[PS3] PlayStation 3 Fan Noise. Annoyingly loud, ain't it?

I think the major change they are emphasizing here is the fact that it's a native application to the PS3, as opposed to some slow clunky website like it currently is.

I think certain little changes they seem to be making - such as streaming trailers and movies as opposed to downloading them - will certainly make browsing the store more enjoyable/convenient/whatever.

You're right though - we'll just have to wait and see until we use it ourselves.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Oh what the fuck. You can't say something like that without telling us more.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Pretty sure it will never be seen on a Sony console, because the game is apparently published by Microsoft :/.

I really don't know if there will be any kind of 'console exclusive' loophole with any of it's five remakes, though.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the fact that this game is now being PUBLISHED by Microsoft kind of seal the deal that it will only see the light of day on the 360?

Doesn't this technically turn it into a 1st party game?

I was speaking idiomatically.

They finally patched the online multiplayer for Hots Shots -

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So what’s in the new menu item you ask? First of all, this new Online feature will let you roam about the course as you see fit, taunt other golfers while you wait your turn, and be magically transported back to your spot once it’s your turn

YES.

I won't get a chance to try it for a little while, but it sounds like it won't be the incredibly lame 'speed golf' like it originally was. Hopefully it will resemble the offline match play that I love to play with my friends.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Wal-Mart: $100 gift card with the purchase of a Blu-Ray player

INCLUDING the PS3.

Pretty sweet deal for anybody who doesn't have one yet - especially with the MGS4 bundle being released during the promotion. Buy the bundle, return PS3, rebuy with gift card! (Well, if this is even possible, I mean...)

FELIPE NO

http://www.gamingforce.org/forums/vi...6-20-08-a.html

Renamed and retagged. For funny-ness, or so not as much people talk about it. Either one, I'm sure.

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I'm too slow .

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

In-game XMB, Trophies confirmed by the Playstation blog:

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A new PLAYSTATION 3 firmware update (v2.36) will be launching soon, improving system stability when playing select PlayStation format software titles. We’re also happy to officially report that the 2.40 system software update for PS3 will include “XMB” access in-game. The update will also include “trophies,” an exciting new feature that we’ll be providing more details on soon, as well as some other new enhancements. We’ve talked about some of this on the blog previously and know that many of you can’t wait to get your hands on these features. You can expect us to share all of the official details shortly.

About time. 2.36 just hit last night, so it looks like 2.4 is next in line - I'll bet we see this during E3, sort of how they released the wallpaper firmware during it's initial presentation on stage two years ago (I think).

I imagine trophies are the exact same thing as 360 achievements, only displayed as 'trophies' in your 'Home' (whenever the hell that will be released...)?

Anyways, I hope the XMB isn't limited to, like, viewing messages only or some shit. E3 couldn't come any sooner...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

What SouthJag said.

I haven't heard of any issues in terms of PS3's overheating or emitting a lot of fan noise, let alone the 60gb model .

My 60gb is pretty damn quiet, save for the rare time I am playing it for 10 hours straight, but still - it isn't even that loud. Then again, I also set it in a spot where it has plenty of room to breathe...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Word.

I like the idea of 'levels' (reminds me of gff ).

How ya doing, buddy?

Videos showing off firmware 2.40 (pt1 In-Game XMB & pt2 Trophies) are now up on the Playstation Blog. E3 can't come any sooner Nevermind - apparently it's being released July 2nd!

In-Game XMB:

YouTube Video

Trophies:

YouTube Video

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Quick Bullet List:

In-Game XMB feature set:
- In game messaging (only text - no voice? stupid...)
- Jump straight into other PSN games
- Access picture thumbnails (but no full screen pics or slide shows)
- Access system settings (specifically, accessory settings for BlueTooth)
- Custom soundtracks
- In game Clock & Date feature
- Google search bar (like PSP)

Trophy feature set:
- Unlocked trophies accessible from XMB
o Displays unlocked trophies & percentage of trophies unlocked
- New PSN profile screen (aka the GamerCard ripoff)
o Displays unlocked trophies, current ‘level’
- Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum trophies
o Platinum trophy only unlocked by obtaining every other trophy in a game
- ‘Compare Trophies’ feature lets you compare friend achievements to your own
- All older games are ‘patchable’ to include trophies
o Confirmed games to include trophies
BUZZ! Quiz TV
LittleBigPlanet
MotorStorm Pacific Rift
NBA 09 - PS3
PAIN
PixelJunk Eden
Resistance 2
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Warhawk

FW 2.40 is slated to be released Wednesday, July 2nd.

Kind of curious to see if these features will be available when playing PS1/2 games, myself.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It sounds like a lot of the 'missing' features people are bitching about are going to (hopefully) be patched in a later firmware. Sounds like cross game invites & voice chat are the big ones that are going to eventually be addressed. Hell, even XMB access during PS2/movie playback sounds like it's currently being looked into. However long that will take, though, god only knows...

Still, I think it's pretty cool that they're finally getting around to it.

...

Three features I wouldn't mind seeing -

1) Option to choose pop-up/notification positions on screen. Say, lower right corner instead of the upper right corner. Sometimes that thing blocks part of a games HUD that I'm trying to see :/.

2) A cleaned up in-game XMB. It seems pretty limited right now as to what you can actually do while accessing the XMB from within a game, so I wouldn't mind having the option to only display the XMB features that are actually functional in-game.

3) The current 'level' of a friend displayed next to their PSN ID on the friends list. Maybe with the ability to sort by level. Being able to see whose on top, it might increase competition more than having to physically select each individual PSN ID to see what level they are and how you compare. I think it would be a neat little feature...

