Video: In-game XMB demonstrated on PS3 v2.40
By Thomas Ricker 
posted June 30th 2008 3:37AM
posted June 30th 2008 3:37AM
It's here kids, in-game XMB demonstrated on a firmware 2.40 PS3 for the first time. Yup, that's the clock and date displayed upper-right with a quick hit of the PlayStation button. Sony also reveals that the 2.40 firmware update will deliver the Google search bar (like the PSP update last week) and the ability to play and control your own music stored on the hard drive in-game. See that and more in the video after the break.
sweet! when can i download XD
Sony just announced it will be available July 2nd
Where did you hear that?
sigh, never mind I searched and surprisingly I found it.
According to talkplaystation, the official release date is today. Can anybody confirm this?
http://talkplaystation.com/ps3-system-software-firmware-2-4-announced/
The playstation blog says July 2nd. And it looks like that page just says there was going to be an announcement today.
Can you do private voice chats in-game?
Yeah but that costs extra, and they make you go to the champagne room.
ughg. i dont like champaigne. and i dont like rooms.
Don't get me wrong, i am up this late because I been playing my ps3 all evening and now morning long (bcause i have no life), but its hard for me to not be sarcastic when I see this dude acting so exited about something that should have been included since the beginning. I also love how they say its going to come out very soon. I guess if they say that rather than say it will come out on so and so date, they won't get lynched when they dont delivier (although we were kinda screwed with being told that Home would be ready this spring and now being pushed for open beta in the fall). I can't say im excited about this update because the excitement died down a long time ago, but i still love my ps3 even if sony isn't delivering. Some may argue that they delay for better quality, but that route really isnt working if the ps3 system in number three in says. Get it together sony, Bite the bullet and take the bitch down. Time for bed.
I meant its third in sales. sleep deprivation makes you type weird things.
I know. I know it's going to start a console war, and I hate doing this, but the 360's been able to do this for what, 2 years now? It probably wasn't too hard to implement, and it should have been included at launch.
Serious man, I know it's a big thing, but I got my console about 3weeks after launch and I've never found the lack of XMB annoying or anything, yea', i would have liked to seen it implemented from the beginning, but, it's never been something I need to be able to enjoy my games, etc.
All I'm saying is that yea', it's late, but there must have been some reason behind it and it's coming very soon now so we can just be excited its' finally coming!
I don't have a PS3, but if I did, I, too, would not be able to say that I'd be excited about the update.
Agree completely...love my PS3, blue-ray and all that it can do, but my response to this update is tepid at best; and I found the enthusiasm of the presenter sinister in a Hitler Youth kind of way...
What's with all the complaining?? Seriously, a long-awaited feature has just been shown to us and will be released soon.
We should all be joyful!
Seriously though, whatever Sony do, they seem to get bashed for it. They're now adding in-game XMB and people all already complaining and it hasn't even been released yet. Anything they do, people will find something to complain about it.
Why must it have been included from the start? Just because the X360 has it? People complained about the PS3 not having it so now they're bringing it out and people are complaining about it being brought out now.
You know what should've been in there from the very start?
RELIABLE XBOX 360 HARDWARE!!!!!!! How about complaining about that? Why complain about a software feature not being there from the start, Sony was busy making a rock solid piece of hardware, software can always be added later while hardware cannot.
Yeah, this is going to be an awesome update!!!
But I think it would have been easyish to have at launch, cause i believe (total guesses beyond this point) if you think about it like a computer, your running WIndows Explorer or Finder and you launch an app... you should still be able to access the WE or Finder... The games run ontop of the XMB... it shouldn't have been TO hard to implement this feature...
This is an amazing update. It might be stuff you would expect Sony to have had in the first place, but if you don't have one, what do you care, and if you do have one, then you knew it didn't have these features in the first place. There's nothing to complain about.
Xbox much?
Ridiculous.
i wet myself just a little.
dashboard?
ORGASM~!!!!!!!!!!
not
I wet myself a little.
I own you. Rank me low.
I was going to mod you up but I realized you're using reverse psychology to get me to do that. Of course you knew I'd think that and mod you down, so I'm modding you up. ENJOY HIGHLY RANKED, CHUMP
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
I'm just waiting for the next person who want in-game photo slideshow. You always want what you can't get, Sony you're doing a great job with these firmwares updates!
