PS3 Update 2.76: New firmware download only minor
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: May 14, 2009 | 61 Comments
We can now confirm to you that the Playstation 3 firmware has been updated. Update 2.76 is available to download right now, but is only a minor update according to Sony.
Eric Lempel stated over at the official PS Blog: ‘This is a minor update that improves the playback quality of some PS3 format software.’
What are you waiting for then, go and grab it. Maybe Sony have a better firmware in store for us at E3 2009, we have already heard rumors that something big is coming. We can always hope anyway.
As always, give us your feedback on the new firmware. The update is live already.
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Update broke my PS3 don’t download!
Either your trolling and trying to make trhe ps3 look back or your just plain retarded and broke your ps3 some other way and wanna blame the update. It works fine……
This crappy update broke my ps3 too , i bought skate 2 , installed the update , played for 10 minutes , and then it froze and my ps3 cant read any disc anymore :’(
it broke my ps3 aswell, DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT
how do we go online then?
WHEN is SONY going to release a MAJOR update to play the different AVI/Mpeg files that are on the market today.
Difficult to imagine that one of the largest corporations in IT cannot make a CODEC for the PS3 to play our files…
Come on Sony, let’s make it happen, you do us ALL a favor !
P.
i feel the same way you do man… hurry up and do a MAJOR update so we can play all videos that are out.
No problem with my ps3 . But it pisses me off how they do little updates which dont do anything, we want something big sony!! Like in game private gat and voice messaging!!
Its ridiculous. The firmware update team have the ability to make the PS3 a very powerful piece of kit. Imagine if you could select a friend from your list press X and it would call them, even if they are playing. The voice chat is too complicated at the moment. Its not worth the hassle. If you could make quick calls I wouldnt be using my phone half as much to meet up with friends. People in your friends list should be able to look through your photos. View profile should be secondary to sending messages too. Pressing X on the persons name shouldn’t bring up a slow loading profile that is completely useless information. The chat room was a step in the right direction. But I cant use it that much because it slows down online play. It should be better located in the menu because it can be hard to go in and out of if someone is also sending private messages. Is there an official forum that people can voice their opinions on what they’d like in the next update?
PS3 Firmware 2.80 wishlist thread here Bobby..
http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/05/14/e3-2009-bigger-ps3-280-update-maybe-and-wishlist/
only minor when has a ps3 update ever been amazing. The fact that we can reply to messages while in the game. Just Keeps getting worse
I hate it how you morons that post things like “the little updates aren’t important.”
The little updates are a LOT more important than the big ones.
Without things you call ‘minor updates’ Ps3 software would pretty much suck, without small patches, some major updates wouldn’t be
available or wouldn’t run right, and it wouldn’t be as secure.
Any update is a step to making the Ps3 better… I’m sure bigger ones will come later.
I think if anything, an instant messanger (for yahoo, hotmail, AIM, etc…) should be installed along with a more recent Java and Flash player.
It takes time though…
I just wanna be able to play some damn music during actual gameplay. If my eight year old PC can handle playing music while playing DMC4, and the 360 can play music during game play…why cant the PS3, with all its “processing power” do the same?
You can play with your own music on some games, it depends on whether the developer makes a patch… However the only one I can play with my own music is Skate 2 (I only have 4 games though). You can also play songs off your pc via wireless connection.
My update worked fine - no issues (Australian 80GB PAL version)
Don’t understand the complaints about file formats - all my XVIDs and DVIX work fine - only MKV playback doesn’t work.
It is annoying trying to chat to friends online - if a friend is online I wanna be able to talk to him and tell him to join me for a round of Killzone
IT BROKE MY PS3 TO! SOMEONE HELP!!! after i downloaded the update, my ps3 won’t load any disc’s! no games, dvd’s, blu-ray’s, nothing! why the hell would sony release such a useless update! now i can’t play call of duty!!!!!!!!! WTF!
Same thing happened to me (60GB PAL) after downloading the new update. Have done a full reformat, twice for good measure, still no good. When I check the HDD from the repairs screen, it says it has a corrupted hard drive, so I ask it to fix, it does but still no joy.
The same happened to me….!!!!!!
After the update It would only play sound from a DVD and now it is not even playing the disc. It won’t even turn off unless unplugged.
I fixed it in safe mode, with option 3.