PS3 Firmware 2.60 coming Jan. 21

  • By James_Yu, GameSpot
  • Posted Jan 20, 2009 11:18 am PT

Eric Lempel, Sony director of PlayStation Network Operations, has just updated the official Sony PlayStation Blog with information about the PlayStation 3 firmware 2.60 update coming tomorrow. The update will include Divx 3.11 video playback support, "guest access" to the PlayStation Store that...

PS3 Photo Gallery

Eric Lempel, Sony director of PlayStation Network Operations, has just updated the official Sony PlayStation Blog with information about the PlayStation 3 firmware 2.60 update coming tomorrow. The update will include Divx 3.11 video playback support, "guest access" to the PlayStation Store that allows non-members to browse the store, and a new Photo Gallery application.

"The key feature is a new Photo Gallery application, which delivers a suite of tools for sorting through and displaying your digital photo collection. Digital pictures can be organized in groups according to various criteria, including the camera used to take the photos, the event date and time, colors in the photos, as well as the number, ages, or facial expressions of the people pictured. You can also create slideshows set to music and build photo playlists with an easy-to-use interface."

Check out the official blog post for a video demo of the new Photo Gallery application.

30 Comments

  • beymod

    Posted Jun 6, 2009 5:39 am PT

    thanks....

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  • stocky2345

    Posted Feb 7, 2009 6:19 am PT

    It wont let me play combat arms i downloaded it last night through the whole night and it wont let play it now because i don't know where to push play and play against other people . can i have someones help please

  • gamehacking

    Posted Feb 4, 2009 5:24 am PT

    BC on PS3 or wont give a sh*t if my console gets dirsty. am doing just great with the 360 elite

  • jadelotuz

    Posted Feb 3, 2009 2:41 pm PT

    I think Sony can shove their Firmware-updates somewhere ... ! If they don't include BC (PS2) again into the Hardware! "and" the Software Emulation for those that own thouse sad "light PS3" (that was released after the 60GB Original complete PS3 entertainment machine)... they dont interest me anymore. What was they thinking anyway?

    This suped up über-consol, isnt that impressive anymore, it cant even run its little brothers games ... buhuu ... stupid. In the next Hardware Update (model) of PS3, please go back to the beginning, ad PS2 BC, the two lost USB ports (hate to have alot of hubs everywhere), and what about the "card-reader", give us all that. And PS3 is again ... "über".

    Another smart move whould be to add a super-multi-media-format coverage into the machine! Xvid, Avi, Ogg Vorbis, Matroska, FLAC, SACD, Midi etc

  • coolkid93

    Posted Jan 27, 2009 8:07 am PT

    This update was a waste of time.

  • Faller88

    Posted Jan 25, 2009 3:58 am PT

    My adult photos just found a new home......

  • xElite_GameRx

    Posted Jan 23, 2009 8:52 am PT

    B/C is a must for new PS3 owners who are just making that transition from PS2. Its an expensive console so all they have is their old PS2 games. And only 1 console has 100% B/C and that console is off the market. The 80GB has 50% at best so its an important issue.

  • BKRut posted Jan 22, 2009 3:52 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    BKRut

    Posted Jan 22, 2009 3:52 pm PT (hide)

    still no reason to turn off my xbox 360 and turn on my playstation 3...how about some good games instead...stop wasted resources on junk like home and fix the god awful menu and please show me why I sent 500 dollars on this thing...I was told it was the better hardware...so...

  • kkevguy47k

    Posted Jan 22, 2009 2:24 pm PT

    i really want BC, i know its possible, i dont care if i have to pay or not as long as its not one cent more than $20.

  • jazzyrider

    Posted Jan 22, 2009 12:50 pm PT

    photo gallery? i don't use or view photos on my ps3, just games, movies- bluray and streaming. and occasionally music too.

  • chrdmau

    Posted Jan 22, 2009 9:28 am PT

    Will tihs let me play AVI? I don't understand why i can't play these files i've downloaded. I have downloaded a bunch of full DVD rips and when i stream them to my ps3 not one of them work. "type not supported"

  • SoNin360

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 7:18 pm PT

    well did the update seemed like a waste of time to me but oh well lol

  • sturshel

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 2:33 pm PT

    DVIX Cool, photo gallery also cool....

  • addictedtochaos

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 11:30 am PT

    This is by no means confirmed but according to a Sony rep that I spoke to, BC is coming back to the PS3 through emulation, it will be done much the same way the Microsoft does it for the 360.

  • Lukemaneiro

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 8:41 am PT

    Guys, cheer up, they are releasing an update later this year that will let us play games and watch blu ray movies with 3D GLASSES !

  • d2dcb

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 7:48 am PT

    Sony will clearly never (re?)release backwards compatibility on Ps3. Ps2s are still selling like crazy, in part because they took out BC of the PS3 skus.

  • blindead05 posted Jan 21, 2009 7:13 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    blindead05

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 7:13 am PT (hide)

    Fail.

  • surppo

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 6:59 am PT

    y dont they just release the bc emulator for like $20 and get that back end money

  • BulletsnOctane

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 11:45 pm PT

    I'm more excited about the DivX support than anything else. Although, the photo gallery is a nice enough feature/addition as well.

  • jomac3db1

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 8:44 pm PT

    Forget the photo shop. Get bc on ps3. BC ON PS3. BC ON PS3. BC ON PS3.

  • jomac3db1

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 8:42 pm PT

    BC on all ps3.

  • everettseanw

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 6:43 pm PT

    we want ps2 b/c on all ps3 models

  • everettseanw

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 6:42 pm PT

    We want ps2 b/c on all ps3 models.

  • klub77

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 4:21 pm PT

    Thats...pretty cool I guess it's as good as you can get with photos

  • mad_krips

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 3:00 pm PT

    guess its not bad, the last slideshow update was pretty cool so this is welcome. just would like to see more avatars available for use

  • samswet

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 2:46 pm PT

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • roflmuffins8

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 2:43 pm PT

    I'm glad they're adding the guest access feature to the Playstation Store. Now I can show my dad what I want to buy on his account instead of having to log in two times.

  • SoNin360

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 2:17 pm PT

    Nothin big but OK

  • vgm007

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 12:33 pm PT

    Photo Gallery sounds interesting... other than that, sounds like a ho-hum update to me.

  • ALLoY1717

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 12:26 pm PT

    Cool

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