PS3 Firmware 4.40 Adds Support for Downloading Games from Web PlayStation Store
The official changelog for PS3 Firmware 4.40 reveals that the update adds support downloading games to the console from the Web version of the PlayStation Store. The feature will become active in May 2013.
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Yep, I use it a ton for my 360 and for Android. I find just generally browsing a lot of content and particularly searching with text is much faster on a PC than on the device itself.
I always found that weird that you can buy games through the PS web store yet you still need to turn on your PS3, go to account management, go to download list, select to download, select to download in background, go to next item, repeat.
It's not pointless. I often browse the web version when not at home with my PS3. This means I can set it to download and it would be ready when I got in. That would be pretty useful to be honest.
How is it pointless? Sometimes I don't feel like opening up my PS3 to check what's in the store. This way I can just use my laptop to not only check out what's on the store but also have the ability to download the games.
Nice reasoning. Do you really think it's good to go? you must really not have any idea or a spec of reasoning to think on what they have to do before it goes live.
They have to troubleshoot, check for bugs, make sure it works properly with syncing to you're ps3. There is obviously something they have to go through or check before it goes live. Who knows what, but something.
Its called beta testing, something that usually happens on a system that isn't live i.e. your PS3.
Undoubtedly there will be another patch, possibly two before this goes live. If the intention is for it to go live in May then the patch should be fully tested before its even rolled out, not patching a patch if it doesn't work.
Working example, the cross-game patching that happened for DOA5 when DOA5+ was released rather than 3 months before. I fully understand how it works, clearly not a lot of other people do.
i go on PS store on PS3 a lot and it only takes 10 seconds to load everything. The old store took 10-15 seconds for my internet to load it. Probably it depends on internet speeds because i have absolutely no problems with the new store. Personally i like the new store more than the old.
Great feature. I guess that you will have to be singend in on the PS3 to use that feature, but I can also imagine that for PS+ users the game will be added to a queue when they are not going online the download will start automatically when next auto update happens if that function is enabled. I really like that and it has a lot of petential, not just for the PS3 of course.
Well still waiting till they organize the downloads list. Also Sony should follow Steam's option to "gift" a purchase to another PSN user. Would make gift shopping easier at times :)
Sony: "Nice work team. 4.40 has solved the problem." Hackerz: "Nice work team. 4.40 has been breached. Let us continue gaming for free." Sony: "..Boss, you're not gonna like this. 4.40 has been hacked. =|..*rage* ...Get started on 5.00"
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I always found that weird that you can buy games through the PS web store yet you still need to turn on your PS3, go to account management, go to download list, select to download, select to download in background, go to next item, repeat.
Whats up next, you gonna release a patch for GTA5? woooooo.
They have to troubleshoot, check for bugs, make sure it works properly with syncing to you're ps3. There is obviously something they have to go through or check before it goes live. Who knows what, but something.
Undoubtedly there will be another patch, possibly two before this goes live. If the intention is for it to go live in May then the patch should be fully tested before its even rolled out, not patching a patch if it doesn't work.
Working example, the cross-game patching that happened for DOA5 when DOA5+ was released rather than 3 months before. I fully understand how it works, clearly not a lot of other people do.
the webstore accessible from the PS3, or do u do this on ur PC somehow?
Love this update and no, the store is not slow. It has got considerably faster with 1.04 release a few days ago.
The web store is much quicker.
Sony: "Nice work team. 4.40 has solved the problem."
Hackerz: "Nice work team. 4.40 has been breached. Let us continue gaming for free."
Sony: "..Boss, you're not gonna like this. 4.40 has been hacked.
=|..*rage* ...Get started on 5.00"