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Wednesday, 2 July 2008

PS3 firmware 2.40 released-Mixed response

The massive anticipation that people had for firmware 2.40 for the PS3 has been overshadowed by the lack of support that developers (at the moment) have given it. Many forum users are complaining that the in game music doesn't work as games don't support it, very few of the settings work, only one or two games have any trophy support whatsoever and overall it has failed to meet some peoples expectations that it would bring the PSN in line with XBL.

I downloaded it first thing this morning, and have not had any trouble such as people claiming it has bricked their PS3's etc etc. I kind of knew that it would be limited in use, and that the only real decent feature of it would be the fact I could send and view messages during gameplay and if my network had broke, I could sign back in.

image At this moment I believe there are two available games (which have been patched up as well) which definitely support trophies, Buzz: Quiz TV and a updated Super Stardust: HD. Now both of which are good games, I recommend if you want a good arcade style shooter for PS3 that doesn't cost many pennies, get it. But seeing as I don't own either one of those games, I have not being able to check out the trophy menus, or the sound they make when they have been earned (which is the most important thing I know...).

Here is the list of games which will apparently support trophies:
BUZZ! Quiz TV
LittleBigPlanet
MotorStorm Pacific Rift
NBA 09
PAIN
PixelJunk Eden
Resistance 2
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Warhawk

image Now out of that list of 9 games, only 3 are out at the moment, and I went on Warhawk for the first time in a while this morning, and apart from the fact it was deserted, no trophies popped up for me, whether you have to be good or anything is another story, but not even in the trophy menu, so I'm thinking that it needs a patch. It also did not allow custom soundtracks.

Since Sony are playing catch up, it would of at least being nice to allow voice chat in game, cross game invites, and various other things to allow the service to work that bit better...That said, it now has a clock, so no more staying up claiming 'I didn't know the time'.

Edit: And a few things which I forgot to mention. There is now a little music player, which makes navigating tracks a lot easier and on the quiet, they have updated the playstation store, and now it is as fast as it should be and a few more navigation options.

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