Firmware 2.76 coming soon, adds nothing of interest

by Jem Alexander { May 13th 2009 at 9:00PM }

Ready or not, here comes another firmware update. Firmware 2.76 is due to arrive soon and will "improves the playback quality of some PS3 format software." In our experience, this can mean two things: either the firmware update will appear to do nothing whatsoever, or it will add several tiny features and fixes that we will need to discover for ourselves. Either way, the update should be hitting within the next day or so, if previous updates are anything to go by.

If you discover anything interesting hidden in firmware 2.76, be sure to let us know in the comments below.

Tags: firmware, firmware-276, firmware-update, playstation-blog

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

MariusElijah (Only on PlayStation 3) @ May 13th 2009 9:07PM

It probably will add something like a set up for one that may come in E3

Game_playa @ May 13th 2009 11:04PM

Hopefully!

JDHexen @ May 13th 2009 9:12PM

Probably the ability to create folder within folders like psp and will also write a code in the system to get it ready for 3.00(wishful thinking).

Extinction @ May 14th 2009 3:36AM

There is no need to have code to prepare for 3.00, 3.00 prepares for 3.00

Alphathon @ May 14th 2009 4:46AM

Exactly. The argument may be valid for other systems in order to prevent one massive download, but PS3 updates include all previous updates as well, so that would be kinda pointless.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 13th 2009 9:20PM

its major enough to warrant it to be 2.76 and not 2.71 or 2.74 so its got quite a few things going on it it....but it could just be a setup for 2.80 next month....which most likely will add something new...with any luck 3.00 will be out years end and it will add HUGE features...

adolson @ May 13th 2009 9:29PM

Some new avatars would be nice, right about now. Like, where are the SackBoy avatars, at the very least?

Doghunt00 @ May 13th 2009 10:46PM

i hear u!!!

tmontana213 @ May 14th 2009 12:46AM

Amen

Lambrick @ May 14th 2009 12:54AM

you are a freakin' scholar, my good sir.

PSN: John-Paul-Jones @ May 14th 2009 1:41AM

OH MY GOD! I completely forgot about that! It's been 2 1/2 years since we didn't get any new avatars and it's been long overdue. I'd be pissed off if Sony just adds only a small amount of avatars in a future update, as the PS3 community expects hundreds of avatars, seeing how there's been a 2 1/2 year gap without any!

Kurby @ May 13th 2009 9:43PM

it's just gone live, I'm downloading it now

Roto13 @ May 13th 2009 9:44PM

Oh, goody, a firmware update.

I... can't wait....

nbdyz @ May 13th 2009 9:50PM

fiddlesticks....

now I have to wait and download this update. If It comes out tommrow I will be pissed. I have an huge exam tomorow and I need somthing to help me undwind when I get home.

frinetik @ May 13th 2009 10:07PM

Precisely. I just got home and would like to unwind with some games, but I'm forced to upgrade IMMEDIATELY before I'm allowed to get online. There should be a 24hr "grace period" so I didn't have to wait 15min and could instead just set it up to run when I go to bed. There could be a reminder when I shut down that I could start the download and it'd shut down when it was finished (the latter of which is already there).

develintales667 @ May 14th 2009 10:37PM

Honestly I never got THAT point. Woe I have to have 15 minutes to play. It is not like it is hours. Get home, turn on the PS3, press a button, get down and get something to drink, make a sandwich, tell mommy that the exam sucked, take a dump do anything and when you come back it will be done......

Anthony @ May 13th 2009 9:53PM

its live right now!!! go download!!!!

nbdyz @ May 13th 2009 9:58PM

OMG! This is like the fastest update ever! I have never seen It jump up to 20% so fast.

thatguy9357 @ May 13th 2009 10:03PM

Wait, now its incredible slow

:(

Trep @ May 13th 2009 10:05PM

I just looked in all the options and messed in all the video/pictures/music/game things, nothing popped out as new to me =(

pjak @ May 13th 2009 10:10PM

lbp patch 1.13 (27mb) is also out - could they be related with firmware update? probably just new content - lol

Anthony @ May 13th 2009 10:10PM

yeah nothing seems to be new??

ChiTownRuler23 @ May 13th 2009 10:16PM

Its a video format update. Now I'm able to play some movies from my media server that i wasn't able to play before.

Daniel @ May 13th 2009 10:40PM

IT bricked my ps3... calling sony

Ncfootball @ May 16th 2009 1:03PM

What kinds of videos were you able to play that you couldn't before?

