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Firmware 2.41 brings (hidden) enhancements
07/08/2008 Written by StalkingSilence
Along with the major enhancement – you know, the one that prevents your PS3 from bricking – PS3 Firmware 2.41 also includes some other minor enhancements. I haven’t been home to download the new firmware today, so this reporting is based on many other people’s reports. I just wanted to put it together in one place.
- Addition of a fourth profile “tab” showing recently played games (only available for players in your Players Met section)
Updated PS3 Profile
- Update: Apparently this was already in Firmware 2.40, but a nice tucked away feature.
- Replaced purple crown icon with a more unique platinum trophy icon
New platinum trophy icon
- The XMB now runs smoother at times during gameplay of a PS3 title
- “Do not turn off the system during the update. If you do, you may not be able to restart the PS3 system. Once the update is started you cannot go back to the previous version of the system software.” Beneath this quote there was a message with a checkbox: “Automatically shutdown system after update” –LinuxGuru
- “A chime plays when you earn a trophy now” –DevonTheDude
- Update: Apparently this was already in Firmware 2.40
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thats a nice looking platinum trophy
Hope people like this – please feel free to add anything else you find. I just was poking around on the net and saw more was added that people might not know about. If you find something else, comment here and I’ll update the post.
Any update on in-game sound output changes? It was a feature that PS Blog confirmed n 2.4 and it wasn’t there.
You’ll have to check (or someone else who reads this) – I’m at work. But please report back.
PLAYSTATION LIFESTYLE IS THE BEST!!!!!
The chime was there before. However it was very quiet so they may have ‘turned up the volume’
These additions were taken from comments by PSLS readers in the Firmware 2.41 announcement post.
still does not work with home
you forgot to add that a chime plays when you obtain a trophy now
Glad Sony got the fix out so quickly and even added a few upgrades. The new Platinum Trophy looks MUCH MUCH better.
Though oddly enough, the in-game XMB actually seemed to be a bit slower for me today than previously. I previously had a small start up load, but actually never had any real lag, now I’ve noticed a bit of lag navigating through games.
@DevonTheDude
It always has, it just wasn’t very loud. SSHD tends to be a noisy game too, so it usually blocked the noise out.
hmm new version of home is out lets see if they fixed the ingame xmb issue….
thats a nice looking platinum trophy
Agree
That Platinum trophy looks great, I really wanna get one…just wish I had a game that supported trophies.
The new platinum trophy looks a lot better and by far….
The fourth tab on the profile card was NOT in the previous update but it’s nice to see that Sony’s already improving on both the function and style of the profile card.
With the newly added and MUCH better looking Platinum trophy my hope is that the profile card will look better than it does right now. Still too plain for my tastes.
Good on Sony for not only fixing the issue but improving the speed of the XMB (and the PSN Store from what I hear). Can’t wait for E3 when we get even more goodies like Life with Playstation and more details on Home.
“Do not turn off the system during the update. If you do, you may not be able to restart the PS3 system. Once the update is started you cannot go back to the previous version of the system software. – LinuxGuru
* Update: Apparently this was also already in Firmware 2.40 ”
I’m pretty sure this was added ages ago.
No, it wasn’t.
There was never a bold disclaimer with a checkbox for automatic shutdown after update.
The System Update shutdown was in 2.40. Hence why you see it before you update your system to 2.41. It was on a changelog somewhere
The System Update and shutdown thing was added in 2.40,. it was on the changelog on a number of sites. Also hence why you see the message before you download the update.
So, to sum up, the new features of firmware 2.41 are:
- new platinum trophy
Sure – A.D., but this was looking at the 2.40 and 2.41 firmware versions. Some people didn’t know about the “fourth tab” and some of the other info.
Maybe it should be called “Hidden enhancements in 2.40 and 2.41″
Oh, it was? Why didn’t the post mention 2.40 then? Look, your article is inaccurate, big deal. You don’t have to try and save face – you didn’t know. It’s not a big deal.
the fourth tab is not there, you guys can see it ??