New PS3 Update Unifies Trophies, Retires ‘Life With PlayStation’
Firmware 4.30 goes live this Tuesday.
A new firmware update is incoming for PlayStation 3. The update, outlined by Sony, affects two things: Trophies and Life With PlayStation.
For starters, firmware update 4.30 will change how Trophies are viewed on PlayStation 3. The Trophy list will be moved on the CrossMediaBar (XMB) from the Games list to the PlayStation Network list. And most interestingly, Trophies earned on PlayStation Vita will finally be viewable on PlayStation 3. As it stands right now, you can see PS3 and Vita Trophies on Vita, but only PS3 Trophies on PS3, even if you’re using the same username across both machines.
PS3 and Vita Trophies shown on PlayStation 3 (using fake games as an example).
Additionally, update 4.30 will usher in the final weeks of the Life With PlayStation application and its primary purpose -- the Folding@home service -- a collaboration between Sony and Stanford University. Folding@home was a way for idle PS3 users to lend “computation hours” to the university as it researched ailments such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. According to Sony, over 15 million gamers lent over 100 million “computation hours” to Stanford University’s research.
Update 4.30 will go live on Tuesday, October 23rd. Life With PlayStation, as well as Folding@home, will end completely in November.
A new firmware update is incoming for PlayStation 3. The update, outlined by Sony, affects two things: Trophies and Life With PlayStation.
For starters, firmware update 4.30 will change how Trophies are viewed on PlayStation 3. The Trophy list will be moved on the CrossMediaBar (XMB) from the Games list to the PlayStation Network list. And most interestingly, Trophies earned on PlayStation Vita will finally be viewable on PlayStation 3. As it stands right now, you can see PS3 and Vita Trophies on Vita, but only PS3 Trophies on PS3, even if you’re using the same username across both machines.
PS3 and Vita Trophies shown on PlayStation 3 (using fake games as an example).
Additionally, update 4.30 will usher in the final weeks of the Life With PlayStation application and its primary purpose -- the Folding@home service -- a collaboration between Sony and Stanford University. Folding@home was a way for idle PS3 users to lend “computation hours” to the university as it researched ailments such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. According to Sony, over 15 million gamers lent over 100 million “computation hours” to Stanford University’s research.
Update 4.30 will go live on Tuesday, October 23rd. Life With PlayStation, as well as Folding@home, will end completely in November.
Comments
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will this update also upgrade the psn store?
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Xbox sucks
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lol I forgot all about Life With Playstation I used to use it alot
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Another useless ps3 upgrade meanwhile Xbox getting a better upgrade with a browser that ? all over the ? browser on
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2pacnbiggie wrote: »Another useless ps3 upgrade meanwhile Xbox getting a better upgrade with a browser that ? all over the ? browser on
Lol you mean a browser that ps3 has had for YEARS AND YEARS. Catch up b -
2pacnbiggie wrote: »Another useless ps3 upgrade meanwhile Xbox getting a better upgrade with a browser that ? all over the ? browser on
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Never touched life w ps, will do before its gone, WTF is it LOL
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They need to give us an opinion to delete trophies
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Option
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bcotton2000@yahoo.co wrote: »2pacnbiggie wrote: »Another useless ps3 upgrade meanwhile Xbox getting a better upgrade with a browser that ? all over the ? browser on
PS3 browser crashes on damn near every site u go to cant even load facebook properly lmao ps3 is outdated and outclassed by the xbox forreal and yall saying the ps3 had the browser for years but its been ? since ps3 came out theres been no support for it its been a ? browser forever -
2pacnbiggie wrote: »bcotton2000@yahoo.co wrote: »2pacnbiggie wrote: »Another useless ps3 upgrade meanwhile Xbox getting a better upgrade with a browser that ? all over the ? browser on
PS3 browser crashes on damn near every site u go to cant even load facebook properly lmao ps3 is outdated and outclassed by the xbox forreal and yall saying the ps3 had the browser for years but its been ? since ps3 came out theres been no support for it its been a ? browser forever
Outclassed in what way?.. I have both. And u use my 360 once a week to watch boardwalk empire