PS3 firmware update 3.70 is now available, and while I'd usually make many sarcastic references to the frequency of updates and the shittiness of the PS3's download capabilities, I've instead got something better to do -- bitch about the fact that Sony is expecting people to pay in order to have their console finished.
The fact that Trophies have to "sync" before you look at them is pathetic, making an already pointless feature even less worthwhile. Sony has realized that automatic syncing is a good way to fix the issue. Unfortunately, it believes we should pay to have stuff fixed now, as the highly requested feature is exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers.
This is the modern videogame industry, folks -- where gamers need to pay a subscription fee to get a console's features working properly.
Auto uploads for save data backups are also available for 3.70, and again, it's a Plus exclusive. The peons get very little of worth in this mandatory download, concerned almost entirely as they are with movie playback. Check below for the list of updates.
- Auto Trophy sync (PS Plus).
- Auto uploads for save data (PS Plus).
- PlayStation Store recommendation feature.
- "TV/Video Services" category added to XMB for things like Netflix and Hulu Plus.
- 3D support for java-based BD features, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR decoding/bit stream output support for BD movies.
- 3D digital MPO photos now supported.
At this point, the Sony loyalists are invited to continue eating Sony-flavored shit and telling us all it's gravy.
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8:40 AM on 08.10.2011 | 
That being said, it would have been nice had this been for everyone.
Also, inb4 sofik
"Coming soon! Playstation 2 Support for PS Plus Members only. Also If you already had PS2 Backwards Compatibility we took it out.
Love Ya
Sony"
That said I am a PS plus Subscriber. I feel to dirty.
I, however, don't seem to care as I feel there's nothing I gain from actually getting this trophies, so it doesn't matter to me.
I guess I could sell my PS3 and buy a working 360 to speak with my wallet.... but then I'd have to pay for XBL. Well, I'll show both of them by buying a.... wait, the Wii doesn't do online so well. Thats okay, I'll just.... hmmmm..... there's only 2 home consoles that do online well. I guess I'll just buy PS+, I guess. Competition is good for the market!
I'm not of the mindset that sony has to give everything for free.. but Jim is right.. their trophy system is a horrendous, broken, pile of shit, and this is merely a patch to make it more tolerable.
Sony sells convenience. Microsoft sells features.
Um......XBLA prices are the same as PSN.
A 14.99 game on PSN is 1200 MSP. 80MSP=1 dollar. Do the math.
>.> Troll harder, man.
Also, this SHOULD be free to everyone, (seeing as it's free for XBL members to sync cheevos.) But, hey, PS Plus needs to be a worthwile thing to have
/flameshield
Besides which, with mandatory installs, frequent firmware updates, sluggish syncing and slow downloads, exactly HOW many "not a big deal" inconveniences is Sony allowed to get away with before we admit it all mounts up to one big pain in the arse?
Also, I'm trying to break down your logic here Jim. Introducing an auto-sync option that doesnt hamper the current manual syncing for a system that wasnt even originally on the system when it launched apparently means "making people pay to have their console finished".
While I agree it should be free to everyone, you're complaining about a free add-on that wasnt even originally going to be on the system but got added later on because "eggsbawks haz achievements"
Misleading header or what!
I completely agree but I do think they should get more for their money :)
Besides, this is hardly an important feature that you HAVE to have, like, I don't know, <i>online fucking multiplayer.</i>
I want to know what magical picky internet you have. Because the sluggish syncing of my totally optional system to flaunt my e-penis only takes like 5-10 seconds to sync, and my downloads go at the same speed as their Xbox Live counterparts.
It could be worse anyway. Xbox Live artificially inflates its value by giving you fucking nothing if you dont pay for it.
Haha, 10 seconds? In what universe does the PS3 do anything in 10 seconds? If I ever want to play PAIN, I have to remember to start downloading all the patches the day before.
These are gamers we're talking about here. Do you think that roughly 50% of HD console gamers are going to complain about their choice in console when they know there is only one alternative, and that alternative is "the enemy"?
The whole fucking industry is a pile of pain in the ass inconveniences in place of the ease-of-play we used to enjoy as console gamers.
Haha very true, but basically what I'm saying is that people can wait however long for their virtual achievements to sync and not need to pay for it to be instant. :) if that makes sense?
It's not that we'er lazy or that profile syncing is that difficult. It's that there is a direct competitor that has an identical feature that is seamlessly integrated. If you have a lot of trophies to sync, it can take a while. However, I can play offline for a year and rack up twenty games worth of achievements and somehow everything is magically updated almost instantly once I sign in.
Let's be honest here. achievements were a huge success for MS. So successful that Sony had to ape their system just to stay competitive. Usually I expect a copied feature to be BETTER than the original because it can correct the original features mistakes. Instead the copy is demonstrably worse.
You didn't really establish that. Then again, we weren't talking aboot exclusives, are we?
The trophy sync is not bothersome, could be better, makes no difference to games. the fact that Plus receiver a better version makes no difference in gaming. But of course, it makes no flame war and traffic to a Jim Sterling article, so lets just make a statement consciously knowing to create controversy.
Other than that,I'm very happy with this update because I have been waiting for the 3D DTS-HD Audio update.
Also anyone notice that the XMB Loads WAY faster now?
I personally couldn't care less about it, but when someone makes such a minor improvement to their product and decides that you should pay more to have it... that's kind of fucked.
because it's free.
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