PS3 firmware 2.53 supposedly coming today
by Justin McElroy 
{ Nov 26th 2008 at 9:00AM }
That last one isn't us being coy, we really don't know what it does, save for full screen support for Adobe Flash content hinted at in a listing that has since disappeared. Here's hoping there's a little more to it than that when it (probably) releases today.
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Vcize @ Nov 26th 2008 9:24AM
How about a firmware update to make firmware updates faster, at least if they're going to release updates for little inconsequential stuff like this every two weeks...
Tiptup300 @ Nov 26th 2008 1:13PM
The only thing you can do is get better internet. I'm not saying the PS3's update speeds aren't terrible, they just are very very slow compared to the 360.
The ps3 took about 15 minutes to update. The NXE was about a 1.5 minute install.
Popfrogs @ Dec 1st 2008 12:57PM
I'm wondering if X360 updates are just chunks of data on the hard drive, whereas the PS3 reflashes a chip each time.
deaftly @ Nov 26th 2008 9:34AM
ps3fanboy are newbs, I just use a delorean
Lord Negatron @ Nov 26th 2008 10:07AM
Pfft. Dude, your better off using a Continuum Transfunctioner. Do yew know vere it is?
Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Nov 26th 2008 9:44AM
So many firmwares, so little time.
baby sea tuna @ Nov 26th 2008 9:45AM
I don't think I ever got the last one, which had some sort of significant improvements or something. I suppose I should update at some point.
Is there a way to set them to automatically update?
Hyams @ Nov 26th 2008 11:14AM
It won't let you connect to the internet unless you update. You sure you haven't got the last one?
baby sea tuna @ Nov 26th 2008 11:24AM
I dunno, watching Blu-Rays doesn't force me to connect to the 'net, do they?
Duke @ Nov 26th 2008 9:53AM
I think we may have passed the days of interesting firmware updates for this generation.
baby sea tuna @ Nov 26th 2008 10:08AM
I want them to make one that turns my PS3 into a Roomba. Better yet, my Wii...after all, it's already so good at collecting dust.
Zing!
el serpiente @ Nov 26th 2008 10:54AM
Full screen web video is interesting.
BananaBoat @ Nov 26th 2008 11:24AM
Full screen for flash combined with better Hulu and Youtube support would be epic. If they can get sites like Hulu working, the PS3 would basically become a web connected DVR that you don't even need to set to remember to record your shows.
Let's hope that the update really does have better flash support.
Duke @ Nov 26th 2008 2:14PM
I really dont think that stuff is very interesting to the majority of users.
sk8monroe81 @ Nov 26th 2008 5:00PM
el serp-
full screen web video can be done from my PC directly to my HDTV if i wanted to, but i dont.
the ps3 is the superior high def movie player and game machine and thats what i use it for.
i dont want to watch low quality movie and tv shows.
BananaBoat @ Nov 26th 2008 5:06PM
Not all web video is low quality...sites like Hulu offer Hi-Def and 480p versions of TV shows and movies. The quality really is good for the HD stream, and it isn't that bad for the 480p stream (especially for TV. It's like watching a show on a non-HD channel, which I will agree, sounds like torture in this HD age, but whatever).
I think there are more people out there than you think that would love to be able to fire up their PS3, go to Hulu, and watch an episode of a TV show that they missed and forgot to tape. Not everyone has a DVR, and even those that do have to remember to tell their DVR to record a show (unless they have it set to record every instance of a show, which not all DVRs have the capacity to do). Then again, most people have no idea that their PS3 has a web browser period, so it may all be a moot point.
behindinfinity @ Nov 26th 2008 10:24AM
xbox360fanboy2 or should i say joystiq is really hitting on us ps3 gamers....hmmmm
RiccochetJ @ Nov 26th 2008 10:38AM
Well do you know what this damn update does? I hate that these firmware updates take 10 minutes to download and then another 5 to install and I don't have a clue what it did to my machine. It's annoying. Especially when my xbox gets a complete overhaul and the whole thing took 3 minutes.
You can definitely tell where the respective companies strengths lies.
XBox = Great software support, crap hardware.
PS3 = Great hardware, crap software support.
Vidikron @ Nov 26th 2008 10:46AM
It adds full screen flash support. Not sure what else.
Tez @ Nov 26th 2008 11:54AM
OMG, 15 minutes; how do you survive?
Jack @ Nov 26th 2008 12:15PM
I would personally like to be able to have sub folders for music, video, and pictures.
Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 26th 2008 3:34PM
folder organization was there from day one
343 Guilty Fart @ Nov 26th 2008 12:48PM
I'd really like full iPod support. I use my PS3 now for everything media related, but when I want to play something off the pod (which is pretty much my entire music collection) I have to fire up the 360. Heck, I'd be willing to get a Zune if it worked with the PS3 but I hear they've got even less functionality with the PS3.
