@SinistarX: 'Because they're cool charging $5 a month to lock us into our hardware with no chance of escape.'

sounds like they've learned well from apple, the ipod, and the itunes music store :)

meandering_drivel

Still waiting...

Connoisseur

IN GAME XMB!!












woot.

joelface

I'm sick of people thinking that EVERY next thursday is the day of the XMB. IT COMES WHEN IT COMES.

Sheen_Latrine

@JohnnyD57333:
Dont really know what you mean by Media Bar but the PS3 has been able to stream Movies, Music, and Etc from PC's and Mac since the 1.8 update which was a while ago.

GiovanniMcAdoo

@meandering_drivel: Until PSN offers a video marketplace, media bar, or a way to connect to my pc's video and music all that can be compared is their multiplayer abilities and demos

JohnnyD57333

No.

Anyone betting yes?

Frank

SingStar already does in-game messaging using the XMB. Odd that a game that doesn't really need it can do it really well, whereas games where you do need it- i.e. games where you can actually play online together- don't even try. But I suspect that as SingStar is made by SCEE's London Studio, they have some kind of insider knowledge. Still, it shows that the most important part of the XMB you'll need when gaming can work already, if implemented correctly.

Ungruntled

@gamadaya: My fellow American, you should know by now if you've spent any amount of time on Kotaku or playing games online that Europe != the UK. That's only one country, it doesn't include the bazillion other countries in Europe, in fact many brits don't even consider themselves European because it is an Archipelago, after all, and not part of the European continent except by means of close proximity.

bobtheduck

I have a feeling we will be seeing this next thursday with in game xmb.

DexterNoodlesGreg

Nice, that sounds awesome!

Huxle

@Intellectualdiot: Word, tell SCEE to stop giving shit updates, the last one was a joke, two bloody trailers! How about some freeking avatars!!!

rockmanjoey

Get. Your. Shit. Together. Sony.

Intellectualdiot

Note to Sony- something that should have been in the launch hardware is not exactly something worth "teasing".

Gagamus

@greeble: That looks nice. It also says it has vibration. It could be a big improvement on the sixaxis if it has some weight(should since it says it's made of metal) to it and the triggers are like the 360 triggers. If only the also reversed the positions of the left analog stick and d-pad. As it is, it still may be great as long as it doesn't have any connection issues.

Spartan1308

Nice, voice chat available during gameplay /puke

kyosen

@AnonymousFinger: You're single, have no kids and burn money on 360 games? That's pretty lame.

If you're so loaded, try traveling a little. I'm sure that somewhere on this globe there is a human who would accept to to become your life partner, or at least have sexual intercourse with you in exchange for some of the money you swim in.

Kaneda

@meandering_drivel: Hopefully, Microsoft will respond by clearing up the DRM transfer issues that have been gaining greater publicity.

I have to say that I was unaware of how limiting the 360 was until I purchased my PS3. HD upgrade? Check. Off console file/downloads backup? Check. Ability to set up an online profile without a credit card? Check. Run another OS? Check.

Why doesn't Microsoft allow all that? Because they're cool charging $5 a month to lock us into our hardware with no chance of escape.

That said, I still love the games on my 360.

SinistarX

"in the summer, firmware update 2.4"

BULL!

Sailorcancer

I hope sony brings in game XMB support but I am more than pissed with them right now seeing that I taded in my 360 amonth ago primarily because I thought it was goning to red ring and a month later my brand new and supposedly more reliable PS3 dies with no warning whatsoever, I come home from work and I get a yellow light followed by flashing red. WTF

jmgiv

i think i just got a boner....

dethFLUX

new chat features: you can select from various text phrases!! wave of the future.

comedy

@gamadaya: 1 million in the UK, not the whole of the EU.

Gladman

@JackTretton: Well, you should know of all people. (they're skipping; just doing one big update)

I'm still hoping for new firmware 4/15 with the new PS Store.

keyrat

2.4? last i checked we were still at 2.1?

JackTretton

@AnonymousFinger: Microsoft love says much. Just seems you wanted to start flaming with the "I don't even own a Blu-ray" comment. And havent turned it on n 6-8 months I have a wii and i turn it on every now and again just to check for updates and see whats new.I own a PS3 and play it religously. I don't own a Xbox but i like the damn thing and play it on the weekends. I hate it when i see people that bash anything the know nothing about and it makes no sense in starting Flames. You don't own a wii,PS3 or and Blu-rays. Your comment is just fail here.

Jopan

Also, It's good to have a very diverse collection of games to entertain company with. Not everyone enjoys my taste in games.

AnonymousFinger

Ok. I think by now it would be wiser to just ignore AnonymousFinger. God I wish it was Ban Monday.

slomo788

I have to find something to waste all this money on. Better than collecting dolls... Oh, I mean "figurines".

AnonymousFinger

@AnonymousFinger:

Seems like a massive waste of money to me. I mean if you bought games and didn't open them then I could MAYBE see that, but by opening and playing its really not collecting anymore.

Sparx

@AnonymousFinger: Why "collect" 360 games?

