PS3 3D Firmware: June 10th?

3 months to get yourself a 3D TV.

Published 10/03/2010 at 0:25.
By Alex C [nofi].

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It might well be a mistranslation, but it appears that Japanese site AV Watch are saying that the Firmware Update that will enable PS3′s to run 3D gaming will land on the 10th of June.

また、「6月10日のLX900発売に合わせて、PlayStation 3をアップデートし、3D立体視ゲームタイトルも投入する」という。

The update, which we’re assuming will coincide with the launch of the LX900 television, will also unlock 3D Blu-ray movie viewing. You’ll need a compatible set (and those glasses) to see the 3D, though.

If anyone can confirm or dismiss the translation, please let us know in the comments.

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Jas-n | 10/03/2010 00:27
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Best start saving then.
- Jas-n | 10/03/2010 00:30
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  Also I prefer the look of the HX900
- cam the man | 10/03/2010 13:39
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  Or put a few quid on the lottery.
cc_star | 10/03/2010 00:28
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Fits in with the World Cup, which is going to the main thrust of TV company’s big push on 3D
- MUKARKAR | 10/03/2010 00:30
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  +10 world cup!
- paxpacis | 10/03/2010 07:49
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  Well they did say that for HD TV and that did not work the last time.. (not in the Netherlands..) We even had no HD with the Olympics..
  
  dutch source: http://www.tvinformatie.com/nos-zendt-olympische-spelen-toch-niet-uit-op-hd
sshaunss | 10/03/2010 00:40
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i get june 10th when i translate it :s just hope there some offers some where of a trade old hd tv in for a 3d hd tv.
- pvwradtke | 10/03/2010 02:17
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  Yep, June 10th, that’s right. Now my one year japanese classes are paying off, bwahahaha.
Bankzy108 | 10/03/2010 01:08
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Why does the title say June 10th yet the in the paragraph it says June 6th? Nofi tired much?

Good to know that things are moving forward with 3D Technology, but I will not be buying a 3D TV for a while…
- cc_star | 10/03/2010 01:18
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  Not in English date format
- Kovacs | 10/03/2010 11:32
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  Japanese date format is [number]月(month)[number] (day)日
  So, 6月10日 is rokugetsu tooka. Or the 10th of June.
  
  The full translation of the text is:
  “Also, on June 10th, the LX900 will be released at the same time. PlayStation 3 update also, 3D object (the word here is ‘rittaishi’ which I had to look up and it means three-dimensional object) Game Title will also be released.”
- Corbula | 10/03/2010 11:47
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  I think i will wait a while as well, but i wonder if sshaunss could be right about trading in old HD TVs for a new 3D one.
jimmy-google | 10/03/2010 02:24
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Shame the 3D TV prices announced in yen converted a price well out of my price range
Mike | 10/03/2010 08:00
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A day after my birthday. Cheers for the present, Sony :P
SleepMachine | 10/03/2010 08:51
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Didn’t Sony say that this firmware will be 3D Blu-Ray only, with a 2nd firmware later on for 3D gaming?
Owendarko | 10/03/2010 09:02
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I agree ‘Jimmy-google’ about the prices…i’m definately going to wait for numourous 3DTV sets to be out before making a purchase..i normally buy Samsung TV’s but i reckon i’ll be going with a Sony set this time.
eirekun | 10/03/2010 10:51
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Eeek, the glasses if you need a new pair are 12,000 Yen. The tele comes with only 2 pairs. So much for having a bunch of people around to watch a 3d blu-ray, nevermind a local co-op 3d gaming night. Definitely a wait & see …
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8558152.stm
- cc_star | 10/03/2010 11:00
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  Sony equipment is always notoriously expensive it has taken them many years to get their LCD TVs in to the same pricing region everyone else is in
- Jas-n | 10/03/2010 11:50
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  You’ve also got to remember these glasses are Active shutter, so they have shutters which open and close 60(*2) times a second, and are powered (also allowing synchronization to the TV), so that should make them sound less expensive.
  - bunimomike | 10/03/2010 13:02
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    How are the specs powered? Battery I presume. What a way to murder an evening in with 3DTV. Hope they take normal batteries as oppose to custom jobbies.
  - cc_star | 10/03/2010 13:06
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    I hope they don’t take batteries at all but are chargeable via mini-usb instead
  - bunimomike | 10/03/2010 13:15
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    I know what you mean (just like PS3 controllers). Just have visions of people not having them charged ready for the film and things being postponed. Perhaps one of you can look a complete nobber with the charge cable sprawling across the floor to the sofa. :D
  - cc_star | 10/03/2010 13:22
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    Just hope that newspaper journalist who recommended people ‘not to buy a PS3 because you had to buy new controllers everytime the battery ran out making it even more expensive than the Wii & 360 where you can easily replace the batteries’ doesn’t get hold of them
  - bunimomike | 10/03/2010 13:26
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    I want to shout “no, I don’t believe you” but I’m concerned that someone actually said that. I’m hoping they were stoned to death… with controllers replacing stones. ;)
  - Jas-n | 10/03/2010 13:37
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    Hopefully they are mini USB charged like CC said, and hopefully you get a longish cable, just in case the glasses need charging.
    Or if they run out of batteries they should keep one shutter closed, so you’d still be able to watch the film/finish that bit of game your playing.
  - cc_star | 10/03/2010 13:48
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    @bunionmike
    oh, it was Yahoo not a newspaper
    http://www.destructoid.com/fail-yahoo-doesn-t-know-ps3-controllers-can-be-recharged-157249.phtml
baska | 10/03/2010 12:48
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3d ready tv will set you back around £4000…. pocket money
- cc_star | 10/03/2010 12:54
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  Only if you want to get ripped off – they will be about 25% dearer than a relatively specced standard HDTV… obviously the first couple trickling off the production line will be dearer, but as volume increase the price will drop.
  If volume increase enough to a point where they outsell HDTVs then they will end up cheaper than them