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PS3 Firmware Update, Heavenly Sword Demo This Week
PlayStation 3 owners are getting a couple of new toys this week. The official Sony blog has announced that the US will see firmware update 1.90 within the next few days. Gamasutra has further details on the patch, which includes a number of functionality improvements: "Ability to rearrange games on the XMB, Option menu now includes 'eject disk', Press triangle to eject games/CDs/movies in the XMB, XMB backgrounds, Change the folder classification, Emoticons, Change CD output to 44.1/88.2/176.4kHz, Force 24Hz output for Blu-ray over HDMI, Change PS3 video settings in-game, 'Bit Mapping' in the 'Music Setting', Save AVCHD type animations from a Memory Stick, Change settings like upscaling while playing PS and PS2 games, Add bookmarks, Web browser security function in the browser's tool section." Indications are also that a demo for Heavenly Sword will be coming soon. Europe is getting it this Thursday, with no firm word on a US date yet.
Too bad the POS3 can't even scale 720p games to 1080i. What a fucking joke! The 360 scales *all* games to 1080i as does all other *true* HD devices.
The PS3 can't scale. It is a piece of garbage. Anyone that wants HD gaming should buy the only true HD console, the Xbox 360. If you don't care about HD then just save your money and get a Wii or 360.
The PS3 is a piece of shit. Too bad Sony is so cheap and skimped on the scaler and anything else at the expense of the gaming experience. It's a crappy console that is only good for playing BluRay movies.
The PS3 downscales almost all games to only 480p on HD rear projection TVs. If you only want to play games at 480p then get a PS2 or anything else that's 1/2 the price. It's a steaming pile of crap.