they’re region locked

  • teddy

    Xbox is getting Sky Tv in i think ps3 should do something like that.

  • Brandon

    I love my ps3… but i think we need a better online friend system, to join a friend’s game etc. Also the ability to play Avi files would be nice =D

  • DCcraze

    i would like to have voice chat with ppl in other matches, other games and ppl who arent in a game
    better and MORE FREE clothes for playstation home characters
    OH AND I WULD LIKE MY PIECE O CRAP PS3 TO READ DISCS AGAIN!!

  • Aoshamaru

    Sony Sony Sony were is the in game music for all games. i tired of hearing the same game music for my games need my own music so i can jam out you know. Do something and fast. Like how am i going to PLAY B3YOND if i cant even play my own music in games. XBOX is kick’n ass with it, don’t take it sit’n down stand up and fight back. GET TO IT SONY.

  • randy

    ps3 cant fully multi-task with RAM issues! thats the problem guys! thats why other OS installed on the ps3 have to run on a buffer frame! sony should think about upgrading their RAM problem! maybe sell External Ram that can plug into the USB slot which they could sell for 60 bucks would solve problems like the xmb loadin up faster! also we would be able to surf the web while playing games and listening to music! this is where sony really messed up. other than ram the ps3 is powerful. if the RAM was better the system would have opened doors so to speak. before ps3 came out they were sayin all this stuff that it was gonna have that it didnt! they said video chat while playing your games! i know one game that does that. high stakes poker! that it. we should beable to video chat in any game. also our ps3 cams should beable to be used on the web too not just PSN!! we should have cross game texting and voice messenger! while playing. we should have video messages too. Sony should also implement the 3D BIOS update 2

  • Oblivion2500

    Full Anti-Aliasing for PS1+PS2 games. Trophys support for PS1 games that you download from PSN. Quicker ingame XMB, Cross game-chat,Automatic Trophy synchronisation, ingame music, faster internet, and trophies for Oblivion and MGS4…

  • Gianni

    I hope will be implemented the motionflow on ps3 . It’s very important to reduce the motion blur .

  • http://1up.com Chris

    Sony’s lack of support is getting very Frustrating I hope we finally see XMB for all the games I own I have over 20! And still most of them don’t have this feature I also want to begging for this since HOME started VidZone!! Or Music Videos HOME by the way is for kids not adults its completely useless Material made from Teens? Not sure but its Shit! 2.80 had better be what we’ve been asking for! Because right now I’m starting to lose my Patinece with Sony! Europe now has Music Videos and Japan has everything there greedy bastards!.what I will never understand with Sony is why can’t we have the same as the rest of the world?.Duh!..lol..

  • younggunner09

    UH…. download games and demos while playing a game. some where in the future, i hope they make ps store fun and stylish. hell, even give the xmb a make over.

  • Daniel

    u should have got a 60gb like me then =D………. i hope the update includes IN-GAME MUSIC ive been w8in 4 that 4eva…………..

  • DanielEss – Ps3 PSN

    In Game Music
    Add On For Gta IV
    More Free Games Etc Demos
    Download Music Vidoes Onto Hardrive From Store

  • Stranger

    A more diverse and richer quality of themes/backgrounds/colour/icons combinations. A larger range of avatars. Multi-tasking; the ability to play music while viewing general settings i.e, Network Settings; playing music while using the PlayStation(R)Store. A more widely accepted web browser.

  • iLegitimate

    Basically we want the ps3 to be like the xbox 360 with all of its Fetures but alot better

  • gTaFaN28

    well what i think sony should do is yes add ingame music and yes add all ingame xmb features and backwards compatibility and faster xmb and cross game chat also i think sony should have a feature where all games like rag doll kung fu where we can make you tube videos and allow us to upload them to our page also have a software where we can color and draw on our photos and use a photo for our online ids and allow us to switch users ingame because it sucks to have to quit game and switch users because i have 2 psn ids

  • C. Hargreave

    Rob says:
    May 14, 2009 at 11:08 pmI want my ps3 40gb to be able to play ps2 games!! I’m sure a boffin out there can make it happen!

    Erm;

    Rob; I’ve been playing PS2 games on my PS3 for many, many, many months now. In fact well over a year. ‘Superbike’ is an example. Final Fantasy X11; and One of the famous zombie shoot em up games; It’s late and I forget the PS2 title.

    buy ‘Everybodys Golf World Tour’ if you want some modern fun

  • http://1up.com Chris

    3.00 was crap 3.01 is ok but where is In Game Music and Cross In Game Chat jezz Sony’s still being lazy to there PS3 owners!

  • http://1up.com Chris

    They need to start listening to what us PS3 owners want Cross In Game Chat and In Game Music for petes sake Xbox360 has had these features since there console came out!..I do know that Sony has the rights to do this I did some research and I was shocked to see that they already have it built inside the PS3!..Damn it already! Fire Eric Lempel and Howard bring back the original team that made SONY famous!!…Also what a pracital joke from you stupid Moderators who work for Sony release a Corrupted Firmware update mess up our PS3′s for no reason at all Damn it we all should tell you lazy Moderators keep it up find a new job!! Or we sue you all! Because this is getting out of hand! Sure they blame it on our Network Provider?.This is Bull$hit SCEA you SOAB!