Sony Confirms PS3 Firmware Update - Hints At Tivo
Details on new PS3 firmware update here
At a Sony London 'Brand Space' event this week night Phil Harrison (see SPOnG’s pictures of the Brand Space on this very page), Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios, and increasingly, the ‘voice’ of PlayStation, provided details regarding the first major PS3 firmware update – which is planned prior to the PAL territory March launch.
Along with Harrison’s confirmation, plans to incorporate Tivo-like TV recording features into the PS3 sometime late 2006 were also mooted. This would certainly be supported by remarks made by Sony’s, Kazuo Hirai, in 2005: “We want to make sure that the PlayStation 3 is a console at the centre of everyone's living room... we want to make sure that it plays movies from DVD, that it plays audio CDs, that it has the capability to connect to the always-on broadband networks to use as a communication device, as a method for getting entertainment content through the broadband networks, and also opening it up to a range of possibilities”
Back to the PS3 firmware update, Harrison outlined that this will introduce XMB (Cross-Media-Bar) multi-tasking, new XMB display options, new animations for audio playback, new photo album options, PlayStation Store auto-resume and a PSP Remote Access option to access PS3 content via any Internet connection are all on the table.
SPOnG is most turned on by the idea of being able to access your own PS3 via your PSP anywhere in the world. That just rocks.
Harrison also dropped vague hints about next March’s European launch, which it seems might well take place on March 3rd (3/3, geddit?).
Along with Harrison’s confirmation, plans to incorporate Tivo-like TV recording features into the PS3 sometime late 2006 were also mooted. This would certainly be supported by remarks made by Sony’s, Kazuo Hirai, in 2005: “We want to make sure that the PlayStation 3 is a console at the centre of everyone's living room... we want to make sure that it plays movies from DVD, that it plays audio CDs, that it has the capability to connect to the always-on broadband networks to use as a communication device, as a method for getting entertainment content through the broadband networks, and also opening it up to a range of possibilities”
Back to the PS3 firmware update, Harrison outlined that this will introduce XMB (Cross-Media-Bar) multi-tasking, new XMB display options, new animations for audio playback, new photo album options, PlayStation Store auto-resume and a PSP Remote Access option to access PS3 content via any Internet connection are all on the table.
SPOnG is most turned on by the idea of being able to access your own PS3 via your PSP anywhere in the world. That just rocks.
Harrison also dropped vague hints about next March’s European launch, which it seems might well take place on March 3rd (3/3, geddit?).
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DoctorDee 14 Dec 2006 14:30
1/7
If PS3 can play DivX movies streamed over WiFi from my Mac... I'll buy one.
Otherwise, I'll stick with a Wii.
Otherwise, I'll stick with a Wii.
SCiARA 14 Dec 2006 15:19
2/7
YOU NINTENDO FANBO...
sorry i could'nt resist.
sorry i could'nt resist.
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DoctorDee 14 Dec 2006 15:22
3/7
It makes a pleasant change from me getting called a Sony fanboy.
SCiARA 14 Dec 2006 15:26
4/7
naaa thats tyron!!
tyrion 14 Dec 2006 20:13
5/7
SCiARA wrote:
naaa thats tyron!!
You called? Now what were we on about? :-P
Oh and BTW, did you not catch my rant against a Sony fanboy the other day?
SCiARA 15 Dec 2006 08:43
6/7
I did yes and I must say, the way your opening sentence captured your anger and frustration made me chuckle.
"Holy f**k, monkey brain you are making me defend Microsoft out of pure contempt for the fanboy mentality!"
And what with me being an MS fannie that makes the whole set!! ;-)
"Holy f**k, monkey brain you are making me defend Microsoft out of pure contempt for the fanboy mentality!"
And what with me being an MS fannie that makes the whole set!! ;-)
rawdog 14 Oct 2007 19:21
7/7
bring on the dvr to the states l wanna watch multiple channels at once and swith back to game play on or offline would,nt that be kool. make more stuff sony pleeeeeaseeee!