The Brand New PS3 3.0 Firmware!
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Actually I haven't seen it. Only heard about it. Something about a new interface and stuff.
From Gizmodo...
I read through the comments so far, sounds like a lot of clean decisions about different themes and stuff. Like dimming the background when entering folders and whatnot.
Have any of you guys tried it out? What do you think? Tell us poor saps that have to work our sad little jobs during the day like "normal" people.
From Gizmodo...
The PS3's newest firmware upgrade, 3.0, is now officially going out to all the consoles in the land.
Go to "System Update" in the XMB to get the update, which replaces the Information Board with an icon-based system called "What's New," plus premium themes, trophy displays, and a status indicator at the top that shows things like number of friends online and messages. Check it out and let us know of anything else you find hidden in the update.
I read through the comments so far, sounds like a lot of clean decisions about different themes and stuff. Like dimming the background when entering folders and whatnot.
Have any of you guys tried it out? What do you think? Tell us poor saps that have to work our sad little jobs during the day like "normal" people.
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But more often than not, they seem to make things worse.
That said, I'll be downloading this tonight.
-I like the change to the time/date display and that they finally made it so the battery indicator doesn't obscure these.
-I guess I like the 'what's new' stuff but it isn't something that I needed.
-I really really really dislike the change to the friends list. Instead of how it was prior (icon, name, comment, and game, with transparent background) it is now that info on a bright gray box. For one, this clashes with most themes, and for two it doesn't have enough contrast so it's hard to read the names. Also it's balls ugly.
Haven't really played around with it yet. My girlfriend really likes that the base theme has glitter now.
Nothing really revolutionary going on though that I can see.
Only if you're accessing it through the Game/Video columns. Doing it through the PSN column is just like usual.
Anyway, I'm not sure if this warrants a thread of its own but here's my impressions that I posted in the PS Store thread:
Also, you can get the animated Afrika theme for free on the Japanese store. It's awesome.
I like the sparkly start-up though!
Also I still would have liked it if they would add manual sort of games and/or sorting games by full version and demos.
Also, I miss the game start sound. It was a nice little touch that provided a tiny bit of positive feedback, rather than just dumping you into the empty void of a blank screen for several seconds.
Godammit Sony. I prefer the XMB so much over the NXE it's not even funny, but you still can't get basic functionality in there? Come on.
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Blame EA!
Weird that they made this the big 3.0.
Wait, I missed that. You can output to multiple audio sources now? Like both Composite and HDMI?
I'm pretty sure you already could make folders.
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I know I could in the pictures section. Must have missed it in the game section. Thanks!
Uh...you could? If you're not mistaken, I've missed this.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
Yes. There are some restrictions, but you can do PCM 5.1 over HDMI and stereo over the other connections (I'm using composite) at the same time.
Although, did (Near universal) Background Patching still make it in? I thought that was a part of the update and haven't been able to check it out yet.
Also, I think somebody (Prof. Snugglesworth maybe?) mentioned that there's a dynamic theme in the JPN Store that's for Arfika. Believe he said it was free, too.
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I love the LBP animated background in the video located here... http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=222283
I'm curious to see what else comes out of this.
Sweet. That works perfectly for me as well, since I've got my PS3 hooked up to both the HDTV in the living room as well as my monitor in the adjacent room. No more having to swap audio sources each time, hooray!
You have to change the "Album" of the game to whatever you want the folder to be named.
It is a bit of a weird way to do it, but y'know... Sony.
Point Taken!
But I gotta say, really, I kind of like the new status bar. I don't see how it's anymore annoying than the Ticker that was there already.
Ah ha! I was partially right!
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The zoomed-in font is fucking horrible though, god knows why they don't give you the option to switch the size back.
Well the old ticker you could turn it off. This one though dosn't slow down the interface so realy it's not an issue.
Left of the status bar is where I've seen it. At least when I check the XMB from being in something else. It's still only there for a few seconds before disappearing (like it did pre-update) so it's easy to miss, unfortunately.
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Well, that's true. I haven't seen a turn off option for it. But like I said, I like it, so yay for me. >.>
Edit the second: Huh. The Internet Browser seems a little faster/better. Maybe I'm imagining it, though. They did change the "Loading" Symbol to a spinning clock kind of thing, though.
It's been in there for over a year now. I've got my games sorted into; Best PS3 (my favourites), PS3 (the rest), PS3 Demo, PSone and PSP. It works pretty well.
The XMB wasn't designed to add fairly large features like that after launch. Hell, Sony seemed surprised that they even managed to get in-game XMB working with most of the back catalogue of PS3 games...
It was basic functionality when the system launched, it's now just embarrassing.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
It sucks and I hate it... Only becase of the ticker thing in the upper right hand corner you cant turn off, it distracts the hell out of me. I actually left the orange ticker on in the past because it wasnt that hard on the eyes, but the new one for some reason just messes with me and I want it freakin' off!