Saint Anima: Kotaku's Poetic Massacre

Dioxen:

No, I collect 360 games. The games I don't have a lot of interest in, I play for a few moments just to check out the game. Look at my Halo achievements. I don't think I even have any.

AnonymousFinger

@Dioxen:

quality doesn't matter to an achievement whore.

Sparx

Wow, 67 games played and about 70% of them are 0/1000 or 0/200

Do you put the disc in once then immediately throw them away :<

Dioxen

@Dioxen:

That's definitely possible.

Back on topic, I agree that Summer could easily mean November for in-game XMB.

sholmes

Oh, I Play on a 60" HDTV too...

AnonymousFinger

@Dioxen: I mean, looking at my "Played Games" only lists about 98 and a lot of them are really horrible XBLA demos and about a third of the remainder are stellar, the rest are tied between "OK" and "Subpar"

Dioxen

I'm telling the truth. Anyone who wants me to prove it, send me your PSN Screenname and I'll send you a message. Look up AnonymousFinger on XBL and see how many games I've played. While not all the games I have are on that Gamertag (I have 4 XBL Accounts), If you still don't believe me, give me your e-mail address and I'll send a picture.

AnonymousFinger

@sholmes: Well the 360 has b/c aswell, so it's a possibility that he's including those. I've played a fair few games on my 360 but there's no way there's 125 semi-decent games.

Dioxen

@PapaBear434:

Well, at the very least, he can't use the typical "no good games" argument against the PS3. When you buy 125+ games for any console that's only been out 2.5 years, it's pretty clear that quality of games isn't too important to you.

sholmes

The Sixaxis is an abomination unto Nuggan.

In game xmb would be nice but I'm not holding my breath.

Dioxen

@AnonymousFinger: If you hate the controller that much, I suggest you try out the Nyko 3rd party controller coming this month. [www.nyko.com] I can't believe you don't even use it for movies, perhaps you should sell it.

greeble

@AnonymousFinger: Dude, quit while your ahead, remember today is Monday and you are inciting a flame war.

cduran

@AnonymousFinger: You'll have to upgrade your firmware first.

Jpmayock

Yeah, AnonymousFinger doesn't have a PS3. I am willing to bet that although he owns a 360, he doesn't own 125+ games.

His arguments against both the PS3 and the Wii, and his seemingly compulsive imaginary 360 game buying habits, reeks of the usual loyalist tripe that they always spew, just worded backwards.

PapaBear434

My Screenname on the PS3 is AnonymousFinger. Would you like me to fire it up and send you a message?

AnonymousFinger

No Wii. I don't play "kid" games. I had money to burn (Single, no kids & large income) and I went to Toys-R-Us looking for a Wii for my nephews and they had none, but had PS3's. I never owned a PS[anything] so I thought I would try it. I CAN'T STAND THE SUXASSES CONTROLLER!!!!

AnonymousFinger

@AnonymousFinger:

Somehow I doubt that you even own one, some of your wording just reeks of troll.

Sparx

@AnonymousFinger: Good for you and your 125+ games.

As for the topic at hand, maybe he meant spring instead of summer (I really hope so).

cduran

@AnonymousFinger: Why did you buy one?

kyosuke9999

@AnonymousFinger: Dude, seriously, you should think better before u invest on a console..
/me done the exact same thing with the wii..

Hey, do u have a Wii? Wanna trade?

lapiz

It's been so long since I fired up my PS3, it's probably still on update 1.[something]. Really, It's probably been 6-8 months since I turned it on. Since I have 125+ games for the 360 and I can't stand the PS3 controller, It just collects dust. I'm hoping it may be worth more sometime since it's a 60GB original with the hardware BC. It has maybe 20 hrs of operation. I don't even own any BluRay disks.

AnonymousFinger

in game xmb...they were talking about that back with update 2.0

SIRL0INofBEEF

@johnnylineup:

God, I wish.

PapaBear434

"Did anyone else point out that the article says the UK, but Mark said Europe? I've neglected to looked over the comments, so I assume I am the first and only one insightful enough to point this out."

PapaBear434

So if firmware 2.4 comes out in the summer, he could be talking about a European release. Europe always seems to get everything after we do. Maybe North America will get 2.4 earlier like spring.

In game XMB is a whole other story.

NOKS415

in shirt xmb ftw!

scarletisred

hey, since many PAL users often complain (rightly so) about getting releases later than their US comrades, does that mean we should be seeing 2.4 out like, on thursday?

johnnylineup

cough, cough misleading title
"PlayStation 3 has officially sold one million units at UK retail..."

Garo

can i be the moderator?

johnnylineup

I hope that's what it means. I've been waiting for this for quite some time.

EvoAnubis

From 2.10 to 2.4? Thats a pretty big jump. There has to be a few more releases between now and the summer.

cduran

Not bad, a console under 1 year old has 1 to every 60 people here in the UK.

Deano85

I welcome you 360 owner to the land of PS3.. fanboy mode.. ON :)

Playstation

^ and he has corrected in quick timing.

sascha23

Mark was probably so excited to post the article, he just assumed "Europe or UK...it's all the same!"

