Penny-Arcade Blows Smoke at PS3 Firmware Announcement

StalkingSilence of PSLS writes:
"It seems like getting grilled by the guys at Penny-Arcade is more of an honor than an embarassment these days (many victims of their comic strips order a framed copy to cherish). This time they take on Eric Lempel's PS3 firmware 2.70 announcement and give us a peek at what's to come in the PS3's future. While it's all in good fun, I personally think the firmware is a step in the right direction and I welcome any addition to the PS3's capabilities. Do any of you think 2.70 was a major technological disappointment or are you excited to see where the firmware takes us next?"

[StalkingSilence]

Shoulda been holding a SIXAXIS in the comic, but it's all good. I love their art style. Could be more exact, but the caricature feel that it was quickly done is great.

[DERKADER]

They forgot to make fun of the 32 character limit and the terrible censoring.

[Megaton]

Hah, I posted this at GameTrailers and the official PS forums last night when I saw it. Love Penny Arcade.

[UnwanteDreamz]

This website reporting on a comic is lame though.

[goflyakite]

LOL that was good.

[ceedubya9]

Seriously though, any updates, no matter how small or pointless just show that the service is trying to expand and evolve. Can't complain about that.

[Panthers]

Text chat is a great way to call stuff out on Socom lol.

[7thNightvolley]

with the smoke signal stuff.. lool 3 smoke puffs means... "dude behind u!" in while playing killzone2

[Zeus Lee]

I don't understand the people that are claiming the firmware is a disappointment,what were you led to BELIEVE by parties OTHER THAN Sony?

[PirateNinjaBunny]

Rumors were running rampant about a mythical 2.70 release.
Sony released 2.70

What they should have done to fend off the frenzy was change the release number. Then people wouldn't see 2.70 and immediately think cross game voice chat. They would see 2.61 and think "hmm I wonder what we have here"

Personally I think they asked for all the bad feedback by sticking to the 2.70 release number.

[sofresh200]

I hope this 2.70 update teaches everyone not to believe in JACK SH*T unless it comes from SONY'S mouth.

[pwnsause]

the text chat is what makes this update disappointing. sure I think we all knew from the start that those supposed patch notes about 2.7 which were "leaked" from the net is fake. The thing is, WTF am I going to do with text chat? it makes it a waste of System ram. They are prioritizing on things that we never asked for. Thats what makes it disapointing.

[Baka-akaB]

well YOU didnt ask for it ... plenty of us did . Of course along more stuff , but still .

I was tired of "email/telegraph" messaging and wanted something close to msn or any live chat system . And now we finally got it , albeit in a quite flawed way .

i'm not overflowing with joy , as it's long overdue , but quite welcome it .

The whiners , to not say another word make me laugh . Everytime it's "it's useless i didnt ask that" , yet i'm sure none of you actually possessing the console would go back to the first firmware , while just waiting for cross invite or voice chat .

[Baka-akaB]

Indeed . Now i'd advise Sony to vehemently dismiss those rumors early on , instead of just sitting there and letting morons get their hopes high and preparing themselves for a big fall .

[pwnsause]

when you said plenty, did you mean the majority? cause you know, the majority didnt want this. especially when they should be prioritizing what the Majority wants. why dont you take a look at this blog and see the S**t show that happened 2 days ago?
http://blog.us.playstation....

[Baka-akaB]

When i say plenty , i say plenty . unlike you i dont pretend to know a number or the majority .

Who put you guys in charge and let decide who is the majority and what they feel about it ?

[creeping judas]

LOL, at least I can find the humour in that!!
And I own a PS3, and can still laugh at it.

[ceedubya9]

Is what is most important :)

[Hooby]

oh wow! You are so rebellious not making a dumb fanboy comment on a site where everything is a fanboy comment!

grats!

personally, I think M$ payed PA to write that comic, just like every M$ product that does well!

Now watch as the agrees build up for those who don't get the sarcasm.

[Counter_ACT]

P-A sucks.

[Hooby]

Yes! Anything that doesn't give an A+ to everything sony related sucks!

[Gun_Senshi]

P-A has gone downhill and suck nowdays. Alot of web comics are way better.

Hell even CAD, which is definitly Biased in favour of X360 is way more funny and fun to read.

[redsquad]

Why does there always have to be someone who comes back with the "Yes! Anything that doesn't give an A+ to everything sony related sucks!" cliché whenever they call out something for ANY REASON!

I've thought PENNY ARCADE has been lame and unfunny pretty much from the start. I always thought Satire wass supposed to be funny. PA NEVER is in my view. Nothing to do with whatever their perceived views on Sony are. Stop being so predictable.

[Hooby]

If you think CAD even holds a candle to PA, you lack a functioning brain.

[Tony P]

I think they used to be a lot funnier back before they made the move to game-only strips, but they're still better than a lot comics out there. The art wasn't as good, but the jokes hit much harder.

[FantasyStar]

That comic was funny. But I like the Crayon Physics comic funniest.

http://www.penny-arcade.com...

[bob saget remix]

When they believe false rumors.
Edit: how could someone disagree with me? Its true.

