This feature better work with the new chatpad. If not it's pretty much useless to those of us who don't have keyboards in their living rooms.

keyrat

MY GOD every time i turn my PS3 on theres another update!

Dappa

I understand that the screen grab will automatically print the screen out to the printers that everyone has connected to their PS3, too.

Rectangle

What they need to enable is a way to order your games alphabetically within the games column.

Seriously how hard is it?

I don't want my games in a folder, or by date in which I installed; give me alpha order damnit!

My OCD soul cries. :(

AnonymousNoob

@Mutton-Chops: oh yea, i agree it'd be easier, but as you mentioned, no print screen button on the keypad.

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

i think PS3 needs more updates every week.

elsteveo

Yay consoles are catching up to older technology!

1Mystic-G

@noliferuin (PSN+XBL): I don't see why it would be different. Can't get much more simple than hitting the Print Scrn button on a keyboard. It'd be a lot better than fartin around with the PS button or something.

I checked the wireless keypad. No print screen button. Woulda made sense.

Mutton-Chops

@LionheartAce: LOL yeah, I'm a tech author, I can't help but be a little anal. It's an annoying habit I know :P

p0wd3rd

@Mutton-Chops: i doubt the command for print screen will be the same.

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

@p0wd3rd: shut up... XD you know exactly what he meant.

This is very good news to me. Hope it's true.

LionheartAce

I have to go back to the shots of that Controller Keypad and see if I can spot Ctrl+Print Scrn buttons on it. That would simplify things. If not, I've always got my cheap-ass Cicero keyboard.

Mutton-Chops

=O You mean I could take a picture of The Leader's head exploding and use it as my background!?!?!?!?!?!

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

command shift 3 ftw

Lorrr

You are thinking "Alt+Print Screen", that captures the active window to Clipboard. "Ctrl+Print" Screen does the same thing as pressing "Print Screen", which captures the everything on the monitor to Clipboard.

p0wd3rd

Not... necessarily what I had in mind for a PS3 update, but I give them credit for thinking outside of the box, I guess...

TackyLamp

That's kind of cool, actually. I'm SO going to make an infinity shot for my wallpaper. A XMB with a XMB for a background with a XMB with a back ground with a XMB for a background...

PapaBear434

Sounds awesome! Hopefully they will do a deal with an image hosting website like they did with Youtube and in game videos.

ak416

That's actually pretty sick.

FP_slomo788

That's.. awesome. I've always wondered why they don't have this on consoles, since it is entirely possible with little effort (I've rigged up my PSP to take a screenshot when I hold the 'Select' button).

Passa

They shouldn't have done this before they released the ability to make your own videos but w/e, at least we're getting something pretty good out of the next firmware update

fragilenin

This will be interesting to see implementation.

I mean, it's gotta be fast on the take to get the ones you want.

jackburnt

That cool, I will use it.

boots555

@GrumpyJedi: SD cards and USB memory sticks I guess.

It sounds like a pretty good feature, should be interesting!

hamandcheeseUK

@GrumpyJedi: I use a USB stick

MKLOL

@GrumpyJedi: Copy it to a usb drive

mikemil828

not that awesome since I'm now able to record videos from my ps3 :/ (they might not be in the most awesome quality but they still look nice)

Shad0X

I'm not terribly familiar with the PS3. How would one get a file from their PS3 to their PCs?

GrumpyJedi

Cool i guess.

TF2Soldier914

FINALLY!

Kenny

I wonder how they'll implement this. I guess it will have to use the PS button, since other buttons may already be mapped for in-game use.

AppleJax

Dang, just think of all those naughty shots in SCIV people can do themselves now...

Ctsephy

ohhhh thats pretty cool!!

s]-[iO_keN

YES! I'VE BEEN WAITING TOO LONG FOR THIS!

Zwei Voltage

Cool! Can anybody say new wallpapers!

gloveofpower

@Ctsephy: I wish Namco put in a screenshot feature in SCIV for the X360. Getting good pics of my created character was such a pain, I had to get someone else to do it.

