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PS3 to get in-game XMB access in 2008

Posted on January 8th, 2008 at 22:27 EDT

There wasn’t a very strong showing from Sony’s gaming division at CES 2008.  Of course, this was expected; however, this didn’t stop Paul Purdy from announcing a much awaited confirmation for PS3 users world-wide.

Paul has gone on record stating that the PlayStation 3’s Xcross Media Bar will have in-game access sometime this year.  When asked if he had a more specific time frame, Paul decided that information was enough.

Sony fans have watched their counterparts enjoy custom soundtracks and messaging in-game for a couple of years now.  It’s only a matter of time until the leveler is set and the scale starts tilting in the opposite direction.

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posted 10:31pm EST - January 8th, 2008
1

SWEET! i have been waiting for this forever.

posted 10:31pm EST - January 8th, 2008
2

I seem to remember hearing this before, Do we believe it now ?

posted 10:31pm EST - January 8th, 2008
3

cool

posted 10:37pm EST - January 8th, 2008
4
finally .... great news ... it would of been nice if they gave a release date..
posted 10:37pm EST - January 8th, 2008
5
Its a shame it has taken this long, I still don't see it coming until the release of HOME, which I have no interest in whatsoever.
posted 10:38pm EST - January 8th, 2008
6
sweet finally xbl has no chance now tht sony's releasing this kinda stuff especially cause PSN=free & XBL=$50(rip off)
posted 10:46pm EST - January 8th, 2008
7

I hope in game messaging and music arnt the only things that come with it.

I also want to record gameplay and other things.

posted 10:48pm EST - January 8th, 2008
8

cool i guess. i'm buying a router pretty soon. i think so i can go online and enjoy my ps3 fully. i already have broadband just going to get it and see if i can hook it up. 

posted 10:50pm EST - January 8th, 2008
9

Ill believe it when I see it.

posted 11:15pm EST - January 8th, 2008
10

np dave

posted 11:24pm EST - January 8th, 2008
11

@Dark_Halo34 you are too funny... XBL has no chance? HA! You get what you pay for! I'll glady pay for a years worth of XBL for the bargain basement price of 50.

posted 11:25pm EST - January 8th, 2008
12

12/31/08 that the time will be out

posted 11:38pm EST - January 8th, 2008
13

hahah DAMN!!! someone took my Dec 31st 08 joke.....but seriously, they to make with the ingame xmb POST HASTE!

posted 11:41pm EST - January 8th, 2008
14

This year? omg.. that could be in 12 mounths ! god dammit.. "this year" is so vague.. probably wont come soon

 

posted 11:41pm EST - January 8th, 2008
15

This year? omg.. that could be in 12 mounths ! god dammit.. "this year" is so vague.. probably wont come soon

 

posted 11:48pm EST - January 8th, 2008
16

XB2B1 everytime you show up it cracks me up. Your comments are too funny bro.

posted 11:59pm EST - January 8th, 2008
17
See it to believe it
posted 12:36am EST - January 9th, 2008
18

We've known this for ages. What's new? I want a date or at least a version number thanks.

posted 12:50am EST - January 9th, 2008
19
oh thank god, they better not go bak on there word again
posted 1:09am EST - January 9th, 2008
20

davew your a funny guy main. hahaha.

Anyways ive known for awhile that they been working on it but now we have an expected timeframe. So it could be now to December 31st (i got that from joystiq).

posted 1:25am EST - January 9th, 2008
21

I don't care about the in-game stuff music, pictures and all that. The only thing I truly care about in-game is messenging. Sucks having to quit a game just to tell a fellow PSN'er

 

"kthxbye'

posted 2:26am EST - January 9th, 2008
22

About freakin time...

posted 2:53am EST - January 9th, 2008
23

Why do people keep putting In Game XMB and Home together??? they're TWO SEPERATE THINGS Ingame XMB has nothing to do with Home! Just because home has a version of it dosent mean anything. Eye of Judgment, Rockband and a few others already do the same thing that Home does right now which is ingame messaging. It's software enabled XMB it's not the hardware version that people want that gives us access to things like the MP3 player.

