Well i was certainly expecting this news piece to be longer than 4 paragraphs........Wheres all the other stuff that should be included?? Or is this it? Lacklustre for an apparent 'major' update

nice

Well i guess all I have to say is that I was expecting more.

Sony just recently sent out  a survey to the GAP members asking them about which features they would want to see in an upcoming firmware. One of them was in game access to PSN messaging. Let's hope most GAP members choose this as thier choice. While it may not sneak into 2.00 let's hope for the next firmware release. This would make a good Christmas gift from Sony amongst other features. In-game access to messaging is crucial and a given if they want to keep thier loyal followers happy with thier investment.

What is the problem, Why can't Sony come out with access to the XMB while in a game or movie. Maybe there not as advanced as we thought.

Uhhh....I was expecting alot more.

Not even in game XMB? Wow, that's such a let-down. <sarcasm added>

Woo hooo bring it on

God Damn it! People are Idiots!

Seriously, Sony never said 2.00 would contain In game XMB. People made up rumours and people believed it....sheesh...

Playstation blog and ps3fanboy updated will full list of features and images. 

Good for Sony they said it was coming and here it is. I see some people are upset but at least it is something. Maybe November 16th will be another major update since it will be the 1 year anniversary.

See...this is why no-one should talk about what they want in the next update because they're always gonna be let down...if you step back and look at this for what it is it's a pretty good update however because everyone expected 2.00 to be the XBL killer that they built it up to be in their heads they're all gonna be crying now...silly peeps...

the problem is that the last time i checked, mostly of the votes in that survey are for "in-game music",  i voted 4 "psn messaging", but it was like 90 votes behind... thanks god, nobody is choosing the "larger buddy list, and buddy list features such as  categorizing"

psn id: gingo..... awwww no in game xmb well that really is a letdown

wow nick scryer you are a rude 8888888 infact if u had a brain you would all know THAT SONY DID TELL US THAT THIS UPDATE WOULD HAVE INGAME XMB OK? now that thats set straight if u look at the article right here on psu about 2.00 features u would know it included about TWENTY absolutly STUNNING features and here we all are the day befor it release only to hear that it will only include 3 3 very not-seriously-needed features wheras ingame XMB is a feature the ps3 needs more than anything. alot of hype was around " WOW VERSION 2.00 ITS GONNA BE WIKED" and it should have been see its because it the second version of the ps3- thats why this update should be amazing but hehe well.. IT SUCKS. "hey sony even if you just gave us ingame messaging" BUUUUUUT......NNNNAAAAAHHHHT!!!!!

turning on and off remotely is good enough for me, I consider that a fairly big feature.

the only thing u guys talked about was costume and ingame xmb and stuff like that, u didnt write about support a.e and sony rep said that they heard the call of the users so you guys should maybe start asking for more and not expect more, btw i dont get why everyone is so kinky about ingame xmb, i really dont care, i use the soundtrack of the game, or more the devs should allow u to get music from harddrive they already have access. anyways i dont expect more not this time around i hope around sometime next year we will have more intresting stuff to do but im not expecting lot, if we get home im satisfied

For the people complaining patience sony hears what we want and they are working on it stop B******* so much and enjoy the dang update.

so much hype for 2.0 and ...and its nothing major at all :P

i cant believe they have not enabled ingame xmb yet..can it even do it??

If Sony charged for these updates then you might be able to moan but seeing as they are spending money developing something for free im gonna say good work!!

Boy thats mediocre.I was really expecting at least in-game XMB......

Im not complaining...customization is always fun

Fair enough

Sigh!!!

More like 1.94...
Thats not type of upgrade. What feature in that list gives off a, "WOW. I have to download that!"

Exactly None! Sony could have done a lot better!

I still say you will not see in game xmb until HOME is out. And as far as the GAP survey goes,  I hope there was a "all the above" option.

dont lose faith just yet...on the sony website the guy said there still more stuff that just hasnt been annoucnced yet

Watch the idiots screaming "Sony lied about firmware 2.0" for the next several months. Again when in game xmb messaging is available we will stop hearing the "noise" about it, otherwise it looks like there are some good features in 2.0. IMO we may not see this feature until Home is released.

iam sure this is not all the features that 2.00 is going to come out with...but again we'll just have to wait and see...

Since it was a 2.00 update, i thought we would see osmething bigger, like in game xmb. But its still a good update nonetheless. It's also good to know they are working on in game xmb.

Stop apologizing for Sony, no one is saying that we thought Sony was going to add it and are upset they didn't, we are upset because Sony SHOULD add it and they didn't. 

I just recently bought a 360 this weekend, so i own a ps3, a wii, and a 360, and the 360's interface is 500 times better then the ps3. I mean come on, the fact that you can't access the xmb from in game is ridiculous.  SOny needs to get on the ball here with its features.

 

On the 360 my girlfriend can create an account, so we both have accounts and when we play together we can both log in at the same time, so her stats get saved to her account and mine to my account, it even makes madden fun because you can "bet" acheivments against each other.  This seems like such a basic feature to have in todays next gen systems, yet Sony still hasn't added it!  This tiny little feature adds so much to gaming with friends its not funny...get with it Sony!!!!

 

I can vewi my 360 gamercard anywhere on the net, heck i have a gadget in vista that shows my card and all my friends card on my desktop, becasue microsoft does a good job keeping all game stats together...why can't sony do this!?!?

 

Don't get me wrong, I love my ps3, heavenly sword is great, R&C is great, i can't wait for MGS and killzone, but you have to admit they are dropping the ball when it comes to software features.