While none of these features are a necessity, I think that they would certainly enhance the experience. Here's to future updates, I guess...

I was speaking idiomatically.

The whole reason Burnout Paradise is able to do trophy achievements retroactively is because Criterion specifically set up Burnouts save files to be bound to each players unique PSN ID - thus making the trading of game save files among other players impossible (which is exactly what Sony is trying to prevent). They said they knew that the whole trophy system was coming, and took extra precautions to allow trophies to be retroactive:

From the Playstation Blog:

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Simon Phipps | July 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am

Okay, here’s what we can say about the details:

* Trophies will be retroactive, so, if you’ve achieved something today, the day the update arrives (not Cagney, we want to emphasise) that will be reflected in your Trophies.

* Your Burnout Paradise save game has always been locked to your PSN id - so there’s never been any chance of trading save games - your progress is your progress (we have a way of thinking ahead for this kind of stuff!)

* The Save Game Analyser works with a special export file that is exported when you do a manual save from the game, not your encrypted save game file - so there’s no chance that anyone could hack that

* That’s as much as we can reveal right now - if you know us and our site, we’ll let you know as soon as we are confident to do so

Thanks for all of the support and positive comments, guys - we really appreciate it.

Whether developers for other games also implemented these kinds of practices (such as Naughty Dawg), we still don't know.

Additional Spam:
Uh oh. Looks like Sony pulled the 2.4 update as it has reportedly bricked some systems...

Dammit. I still haven't updated mine, and was looking forward to updating it when I got back from work :/.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

2.41 also made some PS2 games more compatible for the 80gb units.

FELIPE NO

Did you guys check out the PSN store yet? Apparently there's supposed to be a 50% sale on many of the PSN games...

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Summer 08 Game Sale
For one week, the following titles will be offered for $4.99 (regularly priced at $9.99):

* PAIN
* PixelJunk Monsters
* High Velocity Bowling
* High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition
* Rocketmen: Axis of Evil

I'm picking up PixelJunk Monsters and PAIN as soon as I get home.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by NovaX

Many? There's a select few games that are on half price.

I picked up Rocketmen & PAIN.

Ok, 'many' was a poor choice of words. Or I guess, wrong choice of words. whatever.

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Anybody hear about that "super omega major bigger then killzone 2 and everything else combined" announcement about an announcement that was coming August 3rd?

Turns out it's a new joint effort between Sony London Studios, Sony Liverpool, and Incognito. Looks like it's going to be a game called 'Hardware 2', which is a sequel to a game I have never heard of in the first place, which everybody says was only average in the first place. Makes it a little hard to get excited about :/.

Still, part of the description makes it sound like it could be fun:

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You can fight in a living and breathing world and you can destroy everything, you can even just kill your enemies by letting an apartment building crash into it. The damage will be unbelievable because everything is linked together, when you destroy a building it can crash onto another building and get damaged realistically.

Sounds like Warhawk, Twisted Metal and that new MAG game all got together and had an orgy.

50 vs. 50 (or 1 vs. 99) and a fully destructible and interactive environment. I guess more info with screens and videos is coming August 3rd, so we'll see...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Wow I haven't been on the forums in a while.

So I hop onto Warhawk for the first time in a long ass time, and update 1.50 pops up.

I download it, and BAM - it start's awarding me trophies from the stupid amount of time I played the game back in the day.

And that, kids, is the story of my first trophy ever.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The newest expansion (which isn't supposed to come out until later today when the PSN store updates) is one of the reasons I want to get back into the game. Flying around in jet-packs adds a whole new element to the gameplay and pretty much breathes new life into the game again.

I read somewhere that you can get all 3 Warhawk expansion packs for $14.99, in case anyone's looking to get into the game and save some money.

How ya doing, buddy?

So did anybody preorder SOCOM...? Word on the street is that the beta begins tonight at midnight-ish.

I also heard that whoever preordered can invite a couple of other people into the beta...

(ANYBODY WANT TO INVITE ME ?)

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'm curious as to you's guy's impressions of the beta so far. I've never played the series myself, yet I know the games have an incredibly hardcore fanbase. I think the closest thing I have gotten to something like SOCOM is probably MGO...

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well, to be fair, MGO was no walk in the park when it was in beta. From what I remember, Warhawk was pretty bad as well - that game froze mid game everytime you booted it up.

I mean, this is precisely what betas are meant for - working out the conks so that they are ready to go come release. These server stability issues shouldn't be a reflection of what you can expect to experience when the final game hits retail.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII

I've never played a single WipEout game in my life, but it looks fun enough so I figured why not and decided to give it a download. I think it'll be worth it.

I'm in the same boat. Everyone has been raving over it, so I'm curious to try it out...

Retarded question - if I totally dug SNES Mario Kart, will I like this? It seems like one of those fast paced racer games with weapons/items to fuck up the other players...

FELIPE NO

...jesus.

Technically...I was (kind of) asking if they were comparable...kind of. am i off the hook .

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Fuck it. I'll bite.

My brother, buddy, and myself all went in on a PSN account, so we each get everything at 1/3 the price anyways.

I can't believe those are in game shots. Did you take those yourself?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Anybody have any suggestions for a good universal remote that can be used with this thing? I'm getting sick of having 3 remotes on my coffee table, and would probably double as a pretty sweet xmas gift for somebody.

I don't think the official Playstation Blu-Ray remote is going to do me any good, what with it's lack of an IR port or a backlight (retarded). One that would be compatible with a Comcast DVR would be preferred, if such a thing exists :/...

Any suggestions or recommendations?

There's nowhere I can't reach.