You know what the PSP needs? That's right, even more Firmware! It's only been a few weeks since the last intrusive update, so let's have another. This time around, it's v6.00, and as usual, it doesn't add very much of interest at all.
Here is what Sony's Eric Lempel says we can expect from the new Firmware:
- For those of you looking to customize your XMB (XrossMediaBar), a few new colors will be added under the Theme Settings. These new theme colors can be used on PSP models 2000 or after (PSP-2000, 3000 and N1000).
- A security patch has been added.
- [Network Update] has been renamed as [System Update].
People who are not Sony make the update sound slightly more interesting with news that you can also sort downloadable games into folders, which is doubtless being set up in time for the arrival of PSP Minis and the PSP's push as a key digital platform. It won't have much use now, but eventually you'll be able to sort your games into PSOne Classics, PSP Minis and original PSP games.
So yeah. The best feature is one you're not going to need for a while. I love Firmware updates.
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8:20 AM on 09.10.2009
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I know I'm compelled to upgrade because I reeeeeeeeally want to try Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!
Bah!
The HIOP,B! demo was removed from the EU PSN store this week because it demanded FW 5.56 or something. The only people who had that FW was people who bought FF Dissidea. Now this FW is out, I can play it!
And we need more commenters who think that claiming I'm not a journalist is an insult, when I've repeatedly stated I don't consider myself a journalist, and would never want to be a journalist.
Yep! Because we don't need any naysayers in our society, who push developers and industries to provide better updates to their expensive technology.
It's people like Jim, who constantly berate Sony's bad marketing strategy, that help them make better advertisements (that sell half a million PS3Slims), and address customer concerns while all the yes men are content.
@Magnalon: Yup! Because they've never provided an update that improved performance, fixed bugs, provided better tools for developers, added new functionality, or anything. Because we know taking each update individually and criticizing it for not providing something of relevance every time.
Look, it's people like Jim who just criticize. Their criticisms haven't lead to anything but further fuel for the most annoying flame wars out there. Guess what the #1 thing that gets people moving is? Competition. Not people on the intranets.
I don't "just" criticize. I criticize things I find bullshit, and I happen to think that new Firmware every couple of weeks is over the top and bullshit. You disagree, but that's fine. We're paid to editorialize our news at Dtoid. If we didn't do that, we'd just be another IGN, and the world only needs one IGN.
An opinion on a publication that sees around half a million hits a day, with google ranking residuals, is definitely going to be in the back of Sony's mind.
PR constantly checks gaming websites for people's opinions: it's not just competition that dictates service. More and more now with Twitter, developers are searching hashtags (#) for statements about their games, and trying to address consumer concerns. To say they don't take this into account isn't realistic.
Without disturbing anyone that is.
And to those who complain about the lack of "journalism" on destructoid: Come on... There are plenty of "serious" sites out there, this site is really good to deliver the news, but in a more entertaining way. Kudos Jim!
Actually, I run my own site (we just interviewed Tim Schafer, check it out!).
I just feel like backing up Jim from an Editor's point of view, because adding your own spice and opinion to news stories is what non-IGN/Kotaku websites are all about.
Oh, and I question the site on a constant basis: just see the first comment contest result.
yes and no- on firmware being the key to success- the problem is that when you constantly update firmware to copy protect your games you are only encouraging CFW developers and discouraging consumers- I am a big fan of CFW and I purchase games, but since they are really big as of late to pushing up the FW reqs for games I am left with a choice- do I purchase games and lose the functionality that homebrew and emulators give me or do I just not purchase the games- in the end I am just not going to purchase the games unless a compatible CFW comes out. In the end it is sony's loss because it would have been $ in their pocket if they weren't spending so much time trying to thwart CFW
It's pretty sad that Sony's already pushed it up to v6.00 when I can remember downloading v3.00, so I totally see Sterling's point.
I never called you a nobody. You're the one who seems to believe that of me, actually. I was just trying to explain why I share my opinion on posts. I know some people don't appreciate that, and that disappoints me. I was just hoping that maybe you'd get why we do what we do, is all.
They're few and quick on the Wii, but even then, firmware upgrades are annoying. Then again, it's irritating on the Wii because the damn thing glows blue once one is available. You site there staring at it (most likely while playing a different console) thinking "I haven't turned that thing on in weeks... Do I really want to switch it on just to upgrade and get that damn blue light to turn off?"...
Gets me every time...
Now wait, hold on a minute...
Granted, I've had my complaints about Destructoid in the past (mainly about many editors' choice of random, bizarre headers), but come on, aren't the opinions and the editorialized news the reason we all come to Dtoid? You could go anywhere else in the whooole internet to find a cut-and-pasted press release, but it's here that we have the pleasure of people who aren't robots (ironic, considering the logo) taking the most boring of news and spicing it up with their own personalities.
I could certainly do without any more upskirt shots on Dtoid though.
I dunno, for what it's worth, I lol'd.
GameSpot?
Kotaku.com and IGN.com.
But why would you want more of those?