Sony’s released details of the PlayStation 3’s next system software update! And the PSP’s next one too! Be excited! There’s new stuff in both of them!!

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Hyperactivity gone, we can indulge in some serious writing now. Just had to make that introduction a little on the exciting side. To be honest though, the announcements for both PSP and PS3’s brand new system software are pretty exciting in themselves without needless hyperbole. Let’s take a look at them.

First up, PLAYSTATION 3 System Software 2.50, to give it its full name. Firmware 2.50, as we’ll more likely call it (that or “that new PS3 update thingy”) will feature a stack of decent, um, features: a mix of new, old, pointless and ‘nicked from PSP’. Here they are in full in awesome bullet point form:

• PlayStation Headset Support: The official PlayStation Headset - it’ll come with SOCOM: Confronation - features a fancy High Quality mode that delivers crystal-clear audio when you’re dishing out orders online (or more likely, swearing at everyone). 2.50 enables High Quality.
• Trophy interface improvements: The next firmware update will add a percentage figure to your profile, charting your levelling up numerically, and it’ll add the same thing to Compare Trophy screens too. Kinda pointless sure, but nice nonetheless.
• Friend Statuses: Wondering just how much you missed your friend by when you signed on, hoping for a game of Warhawk? Now you can find out.
• Video Scene Search: Like the PSP’s Scene Search option, you’ll be able to press Square to bring up a menu of scenes in intervals of anything from 15 seconds to 10 minutes and beyond, and then choose whichever scene you like and watch the video from there.
• PSN and Store: Account Management and Registration have been overhauled and you can redeem codes in the PlayStation Store now, rather than do it through the aforementioned Management section.
• Power Saving: The PS3 is now economy friendly! You can set both your console and/or your controller to turn off after ‘x’ period of inactivity. Your PS3 can also turn itself off after completing a background download or an installation. Hopefully this means that some sort of auto installation is in too? No? Maybe not. Oh well.
• Snapshots: The big feature of 2.50 (for me anyway) is the ability to take your own screenshots. For (non-)reviews of games such as WipEout HD, Metal Gear Online and Linger In Shadows, this sort of feature has been a godsend as it means I can point out things I’ve described in the article and paint a clearer picture for you, the dear reader. At the touch of a button (and if the game supports it; list coming soon, apparently) you can have a screenshot sent to your XMB for admiration later.

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