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    Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More

    New PSP Firmware Adds Bluetooth Tethering, More For PSPgo Launch

    Sony "Aware" Of PlayStation 3 Firmware Issues

    PlayStation Firmware 2.80 Incoming, Don't Get Excited

    New PS3 Firmware Adds 16-Person In-Game Chat, Video Back Up

    Sony Announces In-Game XMB, Trophies Coming To PS3 Via 2.40 Firmware

    PSP Firmware Update Adds Much Needed Googling
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    Image of Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?! Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
    02:44 AM

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    We need a better way to sort through music on PS3. It takes forever to scroll through my music lists now that I have GBs worth of stuff. I guess Sony must have changed their minds about dynamic themes and premium avatars. AdHoc Party US is probably a no-go now too.

    "sigh" - (starts to regret selling his 360) #playstation3
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    02:33 AM

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    This is obviously fake. The menu language is not English and we all know that if there is one thing SCEE hates more than the English, it's mainland Europe. There's no way a feature, any feature, would come to a PlayStation with Portuguese (or Spanish?) menus. #playstation3
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    12:11 AM

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    "The option to change the color on your gamercard, which isn't all that exciting."

    You obviously haven't had to spend a large amount of time looking at those hideous gray squares they turned the gamercard into, lol. #playstation3
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    Image of Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    Ugh, Sony, no...just fucking no. One of the things I really like(d) about the PS3 was the sleek UI. It was simple to navigate, aesthetically pleasing, and had a more 'mature' (for lack of a better word) look to it.

    You can already access Facebook easily from the web browser (and, ya know, a fucking computer), and it would be nice to not have the UI even more cluttered than the last update.

    If anything, I'd like to see a reduction in the amount of crap on the XMB. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    Well the good news is that they are copying 360 features much more quickly these days..... except for cross game chat of course. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @robinandtami: and calm down boys and girls..... it was a JOKE. #playstation3
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    Image of zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More

    Dear Sony,

    -where the hell are the new avatars? its 2009. either put in new ones. or create a system which we can submit avatars, and they go through some tech approval process. i need some old snake on my psn NAO!!! :P

    -please fix the friends list. mad gray space for no goddamn reason. link below is a great idea.

    -where are dynamic themes for:
    -Uncharted
    -RAtchet and clank
    -MGS4
    please plan for GoW3,FF13,GT5 dynamic themes... ya know games we actually want themes for.

    - please also consider a approval process to change your psn id. i'm one of those fools who chose a damn psn id that does not mach the handle i use on gaming blogs,irc, etc.

    -mkv support would be a nice bonus.
    my 300 gb of anime would thank you

    -and the usual "AHEM" put in cross game chat.

    /end rant.

    Edit: i messed up link.

    [www.ps3news.com]

    go here to see what i mean.
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    11/11/09

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ:

    May skype be our saving grace. Amen.

    Everything else doesnt really matter, 'cept for the friends list bug. #playstation3
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    Image of Mune Mune
    11/11/09

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: The PSN ID change and MKV support would be godly.

    Also! Background file transfers please. #playstation3
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    Image of DrunkRaba DrunkRaba
    11/11/09

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: They said when the ability to have the new avatars was added that we wouldn't be actually seeing any until 2010. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @This user was banned: that would be ace. ace in the whole really. skype has been reliable since day numero uno.

    @Mune: i agree. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @DrunkRaba: dynamic themes and new avatars were on the same post at the official sony blog post section.

    they got one thing going, and its pretty half assed if u ask me.

    ive yet to find any info on new avatars, pls link me. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: I goddamn agree! We need some MKV support here!!! NOW!!!! I hate having to stream from my PC to the PS3 just to watch anime. :\

    My external 750GB HDD is being wasted. #playstation3
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    Image of epy0nkaru epy0nkaru
    06:25 AM

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: there's this program you can download called PS3 Media Server. it's java based, and it lets you play mkv files on your ps3 #playstation3
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    Image of zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
    12:28 PM

    @epy0nkaru: where? my medialink app for my mac only plays divx,avi,mpg,wmv, please link me to where i can find this app! #playstation3
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    Image of DrunkRaba DrunkRaba
    05:45 PM

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: I can't find the exact quote that I am looking for since it was back in the August-September area. Only thing I found close was the video for FW 3.00 here, [blog.us.playstation.com] at 4:04 Lempel says we will be seeing the new avatars "over the next few months" whcih you can take any way really. But knowing Sony, I would almost always go to the end of that time frame for when it will be out.

