Playstation Network Possibly Seeing Some Updates
Posted by jtheplay on June 24, 2008
Joystiq is reporting on two leaked images supposedly showing a new feature to be added to the PS3 and Playstation Network in the highly anticipated 2.40 firmware update. The image to your right shows what appears to be different levels of trophies and a user avatar. The idea (in theory anyway) is to ascend to higher tiers through accumulation of “trophy points” gained by winning “trophies” presumably through in-game feats, mirroring the popular Achievements feature of Xbox Live. However, as you reach higher levels of trophy status, the number of points required to reach the next level will increase. So essentially, instead of bragging about your high Gamer Score (as one would on XBL), you would boast of your high trophy level.
Another tip later received by Joystiq claimed that players would now have a profile page, that resembles a “gamer card” of sorts (see below), that would display their trophies and level. Additionally, it would seem that these features will be accessible in-game through the use of a slightly updated PS button functionality. Pressing the PS button once will now apparently bring up the XMB menu in-game, allowing access to these new features (and presumably a lot more) while holding down the PS button will bring up the menu we’re all currently used to.
At this point, however, we should caution that this is merely rumor at the moment, and none of it has been confirmed officially by Sony or any concrete source. These advances in functionality seem logical enough to be true, but then good things don’t always happen.
The 2.40 firmware update for PS3s was originally dated for a June 10th release, but has since slipped into mid-June without making an appearance. Whenever we do see the new update from Sony, we’ll see if these new features make their way to PS3 owners or fall into the dusty closet of false rumors.
