Don't like the current price points of the PSP Minis? Sony says that's not their fault. If you want to complain, complain to the publishers.

Earlier last week, a Sony rep stated that the company's upcoming PSP Minis service will not support multiplayer, DLC's and updates to reduce the development process of games. But now Sony's PSN boss Eric Lempel has clarified the issue and said that while the PSP Mini titles won't have game updates and muliplayer support in the beginning, the company is not ruling out this features in future updates.

Heads up PlayStation 3 owners! The latest PS3 firmware update v3.01 is now available for download. According to Sony, this update improves system stability during use of some PlayStation 3 format software.

Heads up, guys! Firmware 6.00 for the PSP has now been released by Sony. You can now download it via the Network Update. No word yet on what the changes are, but we'll be sure to keep you updated on this as we dig up more info.

*UPDATE* Changelog now available.

PS3 firmware 3.0, which carries a rather hefty set of additions and tweaks, is all set to go live on September 1. This is a major update, to say the least, and according to Sony's PSN operations director Eric Lempel, it's the last big firmware release we'll see this year. This doesn't necessarily mean that Sony won't roll out further updates this year after 3.0 hits, however. More from Lempel after the jump.

More details regarding PS3 Firmware 3.0 have surfaced courtesy of Sony's PSN operations director, Eric Lempel. No date yet, but here's a rundown of what you'll be getting when you update to this particular firmware version.

Last June, Director of PSN Operations Eric Lempel broke a  lot of gamer hearts when he flat-out rejected the idea of having trophies on board the PSP. The reason was that it will be very prone to cheating, and, well, that's just not fair. Today, we're hearing somebody else from Sony talk about the matter, pretty much echoing the same thing. Not just anybody, actually. This month's bearer of PSP bad news: Shu Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios.

PSN Operations Director, Eric Lempel, has a lot of fighting words to say about the state of online service, the PlayStation Home. And it all boils down to this: there's no more fighting with Xbox Live. He also said something about their "competition" with Apple, saying that they don't necessarily want to go down the path of offering various software options, particularly for the PSP, because they don't want to degrade the experience. Read on after the jump.

In an interview with PC World, Sony Director of Network Operations, Eric Lempel, took the time to address questions on PS3 Updates, their Emmy award-winning XMB interface, and the rumors on the next firmware update. And of course, he did not forget to take a swipe at competitor Microsoft. Find out about the barb and more after the jump.

Sony earlier released a minor system update for the PS3. According to the official announcement by Eric Lempel, the PS3 update 2.80  will improve the playback quality of some PS3 format software. But it looks like the firmware update is not just to improve the quality of games as dashhacker have discovered. Apparently the new update blocks Open Remote Play, a homebrew program created by dashhacker that allows you to access the PS3's Remote Play feature from any laptop, desktop or mobile phone.