[www.1up.com]

Having screengrabs for PS3 games will probably prove its worth in Resistance 2 deathmatching and the like.

twinturbo2

Please stop posting about these firmware updates. It's to the point the next firmware will be like, "Fixed spelling of 'teh' to 'the'", and we'll still get a goddamn post about it. Half the shit they've patched have either broken the console for people or should have been in the thing from the start. Instead of giving us weekly updates on whatever firmware update Sony is rolling out, just compile them and give it to us every other month when the patch notes amount to more than 2 lines of text.

KirbyMorph

I would say the best part of this feature is taking a screen shot of the post game stats board of a multiplayer match you just dominated in. You know, something to show off to other friends who don't believe you when you went 30 kills without dying in a full COD4 match.

Probed

I welcome new additions to the console. Any feature that gets added that I don't have to pay for makes me a happy man.

fquick

@elsteveo:
Heh that would only increase time spent dl'ing them.

Wouldn't it be funny if MS responded with something like "ABILITY TO RECORD VIDEOS FROM YOUR 360!?!?!?! without need for capture card, although thats most likely impossible without tonnes of free processing power, although I'd be very impressed if that came out. For either one of the consoles. Heck even both.

Next generation will bring some intresting features more than graphics me thinks.

flukielukie

@Dappa: Play your PS3 more. I turn mine on hundreds upon hundreds of times before an update :/

This is a pretty cool idea. I would love it if the PS3 automatically recorded everything for the past 10 minutes (or w/e) and let you access the video through the XMB. Then just hit Square at any point in the video to save a pic to your HDD.

Something like that would be nice.

mfwahwah

Nice feature to have, I guess.

PAULINK

Hmm... Now Screenshots, later video capture. Yay!

I h8 ph15h with a passion

Ever since I spotted a Mega Man reference in Bionic Commando: Rearmed, I have wanted this feature. Call it small, but judging by the comments here, it's what a lot of folks want!

Roudi

Nice Idea.

Maherr

@noliferuin (PSN+XBL): Just go get yourself a cheap USB keyboard at Best Buy or somewhere. It's better than using the softboard and hopefully the Print Scrn command will function if this 2.50 rumour is true. Future Shop where selling USB keyboards for $9.99, with my friend's employee discount it cost me less than $6.

Mutton-Chops

@Dappa:

is that a complaint or utter excitement?

qBIRD

finally.... bringing stuff that ppl will actually use..

Jay

@KirbyMorph: Time to get your coat mate.

GOD

I'm loving my PS3 more and more.

Valaris

@KirbyMorph: Commenting on a post you didn't want to read is kind of like complaining about the taste of a food you didn't want to eat. No one made you put it in your mouth.

I, for one, like to know what's coming in new firmware updates.

Roudi

Did somebody say machinima!?

Deft_One

The Screenshot function in MGS4 and MGO was fun especially taking group photos but i always hated the giant MG logo on the corner when exporting, time to defeat that.

One thing i hate about hearing all this info on Updates is I always get my hopes up IN GAME XMB MUSIC anyone.

GFX-187

@KirbyMorph:
If the editors didn't give us this information as it was happening it wouldn't be news. It would be olds.

Deflicted

That is awesome. I'm guessing it would be done by hitting the PS button and selecting a menu item from the XMB. Hope its not just a programming hook that has to be enabled in new games, though.

Ptolemy

Wow, that's great. I was just thinking about how nice it would be to have a feature like this the other day.

@KirbyMorph: Instead of telling editors how to do their job and run their site, alternatively, you could just not read them, genius.

Đipic

I'm really looking forward to this, sounds really cool on a console.

HamThePharoah

@KirbyMorph: Nobody is forcing you to read this post. If you would open your eyes you would notice that there are people in here that actually care about getting this type of information, regardless of what you think. If you don't like what you see, change the channel.

XeroKool

hey that's goods news really that's nice

mpar

huh? What are they doing? Why not improve download management (aka Actually have download management), improve codec compatibility (aka full open source support (xvid, mkv, ogm, etc.)), etc. etc. etc. I seriously hope there are better improvements than screen grab.

darknessgp

@Mutton-Chops: I still think people will have to use the wireless keypad that will come out this holiday season.
This will be sweet!

sander_dutch

Oooooooooh. When's this coming out?

