That sounds pretty awesome. Hopefully its true. I just hope that the " voice chat options while in-game" are for cross-game chat, and that the "loading times for in-game XMB being reduced" means that there will be a more streamlined in game XMB that only showes the options that we can use while in-game.

awesome if true.  this puts PSN beyond live.

I damn well hope this is true, cause if it is, that is awesome.

"awesome if true.  this puts PSN beyond live."

I don't believe any of this until Sony says so.

"A member of the GameTrailers Forums said the following:

“Okay, GT, i lurk these boards a lot so i’m going to throw you a bone. Take it or leave it. Anyway, A friend of mine works in an R&D department at Sony and recently let me in on the firmware details for 2.7. If you were disappointed with 2.6, you’ll probably like what you’re about to hear, but it’s still missing some very crucial (and heavily requested) features. Here’s a list of the things he told me will be changed:

Friends List:

- Voice Messaging is now available as an alternative to text after selecting a user on the friends list. Voice message recordings are capped at 30 seconds.

- Home Integration: Saved Playstation Home avatar photos can be selected as photo ID for Gamer Card/Friends List.

- Trophy number and Gamer Level are listed under Friend names for quick reference.

Gamer Card & Trophies:

- Gamer Card layout has been changed to more closely resemble the Playstation Store aesthetic.

- Past Trophy information can be viewed in detail by selecting “Recent Trophy History” option.

- Newly aquired trophies auto-sync in the background

- Server infrastructure for Trophies has been optimized. Resulting in faster retrieval time for Gamer Card and Trophy information.

In-Game XMB:

- Loading time for In-Game XMB has been drastically reduced, resulting in a more seemless in-game experience.

- “Theme settings” options while in-game is now available, allowing custom themes to be applied to the In-Game XMB.

- Internet Browser can now be accessed while in-game.

- Voice messaging and voice chat options can be used while in-game.

- Options that cannot be used in the XMB during game sessions are grayed out (but still selectable) to eliminate user accessibility confusion.

Misc:

- Other slight UI tweaks and enhancements.."

What do you guys think? I love the fact that they will be optimizing the in-game XMB since I do intend to access it a lot to send messages. Now I can even send voice messages and voice chat while playing a game! I think that's a great feature and greatly needed to go head-to-head with XBL. And nice to see that they're improving Trophy implimentation as well. These are just rumors, but if these are true, then I can't wait!

*there ya go changed it to white*

"LoZone said:

"awesome if true.  this puts PSN beyond live."

lol how? Let alone why would someone want to change their theme while playing a game? *useless addition* your still limited to 1 person in voice chat last i checked.
why is the text black and not white?
"

Great, awesome.

sounds legit to me....  whens it supposed to drop?

also.. who the heck would decide to change there theme while playing a game?...

"WilliamRLBaker said:

"LoZone said:

"awesome if true.  this puts PSN beyond live."

lol how? Let alone why would someone want to change their theme while playing a game? *useless addition* your still limited to 1 person in voice chat last i checked.
why is the text black and not white?
"

all i ever hear xbots say is atleast we can cross chat while ingame,  thats it.  PSN has everything live has and for free.  live is just more populated because its older.
"

"LoZone said:

"WilliamRLBaker said:

"LoZone said:

"awesome if true.  this puts PSN beyond live."

lol how? Let alone why would someone want to change their theme while playing a game? *useless addition* your still limited to 1 person in voice chat last i checked.
why is the text black and not white?
"

all i ever hear xbots say is atleast we can cross chat while ingame,  thats it.  PSN has everything live has and for free.  live is just more populated because its older.
"

actually if you knew any thing  sony had touted that it had as many memebers as xbox live *14 million i believe at last checking* and i love how you use xbot though i won both systems lol though the 360 is superior in every way for me But yeah regardless of that your the one that says this puts this beyond xbox live.
When xbox live has 10X the content 5X the online games the better achievement system since it was mandatory from the start, It has multiple person chat now instead of just one on one.
you say beyond xbox live yet this isn't even near xbox live its trying to be near to what xbox live is *which is why sony copied most of it from xbox live as example with their own touches* but they have yet to match or even near match xbox live.
I wouldn't have said a thing I was gonna post simply why is the text black instead of white? but i just had to reply to your statement that this puts psn beyond xbox live, when psn still doesn't match the content or features of xbox live.

P.S: its all well and good if this update is true good for ps3 owners *good for me since i own one* but its not beyond xbox live.
"

Only thing I care about here is the in game chat, and the custom in game XMB too... I guess.

Hmm bunch of pointless features for online games that no one ever plays...

How about the ability to rip PS2/PS1 games to the HDD and port them over to the PSP?

All the optimization stuff is nice.

But I don't see anything I'll use.

Decent I guess. Just seems like they're working on optimizing features rather than coming out with new ones which is nice, since I don't think a lot of people use some of the features they come out with.  

