Sony has launched a system software program replace for the PS3 virtually 9 years after the seventh-generation console was discontinued within the US.
After all, the replace is a reasonably small one; it does not add any main new options to the console, nor does it repair any apparent, obtrusive points. As an alternative, very like the 2 updates earlier than it, it merely “improves system efficiency”, which often includes smaller under-the-hood modifications.
In accordance with Sony, you are going to want 200MB of free house in your PS3 if you wish to obtain this replace. You possibly can both replace your system software program by the console itself or by way of PC utilizing a USB drive or different detachable storage media.
Moreover, if you happen to’re trying to play Blu-ray discs in your PS3, you will have to replace, as Sony says you will want a renewed encryption key to play the discs. You may get that key by – you guessed it – updating your console.
The PS3 was discontinued again in 2017, which implies it was supported by Sony for round eleven years. That is not a nasty innings for a console, and it is roughly the identical time interval for which Microsoft supported the Xbox 360.
Sony launched the console in late 2006, and whereas it went on to realize the bottom {hardware} gross sales of its respective era, it was up in opposition to the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, in order that’s hardly a shock.
Iconic franchises like Uncharted, The Final of Us, and the Souls collection acquired their begin on the PS3, and lots of of its video games have been remade or remastered for subsequent generations.
The PS3 was additionally the primary console to characteristic a Blu-ray disc drive; Xbox as a substitute opted for the doomed HD DVD format, though that call can be reversed in time for the launch of the Xbox One in 2013.
In 2021, Sony introduced it might shut down the PlayStation Retailer throughout PS3 and its two handhelds, however widespread backlash noticed the corporate reverse that call swiftly, not less than within the case of the PS3 and the PS Vita.
Sadly, this PS3 replace virtually definitely does not herald some type of phoenix-like revival for the console, however hey – if you happen to’re nonetheless taking part in your PS3, not less than you already know it hasn’t been completely forgotten. Keep tuned for extra.
