PlayStation 3 Firmware Update 2.00 Tomorrow
- Scribbled on November 7th, 2007 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Firmware, Patches, Sony PlayStation 3
Joystiq has announced that the long-awaited 2.00 Firmware update will be available tomorrow:
PlayStation 3 2.00. Mythic sounding, ain’t it? Oh, how we’ve pined for the promise of this transformation. Never mind that Xbox 360 has the games and Wii has the demand. This holiday, PS3 has the update — and it’s available tomorrow.
Now for the bads news: The update, well, it’s, um, it’s … (how to put this?) …
it’s lameit’s not gonna ‘un-lame’ your crippled PS3. What, you cry, but it was supposed to trump the Halo 3s, the Mass Effects — the best Mario game in more than a decade! We know. Sorry, folks. At least you can finally use your Canon printers. At least, firmware 2.00 is free.
Click “Read more…” to see the what the update does.
Here’s the complete 2.00 breakdown:
- Remote Start - Energy savings: no need to leave your PS3 on all day while you periodically access it with your PSP during coffee breaks.
- Information Board - Scrolling headlines, handpicked by Sony for Sony. (Thankfully, you can disable the ticker until a later update, when Sony plans to let you import your own RSS feeds.)
- Themes - Create. Share. Love. Ain’t that what community is all about? [Joystiq's pick for 'Best New Feature'; customize backgrounds, icons and fonts with companion PC software; supported by PlayStation.com and PlayStation Store.]
- XMB Color Selector - Take control of the mood.
- Music & Photo Playlists - But no Music-Photo playlists.
- Additional Sorting Options - Now you can sort your music … (ready for this?) … by year!
- DualShock 3 support - A “last-gen” feature renewed (without a US release date).
- PLAYSTATION Network XMB group - Attention: PlayStation Store has moved to a new icon.
- Canon printer support - ‘Cause even game consoles need to print things.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Just wondering - isn’t going from 1.00 to 2.00 supposed to be a major update? I mean… Canon printer support? Is that a “screw you” to HP owners?
November 7th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
I think they may have already added HP earlier, but who has a printer hooked up to their PS3? Pointless feature…unless it works through LAN.
Themes sound neat, I guess, and DS3 support isn’t really nothing to get excited about unless you import it from Japan this year.
Overall, not so good, but maybe it’s more a product of continual updates throughout the year. Sony doesn’t have that “mega-reveal” that Microsoft is accustomed to with its 2 updates a year plan.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Whoa, change of though…these pics on Joystiq are actually pretty cool…I’m liking the customizable icons and such. You should have posted a better picture, though…that’s just the standard XMB menu…