PS3 firmware 2.36 now live

by Andrew Yoon { Jun 17th 2008 at 11:15PM }

As promised, PS3 firmware 2.36 is live. This is a precursor to the very desirable firmware 2.40, which will include in-game XMB. Firmware 2.36, on the other hand, will only improve "system stability when playing select PlayStation format software titles." That's better than nothing, right?

In order to access the PSN, this firmware update is required. For everyone else, you can just wait for the big 2.40 update.

Tags: 2.36, firmware, firmware-update, network-update

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

McKey1991 @ Jun 17th 2008 11:20PM

It's up already? I guess I have to update it after the game even though I know the Celtics have it won.

mike @ Jun 17th 2008 11:32PM

yea im watching the game too. up by 30 points

kevin @ Jun 17th 2008 11:24PM

yeah i was playing rock band and it kept lagging then i rstarted my ps3 and boom its at 12 percent now

i hope this fixes the random kicking out of cod 4 thing cuz it really pisses me off

jdbundyuik @ Jun 20th 2008 12:50PM

agreed, i always get kicked from cod4 for nothing, and that blows whale cock!

spyker @ Jun 17th 2008 11:28PM

Well they could have just added these fixes to 2.4. Unless 2.4 is in a very long time :o.

Tim Parsons @ Jun 17th 2008 11:33PM

yeah only 2.37,2.38 and 2.39 to go LOL

parkd @ Jun 18th 2008 12:22AM

"This is a precursor to the very desirable firmware 2.40..."
Doesn't that mean there won't be 2.37 - 2.39?

JaseH @ Jun 18th 2008 1:35AM

Tim Parsons is an idiot.

2.40 comes right after 2.36

There is no need for a 2.7, 2.8, 2.9.

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JaseH.

daryl_326 @ Jun 18th 2008 2:49AM

dude he was joking

stevep @ Jun 18th 2008 8:15AM

cant say much more for jaseh's intelligence, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 all come long after 2.40 and just before 3.0

HektikLyfe @ Jun 18th 2008 2:24PM

Lets just hope they don't start with 2.36.1 or we'd be in for a serious wait!

spyker @ Jun 18th 2008 2:30PM

Yup, he was joking :P. Well, I'm installing it now. Didn't really want to but I wanna play MGO ;D.

Tim Parsons @ Jun 17th 2008 11:31PM

Cool will have to get this once I get out of MGS4 kinda busy watching the Ending

DaJMan311 @ Jul 18th 2008 6:58AM

Long as HELL!

Come onnnnnnn XMB. Then HOME.

p0rtugal @ Jun 18th 2008 1:30AM

exactly what i was doing.

Binaryfiend @ Jun 17th 2008 11:44PM

It looks like the sped up the connection speed to remote play. Maybe it's just me but it seems much faster over a local network or the internet.

Can anyone else confirm this?

kevin @ Jun 18th 2008 12:12AM

ummm wait wait.....

NO

Binaryfiend @ Jun 18th 2008 12:19AM

Seriously? Mine seems to be working much more smoothly and I haven't done anything else to it. Maybe my connection was messed up before? hmm

Tim Parsons @ Jun 18th 2008 12:49AM

Yes, I confirm it's just your imagination no change whatsoever.

jessy @ Jun 17th 2008 11:44PM

downloading it now.....

DankandSticky @ Jun 18th 2008 12:22AM

wow, you think 2.4 could be possible for thursday now??

Tim Parsons @ Jun 18th 2008 12:26AM

LOL is that a joke?

TriFF51 @ Jun 18th 2008 12:25AM

poor 2.36......i like you

louiswar07 @ Jun 18th 2008 12:51AM

hopefully this fixes the problems i've been having when playing GRID or thebattlefield bad company demo online

OAKside @ Jun 18th 2008 6:18AM

I'm tired of all the "hopefully"s. How about you release a REAL changelog, Sony? FFS...

Terrence @ Jun 18th 2008 1:08AM

I looked at past firmware release dates, and they all seem to be around the middle of each month. If the pattern continues, I wonder if we'll see 2.40 in July...?

I was hoping the iPod in MGS4 would allow you to access songs from the HDD so I wouldn't have to wait for this stupid freaking update, but you can't have it all.

Matt @ Jun 18th 2008 2:21AM

2.40 will be around E3 most likely, which is July 13-17th I believe.

Punx @ Jun 18th 2008 1:28AM

yah i hope thats how you can do your music in mgs4 when in game xmb becomes avialiable

vandelay_art @ Jun 18th 2008 2:34AM

I hope this fixeds when folding@home my 40 gig PS3 sounding like a jet engine when running the damn thing.