I have the gut feeling that they'll have to get games to patch to be compatible with this much like the in-game XMB soundtracks though.

Frank

Nice...

Keep it up Sony.

I hope the loading of the trophies will get fixed too.

It's slow as hell right now.

xCruciaLx

@Rectangle: No. It will just save it to your picture area on your HDD. Of course you could then go to your picture area push Triangle, select print from the drop down menu, and it will send the picture to whichever USB, network, 802.11, or Bluetooth printer that has been set to default under System/Printer Settings.

Why would you want to print a screen shot though?
Seems like a waste of ink.

VishusBurn

@Ctsephy: you just made this firmware update 10X more exciting

tsukasa1288

Oh no, so now everybody can make 360/PS3 game comparisons that much easier themselves?

El-Suave

Overscan compensation Goddamnit!!! Games like PixelJunk Eden and Monsters include it already!!! How hard it can to include universal overscan controls for the PS3 which encompass movie playback and all game playback?

Oh yeah, MKV, OGM, and SSA, SRT Soft subtitle support would be nice too. How about throw in multiple audio track selection for good measure.

mlubczyn

Great PwNage...now with film at 11:00.

-EDGE-

Nnnoooo. All the bug reports! "OMG this model has clipping issues when it plays the sneezing animation blending with running on the ceiling." Poor art team. :)

Mongoosekun

ever since Halo 3 came out ive been saying that the 360 needs this along with a video grab(watever its called)

LocustWhored

A good idea. I kind of hope it works with PS2/1 titles, but I doubt that. Hopefully this will inspire someone to include small recordings of sequences. All so I can show my anger to everyone about how Drake can't catch one stupid vine on the Fortress.

formina

@KirbyMorph: go get your own site and go make tons of post about how your not posting about firmwire updates, and how much you love to play Wii Music while Jazzercizing

FP Bleentastic has cake

@GrumpyJedi: save to the ps3 hard drive then email it...just like a home pc to a work pc.

Punkateer

@RealmRPGer:

is it really THAT awesome?

elsteveo

They'll probably require you to purchase the 50 dollar keyboard add-on with a special button that prtscreens!
Wonder how this will fair with copyright issues in games. Singstar made it so you couldnt take the images out of game. Good feature though. Keep bringing it sony.

Piblo

Oh man...This is awesome news.

Now they just need to add this feature to the PSP (this was pretty much THE reason I ever homebrewed the thing).

RealmRPGer

@KirbyMorph: if it bugs you that much, don't read the article. its as simple as that. pretend they don't exisit. but i personally like the info.

tsukasa1288

This is awesome, kinda wish XBL could do it(can it?)

AFreak3000

@VishusBurn:
Sorry by keyboard i was refering to the bluetooth on they just announced
[kotaku.com]

Piblo

@Piblo:
I seriously doubt that. Where would they put it? Above the existing PrntScrn button that is already on every keyboard?
I think not.
This is PS3 we're talking about, not certain others who shall remain nameless that choose to lock their hardware to use only cheaply made overprice proprietary add-on hardware.

VishusBurn

Nice! About effing time. This should be a system-level feature on all three consoles.

StocDred

@Piblo: Sorry for misinterpreting you, but there is no PrntScrn button on that keypad and they have not announced an MSRP, so I assumed you were referring to a new hypothetical keyboard.

VishusBurn

@DONNYchiban: Ummm... I wasn't finished yet... I still had to write:

How convenient! Just last week I started an album on my computer of video game screenshots!

DONNYchiban

:-D

DONNYchiban

DO WANT - bring this to 360 please

Crawl to China

Wallpaper madness heading our way

Gutter_Trash

That's actually kind of cool to be honest. It'd be so much cooler if you had the ability to record video of what you were playing. And then a system to automatically upload it to youtube!

LittleBigPlaneteer

Yay! Leaderboards will never be the same.

