Late last night, Sony and Microsoft pushed out releases for their respective game consoles. Firmware v2.70 for the PlayStation 3 adds text chat support for up to 16 players while in and out of gameplay and you can be in up to three chat rooms at once! A few other additions are included.
Friends list on the XMB (XrossMediaBar)
* Sort your friends via their online status
* Attach larger files to the messages you send to your friends (file size will increase from 1MB to 3MB)Video delivery service on PlayStation Store
* Video files you’ve purchased from the PlayStation Store can be backed up to an external storage device and then restored to PS3’s internal hard drive for playback – so you can clear up space on your hard drive and then restore the video anytime in the future
* Videos you’ve purchased for PSP (PlayStation Portable) system can now be transferred to PS3 for playback
Microsoft also pushed out a firmware update for the Xbox 360, but Major Nelson says there are no new features. However, the update should fix “interruption issues” experienced by some XBL users during a handful of games. That’s seriously it.
Overall, pretty lame updates on both ends from my point of view.
Its baby step. the 360 is fixing problems where the ps3 is actually improving itself with usable features. PS3-1, 360-0
That’s because the xbox 360 already made a extremely incredible experience online, along time ago, PS3 hasn’t even found their niche. That’s why they’re flooding the market with new (useless) features all the time. Trust me, I’m not a fanboy, I own and use both systems regularly.
What the PS3 should be working on is making a completely different experience. It’s obvious the one they have now is not working out. PS on line is terrible, slow, and lacking some obviously needed features.
I couldn’t see my self paying for Sony online, but I could see my self paying quite a bit for Xbox live.
Thats because your stupid and obviously have money to burn. PS3 – 2 360 – 0
Umm… no xbox live isn’t burning money… it’s not even that expensive and I agree with him I would not pay for Sony online. If you want to talk about people burning money go bug the WoW players… Now quit being a retarded fan boy and calling people stupid just because you like one system better than the other. Truthfully I believe the PS3 has way more potential than the 360 and also that they have yet to tap into that, so until then I’ll stick to my Xbox.
the 360 is improving its functionality, and PS3 is just trying to catch up by adding things that the 360 already has.
I would have to disagree with you, don smith, based on the above points.
I wonder if the update for the 360 ended up fixing the issue with people randomly getting kicked from parties. That was really annoying. I did see a difference today, no one really got kicked when I was playing GoW2