Groundskeeper Willie @ Jun 18th 2008 2:47AM

The release of 2.40 has nothing to do with E3, and everything to do with Sony's internal QA process. 2.36 is a patch for a bug or security exploit. If they find another bug before 2.40 is ready then there will be a 2.37. The point is that they do not delay bug fixes just to combine them with the new features. That's probably one of the reasons the PS3 has still not been hacked.

The next set of new features will be 2.50. If there is a bug found before that is ready there will be a 2.4x. Come on people, the numbering system is not difficult to understand.

Anton @ Jun 18th 2008 3:26AM

Many of them likely aren't programmers;

These days it really should be 2.3.6 I suppose.

Wayne @ Jun 18th 2008 6:21AM

I agree

stevep @ Jun 18th 2008 8:23AM

actually, yes E3 does have to do with the release of 2.40, and if you've been paying attention you'd know that the next round of new features IS in 2.40 and not 2.5 so obviously the number system is too complicated for you to understand

spliffykyuluk @ Jun 18th 2008 9:07AM

Im not sure if you've got mixed up but new content is coming in 2.40 not 2.50, in game xmb for example.
However you are right about them patching bugs and holes up as soon as they find them, I also believe this is why the PS3 hasent been succesfully hacked yet, so there very well could be a 2.37, 2.38 or 2.39 before we see 2.40 despite what the sonys reps have said, its all down to if theres a flaw in the software.

MISERY SQUIRT @ Jun 18th 2008 2:54AM

How will this affect my ability to play the god of war 3 demo on thursday?

Wayne @ Jun 18th 2008 6:21AM

LOL

Fraser JK @ Jun 18th 2008 3:46AM

This could do a bit more than that. I mean the jump from 36 to 40 is high so I bet this firmware sets the stage for 2.4's features!

The Aggie CEO @ Jun 18th 2008 7:05AM

It didnt ask me 2 update to login......lol

oh well........wont do it til I need to.....no point if its not in-game XMB

michael @ Jun 18th 2008 7:33AM

you know, i'd like to see a feature to where you can set the PS3 to turn off after so many minutes, a sleep function.

XDragon @ Jun 18th 2008 8:41AM

Me too.
When they asked us to list the features we wanted, that was a big one for me for 2 reasons:
1. shut off after certain time time for when we fall asleep
2. a recharge shut off so we can leave our controllers to charge and it can shut off when complete
The 360 already has this feature and i doubt its a big deal to accomplish this compared to some of the other features Sony has given us.

tonyt3rry @ Jun 18th 2008 8:29AM

michael said...

you know, i'd like to see a feature to where you can set the PS3 to turn off after so many minutes, a sleep function.

same here im always falling a sleep with a blu ray on

paul @ Jun 18th 2008 8:34AM

didnt fix GTA IV freezing so it was a useless update

hydraulics @ Jun 18th 2008 9:02AM

these take forever to dl... I wanna play cod4

Anghel @ Jun 18th 2008 9:21AM

Check this out

http://www.gametrailers.com/viewnews.php?id=6066

They say in this version we already get ingame XMB

T-P-M @ Jun 18th 2008 10:12AM

They got it wrong, the post on the PS Blog mentions 2.4 and that it'll have in game XMB etc. but it's not it 2.36.

dave @ Jun 18th 2008 10:18AM

Well, there is one feature of this firmware update, that nobody seems to have noticed so far ....

Caching of pictures in the store. Yes, finally, the store software does not re-download pictures every ... single ... damn ... time you go back to a page. Of course, it still downloads them again if you exit the store and enter again. But while in the store, it will only download it once.

It's an improvement. I still think it'd be better to cache them to the hard drive, so multiple visits will not result in delays. Some other update, maybe.

justinb @ Jun 18th 2008 10:22AM

The problem with that is the 20 gigers don't have that much space. Caching the entire store would probably take up a good 500 mbs... or more.... maybe less. That can add up for people that only have 1 gig left. As for me I got 250 so I really do want them to cache I have room to spare. That is if more and more games don't keep installing every time I put them in.

dave @ Jun 18th 2008 10:47AM

Those pictures can't be too big ... let's say 30 - 40 kb each. The whole store can't have more than a few hundred pictures, so to cache the entire store would take up ... hmmm ... around 10MB. Easily less than that, in fact. I think we can all spare that amount.

drinkalot @ Jun 18th 2008 10:28AM

I think firmware update 2.4 is more than likely to hit wednesday, july 16th. Like sum1 previously stated these updates do usually come around the middle of the month, and most always on wednesdays. It should be right aroung E3 so SONY has something good to show in order to boost the summer sales for PS3. I can't wait for this long awaited feature to finally come. F*** crapbox 3fixme

MikhailM @ Jun 18th 2008 10:29AM

Holy crap! How long is Sony going to stretch out this very desirable feature? I swear, next firmware update is going to be 2.37, then 2.38.....What's next, 2.3999999999?
Come on Sony! This feature was promised us long ago. Deliver already!

phew, rant over! :)

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