Well the Sony Playstation US Blog said this earlier on this week “Hello, I just wanted to provide everyone with a head’s up that the next PLAYSTATION 3 system software update (v2.80) will be coming soon. The playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 format software has been improved”. Well the firmware came out, and boy, oh boy! It’s actually a cracker! Read below to find out all the details.
Ok, so if your wondering why the heck you haven’t had your system ask you to update your console yet, even though the firmware has been out for quite a while now. Well that’s because its an optional update (Yes Sony have been listening to our rants about being forced into downloading small pointless firmware updates all the time), you can get it by going to the “System Update” option at the top of the settings list on your X-Media Bar (XMB) and download and run the update from there.
Here is whats been changed/improved in firmware 2.80 that we know of so far:
- XMB works smoother and faster while in-game.
- Wireless PS3 Controller now is auto-assigned controller number one at start up, instead of any USB devices that you have plugged into the ps3’s USB (like Guitar Hero wireless dongles and such like, this has been needed for a long time!)
- Text chat now enables 64 characters per message instead of 32.
- The official Bluetooth wireless PS3 headset now has its microphone volume locked to level 3.
- Open Remote Play (ORP) has been de-activated in 2.80 for security reasons (not Remote Play, Open Remote Play is a home-brewed application that allows you to remote play onto your ps3 via your PC or Mac).
- PS1 game titles loading times have been decreased.
Also there are a few things we haven’t been able to test and confirm ourselves yet, and they are:
- Internet browser runs smoother and loads less corrupt pages.
- Trophy card loading is quicker (in-game and out of).
- A bug which allowed friends to be displayed offline has been fixed.
Have you noticed anything we haven’t? let us know below!
Source - Official Playstation Website
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44 responses so far ↓
1 TevMill // Jun 26, 2009 at 3:34 pm
This is all cool i’m going 2 download 2.80 now
2 mobiletone // Jun 26, 2009 at 5:05 pm
now why couldn’t Sony tell us this in the official blogs?
3 Raul // Jun 27, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Guess u need to see you tube on explorer
4 Blaise // Jun 28, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I wonder when will Sony finally do the firmware update for mkv video container support. I wonder if they even plan to do an update like this…
5 anon // Jun 28, 2009 at 10:45 pm
arstechnica is reporting that it breaks hulu? or maybe hulu updated at the same time to not allow the ps3?
6 anon // Jun 28, 2009 at 10:49 pm
err, engadget, not arstechnica.
7 Mog // Jun 29, 2009 at 8:50 am
I believe they just need to upgrade their site to allow the updated ps3 version.
When you upgrade your firmware, you upgrade your security, if the site you are accessing the content from only allows specific clients/platforms/regions etc etc Then there has to be a list which identifies what can connect, now my guess is they probably just haven’t updated the list to accept the firmware updated ps3.
This would be correct if the previous firmware version still allows you to view the content.
Its like a game server, when you set one up you tell it to only accept client above “x” Version, x being the version you specify, anything below or above that gets rejected. Usually forcing an update.
These security measures are in-place to prevent a whole manner of various problems. Thats why you can’t connect to the PSN on your PS3 without updating the PS3 Firmware (unless your firmware is in the allow), this is usually to remove any connection you have with the PSN, firmware updates are usually issued to close loopholes in the ps3 and its networking that can be exploited. For example can anyone remember Firmware 2.40? That firmware caused certain units to break, but that firmware also allowed the ability to install the development firmware on the machine, potentially a massive security risk. Hence why that firmware was taken down and updated very quickly.
8 DonFernando // Jun 29, 2009 at 9:23 pm
This is all cool!!!
But i notice lately that yahoo mail has been trippy lately, i think its because of javascript and google’s page has been acting weird tooo!
n e body got answers????
9 mobiletone // Jun 30, 2009 at 6:15 pm
the latest 2.80 also killed off the Open Remote Play application that allowed you to access your PS3 via a PC in the same way as your PSP does.
10 Mog // Jul 1, 2009 at 11:07 am
Lol Mobiletone, did you even read the article?
“■Open Remote Play (ORP) has been de-activated in 2.80 for security reasons (not Remote Play, Open Remote Play is a home-brewed application that allows you to remote play onto your ps3 via your PC or Mac).”
11 mobiletone // Jul 1, 2009 at 12:07 pm
-hhah- i just had to check it out first to make sure is am teh facts
you try running ORP and the video signal just bombs after a short time, apparently if you reconfigure your PCs MAC address etc to the same as the PSPs it starts working again. too much trouble if you ask me.. plus i have a PSP anyway 
12 The Future of Sega // Jul 1, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Rotten **** suckers! Gamerblorge has banned me AGAIN!!!! **** DAMMIT!!!!…….AND i’ve been banned from PS3 HOME!!!
I HATE PLAYSTATION 3!!!!!! ROT IN HELL SONY POOPHOLES!!!!!!
13 PJ // Jul 2, 2009 at 8:13 am
@The Future of Sega
Something wrong?
14 riZe- // Jul 4, 2009 at 6:35 pm
owned.
You guys seen the new YouTube page using the PS3 Browser? Very cool.