LittlestLamshi

I'm hoping that this firmware update might have a way to revive my Blu-Ray drive that mysteriously failed after updating to 2.42. Blu-rays dont even show up in the XMB but somehow DVDs still play. Since I've had it a month longer than the 12 month warranty, this might be the only hope I have of getting a working PS3 again without paying Sony $150 to service something their firmware most likely broke. I wish they would step up and cover issues clearly related to firmware updates. Any idea when this will be released on PSN?

PD4Ever

This is great... I've created countless characters in videogames that I've wanted to show off, and until now I had to use the clumsy point-my-digital-camera-at-my-tv-while-playing method.

Now all I need is a PS3... lol
*cough*MS... take the hint...*cough*

vr0oM

@darknessgp:

Yes, FFS, they need to include MKV support with the ability to access softsubs in srt files.

Absolutely fucking irritating to try and convert 720p anime just so it'll play on PS3.

Sheky

That's a fun upgrade. Cheers Sony.

get2sammyb

That is kewl

shiznit

Seriously Sony? No better communication system? No better codec support? Nothing new at all to stomp the floor with Microsoft who is looking like in the coming fall is going to destroy you with price cuts. There have been plenty of times where I would call myself a Sony fanboy but COME ON SONY!!!

I wish I could screengrab my facepalm right about now.

Sex_For_Pandas

Oooo nice. Now they need to add this to the PSP firmware. Yes, I don't hacked my PSP.

berribrand

I'd be really really happy with this feature, as insignificant as some of you say it is. Like LittleBigPlaneteer said, hopefully this will lead to video capture and then youtube uploads. Eden already has the Youtube feature, Sony has been working with Google, and Google seemed to be pleased with Eden's inclusion of the feature, so it seems like at some point, everything will work itself out :)

everybest

I think everyone should rush to install the update as soon as it came out. I wanted to see what kind of issues it creates before I decided to install it a week later.

Thanks ahead for all your help.

RocketPunch

haha looks like someone else has access to the Playstation dev site.

Barbara

I dig screengrabs...

Why is my first thought to try and get some pantsu shots in Soul Calibur...

Psudonym

Cool, video capture would be cooler though.

Weasel3689

That's funny and interesting...
I've had a user-made library on my PSP's firmware for a long time now to snap PNG screenshots instantly when I press the sound button.

It's surprising how easy it is - basically just make sure it loads the library. No issues ever with running out of RAM. Just the tricky one of what to set the screencap buttons as. Maybe L1 + L2 + PS on PS3 would work?

fuchikoma

I would actually really like this for my xbox 360. And no, not for perverted reasons. There are lots of times playing games where I say "I wish I could have caught that in a screenshot".

Dalren

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: You, sir, are the greatest mind of our time! Brilliant!

TheCleaningGuy

will they be 1080P quality screen grabs tho? probably not =(

Lanhoj

RFOM already has this feature online. try it. it's just prt. screen though. and saves to XMB. kinda like flOw. nice feature.

Akmed

wait, the last firmware is working? there's no more bricking console issues?

mcool93

awesome feature i've been wanting from the start!

DrunkRaba

Finally the XMB will actually provide a useful feature. I like it.

MattB

MKV support and make it snappy...

QuickPick

Nice. I wish I could have had this yesterday. I was playing MGS4 and in the Advent Palace I accidentally got blown away by that Claymore on the first floor. The blast threw Snake's body onto the couch and he laid perfectly on that couch on his back. It was very screenshot-worthy. Sigh.

Veritas7Ax

Resistance already has had this feature for a long time now if you press Print Screen on its own (by plugging in a keyboard first of course) - Anyway will it work the same for all games all will it be pressing ctrl as well, or will there be an option in the XMB.

JAGJEET

Definitely cool - perhaps then they can work on capturing gameplay to video?

ChimeraTheory

Pretty nifty.

Mr.Bates

@Roudi:

agreed. i LOVE the firmware update threads, because i get to think about my ps3 or psp having new features! i love new features! especially free ones!

joeloliol

@elsteveo: Yes, yes it is.

RealmRPGer