[devilhunterx]

pretty funny. now how about making a game which is worth play eh PA?

[xg-ei8ht]

All i want is 2 things.

Full ad2p support.

Voice messaging 30secs.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Someday the PS3 will have moris code and a feature that allows gamers to mail letters in the mail.

[devilhunterx]

and the next add on for the XB2 will be a floppy drive.

[Gun_Senshi]

You owned Jason 360 at with his own attack. Bubbles +! You made me spill tea with laughter

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

At least it's a floppy drive that doesn't require a manual install of most games.

:)

[STONEY4]

I want my smoke signals NOW.

[supremacy]

i dunno you guys, in a way i do feel dissapointed in the end result, i mean why not just release these features already?

these features are like ac to a car and should now be a standard thing. why even bother selling headsets if chatting is minimal and very limited to certain applications?

i want to be able to chat with friends whether im surfing the web or browsing through the store or playing a game or even watching videos and photos. ps3 has enough power to pull this off.

if its a patent issue than fine, simply look around to see and find another product with rivaling features then buy them out just like you buy out studios like guerrila games.

for example ventrilo? sony could buy this asset and make it part of their overall network strategy thus given them more than enough room without the worries of any law suites to persue greater things.

heck imagine chatting with friends from your freinds list from your psp? like psp to ps3 vice versa?

one network, two platforms, thats what i want.

trophies from psp games simply add on to your current trophy count on psn.

and one last bit that i would add in, would be something i like to call..

(T.D.W.L) time date weather location.

simply imagine everytime you highlight a friend on your friends list, you'll see their time based on their time zone,

their date ofcourse based on location could be one hour more or less depending where they are located, and that makes a difference in the dates,

weather is simply the current weather they are under which is link to their time, location/zip code which is ofcourse entered upon creating a psn account.

location? city and state, no zip codes need to be shown due to privacy and restrictions.

below this bash of info located is your avatar, and below your avatar lies your basic trophy level info which should auto sync everytime you are online.

their quotes are now located next to their avatars on the left hand side, with the right hand side displaying their psn id names.

and just a tad below this is what i like to call a blind spot, which is where the info of what their currently doing will display in a short abreviation.

example if your friend is playing a game than you'll know, and now if he or she is web browsing you'll know, however you'll not know what exactly they are web browsing. just know that they are web browsing, same with the store, yes the store shows up as well and so does blu ray movies.

only gamers now have the option to block off blu ray info and set it as private so no one but you can know what blu ray film you are watching.

now whenever you click on a friends avatar, than you'll be directed to a full blown myspace like page with all this info and and breif message by the profile holder, favorite genres, favorite games, age, gender, most recently played games, most played games, owned games, trophy level counts ect. quote, and zodiac sign, as well as (T.D.W.L).

voice messaging- send 30 sec clips to friends on your freidns list, or even better you can also send that same message to all of your friends if you desire by simply selecting sent to all or select recepients.

cross chat- i think everyone here knows what this is.

private party chat- select up 10 friends and chat through it all, gaming, movies, web surfing, store browsing and home.

universal multiple id log ons.

intune like store within the ps store, which should not only offer music info and such but also themse and music videos as well.

and an exclusive blu ray only amazon like store blu ray films at the best prices possible straight from your ps3 to your doors steps ala amazon and netflix.

calander- this calander only shows upcoming movies, games and store up dates and special events like e3 and such. unlike any other calander this one displays things in small thumbnail clips of what is on that day, so if its more than one thing coming that day than a small montage will be in its place displaying everything thats suppose accupied this particular date.

you can also set events on this calander as well, as view the thumbnails in full screen mode by highlighting and than clicking x on the box.

well thats all i really want really. lol maybe 3.00? meh we'll see. but either way guys let me know what you think ok?

[UltimateIdiot911]

I am pretty satisfy with 2.70 update. It now display the remaining minutes before a download is complete. The web browser is a lot faster and has copy and paste feature. All I want is .mkv support, and I'm pretty much really satisfy already.

[Socomer 1979]

i use the private text and im thinking about having other people join to keep the conversation flowing with nasty jokes and up to date messages like brb, gonna take a sh!t but its not that cool with a character limit and creative cursing because of weird censorship.

I cant even spell katrina on it.
I do feel its the begining of things to come but at this point i dont even care anymore. Everything is working as it should and i believe the Im private text is great to keep friends connected at the expence of chatpad. its smart and useful and doesnt destroy but actually helps online gaming. You cant really cheat with it. I dont know why panthers thinks it does because people who play like that have been doing that before the update with regular messaging. you still have to take your eyes off the action and really doesnt help the unpredicatable nature of socom. It would actually be cheating if it was real time like with voice chat. Thats alot of work sony has to do to give cheaters what they want.

[Rob0g0rilla]

They just need to fix the censoring, allow you to type more, and a notification if someone left. That's it.

Still looking forward to in-game chat and being able to send voice messages. Good update though.

[xg-ei8ht]

Jason 360

You need to learn some manners.

Sorry i meant grammar.

[lephunk]

for the 360? thats new technology right there...

[jessehaysfl]

yeah the censoring is fuc^ing bull$hit mother fu<cker