PS3 Update 3.00: What Features Were Missed?
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: September 1, 2009 | 22 Comments
If you aren’t aware already, Playstation 3 Firmware update v.3.0 is available to download now, adding a fair amount of new features to your XMB. However, the most requested features are still nowhere to be seen, with Sony giving no indication when we will see them.
Of course we are talking about the likes of in-game voice chat across titles, universal support for custom-music from the XMB, Facebook support, Spotify support, improved Internet browser and so on - the list is actually quite endless.
The saddest thing though, is that Sony have confirmed that update 3.0 is going to be the last ‘major’ update of 2009, meaning that we may never see any of the features mentioned above, until sometime next year.
What are your thoughts on the new features? We have a lot of related posts all to do with this issue, have a look at them and then leave us a comment.
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To be honest, after fiddling around with it the last 10 minutes or so, I found no real benefits to the new update.
There’s now 2 playstation stores, making it seem cluttered and pointless.
The ‘Whats new?’ icon links you to a handfull of game releases and new videos,something you would find within seconds on the playstation store by selecting ‘Latest’. The recently played list being completly pointless since you probably can remember the last 3 games you played…
The play videos in slowmotion is rather fruitless also (how oftern are you wanting to play a part of a movie in slow motion to the extent that the sound is stretched out painfully.
The new friend layout (just putting grey boxes around them… enthralling…)
The only good thing i think is that now when you press the PS button to find out the time the controller battery indicator doesn’t obscure the clock, apart from that I just hang my head in shame at the terrible things Sony want to bring us, whilst they avoid so many features people are after.
agree with u fully, the gray boxes nonono ugly
i agree 2 also now u can not surf the internet and listen to music at the same time i think this update was a waste of time
I think some of the new features are cool, but it certainly doesn’t warrant a whole new number upgrade to 3.00 I think at the very least they need to put in some sort of audio indicator as to when you get a message, surely that isn’t much to ask?
I also kinda miss the PS3 jingle when you start a game
It’d be nice to see some real updates like the ones mentioned, certainly an update to allow you to listen to your own music in-game would be greatly appreciated!
The only feature I want is support for the popular MKV container format. This is a frequent request by the PS3 user community and opens up the PS3 to quite a lot of hi-def content.
never gonna happen. Sony know most torrent sites that have MKV files are in direct competition with their blu ray films. Id love it if they did, but i reckon they want you to keep buying blu-rays, and not downloading HD films illegally.
Very very disappointing. The internet browser is in serious need of updating. As it is now, it’s essentially useless.
That feature would make the system perfect to me.
too bulky, and i can’t turn off RSS Feed, need new visuals for music
first the gray outline on friends list is ugly its no point now u cant see my background on friends list …
this update mostly looks like to get people to buy games and video tru the playstation store n with whats new it helps advertise
the only thing cool is dynamic themes n thats it for me v3.00 is compete waste of a download
I agree with everything you said… This is not a real update just a cosmetic one… I wanted more substance and less puff
This update is useless. I’m sure not just me but everyone has been waiting for a good decent update so we can be happy about. Every single update we have had it has been pointless. Come on Sony the xbox have updates all the time and they are alot better than ours!
We need proper stuff lyk:
- party chat
- music while on games
- updated Internet browser
- a new home screen look cuz it’s boring!