PS3 firmware 2.41 is up!

[Village Idiot]

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... this darn thing runs slow enough for me to begin with.

And the sad thing is that this is almost an understatement.

[Pared]

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Altimus, I hope they did because at times this darn thing runs slow enough for me to begin with.

PSN runs slow for you?? Tell me your settings so I can get my system up to speed!

[CaptainZombie]

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PSN runs slow for you?? Tell me your settings so I can get my system up to speed!

LOL! Funny guy.

Ok, IGN has a 3 page feature on FW 2.40 and for EG and others concerned about the cheating from save files, it can't be done.

It's important to note that while games can be patched to offer support for Trophies, the rewards can't be given out retroactively -- you'd have to go back and play through each game again. This makes sense given that someone could copy a completed save for a game that they've never played from a friend and automatically unlock all of the Trophies.

[Pared]

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Wow... as much as I hate that... that's pretty smart.

[CaptainZombie]

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Wow... as much as I hate that... that's pretty smart.

I agree.

Here is the IGN article: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/885/885177p1.html

[Pared]

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Cool thanks for the link.

[CaptainZombie]

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Cool thanks for the link.

No problem, enjoy. It sounds like at some point in the Fall and moving forward that developers will be required to add Trophies in games.

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Well there is still in game music and since im more of an offline gamer I can deal with that for awhile...

[Pared]

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In game music won't be available until the game you're playing gets patched to allow it...

[callmetaternuts]

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Just got a chance to watch the Trophy video and I couldn't have asked for more. Everything that is needed is there and looks good and looks to function really nicely. Props to Sony. I wonder now how many copies StartDust HD will sell on the 2nd.

As far as in-game chat and invites, I had a feeling those wouldn't be incorporated from the get go. We are already getting tons of stuff. I'm sure we will see all that in later updates and probably even before Home. Remember, it was stated in-game invites and Trophies won't require Home and we have already seen that with Trophies. I'm sure the same will be said for in-game invites in a later firmware update.

Very exciting stuff so far though.

Also, a clock! Finally!

Can you post that video for those of us bored at work?

[Altimus]

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Can you post that video for those of us bored at work?

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[CaptainZombie]

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Can you post that video for those of us bored at work?

I think it is posted a few pages back.

[Altimus]

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Anyone know if this Trophy data gets saved on the servers? I'm sure it will but just wanted confirmation.

[callmetaternuts]

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Off the IGN link found some good stuff

Much like Achievements on the Xbox 360, you'll earn Trophies for completing specific tasks in a game (a notification will pop up in the corner of the screen to tell you when you've earned one). The difference though is that instead of being worth a rather arbitrary point total, you'll earn either a Bronze, Silver or Gold Trophy for each accomplishment.

very cool, i just hope we get a cool sound to notify that we did something (ala 360). I wonder if from this point on Trophies will be standard in games, or if only some titles will support.

Each game will also have a single Platinum Trophy assigned to it, which is only unlocked once you've earned all of the other Trophies. This Platinum Trophy plays nicely into the new Level system that will be introduced in 2.40.

A reason to play the game a few times and do different things.......awesome

As far as upcoming titles go, Sony promises that every major first-party game slated for release later this summer and onward will have built-in Trophy support. SOCOM: Confrontation and Resistance 2 were called out as examples during our meeting, while the press release also mentions BUZZ! Quiz TV, LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, NBA 09 and PixelJunk Eden. PixelJunk Eden will be the first game to have Trophy support upon its initial release.

For third-parties, Sony promises that many developers are working to add Trophies into their games for this fall and onward. For the near future, Sony will not require that developers feature Trophy support in their games as some titles may be too far along to easily add them. However, at an undisclosed point in the future, all PlayStation 3 releases will indeed be required to make use of Trophies. We're hoping that's sooner than later.

And, perhaps best of all, the Friends list cap has been doubled from 50 to 100.

Didnt know we had a limit.......

Im pretty impressed and like the writers of the article said........it suddenly became a bit difficult to pick 360 games over PS3 games with an essentially equal if not greater set of toys on the PS3 side

answers my above question. I wonder if NCAA or Madden will have these.........(please, please, please)

[callmetaternuts]

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Damnit, i cant see the vid at work, it shows up as a big blank spot, thanks anyways though.