Firmware 2.17 is now available for download [Update]

by Andrew Yoon { Mar 13th 2008 at 12:15AM }

What is this? A new PS3 firmware update? What could be in it? And why such a random number? Mysteries abound in this random late night update. Stay tuned as we download the update and explore the new features of the firmware.

[Update 1: Doesn't appear Sony included notes with this firmware update. Most likely a few bug fixes have been included. If we find out more, you can be sure that we'll update.]

[Update 2: A post on the PlayStation.Blog lets us know that this is just a bug fix update. Specifically, online play for some PS3 games have been improved. Nothing to see here, folks.]

[Thanks, Drew!]

Tags: 2.17, firmware, network-update, ps3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

WebScud @ Mar 13th 2008 12:21AM

Because it's such an odd point release my guess is small bug fixes and compatibility for something released in the store tomorrow.

I'm downloading now.

WebScud @ Mar 13th 2008 12:27AM

It's installed now. There's no obvious changes.

Glen @ Mar 13th 2008 12:21AM

In-game XMB and Home included.

SURPRISE!

One can only wish...

kentuckyfried @ Mar 13th 2008 2:26AM

That would make me cry a river of joy if that happened tomorrow. =D

Dahk @ Mar 13th 2008 12:22AM

17 (number)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. In English, it is the smallest number with nine letters when spelled out.

Seventeen is the 7th prime number. The next prime is nineteen, with which it forms a twin prime. 17 is the sum of the first four primes. 17 is the sixth Mersenne prime exponent, yielding 131071. 17 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1.

*shruggs* there you have it. Something about Eisenstein prime.

Jove @ Mar 13th 2008 12:52AM

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paranoid @ Mar 13th 2008 12:57AM

thats the most i laughed in a while, thanks

Byron517 @ Mar 13th 2008 9:21AM

Great comment!!! LMAO that made my day at work!

JAH75157 @ Mar 13th 2008 12:24AM

*be's excited

it's probably nothing

shane @ Mar 13th 2008 12:26AM

Woo mysterious

Tha Key @ Mar 13th 2008 12:27AM

they made the information board's look more sophisticated

TCampbell76 @ Mar 13th 2008 12:36AM

My PS3 has worked flawlessly until today, the day of this firmware update. My HDMI just suddenly stopped outputting video today when I switched to its feed on my TV, still works fine on component. Tried the cable with my laptop and the cable works fine, just not sure why suddenly one day my HDMI output stops showing video - then an hour later I notice this update hits. Strange.

Darren Tilley @ Mar 13th 2008 2:20AM

That's crazy.. The exact same thing happened to my PS3 last night.. It wouldn't output video over HDMI.. It was just black. I reset everything to default, which didn't fix it. Then I tried the PS3 in my computer monitor via a DVI->HDMI adapter, and it worked.. So I hooked everything back up to my TV and it was working again.

That seems like a bit of a coincidence that we both had the exact same issue a night apart.

John Benoit @ Mar 13th 2008 9:36PM

I had exactly the same problem two days ago. How weird is that?! My PS3 stopped outputting over HDMI, and I had to turn it off, re-start it and re-do my video and audio settings.

Panathas17 @ Mar 14th 2008 2:58PM

Nope, hasn't happened to me...

1234567yhn @ Mar 13th 2008 12:38AM

the only thing i see is when you go date and time settings and go to time zone the globe shows, maybe thats it?

Dark Archon @ Mar 13th 2008 5:31AM

Nope, that's a part of the previous update.

koehler83 @ Mar 13th 2008 12:39AM

Perhaps unrelated.. but I actually just updated my PlayOnline (PS2 application for Final Fantasy XI) today on my 60GB PS3. As a result, I temporarily lost PS2 compatibility and all my Bluetooth accessories profiles were lost. Even my SIXAXIS controllers wouldnt connect.

It was very weird.

qbanboi @ Mar 13th 2008 12:40AM

It add, well i'm not 100% sure. But what i noticed, is that the new firmware add some backward compatibility, for some games, that before had errors, or didn't play.

