PSLS » PS3 / PlayStation 3
2.40 to Bring XMB Clock
05/30/2008 Written by Anthony Severino
This just in… The FW 2.40 info is just pouring in.
While this still isnt confirmed by Sony, yet another feature in 2.40 has been unearthed.
The XMB will now display the date and time in the upper right hand corner.
Rumor, until its finally confirmed officially.
Note: I just noticed you can actually see the clock in action, in the new trophy demonstration video posted by Medran of Maxconsole.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
20 Responses to “2.40 to Bring XMB Clock”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:48 PM
this one took a while, I mean with all that power and top end tech, you’d think that a simple clock feature would have been included since launch, its perplexing to think why they never added this, Is it really that hard? or processing power is compromise while having a digital clock??
Maybe they just forgot,
May 30th, 2008 at 7:53 PM
never cared if there was a clock or not, but…yay clock
May 30th, 2008 at 8:05 PM
It’s not hard… the PSP has it.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:07 PM
hmm about time…
cud save time
May 30th, 2008 at 8:39 PM
the clock is great – i just wish they would give you the ability to arrange the clock, news ticker, and download updates to a user-specified corner of the screen. as is, the news ticker is overlapped when a d/l or mesage is recived, and is hard to read. (adjusting font sizes and colors would be a plus as well).
while all of this is great, i still don’t understand why the ps3 does not get rss threads or videostreams. you’d think they’d hook up with their 3rd party publishers who have them (such as criterion games), for psn-exclusive content, or at the least, make a deal with a site like ign or gametrailers to post reviews/trailers/interviews etc..
oh well, it’s a good thing sony has a 10-year plan, from the looks of it, it will take them that long to get everything right…hopefully nintendo & microsoft don’t blow them out of the water before then.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:45 PM
FINALLY!
I always ‘automatically’ click the HOME button to see what time it is but alas, Sony forgot to put it there, it got really annoying.
Finally, a solution.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:56 PM
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE BACKGROUND SETS AND RISES DUE TO TIME? THEY HAVE A CLOCK JUST NOT ONE WE COULD READ (UNTIL NOW)
May 30th, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Yes I did notice that, and always wondered why there wasnt a clock.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:18 PM
it also bring the date next to the clock
May 30th, 2008 at 10:10 PM
I only need the clock when I press the Home button in a game. Sometimes I’m not wearing my watch so I can’t check the time.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Thanks, Sev. Keep the info coming.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:53 PM
The only reason i care is because it will be another thing for people to stop complaining about.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:07 PM
lol, that’s my feeling about it
May 30th, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Niceeeee.
May 31st, 2008 at 1:48 AM
[...] videos earlier, you can actually see the clock in action on the top-left. We didn’t notice it till PSLifestyle pointed it [...]
May 31st, 2008 at 2:37 AM
I always wondered why the PSP had it and not the PS3. I hope it something you could turn off like the news feed feature Sony has going on. I never use that. It just adds clutter to the XMB.
May 31st, 2008 at 3:04 AM
Knave where you been bro?!?!
May 31st, 2008 at 4:00 AM
Great stuff guys! Keep the info coming!!
May 31st, 2008 at 7:07 AM
it seems they have basically taken someones list for making ps3 way better and put all the items on it in this update, loads of people did them on forums and they all had everything in this update in
June 1st, 2008 at 9:54 AM
I would prefer to see a reference to the (Main or Sub) Account that is currently logged on, and possibly a count of the number of unread or new messages received since the list was last reviewed.
Yes, a clock is useful, but perhaps this could be shown (together with the above information I mentioned) when the “PS” button is pressed on the SIXAXIS/DUALSHOCK 3 controller instead.
BFN,
fp.
(1upGamers.com)