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PlayStation 3: Firmware 1.6 update details |
Listed in: PS3 Tags: Downloadable Content, Folding@Home, playstation 3 updates, Remote Play, Sony, Stanford University
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Sony has just provided more details regarding the PlayStation 3's upcoming Firmware 1.6 update. First up is a minor adjustment for the update's release date. Previously set for a March 23 release - the same day as the PS3 launch in Europe - 1.6 will be available as downloadable content come March 22.Moving on to FW 1.6's updates, it has been reported that it will allow the PS3 to do other functions while you're downloading content - expect far less game session interruptions in the near future. Sony's also adding an option for a full-size keyboard on the system menu, which should make text input easier for those uncomfortable with the PS3's default cellphone-style interface.
Firmware 1.6 will also carry updates for the PS3's web browser, which includes a capability to detect the user's video-out settings and to set standard font sizes accordingly. Also new is a point-and-zoom feature for examining web pages in-depth. There's also the matter of the added support for Folding@home - Stanford University's ongoing project to use part of the PS3's massive cell processing power to study protein folding to help further research into diseases like AlzheimerÂ’s Disease, ParkinsonÂ’s Disease, and Huntington's Disease.
Lastly, we reiterate on 1.6's update to the Remote Play function on the PlayStation Portable. In earlier firmware versions of Sony's PS3, PSP owners could only hook up wirelessly to the 60GB model so long as they were within its sensor range. In the upcoming 1.6 update, PSP owners can opt to use WiFi hotspots to connect with their PS3, which not only allows for greater mobility, but also allows 20GB owners to partake in the fun. Set your calendars for March 22.
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also, i heard 1.6 will now allow u to upconvert dvds to 720p, is this true ?
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Play Emulators
Play all formats of videos files known to the internet
View Photos from a network without the use of windows media center
Play Music from a network
Unlike Xbox360, you are restricted to streaming windows video and audio files. Meaning the only video you can stream are WMV files. Thats not likely to change either.
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Seem stupid? yes indeed it does, but everyone here has a f*cking agenda which pisses me off! No one acually thinks or considers other peoples points because they feel its always a debate and giving in would ruin their reputation. Get over yourself! Now I expect MANY messages of complaint and some will probably call me a hypocrit, but consider this. I thought that 360 would be better, but it came out, bought one home for the weekend and it froze from overheating. What kind of impression does that give a consumer. In the world of consumer electronics that product would typically be abandoned but somehow MS managed their bad reputation rather well. Sony has failed completely in this regard maybe due to the American media having a preference of American companies over Japanese. Consider this though, who makes all of those parts that make up your 360 and who is on the other end of the helpline. Never Americans so patritism doesnt seem like its the answer. Maybe last generation PS2 won because it was cheaper and thats why it CONTINUES to sell VERY well. People want more for less and that will never stop. All of this publicity does not matter at all when Sony is at the disadvantage of a higher consumer cost and a loss of money per console sold.
Rambling is fun especialy when you care about the topic. I really hope you read what I've typed and thought about it before answering mindlessly with childish claims of which console is better when neither really are. Its all opinion nothing more. Isnt it amazing that multiple companies can co-exsist (without being in a "war") in ALL other areas of consumer electronics but not video games?
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FREE!!!!! IT COMES WITH THE FIRMWARE UPDATE!! WHY WOULD SONY CHARGE YOU TO UPDATE YOUR OWN PS3???
THATS HARDLY COMMON SENSE!!!
Anyway, I heard that the only wi-fi hotspot you can connect your PSP to your PS3 one is your own one.
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board+927750+topic+34221995
That is what it says there
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It's just not worth it. Anyone who paid $600 plus a few hundred for games for this thing would be a douche to not be enjoying it. Leaving it on FW 1.3 hoping that SOMEDAY someone will come out with a hack that lets them play all these games they download... *****ass, you gonna buy a BluRay burner, and spend $20 per disc to copy them??
It was cool with PS2 games, but these new games take up a LOT more space and look a lot better. Just pay for them, they are worth it (most of them :) )
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horray for folding @ home though :)
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But for all Xbox 360 loves trying to diss the PS3, don't forget that your Xbox360 is in it's last year. After halo3 it's dead. If it's not already broken.
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You can transfer mp3 files to the 360's HDD you know.
Really I can just put in a cd and tell it to maKE THEM MP3'S OR ATRAC. but I'm glad you have a 360, you know there are articles on this blog about it. go check some of them out.
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By the way what does the xbox do better than any other system, except sell everything seperate so you have to overpay for a hdd/memory card reader/wi-fi adapter-hd-dvd drive that only works with your xbox. Damn that makes no sense.
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I don't think if what I said regarding the PS3 had any meaning, you wouldn't be so upset. You know I do this for fun to f*ck with people right? Yes I prove a good point also."
That's the best you could come up with, MCS? No smacking people? No witty comebacks? No sarcasm dripping off the words? Wow, looks like mcsiadf touched a nerve...interesting.
Oh, and if the Xbox 360 is so much damn better than the PS3, then why do you troll PS3 news sites flaming people for fun? According to you the 360 sounds like much more fun...I wonder why you're not busy playing it..?
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Maybe he's pro-cancer? O.o
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When i play the 360 it rocks; it takes care of it's main purpose which is games (currently lovin' Home Court) but if there were no games (kind of like Playstations current situation) i'd never turn it on. Sure you can stream some music and video from your media enabled windows PC (though the video formats suck) and you can store a couple songs on the hard drive or download some videos or demos..it's just lifeless and bland. The playstation has been out for 5 months now and i rarely play games on it (i know it's because they don't exist) I can always turn it on and find something to do. Browse the internet, digg, youtube...etc, watch the latest family guy, south park, snl, whatever. I have thousands of songs and pictures loaded. I admit that i originally bought it for blu-ray (which is friggin awesome Casino Royale Rocks) but i seem to always turn the playstation on before the 360.. (though i admit I turn the 360 on before the wii. The sparkle of the wii is pretty much gone except for the old games) anyways...i'm bored of this...Gears of war rocks...but I'm lovin' the other GOW right now God of War 2 rules...sleep time.. bye...*****es!
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What a sad live he must lead.
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I don't THINK i am helping science....I AM helping science. And 400W's? thats 4 good light bulbs or a computer....not that much power....and that 400W's....it makes your electricity not free. Folding@home is free which happens to use electricity. I don't buy a product whose electricity usage is included in the price, because it never is.You are using awful logic
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Wow, was I wrong. Please stop insulting research that's trying to help cure terminal diseases before you lose any shred of respect and civility anybody on this site still has for you.
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What does this have to do with ps3?
I guess PS3 is for aliens. haha
But that is very neat with the PSP access thing.
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Sure it might be lacking in some areas, but it's getting there and will be there soon.
But it won't stop there.
It will keep improving because Sony has shown that they are out to make it the best.
How many improvements has the 360 made since it came out? Not many.
So if in one year Sony can meet or surpass the Xbox in practically everything (keep in mind the 360 had a 1 year head start) imagine where it will be in the years to come.
Also, right now the PS3's superiority can't be seen in its games. In fact some 360 games might even look better. But that's temporary.
Game developers are having a hard time right now making games for the PS3. Much like they did when the PS2 first came out. But they'll catch on, and when they do there will be no question about which system is better.
Will the 360 be eventually killed? I don't think so, at least not in America. But it will, in the end, be a lesser system.
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