posted 3:13am EST - January 9th, 2008
24
oh lord jesus plz help this shiz come out sooner than l8r...
posted 3:44am EST - January 9th, 2008
25

They won't release it with home, Why would they?

posted 4:00am EST - January 9th, 2008
26

we will hear the progress in march during gdc along with what sony plans on doing with the network upgrades.  e3 sony will announce igxmb will be released mid july followed by home in august.  (my predictions)

posted 4:06am EST - January 9th, 2008
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im willing to wait and let them take there time and implimit it well. but it seems you guys just want some kinda crappy XMB... well i for one want them to make it good.

posted 5:58am EST - January 9th, 2008
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XMB - SEPT 08 HOME - OCT 08 My predictions
posted 7:16am EST - January 9th, 2008
29

Anyone else think PSN should utilize a XMB based interface? That would be sweet.

posted 7:44am EST - January 9th, 2008
30

@DaveW

Get some writers who doesn't have lives, so they can just write news for PSU all day long. Then we wouldn't have to deal with these delays all the time.

posted 7:52am EST - January 9th, 2008
31

hope sooner than later

posted 8:05am EST - January 9th, 2008
32

thank you sony :)

posted 8:40am EST - January 9th, 2008
33

psn id: gingo.... well i should hope it is coming in 2008 i would hate to think it would take another year to give us this, btw DaveW its cool we dont expect you to be on this every second of your life

posted 9:14am EST - January 9th, 2008
34

Well atleast its confirmed now. I never heard of this 'Paul Burdy' chap...

posted 9:52am EST - January 9th, 2008
35

That news made my day,i just hope they release Home before summer.

posted 10:09am EST - January 9th, 2008
36
Just release the soddin thing will ya!
posted 10:19am EST - January 9th, 2008
37

great...even though we were meant to have in game XMB sometime in 2007...and before that it would be live in 2006 when the console launched...wait until they give us a date (october 2009 anyone?) until then i'll stick to the 360 for chatting to my mates...

posted 10:23am EST - January 9th, 2008
38

This and Home?, who wont want to buy a ps3?

posted 10:24am EST - January 9th, 2008
39

IngameXMB +HOME+LittleBP+MGS = deathspiral for Crapbox360

posted 10:38am EST - January 9th, 2008
40

Finally it in game XMB is on its way. Thanks to the mighty ps3 which has no limits, features just keep coming as Sony fans want them, infact ps3 is here to last for a very long time. See ya Wii and 360.

posted 12:01pm EST - January 9th, 2008
41

These guys are taking too dam long!!! What's wrong with them?

posted 1:26pm EST - January 9th, 2008
42

yeah i agree with the above post, Sony is taking entirely too long on getting this launched as opposed to it being launched almost a6 months ago

posted 1:35pm EST - January 9th, 2008
43

SWEET! Late this year though.

posted 1:44pm EST - January 9th, 2008
44

I hope this comes fast. Maybe people will stop complaining. I'm getting tired of hearing compiants about the lack of in game XMB...

posted 1:55pm EST - January 9th, 2008
45

You won't have to wait long.  This is a feature already in place in HOME.  I don't see it taking much longer.

posted 2:05pm EST - January 9th, 2008
46

well we all knew it had to come sometime this year anyway.....

posted 2:13pm EST - January 9th, 2008
47

psn id: BIGROB904.... about time we have been waiting and asking for this a long time we should have gotten this last year but at least they're letting us know its coming this year

posted 2:46pm EST - January 9th, 2008
48
"It’s only a matter of time until the leveler is set and the scale starts tilting in the opposite direction." Wow ... great line ...
posted 9:31pm EST - January 9th, 2008
49

Meh better late then never, I surprised it took them this long.

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