Playstation 3 Firmware Update 2.40 Released

btarunr · Jul 2, 2008

The much-anticipated Sony Playstation 3 Firmware 2.40 is now available, as promised, just as July 2nd rolled around. The update includes:

Xross Media Bar (XMB) access in-game.
Trophy Support (the PS3's answer to the Xbox 360's achievements).
Expanded Gamer Profiles.

For details on how to update, please visit this page.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site

Easy Rhino · Jul 2, 2008

i did the update and am pleased to report everything works as it should.

newbielives · Jul 2, 2008

I am stupidly excited about earning trophies

ktr · Jul 2, 2008

To my understanding the in-game music and trophies will only work when the actual game gets patched for it.

acperience7 · Jul 2, 2008

ktr said:
To my understanding the in-game music and trophies will only work when the actual game gets patched for it.

Yeah you're right. I tried playing music in GTA 4 and couldn't. Other than the patching thing I'm loving the new update!

Ravenas · Jul 2, 2008

ktr said:
To my understanding the in-game music and trophies will only work when the actual game gets patched for it.

To my understanding 70% of the games are already patched for it.

0V3CHKiN · Jul 2, 2008

meh. Wake me up when an update for .mkv files comes around.

Easy Rhino · Jul 2, 2008

0V3CHKiN said:
meh. Wake me up when an update for .mkv files comes around.

yea that would be nice. but for the time being you can always convert .mkv files to .vob files with the very simple to use mkv2vob program. i used that program to test out a 'borrowed' copy of the transformers 1080p x264 rip that was 30 gigs and it worked perfectly.

WarEagleAU · Jul 2, 2008

Ill grab this tonight.

0V3CHKiN · Jul 3, 2008

DailyTech says that the firmware was pulled.

http://www.dailytech.com/Sony+Posts+Then+Pulls+Playstation+3+240+Firmware+Update/article12262.htm

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