Rumor: full list of PS3 FW 2.4 XMB features revealed, in-game music, debuts on E3? |
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Details about the coming PS3 Firmware 2.4 are making rounds on the net lately. The most recent confirmed item is, of course, PSN director Eric Lempel's official announcement that FW 2.40 will include in-game access of the XMB and trophies.
Everything aside from that, unfortunately, have been taken from the rumor bin, including (but not limited to) some leaked screens of the PS3 trophies, the function to play your own music in-game, and others besides.
This coming from CVG now: we hear that PS3 Firmware 2.40 will be heading out in three weeks' time - just right smack in the middle of E3, actually. Possible, yes? We imagine Sony revealing the PS3 FW 2.4 features during the E3 event, and simultaneously make it available on the same day. It's not that far-fetched a marketing strategy.
Aside from a release window, we learn that there are four types of trophies to be had: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum, all achievable by a leveling-up system - not by "gamer points".
It also looks like getting to play your own music while playing a game will be possible on FW 2.40. CVG reports that there will be the usual music player functions such as Play, Pause, Next Track, Previous Track, Change volume, Change repeat mode, and Change shuffle mode.
Here's the list of PS3 FW 2.40 features that was leaked to CVG:
- Friend category
- View, send, receive messages
- Manage downloads
- Set the vibration feature of the controller
- Sign in to PlayStation Network
- Register friends
- Manage Bluetooth devices
- Terminate the game
- Music category
- Use the system BGM
- Work the system BGM operation panel
- Settings category
- Assign controllers
- View profiles
- Game category
- Set audio devices
- Use the voice changer
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Please keep updating with info about 2.40
i believe some of it, not all
with that many improvements, i think 2.40 isn't "big" enough, even though, ofcourse, that IN-GAME XMB, should include this, which makes it more ......ehhhh ...
....... "reliable".
but the things about BGM-stuff, i doubt, unless they mean "newer games only"...
ohh, and just to be sure, THIS BGM, stand for "BackGroundMusic , right?
On the last post about the firmware update, somebody mentioned it was coming out on June 1st.
wooooooooooo i cant freaking wait till this comes out
No signing in as invisible? I hate getting invites and messages when I'm in a middle of a game.
A setting to not show the information box thing on the upper right when you get a message. But with in-game XMB if you ever have a change of heart and want to check if you have any messages you can just pull it up and look at your buddy list ^_^. So your problem is kind of already fixed right now.
not much good, if you staying home from school
and dont want to get caught playing the ps3
always just make another account..
thats funny because all my friends at work (bestbuy) have ps3, including my supervisor and sometimes they well call me in and ill be o im out of town and 40 minutes later my sup will log in...o s**T
I hope they make an option to let the system shutdown automatically once downloads are complete. That is a feature I wish it had.
That the Voice chat isn't on the list, I mean thats what the 360 has as well as most of that stuff. Hopefully it will come out with the update.
It's pretty much just what I expected with an in-game XMB. Not much different from the 360's in-game functionality.
It's 2.40, not 2.80 or 3.00. That's why they didn't skip so many numbers. It's just like the PSP scheme. Depending on how big the update actually is (not in file size of course..), the version number usually corresponds to that. It also depends on the actual development time and such.
But it's pretty limited. You can only do private 1 on 1 chats while in-game.
can xbox browse the web ......... my wii can
wait isnt that last gen technology
seriously who the ***** wants voice chats. use a phone
Yeah, use a phone which costs money or just go online with your PS3 and engage in voice/video chat with up to 5 other friends.
I don't care too much about voice chat while in a game, but it would be useful for online games that dont support voice chat.
i hope it will be easy and seemless to play with those i want to play with.
cool update sony is doing good but i dont mean to say sony is not working hard the most thing sony need to update is that ps3 has more video codec to play such as real media(rm,rmvp)
make another account and copy your game saves over. I did that a while ago because sometimes you just want to play in peace. Was that something they were supposed to include or were you just hoping for?
if this rumor is true i will go home and eat spaghetti!
voice chat is there cause that something I really want..
It has voice changer and audio device settings, so maybe voice chat MIGHT be in there.
this story uses the word "rumor" like 5 times in it, or did you miss that?
where are trophies. ps this update dont come with alot. all of this is what u can do in game.