;)

sascha23

@Kyle81:

Master Blaster!

Sparx

@gamadaya: In fact, we're at almost 11 million units sold now.

Perusing Vgcharts, it looks as though the "Other" regions (which encompasses Europe) have sold roughly 4.8 million units sold.

sascha23

@Mr.SithNinja:

With any luck it'll be out quicker. But if nothing else I see this update as the latest it will implimented because one of the last things I believe Harrison said before leaving was that it'd be implimented very soon.

Sparx

hehe, the articles off the main page now, seems it'll be fixed :D

YoppaDo

Huge typo or lack of proof reading?

PS3 is doing well in Europe and the UK. About 4.5 million in a year is pretty good for one territory.

YoppaDo

@DaPress: EMBARGO! Who runs blogger town!

Kyle81

'introduction of in-game communication'

PSN seems to be steadily catching up with XBL in terms of features and is yet bereft of a monthly fee.

how will microsoft respond to strong competition in the online market?

free xbl? better xbl?

meandering_drivel

@Darksider71: Good thing Indy found the 'lost arc" then. :D

Mr.SithNinja

Looks like someone the cat out of the bag!

sascha23

I am sure that the in game XMB will be a part of a firmware release sometime this year. I doubt it will be in this one. But definately this year.

Mr.SithNinja

I would like to see in-game xmb now please^^

NAT_TA

These are just UK numbers, not Europe. Bet Sony will get pissed. :D

DaPress

Sony has sold about 4.5 million Ps3's in Europe, Article says "in the UK".

Just a heads up!.

Seiryuu

damnit...i bet it's something fishy and they'll retract it later or something. hmmm...well he did say Europe and since Europe always get things late (i feel for ya), does it mean the NA will get it early?

jun581

As long as they hurry up with the cross game messaging/friend's list, I'll be happy.

NiteShado

Seriously fix the article, it's 1 million in the UK, not all of Europe.

Kyle81

Looks like Home will be on 2.4

Hand_O_Death

According to babel fish "summer" sony-speak translates to late "fallish". Remember when they used to talk about "Home" as a release for last October? Ahh those were the days.

wisconsinista

@zerokill: yes

Mark Wilson

*movement in pants*

njhardcoreguy

@Duoae:

I'm pretty sure you can already start a chat with your friends. Wouldn't know how extensive that is since I haven't used it myself. That is very strange wording so who knows what it means exactly

Sparx

I've seen European software sales charts like the rest of us. I think it's safe to say that sales and quality work at an inverse there. So the accelerated adoption of the PS3 makes perfect sense. It will inevitably slow down to a crawl when the great games start coming out.

usfslacker

Of course it's in game XMB. Long overdue but seriously...meh.

I've never needed the feature and I doubt I'll use it when it arrives. Where is .MKV support and (strangely) an XMB clock!

Shin-Kaiser

Oh PS3, you big sexy tease, you.

red_queen

Consoles sell slower in Europe in general due to higher pricing, mostly due to import tarrifs and various VAT(Value added Taxes). The PS3 is nearly double what it is in Japan or Canada after the exchange. In Europe, Canada and Japan the PS3 is a strong second to the Wii. Only in America is it a distant third.

kingmanic

we have to wait til summer for in game XMB? :(

Fluffy22

I like the simple yet good photoshop. Good job Mark. Europe is bigger than just the UK. These are just UK numbers.

jackal888

I needs me some Home.

Setzer IIDX

region b ftl.

Captain Nobody

@issa3032: Come on Mark get on that.

RememberThe.357

@issa3032:

thanks for the update, thats a pretty big typo on Kotaku's part.

Sparx

Awesome

DigitalHero

Does in-game communication necessarily mean XMB access in game? Could it just be friends list access? (Or whatever it's called on the PS3)

Duoae

Yep, article is 1 million in UK alone, not Europe.

SnakeCL

Thats it? Hmm seems like it should've been more. Oh well, nice job anyway.

Sparx

PlayStation 3 has officially sold one million units at UK retail, hitting the milestone faster than PSOne or PS2.
[www.mcvuk.com]

issa3032

Story says 1 million in UK, not 1 million in EU. That would be a bit on the low side.

Gj PS3 :)

zerokill

Only 1 million? That seems a rather low number after nearly a year on the market.

Stormrider

In Game Communication in the Summer. The Summer!? How about NOWS.

Anyway, good news.

Saint Anima: Kotaku's Poetic Massacre

Hey Man, great article but if you look at the SOURCE, it states they have sold 1 million PS3s in the U.K. In your title you state they have sold 1 million in Europe. They have sold far more than that.

issa3032

The XMB bar is a lie...

:D

Dude From Dubai

One million? Maybe Europe doesn't matter as much as I thought. Aren't there already 10 million PS3s sold?

gamadaya

In game XMB and Home are the lost ark of the ps3!

Darksider71

from my experience when they say some update is coming out on a certain season they really mean the season after....they say summer 08 most likely in fall 08 i'll give it till early November

rcorrea