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The Insider Information - Playstation Update 2.4 Release Date Revealed

Krunal | June 01, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Game Developers Conference 2008

We've been getting steady amount of rumours this past week about the in-game XMB and it seem like we have yet another rumour has now come to light...

At first it was rumoured that version update 2.4 would be released before Metal Gear Solid 4, and the update would contain both trophies and in-game XMB, and the PS3's upcoming game PixelJung Eden has also been shown to support the new trophy system.

Well, PlaystationLifeStyle.net have managed to get insider information and confirm the release date for the new update's release - 6^th June 2008.

Hey guys and girls, in a follow up to all my other reports from my exclusive insider on 2.40, I have some small news on 2.40. You may have heard all the rumors about 2.40 arriving this month, with some even as going as far as stating a release on June 10th.

Some Points from videogaming 247:

Sony’s currently going through PS3’s library to check whether or not in-game XMB’s full compatible. While it’s expected that the the new menu system, in-game messaging, and so forth, will work with virtually all games, for a minority of titles the current black menu screen will be retained. It’s not known yet which games, if any, won’t be able to use in-game XMB.
The user-music functionality is only included in the new development tools, which have now gone out to coders. This means that existing games won’t support it unless they’re patched. That’s right: you won’t be able to play GTA IV with your own music unless Rockstar updates the game, if what we’ve been told this morning is true.
Same for Trophies. They tools required to add these are only just in the hands of developers, which means it’s going to be some time before you see the feature appear in a major game.
Some aspects of the XMB, such as the photo viewer, won’t be available in-game after the 2.40 Firmware update. If you select these features in-game, you’ll be asked if you want to drop out of your game to access them.

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StarJet | June 01, 2008

Let's empty the rumour bucket! But these rumours seem pretty... real. I still wanna know what an in-game XMB will be used for. For in-game music or something?
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  Krunal | June 01, 2008
  
  Well if you check the points that can be found in the quotes section, you'll see that we'll see in-game messaging, a friends list that is universal and things such as that.
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  iLLmatic | June 02, 2008
  
  In-game XMB will make use of the XMB in games. Discovery of the century.
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  Final Blade | June 02, 2008
  
  _{Im pretty sure I mentioned this in another to you when you asked wtf is in game xmb, and why they are giving it to us.}
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Silver Mirror | June 01, 2008

Well basically sending messages in game, playing music in game. Stuff like that
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X_MANBEARPIG_X | June 01, 2008

I'll use it most for messaging.

I guess we'll have to wait and see how much of this is real though.
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SvR2008 | June 01, 2008

Sounds good. I'm only looking forward to the in game XMB.
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  iLLmatic | June 01, 2008
  
  As opposed to what? The out game XMB?
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Mnmfan | June 01, 2008

So it's coming in 5 Days??!! Outstanding.
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  Linkin Park Fan | June 01, 2008
  
  Most likely. Almost every site is reporting this, even IGN.
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    Red 9 | June 01, 2008
    
    And that's pretty significant if even IGN is reporting it.
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On Vacation | June 02, 2008

Ugh i hate Updates, They take so friggin long to download and install, and i don't like leaving my ps3 on unsupervised anymore, after what happened to my Xbox
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  iLLmatic | June 02, 2008
  
  Thats gotta be your connection. Mine updates in a couple minutes. But anyway, how can you complain with the features added in updates, especially this one?