PS3 firmware 2.30 is up and running… sort of |
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BY Jeremy Hill April 15th, 2008 |
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After playing Folklore at 1am, I noticed the PSN Store had a different maintenance sign than what I saw earlier that day. So I checked the network update and there it was. Firmware 2.30 is now ready to be downloaded. This update includes the revamped PLAYSTATION Store that many were chewing their fingers to the bone in anticipation for.
The problem now is that, well, not all the images show up. It seems Sony may have released this update a little too soon. The downloads appear to work just fine though.
So much for first impressions huh? Since it is technically very early in the morning, we can expect this problem to be fixed soon. On the plus side, the store does navigate more smoothly than before, and there are little beeping sound effects when you move around. A welcome change from the *click* noise that was there before. So, there’s a few hiccups, but hey it’s still awesome!
[See also: PLAYSTATION Store gallery]
April 15th, 2008
at 11:26 am
Just updated and had a look around, I like it. A lot. Even though my music is still stopped, the Store loads very fast and browsing is without any slowdowns between the fade-ins and -outs. The problem with the icon images taking extremely long to load happens to me as well, all the information comes up nice and fast though.
Overall, it’s what the Store should have been in the first place. Nicely done Sony. Now, if they’d only start updating every day and get rid of the silly weekly thing.
April 15th, 2008
at 11:37 am
Yeah, you would have that if “DC is the way forward” that they’d be commited enough to man the store daily. The weekly update feels like its an afterthought.