PlayStation 3 Firmware Update 2.70 is Now Available!

That was actually a pretty quick transition from announcement to the update being available.

Did anyone catch the updates from either of the Auto-Firmware Downloaders?

LOL at the update i think it suxs but when you go to do the ingame chat thing do you notice how voice chat is ghosted that makes me think it will be available real soon because if it wasnt going to be they would of left that option out so people didnt speculate.

I want Sony to burn after this. For those who don't have it you can chat in game. However you have to have XMB OPEN! to do it. SCREW YOU SONY!

Now that I have vented my frustration. I am pissed. I want voice chat!

Anyway I really don't understand this, Anyone want to chat with me add me PSN:Cyan_Caze.

PS: I don't want Sony to burn. But now I'm disappointed.

I totally agree with you. This is udder bs! I have been waiting months for this one stupid update because I was under the assumption that Sony finally was going to give the Xbox a run for its money...They have done the exact opposite. What a waste of a download. I think I am really going on the playstation site to give them a piece of my mind. Thats all I wanted was to voice chat ingame and as above members have mentioned it is NOT there. I am absolutely on fire over this. Thats all I wanted was freaking voice chat and they can't deliver something that simple?!

I hope all those involved in the making of this 'update' lose their jobs like the rest of us. This was the only thing I was looking forward to to ease the blow of the economy and my unemployment and I didn't get it. This is complete trash and the update is a waste of server space. who the hell wants to instant message while playing a game?! RETARDS YOU ONCE AGAIN FAILED! Sony, watch out you will be hearing from me very, VERY SOON!

What's wrong with you people? It's just another update, there will be plenty of updates and when I look back one year ago and compare what I had with now, I'm really impressed with what sony did, so many great improvements, it's going slowly maybe, but it's going somewhere! Be patient and stop being ungrateful!

Thanks Sony for keeping your support for the ps3!

Sorry my friend. But I dropped $500 on this beast, and so far it's features are BEHIND it's top competitor.

It makes me mad when i pay a premium and get less.:evilgrin:

PS: Sony is ahead of Microsoft in hardware. But their software is just ages behind. I'm so mad I can't stand it!

Man i was so anticipating this release now that i see wow TEXT CHAT? seriously? dude thats just f ing screwed up like we need more texting on our ps3s now. And for those that say why don't we wait patiently we'll get it soon. Well its been awhile now and for a company that say they focusing more on networking more than their competitors and we still cant talk to each other yet? Another PR BS.

:confused: software has room for improvment. hardware? well , no you're stuck with it. some at some point posted an article comparing sony with other things. for the price and the feature set. PS3 is the cheapest periode. and as KAkarotoKS said .. it's improving slowly may be but surely.

do not forget also that THE competitor you're refering to has 2 years advance.

For anyone interested, I posted the FULL 2.7 changelog here: http://www.ps3news.com/PlayStation-3/ps3-firmware-2-70-update-full-feature-list-now-available/

That's true, your obviously stuck with hardware and its limitations or benefits, but what good is a great machine without good software, or a variety of software features.
I'm disappointed with the update and I think it's Sony "people will get 2nd jobs to buy one" belief is behind it, they need to realise you cant just sell something in this economy and expect it to sell for the brand name alone.

Even though Microsoft's console was out first, Sony should have been aggressive with its firmware and features development, making it the top competitor, to gain a lead.

The additional features in 2.70 are not worth the wait, and are not justifiable for the time its taken between 2.60 and 2.70. It does seem like Sony isnt as enthusiastic about their consoles as they were 8-12 years ago, if the PS3 was out back then, it would be the market and features leader, no doubt.

Maybe im ranting a little but it winds me (and others who have said) up.
This year Sony have good exclusives, namely God of War 3 and an early Japanese release for Final Fantasy XIII, months before the rest of the world and the 360 port. Not to mention a ton of RPGS, which the PS3 is lacking. The online play is more stable, the PSN community is growing, and the support for developers is now there with financial insentives.

The only thing Sony need to rethink is the consoles features in firmware revisions.

Given that it was released about a week ago for a brief time and then was taken down, it's quite possible that there were other features that got pulled at the last minute. Maybe they were buggy or had a security flaw, or the infrastructure wasn't ready for 'em.

Sony does need to step up some, but as others have noted, there's been a slow but steady progression of features.

Too slow to gain a momentum, or become numero uno lol :)

It's very likely there were features that were pulled. Although some of the rumours of the additional features were exaggerated lol. If thats true then we should see 2.71. or 2.80 pretty soon. A lot of people complained 2.60 was buggy and had a number of errors, so any update is good for now, but they are taking too long, for the features theyve added (copy/paste, text chat), the turn out is crazy :crazy: (unless its taken that time to fix bugs or check for flaws, highly doubt it)

My theory is, They wanted to prevent more YLOD's (Yellow Light of Doom).

Because so far Sony's Hardware problems are only .1% the rest is firmware.
Not a exact number, but last I hear it was .1-.3% so forgive me if I am wrong.

Just a small note:

When i installed this the eula came up before i even copied it to hdd...did they ever do that in a previous fw?

And when i did copy it to the hdd it took all of 3 seconds..LITERALLY!

Needless to say that uber fast copy had me worried..but all went well :cool:

one thing to note. what we have access to is the official approved release. so unless working for sony there's no way to know what features are cooking in dev. + do you really want them to do it fast and "brick" everyone's machines??

The time its taken since 2.60 to bring out 2.70 (even if some features are held back) is not fast, by any means. And a "bricking" bug is one of the first things Sony devs would fix. If Sony were on the ball they could have produced 2.70 with all the features the gamers want, like in game browser etc, and still have time to patch most bugs and holes (well under the time its taken for 2.70 to arrive).

On the other hand, i believe 2.80 will be out faster..

so the ps3 firmware update 2.70 is finally out. i was afraid that it would never come out.. X_X