Geist @ Nov 26th 2008 1:15PM
Why in the hell would you buy a Zune? Don't.
sk8monroe81 @ Nov 26th 2008 6:38PM
whats wrong the with the zune?
and zune pass?
ipod = DRM music, hassle transfer.
ipod = works better on apple computers.
ipod = expensive
ipod = expensive download service at $ 1 per track.
zune pass is $ 15 per month unlimited music service.
the zune works great with windows and windows media player.
the zune has fm radio built in.
Geist @ Nov 26th 2008 7:09PM
I never said anything about the iPod. I own one, but only because I got it for free. Apparently nobody knows that it works with Winamp, and I haven't spent a dime on music (I listen to music that usually isn't available on CDs).
But seriously, there are better MP3 players on the market besides the iPods and Zune. The only reason I haven't bought one is because I'm cheap as all hell.
Bass Masterson @ Nov 26th 2008 1:33PM
I love how Obama can do no wrong. He wins and the announcement sends the DOW down 17%. But that's not his fault! The market goes up around the time he makes an announcement (and key earnings data comes out) - that's our Obama!
4 years of the most destructive yet blameless presidency in history coming up in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Duke @ Nov 26th 2008 2:16PM
Do you have some personal issues to work out? You call people retarded in posts and spew on about the pres-elect too much.
el serpiente @ Nov 26th 2008 2:18PM
Are you nuts?
ravishi @ Nov 26th 2008 2:20PM
have you ever thought that your post caused the DOW to drop 17%? no no, i find both you and obama's announcement to be completely unrelated from the subject at hand
Donmcthrill @ Nov 26th 2008 2:14PM
You sound like a jealous Bush lover. Four things made us complain about the last presidency- Oil, Katrina, Iraq, and Secrets (where is Donald Rumsfeld?). Im sure a nice PS3 update will solve all of your worries. I also want a ps3 remote connectivity app for my ipod touch so I can watch all the divx movies I downloaded and so I can install updates before I arrive home. By the way, wouldn’t it be nice to get “Home” during the holidays so we can show it off to family and friends? Obama is the man. He earned it and he did it without speaking about war 90 percent of the time. For Christ sakes he beat Hillary and Bill Clinton… along with McCain.
Bass Masterson @ Nov 26th 2008 2:41PM
You sound like an Obamatard. Obama didn't "earn" anything, he was handed the election by a completely complicit media that refused to investigate any issues surrounding him, a populace who was more concerned with ridiculing the greater qualifications of Sarah Palin than bothering to notice Obama never accomplished anything, and a bunch of people beholden to a public image.
You libs crack me up. All you rant and rave about "intelligent decisions" and so forth and you vote for the most popular and photogenic guy.
Or perhaps you don't know about the Zogby poll that shows the vast majority of people who voted for Obama didn't have a clue what he was pretending to believe?
And as for your list:
- Oil is still a problem, it was a problem in the Carter administration
- Katrina was a natural occurrence. You might be interested to learn that the hurricane never hit New Orleans. Rising floodwaters collapsed the levees. The city knew for years that this would happen and did nothing.
- The Iraq war was voted for and strongly supported by the party you claim will now deliver us from their mistakes.
- 'Secrets'? Are you 9?
Keep living the dream. The delusional, self-absorbed dream.
Duke @ Nov 26th 2008 2:52PM
Ohhhh this really has so much to do with gaming. Thank you again for your special insight.
I'm a republican hawk and I too think you're a jackass.
elpmis @ Nov 26th 2008 2:22PM
I think this update actually does have home. I just got an email from PSN saying I am to beta test Home tonight at 8pm EST.
ravishi @ Nov 26th 2008 2:30PM
as did I.
"Congratulations, you have been selected to help beta test PlayStation®Home!
We appreciate your help in making the PlayStation®Home experience the best it can be! Please log in to Home this evening from 5 PM - 7 PM PST for a big celebration of
Version 1.0 and a load test of our new features. "
so I have to login, download it, and test it in the 2 hour timespan? actually, thats ok with me. i was only planning to spend 2 hours using it in the first place.
note to sony: finish home already for f'in sake. then spend your time on some useful features.
sorry for the bitterness but its been years since i was actually excited for this
silverwolf761 @ Nov 26th 2008 4:24PM
Yep, I got in the Beta as well, even though the email was sent on Monday night and I didn't get it until this morning
thebred @ Nov 26th 2008 2:30PM
Just received an email from PSN saying I've been selected to help beta test Playstation@Home. Anyone else get this?
joeymoto @ Nov 26th 2008 2:56PM
Maybe if the last two updates hadn't completely f**cked up my PS3's internet connectivity (i.e. signing me out every 30 mins or so), I wouldn't mind...
But hopefully this update will sort that problem out...
Mike @ Nov 26th 2008 10:30PM
It took about an 8th of the time for me to download and install the "New Xbox Experience" than it did for me to download the last PS3 update. I have no idea what the last PS3 update did. I don't use my ps3 all that often, and when I do, half the time there's another mandatory update for me to download. This usually prompts me to shut off my ps3 and boot up my 360. For me, it's a seriously problem with the ps3, along with mandatory installs of games.
Leo McKelvin @ Nov 29th 2008 11:24PM
sell your ps3. problem solved.