15 Tom // Jul 6, 2009 at 6:30 pm
What does the new 2.80 version do? What does it improve and what others things can you do that you couldn’t do before?
16 Assassin_landon // Jul 7, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I have noticed that with the update 2.80 my guitar hero guitar has a problem when i try to sync it with my ps3 it puts the guitar hero controller to slot 7 all the time it is really anoying
17 Arthur // Jul 12, 2009 at 12:30 am
My PS3 has developed quirks following the update. Key tones while navigating the XBM went silent. Came back for awhile, then disappeared again. One movie’s audio was really scratchy. Major delay in streaming music, but that may be my router, which I reset and seems to be running normally now. Key Tones keep disappearing though.
18 ISany1THERE?? // Jul 15, 2009 at 11:34 am
I know its probably a long shot, but I’m hazarding a guess that no one else is inactive enough to have it…. but its time for a change of name…. and that change is PS3 MONTHLY….. though we could argue for bi-monthly or even stretch to annual anyone?!?!?
Seriously.. hand over the rains to people who care… or post a link to a site that features NEWS, like digital spy.co.uk
19 yodaddy // Jul 17, 2009 at 6:30 pm
@ The Future of Sega if u were banned from ps Home then i guess u should have thought twice before running ur mouth and not talked **** to people i’m glad u were banned u would just ruin Home 4 the people not there 2 talk **** i hate gum bumpers aka **** talkers
20 Dave // Jul 18, 2009 at 12:55 am
You can now listen to music while in the browser. Im not completely sure if you were ableto before.
21 The Future of Sega // Jul 19, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Someone needs to be fired from this site. You OBVIOUSLY don’t know what you’re doing.
22 mobiletone // Jul 19, 2009 at 7:50 pm
c’mon then Sega boy, let’s see you get a better site up and running then. Shouldn’t take you too long seeing as your an expert at these sort of things.
i’ll be back same time tomorrow. if you don’t have a site up by then you FAIL HARD! and have to STFU + GTFO
23 underground // Jul 20, 2009 at 4:37 am
wow to all of the above.
24 Mog // Jul 20, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Its more like “the” asstard.
And that Asstard as you put it is me.
Try keeping on top of your daily life while working and trying to write articles for people like you.
It aint easy you know.
25 Jake // Jul 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Since the 2.80 update I’ve been having minor issues with movie playback. About half way through a Firefly episode and half way through a DVD -R movie the playback froze. I had to fast forward to continue. While rewinding through the bad spot I could see the video but trying to play again would just hang…
26 jerae // Jul 23, 2009 at 6:18 pm
y cant we play music whilst playing games
27 andifrenzyflyer // Aug 3, 2009 at 2:13 pm
the list at the top explaining that controller priority & the 64 rather than 32 character in txt chat is false the update is unable to do any of the above mentioned features!!!!! why give false information??????
28 The Future of Sega // Aug 16, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Seriously, who is running this site??? This article is like 2 months old, ubuuuuuuh. If you can’t do the job right then QUIT! PS3 DAILY??? HA HA it’s more like PS3 monthly.
29 The Future of Sega // Aug 17, 2009 at 5:00 am
I’m officially taking charge of this operation. No speaks a word unless I say. hee hee PWNIES
30 The Future of Sega // Aug 18, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Ah whats wrong mobiletone? You have a problem with what I just said?
31 The Future of Sega // Aug 18, 2009 at 5:32 pm
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32 O. Blogger // Aug 21, 2009 at 3:48 am
Java Plugins don’t work. Can no longer watch streaming video from websites such as Fancast and Hulu.
PS3 Has GOT TO FIX THIS OR WHAT IS THE POINT!!!!
33 madeup6 // Sep 19, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Yeah you know that 3.0 is out now right?
34 madeup6 // Sep 21, 2009 at 3:00 am
HAHAHAHA! This site is dead.
35 The Future of Sega // Oct 7, 2009 at 2:15 am
@ Mog….BITCH.
36 The Future of Sega // Oct 15, 2009 at 3:07 am
Foist.
37 Mario // Oct 18, 2009 at 9:15 pm
previous post was @ the future of sega!!
38 The Future of Sega // Oct 20, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I have a big penis.
39 mario // Oct 21, 2009 at 4:46 pm
The Future of Sega you suck!
40 The Future of Sega // Nov 26, 2009 at 3:56 am
This site is puuuuure garbage!!! UPDATE IT BASTARDS!!!!!
41 madeup6 // Nov 26, 2009 at 4:20 am
You want a good site? http://www.psnation.org/
They have an awesome site that they update every other day and even have a podcast that comes out every week. And it is soooo good. They are part of the VGEVO podcast community and they know their stuff. I hope all of you at least check out their podcast
42 madeup6 // Dec 7, 2009 at 12:10 am
@The Future of Sega: Go to psnation.org It’s great. One of the guys really like Sega. I can see you like it. Check ‘em out. They even have a podcast. Very funny guys.
43 Jim // Jan 31, 2010 at 11:57 pm
I need closure.
44 The Future of Sega // Mar 14, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Ok I’ll check it out. This site is totally whack dude! Whomever’s in charge needs a royal bukakke session…ass bags.
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