2.40 includes hidden PSN Store upgrade

PS3Fanboy writes:

The new look PSN Store is definitely something to behold, even if we've mostly gotten used to what it looks like by now. Unfortunately, it suffered from not caching images properly and, as a result, slow loading of items on the store. If you're someone who's particularly annoyed by this, then you'll be happy to hear that firmware 2.40 seems to have brought with it a little surprise which makes the store run a lot smoother. This is true of both the US and the EU stores.

[TrevorPhillips]

i knew that was new i swear i was on the ps3 to check the marketplace and i said to my bro whats that press square to change layout and i changed it and looks better

[instantstupor]

Did I really somehow miss that this whole time? I'm glad they keep doing these little things to improve the experience, though they really need to start coming out with a comprehensive list of what these updates do/change/implement/improve so people don't miss these sweet little upgrades. Thanks Sony, I really am loving the PS3 more and more with each firmware update.

[crimsonfox]

sickassshit thats cool

[TrevorPhillips]

Yea i knowww ever since i changed it i was like awesome :)

[byeGollum]

We Noticed it too, YeSss

[chasuk08]

Yeh i noticed it too, but i didnt know if it was new or not, as i dont spend my day browsing the playstation store

[TrevorPhillips]

Yea i agree with u i thought it was something old then i notice that i never saw that there before and i was like lets see what it is and it turned out to change the layout :)

[Ninja-Sama]

when the new Naruto demo is coming to the PSN store?

[Tetsuryu]

Tomorrow for Qore and July 17 for the free PSN download.

[TrevorPhillips]

mid july brother :)

[Mozilla89]

Wow phantom disagree let me cancel that out.

[whoelse]

Yes its a lot faster, even despite a lot of people are downloading the update still.

[juuken]

Oooooh!

[butterfinger]

Aaaahhhhh!

[juuken]

..xP

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Er...Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiippee!!!;)

God they have been well busy in SONY-LAND!!! ;-P
Just NEED the 'Trophy Patches' ASAP!!! for the games i got;)

[BLUR111]

^^^dorks^^^

[MaximusPrime]

i think Echocchrome coming to EU PSN

[jkhan]

PS3 firmware package is almost complete. I think over the course of next 8-10 months, they will be on par with xbox live.
I would wish they include back compatability for 40 gig consoles. I bought 40 gig one because 80 gig wasn't available at that time:(

[tweaker]

I feel your pain. Couple friends of mine tried hunting down the 80gigs as well.

[hay]

I feel you pain, and also hope for that.

[clintos59]

I decided to pause the game and use the xmb to write my cousin a message while he was playing battlefield bad company. We were messaging each other back and I decided to also delete all my messages and sent messages and found it quite faster even deleting things. Also went onto the PSN store and definately found it alot faster to navigate with all the icon pictures popping up faster then usual. They did a great job on the update.

Also would like to say the trophy game id's look pretty sweet, and love how it has that option where u can check your stats against your friends on certain games.

[Le-mo]

The demo for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm will be in store tomorrow if you have Qore.

[highdro]

i did not know that till now, looks like this update realy made alot of ps3 owners more happy, i just hope they relase a patch for mgs4 and cod4 to let u play music soon, i tried playing music on cod4 and mgs4 buut it did not work.

[dantesparda]

They havent even made an update for rumble for that game, so i doubt it, good luck! (who knows maybe they will come together) and i am surprised that MGS4 doesnt already allow you to do the music thing. You figure they would have been ready for it. Ugh! These developers and Sony really do not have their act together.

[Booourns]

2.4 is a great update overall

I know Sony is working on Phase 2 of this update right now, hopefully that can be released in the coming months plus more trophy support for upcoming games

[Peow]

:( I want to know when the SOCOM beta is!

Oh, and the new layout looks nifty I suppose ^_^

[DJ]

In August versus what's it's capable of now, there's almost no comparison.

Improved PSN connection.
Better bluetooth connection for controllers.
Divx support.
Upscales all video content, even off usb devices.
New PSN Store with two layouts (press square, you'll see)
In-game XMB.
Free custom themes.
Trophies.

And I've had my system for just under 11 months. My big question right now though is how much more Sony can improve upon, or invent, during the next 12 months. Out of that entire list of new features, the only one I expected was in-game XMB.

[Spinitus]

i don't see this, where is at???

nevermind

[steck67]

Yea, I noticed that too when I went on the store last night. 2.4 was a great update.

[Killa Aaron]

Sony Is Fu<king Brilliant

[Rhezin]

and shuve it up your ***, you droids seem to be into that sorta thing anyway. Just look at all the pleasure sound posts, ooooohhh ahhhhhh. *******....

[ThatCanadianGuy]

The only thing 360 fanboys had to argue about was there precious XBL

PSN is better then XBL
PS3 hardware is better then 360's
PS3 game's (altho opinionated) are better then 360 games
PS3 has wifi,blu-ray,bluetooth,standar d HDD etc.
PS3 is just a sexy machine.Xbox looks like an old dell tower.

Just buy Playstation 3.
join us in our new RPG levling trophy system,before you get left behind.

[Obama]

You are pissed because you are still paying 50 bucks a year for xbl? XD

This is great news.

[BLUR111]

It's funny the logo of each achievment are trophys, and ps3 rips the gamerscore off and can't even call it an original name.

The last couple of days has been nothing but news on firmware 2.40 soooo sad N4G community. :( gaining score on your profiles just for these idiot fanboys just cuz they feed on media for hope

and obama, If you could afford a 360 i guess 3$ a month for live would be out of the question huh? come with some real facts to bash xbox okay.

[Obama]

I can afford a ps3, what makes you make I can't afford the cheapbox 360? I just find paying 50 bucks a year for an online service ludicrous.

[BLUR111]

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[thomas0506]

bout time they made it faster, nice to c they r improving everything :D

[spectyre]

Sony occasionally throws in some easter eggs.

[tojfs7931]

try that out right now. I was just thinking to myself that they need to have a view for those who aren't on HD tvs yet. And voila- here it is.

[gamer_70]

I prefer XBL over PSN, this is why --> http://www.gamespot.com/pag...