    Again, sorry I couldn't find the reply that said exactly what I was looking for. It was a reply in one of the many official blog posts in response to someone b!tching about the lack of avatars. I'll settle for being a dirty liar for now :( #playstation3
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    05:56 PM

    @DrunkRaba: hey your post makes sense. if they said following months, then that means we prob wont see those features till Q1 2010.

    thanks for the info :) #playstation3
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    Image of DrunkRaba DrunkRaba
    06:31 PM

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: no problem! #playstation3
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    Image of Chirotera Chirotera
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    Can anyone tell me why I'd want facebook integration on my consoles? It's not all that difficult to access it - computers, cell phones, laptops - even if you don't own these things yourself chances are you know someone who does. And even then, the chances of you owning a video game console with an internet connection while simultaneously not owning a computer are next to nil. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    Please, no more Facebook integration. There is no point. Just give us cross game chat. I beg you. #playstation3
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    Image of fozfan33 fozfan33
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    how bout they just let me display my favorite trophies, the color doesnt excite me too much. facebook... dont know of a time i would ever use it, much quicker to hop on my iphone app. #playstation3
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    One thing that's odd (and I'm sure it didn't have this before, been using Last.Fm for about a year before I shifted to Spotify) but the Last.FM page currently says "It looks likes you're using a console browser. we are currently unable to provide web radio on these platforms" which suggest some licensing who-har (cos it's not a technical issue, PS3 supports Flash, much like it used to run Hulu)#

    But any-who. Facebook much better suits browser anyway, especially with all the app's n stuff it does these days. If they actually get some kind of integration, like posting up screenshots n such, then it could be worthwhile. until then it's pretty silly to add it to PS3.
    I guess a decent Twitter client wouldn't go amiss, they have the foundation built with Uncharted 2 ( which Uncharted 1 intro-d Trophy's so we'll see)
    Though App wise I really really want the iplayer app to not be the gimped browser version, but work like the desktop client. Cos PS3 has a harddrive, and iplayer on TV makes sense. #playstation3
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    Image of Sith_Mafia Sith_Mafia
    11/11/09

    @deanbmmv: try pandora instead. i got it to work on the ps3, and then used the remote play feature of the psp to stream it to my psp and listen to it in bed. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @Sith_Mafia: No Pandora outside US, so that's why I use Spotify ( which isn't in US :P) #playstation3
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    Image of Strife Fox † Strife Fox †
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    I can't wait to see what happens when this whole Facebook fad goes out of popularity. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @Strife Fox †: Twitter apps start getting deployed. After that, Myspace 2.0. After that, FaceTwitter. After THAT... #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @Handsome Al: MyFaceTwitterSpaceBook #playstation3
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    Image of Paul Usoro Paul Usoro
    11/11/09

    @Strife Fox †: I think that will take a bit of a while.... #playstation3
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    How bout a console that also gives me TV service? Wait, that's already taken care of with Netflix. Add in social networking aspects? Will be taken care of with recent updates. Watch movies for a fee? Several different available options. Surfing the net from the box? Well I don't want to be using my controller to do it, but if they would open up mouse/keyboard support for web browsing only (to keep the playing field for multiplayer games as level as possible) then this box could do damn near everything I would need it to while sitting in front of a TV.

    They should add an "order pizza" button so I don't have to leave the house. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @Dr Durdon: If they allowed keyboard/mouse support for FPS games on the PS3 I would be such a happy camper. #playstation3
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    11/11/09

    @lolgreg: I understand why most people would be, but I like the console controller myself. I know it's very limited, but in most all games I play, the controller really isn't an issue. I never throw mine in frustration.

    But I'm thinking that those who either don't want or can't afford the keyboard/mouse combo would be at a severe disadvantage in multiplayer games, since the mouse is much more sensitive to horizontal movement than the controller stick, even when you turn the sensitivity up to 11.

    Think about the next gen of console games though, and how they are combining many aspects and weeding out computers, making you spend more time on the console. It makes sense to open up support for key/mouse at least on a browser level. Not everyone has a chat pad, and typing messages one key at a time is a pain in the ass.

    I don't want console games to go the way of 100% digital downloads. I like physically buying and owning a copy of the game. But when I think about the next gen, it just makes sense that they will all include a browser, Blu Ray playback, HD graphics, etc. My TV service would become even more obsolete with Hulu and Netflix combined -- that's extremely cheap monthly entertainment. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    @Dr Durdon: [kotaku.com] #playstation3
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    Image of Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    Hehe - only 45 trophies - what a n00b. #playstation3
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    If it's anything like Facebook on the 360...pfft. It was neat conceptually, but that's about it. #playstation3
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Rumor: PS3 Adding Facebook, New Gamercard Options & More
    I'd like some older games on the PSN. You know, not jsut Sony ones. #playstation3
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