A rumor? Really? Let's be honest, here; this is all but confirmed. The general gist is that a document was sent out to developers yesterday detailing the next firmware update. Some sites, such as
VideoGaming247 and
Gaming Age, have seemingly been told a few of the details by inside sources and the word is spreading
like wildwire. Even Insomniac's James Stevenson
popped up in the NeoGAF thread to lend credence to the rumor and Jason Dobson
over at Joystiq has also confirmed the news via his sources. There's no official word, obviously, so you're going to have to take their word for it.
Firmware 2.40 will apparently include in-game XMB and 2D XMB trophies. If true, this may be
the firmware update that shuts the fanboys up. As for when it's coming, no-one really knows. Though there is a rumor that it will be out pre-
MGS4 in order for the game to take advantage of the trophy system. Now that one
is a rumor, so don't be surprised to see
MGS4's release come and go without any word on 2.40. We're hoping to see an announcement soon. If we find out anything more, we'll be sure to let you know.
_thumbnail.jpg "Red Baron Arcade")
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
5-30-2008 @ 9:18AM
adolson said...
I thought this all along, but only based on that interview and the thing on the site that got pulled.. If this happens, which I think it will, especially now with devs chiming in, then I'm really happy about it. Can't be too far off, unless they release 2.36, 2.37, 2.38, 2.39, which they may.. But hopefully not. :)
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 9:49AM
JoJo said...
LOL... damn... all them releases.. i hope not too!
6-17-2008 @ 7:27PM
al said...
THIS IS TIME FOR ALL SONY FANS TO UNITE!!! All of the 360 fanboys, beware of your DEMISE! *evil laugh*
6-18-2008 @ 3:31AM
jason said...
hope it displays the time somwhere with this new update
5-30-2008 @ 9:19AM
Justin said...
Check this though:
http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/30/rumour-firmware-240-to-r
elease-in-june/
Videogaming247 has learnt that the upcoming in-game XMB - heavily rumoured to be included in PS3’s Firmware 2.40 - may not work with all PS3 titles, and that user-music and Trophies functionality is only being included as an option for Sony developers from this point on.
By point:
* Sony’s currently going through PS3’s library to check whether or not in-game XMB’s full compatible. While it’s expected that the the new menu system, in-game messaging, and so forth, will work with virtually all games, for a minority of titles the current black menu screen will be retained. It’s not known yet which games, if any, won’t be able to use in-game XMB.
* The user-music functionality is only included in the new development tools, which have now gone out to coders. This means that existing games won’t support it unless they’re patched. That’s right: you won’t be able to play GTA IV with your own music unless Rockstar updates the game, if what we’ve been told this morning is true.
* Same for Trophies. They tools required to add these are only just in the hands of developers, which means it’s going to be some time before you see the feature appear in a major game.
* Some aspects of the XMB, such as the photo viewer, won’t be available in-game after the 2.40 Firmware update. If you select these features in-game, you’ll be asked if you want to drop out of your game to access them.
There’s still no release date for Firmware 2.40 as yet, with Sony sticking to “summer” for now. We’ll have more soon, hopefully.
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 9:19AM
Vincent said...
Omg that would be awesome!!
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 9:19AM
Reymo said...
Cant wait for that release, bring it home FTW SONY :D.
"Dey took er jebs!"
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 9:21AM
Robert said...
Hopefully it is true and has a near release date, by the way, when I saw that image the first thing to come to my mind was a mad face ancient artifact, more than a trophy
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 9:22AM
Dr. Strangepork said...
Do you think there is anything that could ever really shut up a fanboy?
Reply
6-06-2008 @ 10:26AM
Nathan-DTS said...
lol I chuckled at that part in the article "this may be the firmware update that shuts the fanboys up". We still have Home to complain about (god damn you sony for rejecting my beta application).
5-30-2008 @ 9:34AM
Wilester said...
Hey Jem, it's "rumour". You're a disgrace to your country. :D
Reply
6-02-2008 @ 2:52PM
MrAlex said...
Eh... I dont care so much as long as he doesn't write color, from the 'USA spelling made easier book of english'
5-30-2008 @ 9:55AM
Archon said...
As Lonestar @ NeoGAF noticed, this firmware will add support for Blast Processing as well.
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 10:04AM
reson8er said...
SEGA called, they want their joke back.
5-30-2008 @ 10:06AM
baby sea tuna said...
Trophies will only really be worthwhile if they can figure out a way to implement them into EVERY single game. Otherwise, it's not really worth the time it's going to take to develop and integrate them, and you'll end up seeing it in like 15% of the software (see also: camera functionality, decent SIXAXIS controls).
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 10:47AM
reson8er said...
Well, since its already being done on 360, I think you'll see close to 100% adoption for trophies. I mean its really the same thing isn't it.
The real question is; Will they retro-fit trophies into past games? Now THAT will probably be close to zero, unless Sony has been talking to the publishers to work out something (which is highly doubtful considering Sony's track record with things of this nature).
If it IS done, it could breathe some new life into some games sitting on the self. But I won't be holding my breath.
5-30-2008 @ 1:36PM
adolson said...
IF they do retro-fit games I've already completed, I won't be going back over them again... If it somehow scans my save files, that'd be sweet. But I won't get my hopes up.
5-30-2008 @ 10:11AM
Jerses said...
so i have to wait like 2 or 3 months for this update and hope devs make a patch for my game? what about my ps1 games? will they make this patch? or every downloable game will have a patch? Im guessing but we wont see any game with this in-game xmb working in 3 months after the update release. ( only MGS4 of course).
Reply
5-30-2008 @ 10:48AM
reson8er said...
PS1 and PS2 games will NOT have trophies, really how is it even possible?
5-30-2008 @ 11:34AM
Nate said...
If you're talking about the in-game XMB, it's not a game software thing... it's an OS thing. basically it'll either overlay the game with the XMB for chat etc, or perhaps just switch to another screen while the game runs (presumingly you'd pause the game using in-game controls).