PS3 System Software Update (v3.70)

[Pared]

When I click on my name in my friends list to view my trophies it does a sync that takes much, much longer than I would expect to.

I don't really care to look at my trophies because of it. I game most of the time offline while not signed into PSN so that is probably why it takes forever to do the sync.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

When I click on my name in my friends list to view my trophies it does a sync that takes much, much longer than I would expect to. I don't really care to look at my trophies because of it. I game most of the time offline while not signed into PSN so that is probably why it takes forever to do the sync.

Ah gotcha... yeah, probably depends on how many you accumulate before the next sync.

I wonder if there is a patent thing stopping Sony from doing it on the fly like MSFT does. Since they have a silly patent (how you can get a patent for something like this is baffling, the patent industry is WHACK), for playing background music while gaming.

Hello PC, they have been doing that for YEARS... how you can patent it for "all consoles" (and not just yours you manufacture) is mind numbing. Money talks though.

[CaptainZombie]

From a PSN+ users stand point this can be a nice list of features making that $50 you plunked down much more worth it. Certain features should be available for everyone, especially the trophy sync feature. This leaves a bad taste in my mouth with Sony that they plan to take simple features like this and add them to a paid subscription. The thing is that the trophies still do not update to Sony servers when you unlock them like on the 360 which instantly hit your profile. They get sent over via the auto update that is done on your console when it turns itself on/off or will batch the trophy progress over at any given point. Kind of pointless imo.

Quote: Originally Posted by EnigmaNemesis

Ah gotcha... yeah, probably depends on how many you accumulate before the next sync. I wonder if there is a patent thing stopping Sony from doing it on the fly like MSFT does. Since they have a silly patent (how you can get a patent for something like this is baffling, the patent industry is WHACK), for playing background music while gaming. Hello PC, they have been doing that for YEARS... how you can patent it for "all consoles" (and not just yours you manufacture) is mind numbing. Money talks though.

I can't see there being a patent on syncing your end users data to your servers.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainZombie

I can't see there being a patent on syncing your end users data to your servers.

Hard to picture licensed music being played in the background which I dunno, happens in every day life, its called a RADIO, Pandora, etc, either... but there is.

[Mabster]

Quote: Originally Posted by EnigmaNemesis

Hard to picture licensed music being played in the background

What do mean here? 360 isn't the only console you can to this on. It's possible in on certain PS3 games to play your own music collection while you game.

It's not a PS3 function but rather an option programmed into the game. Maybe that's what you're referring to.

Edit: I get it. 360 has the patent on allowing the hardware to do the function. But if developers program their software to do it, it skirts the patent.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mabster

What do mean here? 360 isn't the only console you can to this on. It's possible in on certain PS3 games to play your own music collection while you game. It's not a PS3 function but rather an option programmed into the game. Maybe that's what you're referring to

MSFT owns a patent where the console itself is allowed to stream music on the OS in the background across all games. That is why Sony is not allowed to have a hardcoded option in their OS, and it is up to the individual developers to use resources on a game per game basis.

Now imagine the ****storm if they did this on the OS for the "computer" and Apple was unable to no longer do this on their own hardware/OS?

Either way it is what it is, and just more proof sometimes the patent industry is such folly. NBD to me personally, just as silly as a patent that is allowed to happen, would not surprise me if the same patent exists for "games that earn you fake rewards to be auto updated on the fly". Same type of silliness.

[sven]

My update gets to around 50% each time then I get an error message saying the connection to the server was last.

[e0820]

Anyone have any issues with fw3.70?

During Madden 10 and Madden 12 demo my PS3 60gb (I have a 200gb drive now) would turn off on its own. It didnt happen during Motorstorm 2 or NHL10.