PS3 Firmware 2.3
by beck ~ April 15th, 2008. Filed under: high definition, next generation, playstation 3, ps3, sony, video games, videogames.Well the new PS3 firmware 2.3 is out so I duly downloaded it. Didn’t take too long.
The new firmware is a redesign of the PS Store. Instead of using the clunky web browser it is built into the PS3 dashboard instead to make it faster and more usable.
I like the new store. It is indeed a lot faster to start up and navigate and sections are all laid out much better for easier viewing. BUT it is still sluggish. If you go to a section it is still slow to load images for each item. If you move over each item the information is there quickly, but thumbnails for the items are very slow.
Definitely still room for improvement, but the new design is a massive step forward in usability.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Looks like the thumbnails thing is a bigger problem than you’re experiencing:
http://kotaku.com/379763/psn-store-makeover-is-live-broken
And why no direct-to-PSP downloads yet? Or Mac compatibility? ANGER.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Hi Dekay, just come home and thumbnails are still slow. A caching problem maybe? If I scroll through the sections that don’t have thumbnails and scroll back again, they load almost instantly on some sections but not on others.