Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here


		User name	Password

		Not registered yet? Register here. Lost your password? Click here.

Browse by topic

News

Sony PlayStation 3 updated to firmware version 2.70

2 April 2009 11:33 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 13 comments

According to their latest official blog post, Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 firmware upgrade, version 2.70, will add a few interesting new features, most notably Text Chat that will allow users to have a chat room with up to 15 other PSN users using any keyboard peripheral or the on-screen keyboard. Sony says you can be a participant in up to three chats at one time, and even use it in-game.

Additionally, the post says the following features will be added:

Friends list on the XMB (XrossMediaBar)

* Sort your friends via their online status
* Attach larger files to the messages you send to your friends (file size will increase from 1MB to 3MB)

Video delivery service on PlayStation Store

* Video files you�ve purchased from the PlayStation Store can be backed up to an external storage device and then restored to PS3�s internal hard drive for playback � so you can clear up space on your hard drive and then restore the video anytime in the future
* Videos you�ve purchased for PSP (PlayStation Portable) system can now be transferred to PS3 for playback

A video, from the console maker, showing off the upgrade:

Permalink to this article | Topic: Consoles

PSN hits new milestone (24 June 2009)

GameStop CEO calls for PS3, Wii price cuts (16 April 2009)

Buy Xbox Live games, through Amazon, in cash (9 April 2009)

PS3 sales to jump 15 percent over next fiscal year, says Sony (3 April 2009)

Wiis can now play VC games off SD cards, Wii sales hit milestone (25 March 2009)

Nintendo Wii to get 'double' USB hard drive? (13 March 2009)

Review: The Roku Digital Video Player (12 March 2009)

DS 'piracy tool' blocked from sale in Japan (27 February 2009)

Stream CBS shows to your iPhone with new app (27 February 2009)

Mozilla and Skype back iPhone jailbreaking (19 February 2009)

« Previous news article
YouTube blocks music videos in Germany

Next news article »
Amazon opens MP3 store in Germany

Post your comment

Discuss this article!
jookycola (Member) 2 April 2009 12:06
Meh, kind of a snoozer of an update. But it was pretty cool of them to let us off load the movies to other storage. Now i may actually buy movies from the store now. [ + quote]
wrules (Member) 2 April 2009 13:11
now its easier to copy a downloaded film from your ps3 to a pc, nice. [ + quote]
emugamer (Member) 2 April 2009 14:04
Yes, but how is the video file "backed up"? Would it even be playable on a PC? Or is it in some encrypted proprietory format that only the PS3 can read? Like when you do a backup of the HDD. [ + quote]
ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 2 April 2009 14:55
Do we haz BWC yet? [ + quote]
beanos66 (Junior Member) 2 April 2009 17:48
*Originally posted by ZippyDSM:* Do we haz BWC yet? not for as long as they keep charging for ps3 versions of ps2 games [ + quote]
Hunt720 (Junior Member) 2 April 2009 20:34
Has anyone looked at how the video files look/encrypt when you back it up?? This might lead to us being able to save copies for playback on whatever device we chose ... I mean f##k DRM we paid for it. I'm not going to be the EULA's bitch if I don't have to be. [ + quote]
canuckerz (Senior Member) 3 April 2009 1:41
Was hoping you could use the textchat on the fly ingame without having to go throught he xmb, but I guess not. [ + quote]
arcanix (AfterDawn Addict) 3 April 2009 5:28
[ + quote]
ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 3 April 2009 5:31
*Originally posted by arcanix:* LOL The more we change the more backwards we become! :P [ + quote]
emugamer (Member) 3 April 2009 6:16
*Quote:* *Originally posted by arcanix:* LOL The more we change the more backwards we become! :P We may get smoke signals before BWC Zip :P [ + quote]
ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 3 April 2009 6:23
*Quote:* *Quote:* *Originally posted by arcanix:* LOL The more we change the more backwards we become! :P We may get smoke signals before BWC Zip :P No that's the 360, for the PS3 we'll have to buy the old games through PSN >> [ + quote]
eljay (Newbie) 10 April 2009 9:17
*Quote:* *Quote:* *Quote:* *Originally posted by arcanix:* LOL The more we change the more backwards we become! :P We may get smoke signals before BWC Zip :P No that's the 360, for the PS3 we'll have to buy the old games through PSN >> Hey, this is fun! Let's see how many copies of that comic strip we can generate by repeated quotings ;-) [ + quote]
Oner (Moderator) 10 April 2009 10:42
Um how about No. Search > http://forums.afterdawn.com/search Rules > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487 Important Rule > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/380660 [ + quote]