Thank you. Someone who's not complaining. Yay, Firmware 2.40. Yay
From 0 to Fanboy flame war in 35.2 seconds.... anyways I am very pleased with this update because it will come in handy in racing games and GTA4 to play your own music in the background.
Okay that was supposed to be in a post all by itself not a reply to your comment... but anyways yeah In game Pr0n sounds like something I might want to see in between loading screens. Cant wait for that slideshow feature.
This looks great. Its nice to see that Sony is listening even if they took forever to roll this feature out. With all of the devs they have on staff I wonder what they do all day. I believe facebook to be the culprit of these slow updates.
Great update, if i only had my ps3 to install it!!!. The $%^$ Bluray drive died on me after 6 months of delicate use. They should be working on THAT issue. BTW, mine "was" a 60GB PS3 and is on its way to Moscow to get all dissected and stuff. for what i heard 99% of them don't make it through and Sony just gives you a voucher for a new one.....after 4 weeks!
Go SONY EUROPE!!!! Darn it!
Don't low rank Bill. My 60gb PS3's Blu-Ray drive broke actually after playing GTA4. About 10 hours in the game, it would start to lock up and then finally not read the disc in the XMB or give a startup error when it did detect the disc. It still read my CDs and DVDs however, but not Blu-Ray discs. I sadly sold it and got a 360 instead.
I've looked around and seen lots of complaints about people's drives breaking, mostly from playing MGS4 and GTA4, it is happening, it is a bit of a widespread problem.
I REALLY want to buy a PS3 again but want to wait until this is fixed, this is somewhat like the 360s RROD.
This is the type of communication I'd like to see from Sony in the future: content oriented, zero hyperbole, delivered by an ordinary guy in plain english. Awesome stuff.
cant believe it's taking Sony this long. they should have rolled this out day one.
I dont know how hard it would be or if its possible, but it'd be cool if you could access the web browser while playing a game.. a quick gamefaq or code look up would be great for some games..
Yes yes!
Stop cheating.
You can already do that in some titles (e.g. Metal Gear Online opens the browser so you can register an account) but the the web browser module must be explicitly pulled in by the game and it consumes memory. So you're never likely to see it for some random game.
I'm so glad that you can access the bluetooth accessories in the in-game XMB. When he was heading over to the settings menu in the video, I though it was going to prompt him to leave the game and then go into the settings menu. That is one of the biggest things I'm looking forward to. Because my headset always disconnects in between rounds of multiplayer.
Haha - Xbox 360 has had most of this since launch! Get with the times, Sony.
WOW you are smart. Thank you for stating the obvious, I'm pretty sure not a lot of ppl knew that the XBOX had this from the start. What other smart things can you tell us? Is the XBOX made from Microsoft? Can you pls confirm b/c I'm pretty sure not a lot of ppl know this.
This is a particularly dumb retort. The reason the PS3 is outselling the 360, despite the higher price, is that the PS3 has a lot of functionality that the 360 doesn't.
For example, I am typing this on Firefox from my PS3. I also have a 20 page seminar paper in Openoffice on my PS3's taskbar that I'm going to print as soon as I proofread it again. My kids make claymation movies with Eyecreate (free PS3 software), watch Planet Earth in 1080p, and I play 60 person multiplayer games with no online fees. The graphics of my games, such as Uncharted and MGS4, are almost as good as my PC's (on which I have games like Gears of War).
The 360 is a great system, and it's good that Sony is taking the ideas that some PS3 users want and implementing them without rushing. But it's crazy to claim that the PS3 is 'catching up' with a console if that console seems to be technologically and functionally inferior in several respects.
If all you want to do is play multiplayer FPS games, the consoles are getting pretty equal but the 360 has the historical advantage. But I can think of a lot of other interests a console owner can have that would make the 360 seem behind the times.
Yeh, you're right. The PS3 does make a good PC.
HDMI? Oh that's right, PS3 had this right from the start. Get with the times Microsoft!
Oh, and then there's Blu-ray........
HDMI, Blu Ray, Bluetooth, Wifi, serial ATA, web browser, free online play, etc.
The ability to continue working after a month.
wtf people..... my xbox 360 is a launch unit and it still works perfectly.....I own all 3 systems and I can honestly say this should have already been part of the system from the beginning....
No power brick that burns down family homes....