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Posted on Monday, June 25 @ 11:03:22 Eastern by


[Update] PlayStation Blog has made it official.

[Original Story] According to a post on NeoGAF, a PlayStation 3 firmware update is incoming on June 26th. Going by the past 50 or so firmware updates, this will A) do very little to upgrade the PS3, and B) release around midnight EST (tonight).

How this sneaky bloke knows what Sony has planned is anyone's guess, but mysteriously, the changelog looks strikingly similar to what Sony puts out themselves shortly before the firmware is set to go live.

The changelog proves theory A:
PS3 System Software version 4.20 will be released on June 26 2012. This update will introduce a number of new features including:

When the wireless stereo headset (CECHYA-0080) is connected, you can now adjust the sidetone level for microphone audio. Select [Sidetone] under (Settings) > (Accessory Settings) > [Audio Device Settings].
--o Off: Disable microphone audio from the headset
--o 1-5: Enable microphone audio from the headset

- You can now set the amount of time until the system automatically turns off. Under (Settings) > (Power Save Settings) > [System Auto-Off] you will be able amend the time for [Video/TV/Music/Photo] and for [Game/Other Features]:
Video/TV/Music/Photo - After 1 Hour, After 2 Hours, After 3 Hours, After 4 Hours, After 5 Hours, Off
Game/Other Features - After 1 Hour, After 2 Hours, After 3 Hours, After 4 Hours, After 5 Hours, Off
--o If you enabled [System Auto-Off] in system software prior to version 4.20, the selected time will be set for both [Video/TV/Music/Photo] and [Game/Other Features].
--o The default settings are [After 4 Hours] for [Video/TV/Music/Photo] and [After 1 Hour] for [Game/Other Features].

- Under (Games) > (Saved Data Utility (PS3™), you can now select multiple saved data items, and then either delete or copy them as a group.
--o You cannot use [Copy Multiple] to select data that is copy-protected.
--o Some saved data cannot be copied.
--o The upper right corner of the screen displays:
===== the number of saved data items that are selected
===== the total number of saved data items
===== the total file size of the saved data items that are selected



Tags:   PS3, firmware


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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 11:42 am
    Thank God for auto-update. I'd hate to have to sit through a download and install for this pointless bull ****.
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
    The new power-save settings are a nice addition, kinda needed this.

    but still...is this it? Not really much they can do now, I suppose.
  • theoutcast32
    theoutcast32

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
    lol sony and the playcrap 3
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
    really? the playcrap 3 was the best you could come up with? D- for comedy.
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous

    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
    Dismaystation

    I tried.
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
    Really? 4.20? They couldn't have used 4.2 instead? What were they smoking over there?
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
    Apparently the reefer.

    Why so much hate for an update? lol
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
    Update the block list, dang it. Only allowing 50 people on there is just plain stupid. Also, if you're trying to delete people to make room for more recent jerks, it takes upwards of 5 minutes.
  • nihm
    nihm

    Joined: Jan 2011
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 6:41 am
    Why do you need to block more than 50 people? Every time I've blocked someone I end up removing them after a month or four (basically whenever I remember) and I never encounter them again. Making the deletion of old friends who never play faster would be nice, but again it's probably such a rare occurrence that it's not worth the time to improve.
  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2

    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
    How about making it so I can sort my PSN purchases by games, demos, DLC, etc.
  • nihm
    nihm

    Joined: Jan 2011
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 6:45 am
    If you're talking about sorting on the XMB, you can already do that by making folders. If you're talking about your purchase history/download list, then that's a great idea! I'd actually redownload old purchases that I bought for my 1st PS3 if they had that feature. Until then I'm not going to scroll down a huge list to find Crash Bandicoot 3.
  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jun 25th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
    "When the wireless stereo headset (CECHYA-0080) is connected, you can now adjust the sidetone level for microphone audio. Select [Sidetone] under (Settings) > (Accessory Settings) > [Audio Device Settings]."
    ALLELUIA! Playing ME3 single-player while connected to the Internet was so annoying because of this.
    Now if they could patch it so we can play PS2 classics with the headset, I will love them.

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