In-Game XMB Overlay Coming In The Next Update
- Posted July 25th, 2007 at 07:32 EDT by
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It seems that Sony is always listening to us, and that their "we are listening to the consumers and we care for them" is a true sentence indeed, spoken by Ericl Lempel. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. confirmed that an In-Game XMB Overlay is coming in the Next Major Update (you all know what I'm getting at). Yes everyone, you heard it at PSU first. In-Game XMB Overlay will be in the next update, but we don't know to what extent.
In a rather exhausting and relieving way, Ericl Lempel said, "Also, I noticed a lot of your comments were directly related to accessing XMB features in-game. We understand this is something you want and we are working on it. For the sake of keeping all the comments below on topic, please understand that we hear this request and are working toward a solution. When I have some more info to share on this, know that I will do so here on this blog."
The response came shortly after a user named "DarkKing" Spammed about 255 topics all consisting of a repetition of the following from top to bottom:
"WE WANT IN-GAME XMB AND CUSTOM SOUNDTRACKS SONY YOU SAID YOU CARED
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB AND CUSTOM SOUNDTRACKS SONY YOU SAID YOU CARED
WE WANT IN-GAME XMB AND CUSTOM SOUNDTRACKS SONY YOU SAID YOU CARED" (These have since been removed).
Looks like Sony promised, and they have half-way delivered with Wallpapers. Coming next major update, PlayStation 3 owners will glee with happiness everyday when they can finally access their Foo Fighters / Children of Bodom albums in Motorstorm. I sure as heck know, I will.
Source: Official PlayStation Blog
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Ensei-Shiki |
djinni001- 11:26am BST - July 28th, 2007
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that's the way to do it sony, just keep it going. hit them haters with another upper cut. as for the person that said in-game XMB is useless, i say you must not have any friends, and or music>_> although it would be nice to see them focusing on DivX^_^ support after words, for some reason i doupt they will... they should have a place where you can install applications to your PS3 system, kinda like your personal FW update, but again, this is just a thuoght.
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Dogswithguns |
Dogswithguns- 1:11pm BST - July 28th, 2007
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Alrite! The more the better..... More of everything!
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Muzikguy |
Muzikguy- 7:21pm BST - July 28th, 2007
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I wonder if they would still be working on this even if people weren't spamming their website? I have a feeling they just did the wallpaper first because it was easier.Now that they're not overcoming production hurdles they can work on stuff like this more.
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stennex |
stennex- 8:09pm BST - July 28th, 2007
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hey it would be cool if while in the game in the corner of the screen a little window box pops up with a either a pic of the person or if they are video calling an video imageis there with their id name. That would really show some power and intuitiveness from Sonhy and them not just simply following MS.
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Phantasmn |
PHANTASMN707- 8:36pm BST - July 28th, 2007
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So, uh, if this is true, when exactly can we expect so see this hitting our PS3s? Late August? September? There will probably be a 1.92 or a 1.95 firmware update before the grand daddy of them all Mr. 2.0 steps in. Probably around when HOME is released , but I hope this is before then.
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vickers500
- 3:15am BST - July 29th, 2007
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@Alpha2 I have a 360, and a ps3, but I play my ps3 more and would like to see a simple feature such as in-game music, be added. Sony doesent have to be mind readers to know what people like. Just take a glance at the 360 sales, and the 360 itself, see what they are doing so well, and mimic that, and possibly do it better. Sure they dont need to copy every feature the 360 does, but they need to copy the major ones, just like the 360 should copy the internet browser idea, but M$ still thinks that people dont want that feature.
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ebe
- 12:37pm BST - July 29th, 2007
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Competition is good. A copy B, B copy A, and each try to be better than the other one.. that's good, that's why that ever lasting console war is childish.. Hating the other one (just because you actualy don't own it) .. tss tss.. But we'll ever have to live with this console war, at the end, it's part of that Competition which is sooo good.. if you can afford, just own all console.
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bungledude
- 11:51am BST - July 30th, 2007
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Well thenIf I can access voice chat while playing online with a game that doesn't support the chat feature,this would be amazing.Doubt this will happen though.
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mcwups1
- 7:16pm BST - July 30th, 2007
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That's great. Now if only they could make it easier to access my computer, so I could pull music off my external 500GB HDD, I'd be the happiest guy ever.
They should at least let you know which file the PS3 accesses when it connects to your PC. That way, I could move my music files there.
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UnkleBiggaddy |
Biggaddy- 12:41am BST - August 21st, 2007
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I can't wait for that to come out on the next update, but it would be cool if you can also download movies on the PS3. The same way that we put our music on the system. Just thinkin.
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