New PS3 and PSP Firmware Release Date Announced, PS3 Gets Flash 9 Support

by Blake Ellison, Oct 14, 2008 2:00pm PDT

Related Topics – PlayStation 3, Release Date, PS3 Firmware

Firmware updates for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable will both arrive tomorrow, October 15. As an added bonus, the PS3 update gets support for Flash 9.

As reported yesterday, version 2.50 of the PS3 firmware brings screenshot capture, power saving, and a number of smaller tweaks. Version 5.00 of the PSP firmware, on the other hand, offers direct access to the PlayStation Store for the first time.

Semi-official blog Three Speech also picked up word that the PlayStation 3 will support Flash 9 through its built-in Internet Browser, which means owners can now use their $399 console to play the latest Desktop Tower Defense.

Both updates will be released through each system's update utility sometime tomorrow and will be available worldwide. For full descriptions of the updates, check our report featuring the official word from Sony.

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By: ij_hellsing x Show Full Post

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fuck yeah now ia can watch my anime on my ps3 again lol, this is frickin awesome, although sony need to just put features like in-game screenshots and in-game music on an actual function on the ps3 rather than relying on developers to implement an update (fags), but yeah cant wait to use the features lol

Oct 15, 2008 10:23am PDT

fuck yeah now ia can watch my anime on my ps3 again lol, this is frickin awesome, although sony need to j... : ij_hellsing

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Hurray! Flash support!

Oct 14, 2008 4:42pm PDT

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Hurray! Flash support! : Glipkerio
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- Boo! Their implementation of Flash sucks. Pandora & Imeem don't work. Lameness. : Glipkerio

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By: phinn x Show Full Post

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Holy crap the web browser works awesome now.. Flash 9 is sweet, Youtube works much better, Hulu.com works perfect and even Youporn works...

With this, SOCOM, the headset, LittleBigPlanet, and everything else this is a huge month for PS3.

Oct 14, 2008 11:28pm PDT

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Holy crap the web browser works awesome now.. Flash 9 is sweet, Youtube works much better, Hulu.com wor... : phinn
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- i was on youporn all night cause of this! woo hoo! xvideos gets stuck at buffering though =( BOOOO xvideo... : sanewave

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I sure wish they'd broaden their Divx support :(

Or at least I wish I could figure why some Divx files don't work, and some do.

Oct 14, 2008 2:19pm PDT

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I sure wish they'd broaden their Divx support :( Or at least I wish I could figure why some Divx files... : tomservo
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I want PANDORA to work! I went to the website with the ps3 browser and only the non-flash stuff came up. I emailed the pandora team about this, hopefully they can make a streamlined version of the site for ps3 =].

More pandora for the masses.

Oct 15, 2008 2:19am PDT

I want PANDORA to work! I went to the website with the ps3 browser and only the non-flash stuff came up.... : irrerno

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I guess flash is pretty cool but only if they sped the browser up. It's painfully slow on just about everything.

Oct 14, 2008 5:02pm PDT

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I guess flash is pretty cool but only if they sped the browser up. It's painfully slow on just about eve... : boarder2
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- Yeah, it's kinda sad how slow it is. Not really sure why. : nurikabe
- Have you tried it? It seems a lot faster now with 2.50. : irrerno

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I wish they'd turn the power back on to the USB ports when the system is off.

1) so I can charge my sixaxis without having the PS3 fully powered on

2) so my PS3-IRpro will work and be able to turn on the PS3 remotely again!

they took it out around the 2.1 update >:(

Oct 14, 2008 2:27pm PDT

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I wish they'd turn the power back on to the USB ports when the system is off. 1) so I can charge my s... : hirez
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By: Vegtro x Show Full Post

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Hope the browser works with Hulu.

Oct 14, 2008 2:05pm PDT

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Hope the browser works with Hulu. : Vegtro
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- If this works with Hulu, no more media PC required for me. Woot! : Narce
- That would be fucking sweet. : Vincent Grayson
- Seriously hot. : tomservo
- Joost just went flash [think hulu.] And Amazon is now flash based. It will be pretty cool if it al... : rjklevels
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  That would be so delicious. : theflux
  - Strike that. It IS delicious. : theflux
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  Why not just use this? http://www.themediamall.com/playon : nurikabe
  - it only works when it wants to and its a memory hog on my computer : Break
- Hulu works great now! Awesome : phinn

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2.50 is out and HULU does work with it

Oct 14, 2008 9:55pm PDT

2.50 is out and HULU does work with it : quadalupeupe

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By: Flinz x Show Full Post

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And the updated version PSP3000 will be out as well, huh?

Oct 14, 2008 2:39pm PDT

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And the updated version PSP3000 will be out as well, huh? : Flinz
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- It came out on Oct 14. : Smitty

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Badass.

Oct 14, 2008 2:11pm PDT

Badass. : JimRune

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