Well.. Harrison said that the "next" update was going to enhance Blu ray functionality and that's not even listed here...Oh well.... Thats pretty much all i wanted to see... I'm pretty happy with the way they have been going about things...But everyone always wants more... I bet if the list was 15 or 20 items long no one would be complaining....:0) Edit Edit: By the way... this is just a preview of whats on the update... apparently there is more... but these were probably the major items on the update... We shall see...

not bad i wanted to hear about more frinds on the list but i guess it could wait

Ok IONIXX, Find me a statement from SONY that says "PS3 software v.2.00 will contain in game XMB" and i'll apologise. Good luck searching....

if ps3 had ingame messaging like the xbox 360 would be GREATTTTTTTT

Hmm...now, I do believe this. But, full details? I mean, don't most PSU articles have sources on them too? I'm not calling PSU liars, but still, I would like to see a source on it first. Looks like I'll be spending a bit on google.

wow no ingame xmb, huge let down..

it's nice but i was expecting more with music background thing! we have to wait again!!! PSN ID: ffx_yang85 from JAPAN

My only guess is that the whole update is so big that they will be given it out in bit & pieces.

This update isn't deserving of the 2.0 name.  There really is nothing amazing about it.

Let me ask everyone in here a question. Who said that this is all we are getting??? Sony does like to surprise people sometime and not reveal everything. I was read that Jack Tretton or Phil Harrison once said this.

There's no real reason why the ps3 doesn't have an in game XMB and at the very least sony should announce something in regards to it being in development ... Not really digging the home idea and i don't think it makes alot of sense to wait for the arrival of home to include a feature that should be standard by now ... it all comes down to arrogance on sony's part when you get down to it plain and simple ....

Hopefully one of the options on the XMB is allowing it in game. 

i dont see why people are complaining of the fact that there is no in game xmb, at least we are getting updates.

Well if anyone payed attention to the Firmware 2.00 pics out there, the new PS logo that was shown a while back is the PSN logo on the XMB.  (The round looking one.)

See for yourself  These pics even show some themes applied on there.

Hopefully these themes are free or at least some software to create them.

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For sources you can see the Playstation Blog or PS3fanboy

 

I hate to say it but, damn that was a let-down.

I see alot disappointed people here. It's probably because of the hundreds of firmware 2.00 rumor threads out there that assumed we were getting the in game xmb despite sony never saying it would be in 2.00. We are getting the in game xmb and my guess is we get it the same time we get home. Sony isn't a software company like Microsoft so it makes sense that Sony might be having a hard time. It's just like Microsoft isn't a hardware company but software company thus their machines are built bad. I of course hope we get the xmb before the years over but I'm not holding my breath.

I don't think this is the whole list .... we shall see tomorrow. They have done a good job crushing in game XMB expectations though ...lol. Inhale ..... Exhale ..... RELAX people.

in other words, not much in this update either. am i surprised? NO, but the ability to customize a playlist for music should compensate for the lack of that funtion in my psp. hope i can make it on the ps3 then export it to the psp. what happenned to the in game XMB funtion or the ability to play your own music in games?

nice update but where is in game xmb.......you gap members better choose the right thing or else  BUSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!

its kind of a let-down

If you actually go to the playstation.blog website you'll see in the last paragraph that there are other features in the update.

Not the best but I will definately take it & use it.

actually, it says on the playstation blog site that these are not full details of the update... im not holding my breath for any in game XMB tho. Sony never stated when it was coming. ever.

It was never 100% confirmed. as many times as 2,0 has been lied about from people who want us to actually be dissapointed in our PS3's you should KNOW by now that some where a long the line there's going to be misscommunication. Sony has been working on Ingame XMB for months but there was never going to be a guarantee of it being in 2.0.

 

I've been trying to warn people for months that NO ONE truely knows the contents of 2.0, The people who are whining right now are doing it because they let themselves believe in unconfirmed rumors about a magical fix-all update that had no firm timeframe..

How about in game xmb??? Where is that? I thought that 2.0 would be the BIG update. This just seems like a minor update.

Just wait until tomorrow to find out everything about 2.00. For all you people out there comparing Xbox Live to PSN need to stop at least Sony isn't ripping gamers with their online service like Microsoft is doing. Xbox Live is basically MSN messenger and a simplified version of MSN.com. Microsoft give PC gamers both for FREE. I don't know about you people but I'll take free over paying any day. At least Sony is updating the firmware for FREE and they are listening to their consumers just have patience OK people : )

well im in G.A.P.

and i voted for playing music in game :)

I'd get a hearty laugh if Sony included in-game XMB access secretly.  It would serve all of you right for speaking before all is said and done.

Did any of you find it curious that Sony was leaving some features out of the blog?  I love secrets...

i hope they have in-game XMB. not having this is actually bringing down my fun in game play, especially in warhawk. and now with eye of judgment, i really am going to need that XMB to come now!!!

well...itz not a lot...but hey I like it!!!!

they should have just called it firmware update 1.97 and saved themselves from all this flaming

I like this update, small and useful.  In-game XMB access would be nice but no bother.  I'm sure if people here keep on winging about in-game XMB access, sony will eventually do it.

Too bad it doesn't have in-game xmb.

should NOT be called firmware 2.0

Nick, SONY did promise IN GAME XMB. If you want, I will find the link if nobody else will. It was promised, in writing, on their blog.

 

That is such an OBVIOUS feature that i find it amazing that it hasnt been done yet. I dont see my game makers dont justhave a feature that allows their game to notice your music saved to the HDD and play it like the songs on the disc. Its insane.

Keep up with the updates Sony.They just make the ps3 get better and better.