With the Launch of the PS Vita happening next month in Japan, it seems PlayStation have been working to get the PS3 ready to become a “content management device” for the Vita.
Which brings the announcement of firmware 4.00.
For those of you who will be buying a Vita, this update will enable you to:
- Copy your media (games, music, photos and videos) between both the PS3 and Vita
- Back up your Vita save data to your PS3
- Update your Vita via the network features or your PS3
For those of you with PS+ 4.00 will enable you to enable/disable individual updates. I.e.
- Game Patches
- System Software
- Recommended games and videos
- Trophy Syncing
And finally for those without PS+ or those who won’t be getting a Vita, you’ll be able to enjoy:
- New PSN privacy settings for filtering friend requests and messages.
The update will go live sometime during this week, and as always, we’ll keep you posted if we learn any more.
The update is available now. Users have come across some interesting ‘hidden’ features in addition to the above, the best of which we’ll collate and list below:
- There’s now a health warning screen when the console boots, and per-game warnings under ‘Info’
- There’s a PS Vita System Application Utility menu under the XMB
- You can delete the PS Vita’s System Backup from the XMB
- UK users will rejoice at the British English system language
We’ll add to this as reports come in, let us know if you find anything.
obiadekanobi1980
it seems to sign in abit quicker now with my friends list loading very quick b4 update it used to take ages to proccess the avatars of users but they popped up very quick after the update also there was a psplus icon under the store icon but vanished very quick has this always been there?? as i have had plus from the start and have never ended my sub
dee
Will they ever update the browser ffs?
John Malcolm
That’s a good request, but unfortunately I doubt it. You’d think it was a selling point, compared to the Xbox 360 which I believe has none, but instead of improving and pushing it (thus making the PS3 even more of a multimedia machine) it’s been quietly left to rot.
Version 4.00 Yes, it’s nice to see English English instead of Websters (US English), but a speed-up of the whole operating system interface would have been a bonus, as would a few new avatar images.
cam the man
I agree the web browser could be better and a lot quicker but it’s still usable. When my PC died a few months ago I would have been lost without it. A lot better than using a smart phone without 3G.
Ryoshi
Ummmh… has anyone managed to switch off that awful epilepsy warning? Why do Sony do such things? Trying to make the PS3 less appealing to people?
Origami Killer
C’mon it’s there for less than 10seconds. Why get worked up by something like that!
Forrest_01
Plus its more than likely been added for H&S reasons & so that they are covered in the eventuality that someone has an epileptic fit whilst using the xmb or something.
I doubt it detracts from the experience in any way & highly doubt it would actually “make the PS3 less appealing”.
TSBonyman
Thankfully i haven’t suffered the annoyance of having any recommended content pushed to my PS3 but the option to enable/disable the different functions of PS+ is more reassuring.
tactical20
Updated to 4.00 and still can’t sync my pissing trophies.
Forrest_01
Why? I haven’t had trouble synching my trophies since ‘the old synchin’ debacle of 2010′ – Granted it takes a little longer when you have popped a new game in (adding a new trophy list) or haven’t synched for a while (adding lots of trophies at once), but i can’t say it actually gives me any problems as such.
Bladesteel
What? Page four an noone has mentioned cross game chat?
Tradition fail!
Omac_brother
I think we have all just become so acustomed to the fact that its never going to happen, we just dont even bother mentioning it anymore.
But in the spirit of things…
“WTF!!!! Where is my cross game chat sony? FUUUUUUUUUU”
anthro
It’s on page 1 actually.
Reading fail!
:D
cam_manutd
Nothing super exciting though would like to see the possibilities when the Vita arrives :)
online4ntagonist
Well I know what’s up with the new firmware update. It’s doing 1000 frost damage per second to my ps3 and then Skyrim freezes every five minutes.
JdcrysShinkuu
they locked off the usb ports for security reasons (ok) but why for the love of all things Street Fighter 4 did they lock off my SF4 Fightpad Controller?!?!?!?! Please tell me a patch is coming to address this issue!