Hopefully it comes out soon. Sony is starting to get serious business with online gamers. I like that, not better than live yet, but heck for a free service, how the fuck can you beat it?

Sounds awesome. Hopefully its all true.

DAMN I so what this to be true! And come out quickly!

Yes this would be a pretty damn huge upgrade for me.

I hope it's all true because these updates seem great.

I seriously doubt they've enabled Internet Browsing in any game. It crashes enough as it is without compounding the problem by splitting memory between the game and the browser.

all ps3 needs is a better invite system like LIVE, and party chat(took 360 YEARS for this, come on SONY)

"all ps3 needs is a better invite system like LIVE, and party chat(took 360 YEARS for this, come on SONY)
"

sounds awesome, but whats up with the black texts dude?

"LoZone said:

"awesome if true.  this puts PSN beyond live."

lol how? Let alone why would someone want to change their theme while playing a game? *useless addition* your still limited to 1 person in voice chat last i checked.
why is the text black and not white?
"

If this is true, it sounds rather significant. Still, I wish Sony would allow for full game installs; that's the only thing preventing me from getting the PS3 version of multiplatform games.

"If this is true, it sounds rather significant. Still, I wish Sony would allow for full game installs; that's the only thing preventing me from getting the PS3 version of multiplatform games.
"

"...voice chat options can be used while in-game"

Win.

Sleepy_Insomniac said:

"If this is true, it sounds rather significant. Still, I wish Sony would allow for full game installs; that's the only thing preventing me from getting the PS3 version of multiplatform games.
"

Neat.

I hope they don't fix the battery indicator/clock, though. That's perfectly broken and has been for a while.

"I don't believe any of this until Sony SHOWS ME, THE LYING BASTARDS! AND IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE ELSE THAN THAT LYING CUNT KAZ HIRAI!"

"systech said:

"I don't believe any of this until Sony SHOWS ME, THE LYING BASTARDS! AND IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE ELSE THAN THAT LYING CUNT KAZ HIRAI!"

Caps lock is cool
"

"TeflonBilly said:

"systech said:

"I don't believe any of this until Sony SHOWS ME, THE LYING BASTARDS! AND IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE ELSE THAN THAT LYING CUNT KAZ HIRAI!"

Caps lock is cool
"

No, its cruise control for cool. Duh.
"

Would be great if true. My fingers are crossed. 

"sounds awesome, but whats up with the black texts dude?"

No matter how you slice it, this is a definite step in the right direction for the PS3. They're making strides to stay competitive with Live, and doing it at no cost to their users. I still say paying even $4/month for Live is a rip-off. PC's been doing the same things for years for free.

It's an awesome list so I definitely want it to be true. But I'm not holding any stock into it -- the GameTrailers forums aren't the most reliable source and, posting something like this could potentially lose the person their "job" if they had one for real so... hmmm.

HOWEVER - I do hope Sony take note. Pretty much all of those features would help make the PS3 experience even better.

EDIT: Oh. It's his "friend".

I just wanna listen to music while playing games, that's my dream.

"I just wanna listen to music while playing games, that's my dream."

Wow, this sounds way too good to be true. Cross-game chat is the only Live feature I wanted on PS3. Browsing in-game is absurd and I can't imagine it actually working. The optimization stuff is also sorely needed. To answer the question about why a person would want to change themes mid-game, your icons are reset to the normal XMB icons when you're in a game right now. Being able to change them and have those changes reflected while you play games would presumably keep your altered icons. It's not a huge deal but it would be a plus for sure.

XMB voice chat while in-game is the most needed feature for me. Hopefully that is in the works.

GameTrailers? Why is anyone believing anything from that cesspool?

Why are they also calling it gamercard? Does Sony outright say it's a gamercard?

"GameTrailers? Why is anyone believing anything from that cesspool?

Why are they also calling it gamercard? Does Sony outright say it's a gamercard?
"

"Sleepy_Insomniac said:

"If this is true, it sounds rather significant. Still, I wish Sony would allow for full game installs; that's the only thing preventing me from getting the PS3 version of multiplatform games.
"

Why?  What do you think is significant enough about the full game installs that's that big of a deal?  just curious..."

"Technically, Blu-Ray has a faster disc read speed than a DVD on 360, so loading times were a little bit faster on the PS3 until NXE came out. I'm not trolling, I'm just spouting information I looked up to support my seemingly awkward statement.

lol good job quoting a post directly from neogaf

"Sleepy_Insomniac said:

"Technically, Blu-Ray has a faster disc read speed than a DVD on 360, so loading times were a little bit faster on the PS3 until NXE came out. I'm not trolling, I'm just spouting information I looked up to support my seemingly awkward statement.

I thought the Blu-ray drive in the PS3 was like 1x or 2x, making it one of the slowest drives on the market. I notice that some Blu-ray movies have an occasional loadings creen, something unheard of on DVD players throughout the years.
"

Sweet.