Samit:

Of note the new PSP firmware dropped as well too.

I hate these mini firmware updates. since they couldn't just throw this one in with version 2.40 I'm guessing it'll be a loooong wait till it comes around =/.

OOpsie! Wrong post. :D

Well knowing Sony we will have updates 2.37, 2.38, 2.39, 2.39a, 2.39b, and 2.39c before we get to 2.40

and who actually updates their PSP with what Sony releases, It's homebrew all the way.

mh, it took less then 3 minutes for me

@Merry Ho: I don’t think so. The way I understood yesterday’s PlayStation.Blog post, there’s going to be a v2.36 update (already here), and the v2.40 update will follow soon afterward.

@vexed alex: See, I’m a fan of the incremental updates. It seems strange to do things the way Microsoft does — having only four or so major updates in a year (one for each season). If the fixes/new features/updates are ready, why wait until the next seasonal patch? Why not bring them to the users at that moment?

Hurray! It doesn't even take an hour to download/install!

This distaste for Sony's method also comes from having to constantly update my PSP for security reasons. Meaning, destroying homebrew. Basically updates that wouldn't affect me and just waste my time.

"I gotta believe..."

Brilliant!

I don't like that there's a minor FW update when a major one is around the corner. Is the issue *that* pressing that Sony couldn't have waited?

Is this only for PS One games? I'd sure like them to fix the PS2 Ratchet and Clank series for emulation on EU 60GB systems. Oh and Jak 1, thats slow too.

See, the difference between me and you is that I'm not going to get mad because you brought up the 360's problems. I know they're there and I've bitched about them. I wrote up two blogs dedicated to my hatred towards Microsoft's incompetence. I know the 360's hardware is a piece of shit, but you obviously have some freakish love with your console. And I'm the child.

Do yourself a favor and spend some time away from your video game console for a bit.

the description was a vague "stability for ps games" but did it occur to anyone, that it might be prepping for 2.40? i mean, that is a logical conclusion, considering in game xmb was never meant to run on the freaking thing. it would suck if they dropped 2.40 and it was glitchy and ran crappy. besides, i don't see what the big f-ing deal about in game xmb is. i have a 360 as well, and i'm glad the ps3 is different. it's like they're dedicating a whole team to the update, when thay could be cooking up features that are ps3 exclusive. one of the things that pisses me off about xb live is people can stalk you, and bother you mid game. i hate that. i remember when the only way to play multiplayer was to have your buddy right next to you. and all these babies are whining that they have to quit game to check on friends.

All the cool kids love that $300 DVD player...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No Games at all!!!

The Wrath,

I'm sorry but I absolutely have to agree with Vexed on this one... I've got the PS3 and the 360 as well, and I gotta say that I don't understand how Sony does it to make those updates so damn slow, I mean there's more people on XBlive and yet their updates take only a few seconds, longest one I've had was 5 minutes...

Also about the "pay to play" well I consider the fact that you're forced to buy a 80$ headset to talk online quite on par with pay-to-play ( no the usb-one is a retarded option, why else would you get a wireless controller? ) plus its the exact same scheme the previous xbox used when they introduced Live :-)

And the rumble? Don't even get me started on that :p I love the PS3 as a console, but not having rumble is a fucking joke! Now I've got a rumble controller ( imported from the US because Sony won't even let me buy one in Europe ) and I gotta say, sony's rumble is like a fart compared to the 360-controllers earthquakes... I tried it on the GRID-demo to level the field and it obvious that the 360-controller's rumble feature is a lot more active and actually drags you into the game more... (you feel the shifting of gears a lot better on the 360 then on PS3 )

I mean you gotta admit, trying to talk about these errors and even claiming that not being able to see who's online while you're in a game is the greatest thing since sliced bread is just utterly retarded :p

The PS3 is a brilliant machine with some very great games ( MGS4 being the most obvious example ) but it has some serious flaws too... If you can't admit to that, you're a fanboy! :-)

@Samit Sarkar

Yeah I know we will get in game XMB in the next update It's just sony has been putting it off so long, it wouldn't surprise me if they waited a little longer.

@Samit Sarkar & The Wrath:
seriously I am not kidding you, the only PS3-bluetooth headsets that are available here in Belgium are 80 euros. ( in gamestores that is) it either that or a usb-cable one which is ridiculous since then you still have a cable hanging across the living room :-)

The result is most of europe psn-gamers are quite silent... making the 80 euro purchase even harder to justify :-) I still gotta get into the PS3-FNF here on dtoid but up until now I've only ever heard 1 guy through my headset :-(

@ The Wrath

I seriously had no idea that I would have to update my PS3 for 3 hours the first day i got it, would I have known, I prolly wouldn't have gotten it after all, the massive amount of incredibly slow downloads seriously hurt my gaming experience since I've had a couple of times where I just have like 30/60 minutes to play and I end up having to play the 360 since the PS3 is updating...

It was the same with the rumble for me, I was so exited when I finally got my dualshock 3 controller from my mate who went to NY but then it was just such a faint rumble that I was really dissapointed by it. It still a million times better then without it! I love my PS3 even more now, but the issues that I experience with it are just a tad too annoying for me to recommend it over a 360 to friends, I'm still telling all my mates to go with a 360 nowadays, online is a lot more vibrant and "just works", games-library is awesome and its a hell of a lot cheaper 360 premium is 249 euros here, compared to 399 euros for 40Gb PS3, that's 150 Euros ( = 233.26500 U.S. dollars ) difference! and I feel that at the moment the PS3 isn't worth that extra price yet ( especially since we can't get rumble controllers yet! )