I have seen a lot of people going apeshit over the upcoming 2.40 PS3 firmware update which will add " In-Game XMB" . For those who don' t know, the XMB is just the PS3' s little thingy that you get when you turn it on which allows you to send a note to another user and the such.

My question is this: Why is everyone spooging gallons upon gallons of their load over the thought of in game XMB? Why is this important? I can see very little benefit except not having to quit a game to read a message some asshole sends you. To hell with them, I' m not interrupting my game to read their nonsense, ingame XMB or not. Anyway, I thought this feature already existed. I am able to have ingame XMB in Hot Shots Golf. I never used it, but I noticed it was there and fully functional.

I' m guessing its just Sony' s way of closing the feature gap on Xbox Live. No big deal for any live players, but a convenience for PSN users.

Here' s a walkthrough of it

Interesting. My guess is that the firmware update will happen on July 10 since that is the date the Burnout Paradise update promising custom soundtracks happens.

Its just Sony adding features which they previously felt where ' gimmicky' on the 360 ...

Next thing you know they will be charging to access PSN

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LOL @ the comments there ...

I didn' t read those

What’s the point of earning a virtual picture?

Next thing you know they will be charging to access PSN

Maybe then it wont suck.

Unfortunately you' ll have to play the game again to get the trophies

I wanted to use the XMB a couple of times when i was in a game. Like when i go online and want to pause a download or something. Not a major need though.

Unfortunately you' ll have to play the game again to get the trophies

I was thinking about that and thought the system will just read your achievements (no pun intended) and award you the trophies like DMC4 did when i didnt log to a network at first but when i did i got many awards at once.

Interesting. My guess is that the firmware update will happen on July 10 since that is the date the Burnout Paradise update promising custom soundtracks happens.

July 2nd


Also it seems that not all games will support the trophy feature.

The 2.40 firmware is bringing in-game XMB and trophies. The first games getting trophy support include BUZZ! Quiz TV, LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm Pacific Rift, NBA 09, PAIN, PixelJunk Eden, Resistance 2, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation and Warhawk. Some of those games (like PAIN and Warhawk) require a game update for trophies.

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