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PS3 Gets Firmware Update 3.42
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But what does it do?
Published: 8:00, 07/09/2010 by Dan Lee.
96Sony has announced the release of Firmware Update 3.42 for the PS3. They haven’t gone in to much detail as to what the update actually does – with SCEA’s John Koller saying the following on the US PlayStation Blog.
“Hi everyone! A minor update to your PS3 system is now available via system software update v3.42 that includes additional security features.”
We think it’s in relation to you know what. It seems that although the EU Blog has yet to be updated, 3.42 is available in EU territories too (thanks PoolieMike).
Source: US PlayStation Blog
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07/09/2010 at 08:04
Member since: Oct 2008
Yeah, it’s out in Europe, downloaded it at 6:40am this morning.
07/09/2010 at 08:09
Member since: Jun 2010
Thanks! I’m miles away from my PS3
07/09/2010 at 10:19
Member since: Jul 2009
Same, I’m upstairs :(
09/09/2010 at 02:55
Member since: May 2010
haha mrtwp haha
07/09/2010 at 08:06
Member since: Apr 2009
I was expecting a quick response from Sony, looks like this is it
07/09/2010 at 08:21
Member since: Jul 2010
how long before the ’3.42 broke my ps3′ threads start
07/09/2010 at 08:28
Member since: Feb 2009
Thats why i wait a day to see the responses as about 2 years ago an update did indeed break my console , it would load up to the XMB screen but there was no XMB bar just the wavy thing ! Sony where very good and admitted their error and it only affected a few thousand . Obviously paranoia spread with these releases but when it has actually happened to you its natural to be cautious !
07/09/2010 at 08:24
Member since: Feb 2009
Great , in years gone by (on my Speccy (sorry Sir Clive) i would have taken part but these days a consoles success to a degree depends on staying pirate proof. With the PS3 so far having been so good i imagine game companies see PS3 as the safest option .
07/09/2010 at 11:13
Member since: Forever
WHAT? you didnt have a Sinclair C5?? (better apologies to Sir Clive again mate) ;-)
07/09/2010 at 08:27
Member since: Feb 2010
hopefully it is in relation to the dongles issue sony have had around 10 days to find a way to stop them working plenty of time i’d say for the top coders at sony hq
07/09/2010 at 08:27
Member since: Jul 2009
I keep longing for proper subtitle and mkv support – will it ever happen?
07/09/2010 at 08:54
Member since: Feb 2009
I for one hope so, avi’s are so the 00′s
07/09/2010 at 09:30
Member since: Oct 2008
Of course it won’t happen.
There is no incentive for Sony to natively support .mkv. 99% of .mkv that get put on ps3s are pirated hd movies. Why would Sony make it easier for people to steal films when they want you to buy their blu rays?
07/09/2010 at 10:06
Member since: Jul 2009
Because they love us more than they love money..?
Besides, why support divx in the first place then?
A lot of people get harddrives and convert their DVDs into mkv (and avi) to have it available on their “media centre”, and mkvs are great as they support multi audio and subs.
07/09/2010 at 12:19
Member since: Jul 2009
That’s like saying Sony shouldn’t support MP3! There are legit users and buyers around. :-)
07/09/2010 at 13:42
Member since: Oct 2008
It’s nothing like supporting mp3 Mike. Legal mp3s are available everywhere.
Scav, DivX now offers .mkv. Why have Sony not updated the version of DivX on the PS3 to this version? It looks like a very deliberate choice to not offer .mkv. Have a look at BluRay rips on any torrent site out there. It’s all .mkv.
I think they have allowed Divx in the first place in order to enable me to download and watch as much smutty filth as I can before I go blind…..
09/09/2010 at 14:53
Member since: Jul 2009
Heheh, need a razor for those palms, ii3illy?
07/09/2010 at 08:48
Member since: Jan 2010
why can’t we do other things while playing music anymore (e.g. internet browser or look at photos)?
07/09/2010 at 08:55
Member since: Feb 2010
works fine for me: listening to 30 secons to mars while using the browser, and I updated a couple of hours ago.
07/09/2010 at 09:00
Member since: Jan 2010
oh it might let you do it know but since fw 3.1 I couldn’t….
thanks.
07/09/2010 at 09:01
Member since: Jan 2010
no tried it,just says:do you want to quick playback ( I can even use the ps button on my psp go to browse the xmb, but not on my ps3!!)
07/09/2010 at 09:02
Member since: Feb 2010
*30 seconds to mars
I’ve been doing it for absolutely ages, so it might be a corruption of your firmware or a problem with your console or something? I’m not too sure, sorry :(
07/09/2010 at 10:57
Member since: Jan 2010
i’ve sorted it out, all I had to do was change the output frequency to 48 khz. strange
07/09/2010 at 09:25
Member since: Jan 2010
theres an option in ya ps settings something to do with playback.it needs to be changed.i cant get to my ps3 atm but ill get back to ya when i can explain this properly.happend to me but now its all good ;)
07/09/2010 at 09:26
Member since: May 2010
Can’t get on my PS3 atm, but I KNOW that if you cannot listen to music and browse the web, you need to change your audio output frequency or something.
07/09/2010 at 10:24
Member since: Sep 2009
beeje, go to ‘Music Settings’ > ‘Output Frequency’ change it to 48kHz & give it another go :-)
07/09/2010 at 13:00
Member since: Jan 2010
thanks to all you guys :}
07/09/2010 at 08:50
Member since: Feb 2010
It only does: an attempt to stop piracy.
lol
07/09/2010 at 08:51
Member since: Forever
Just reading that work has started on porting the PS2 & Dreamcast emulators to the PS3, 2 worthwhile projets but piracy and waning 3rd party support would be too high a price to pay
07/09/2010 at 09:21
Member since: Dec 2008
Erm would your “worthwhile projects” be running pirated PS2 and Dreamast games?
07/09/2010 at 09:42
Member since: Forever
No, of course not… PCSX2 runs actual PS2 games (of which I have a large stack) and NullDC runs Dreamcast discs (of which I have a few)
There’s nothing illegal/unlawful/against EULA about it. Both are open source projects which contain zero copyrighted code, and both are capable of running discs which I have purchased.
07/09/2010 at 16:05
Member since: Nov 2009
Which pc drive do you use to read the gdroms for dreamcast games then cc_star ? I was under the impression no pc drive can read them.
07/09/2010 at 09:36
Member since: Jan 2010
Do you think it will let me sync my trophies now then? =/
07/09/2010 at 10:50
Member since: Jan 2010
nope ffs Sony! =(
07/09/2010 at 12:22
Member since: Aug 2009
you cant sync trophies, that sucks