ChiTownRuler23 @ May 13th 2009 10:42PM

thats sad to hear man

{@} @ May 13th 2009 11:56PM

Is it really a video format update? I got some avi and wmv movies that say unsupported...... I'll go download now.

ChiTownRuler23 @ May 14th 2009 12:21AM

i had some AVI movies that wouldnt play until i downloaded this update.

McWilly @ May 13th 2009 10:25PM

I heard the 3.00 update is going to have six-axes morse code chat instead of voice chat. I wasn't sure at first but hey it's Sony. King of pointless crap....

Ashitaka @ May 14th 2009 12:41PM

And I heard the 3.00 update is going to remove assholes like you from the PS3 community.

Ashitaka @ May 14th 2009 3:34PM

And I heard the 3.00 update is going to remove assholes like you from the PS3 community.

Ashitaka @ May 14th 2009 5:34PM

And I heard the 3.00 update is going to remove assholes like you from the PS3 community.

TM @ May 13th 2009 11:01PM

I find it surprising that the psp gets the subfolder feature first and ps3 owners have to wait...oh...a few more months?

pardthemonster @ May 13th 2009 11:02PM

NEW!

Trophies don't need their game reopened to display after a hard drive upgrade or backup restore.

TM @ May 13th 2009 11:03PM

I find it surprising that the psp gets the subfolder feature first and ps3 owners have to wait...oh...a few more months?

Jose @ May 13th 2009 11:31PM

maybe it's like the psn store updates. They don't release everything on different days but rather all together. I dunno just throwing it out there...

pardthemonster @ May 13th 2009 11:04PM

NEW!!

Trophies don't need their game reopened to display after a hard drive upgrade or backup restore.

Neptune @ May 14th 2009 2:31AM

Before you could also just press triangle over trophies menu and do the synchronizing to get them all shown again, instead of doing it game by game.

But it is good they made it automatic.

Adjsteam @ May 14th 2009 4:07AM

so i would still have 2 list for age of booty and sync problems...
hopefully i resolved before

millerbrewer @ May 21st 2009 6:07PM

It better not brick mine the last update did.

WilliamKnight @ May 13th 2009 11:21PM

This is completely anecdotal, but after installing the update I went back to my second playthrough of Dark Athena.

It was choppy as hell at first (immediately after update installed) and the drive was reading like crazy. I tried rebooting the PS3 and still choppy as hell and drive going like mad. Now, the drive has calmed down a lot and the reloads when I die are much faster (1-3 seconds vs 5-9 seconds before the firmware update).

Again, anecdotal, but thought I'd throw it out there.

dgknight500 @ May 14th 2009 12:45AM

yes, Dark Athena was a bit choppy for the first 2-3 mins. I'm pretty sure its cause of the update cause I played through the exact same section yesterday 9the 2 alpha drones and the dude in the robot suit) and there was no choppiness.

LokeSTL @ May 13th 2009 11:30PM

Magic Ball loads and reloads twice as fast. Maybe the update optimized some memory settings.

Tez @ May 13th 2009 11:31PM

Stuff is faster. I'll take it.

WilliamKnight @ May 13th 2009 11:34PM

Yeah, there is no doubting that this is much faster than before.

Again, I played through Dark Athena and died a shit ton so I'm very used to how long loading used to be pre-firmware update.

Freyday @ May 13th 2009 11:41PM

The update has landed. I haven't found anything new.

venompsx @ May 13th 2009 11:43PM

Don't have high hopes for this, but as others have posted, I hope the v3.00 will fulfill some dreams.

Kyle Omphroy @ May 14th 2009 12:03AM

There is going to be a patch for Resistance 2 tomorrow, so that could have something to do with it.

Source: http://beta-forums.myresistance.net/resistance/board/message?board.id=29&thread.id=39220

xdamage @ May 14th 2009 12:15AM

I've actually found something the update did, and for me personally it was
very good.

You see. I've always ripped my CDs onto my PS3 since the EU launch using
AAC 320kbps, and for some reason unknown after the last firmware update all
CDs ripped in 2007 didn't work anymore. Thereamongst many CDs i got to rip
from a friends collection, which I don't have easy access to anymore, as he
lives in another part of the country now.

Anyways, long story short, these songs now work again with 2.76. It was
the first thing I checked, as I hoped Sony would fix it. :)