For example, now i can play Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2, on my Ps3, before i couldn't.

I think, it may be because of the new MGS pack that is coming. I heard that there was not problem, with the MGS1, and MGS2, but the 3 one, was having some problems. Well, i hope i'm right. ^^

Patman @ Mar 13th 2008 12:40AM

oh wow... tis a big update to not include anything but a few bugs fixes, don't you think?

anything on remote play? i need a fix for that one... my system keeps doing double-takes on shutdowns and turns back on...

why sony? WHYYYYYYYYY??????

Kxpuc @ Mar 13th 2008 1:12AM

that's a router thing on that just look it up on the playstation forums

Popfrogs @ Mar 13th 2008 10:20AM

That remote play bouncing thing was fixed a long time ago in 2.02 or something.

buzzbean @ Mar 13th 2008 10:26AM

I agree, remote play needs to be fixed. Either you need to be a network admin to get the damn thing working, or your screwed. The only fix sony sent out was to disable remote play if your PS3 turns on by itself.

Patman @ Mar 13th 2008 12:44AM

if only for in-game XMB...

btw what is "Home" anyway?
plz dont flame! ;)

Mein Bratwurst @ Mar 13th 2008 12:47AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Home

Or read up on it at ign.

bulbous_shot @ Mar 13th 2008 12:49AM

I won't flame you. I'll just politely ask you if you've been living under a rock for a year or longer.

1234567yhn @ Mar 13th 2008 12:47AM

just found in security setting bd/dvd region code setting or was that there already?

Tim Parsons @ Mar 13th 2008 1:02AM

LOL of course it was,. I havent downloaded this update yet and it's there, That's actually been there ever since the Firmware that shipped when the PS3 was launched

wocyob @ Mar 13th 2008 1:03AM

i find it kind of odd for and update that might fix some bugs.... but with out any notes saying what it did is pretty strange to me...every update needs notes to know what the hell it is maybe theres something bigger here that we dont know yet... only time will tell

vegi-saurus @ Mar 13th 2008 1:06AM

S...l...o...w...e...s...t update ever. I just want to play Warhawk!

Drew82 @ Mar 13th 2008 1:09AM

You no longer need to be wired to the PS3 to initialize the Firmware install? If that wasn't there already and I didn't realize it...FINALLY!

I hated having to walk across the room to plug in a "wireless" controller! =P

Tim Parsons @ Mar 13th 2008 1:43AM

that's been that way since like june or around there

cloudnine @ Mar 13th 2008 1:09AM

You can now access the XMB while playing a video.

matthew_neitzer @ Mar 13th 2008 1:31AM

You're kidding, right? But seriously, that has been there for a while. It's pretty cool, though.

DonRWatters @ Mar 13th 2008 1:11AM

I don't remember having flash support before...maybe it was there. This is the first time I've gone to YouTube in the browser and actually seen videos.

Patman @ Mar 13th 2008 1:12AM

LOL @ bulbous_shot

i read what it was right before checking the comments again.
and about its existence, i had no idea of it until now. I have seen the logo before, however.

-kthxbai

Patman @ Mar 13th 2008 1:12AM

oops
sorry for repeated comment :(

Patman @ Mar 13th 2008 1:14AM

flash support was there before. I remember being able to see the "This is Sparta 300 Techno Remix" on the browser.

good times... ;)

tom @ Mar 13th 2008 1:23AM

my Call of Duty 4 is taking forever to set up a game

Patman @ Mar 13th 2008 1:31AM

yeah, right? it takes forever for a few "bug fixes". I have a feeling this update may lead to more in the future. perhaps Home and/or ingame XMB soon after?

sidenote; if Sony incorporates Home with all its social compatibility and the in-game xmb, the the xbox has nowhere to run. Live would be pwnt (anally) by Home, and the Live pause menu would be out-classed by the entire XMB (with music playback ingame?) on the pause menu.

DO IT SONY! DOOOO EEEEEEEEET!