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Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon

By | December 7, 2010, 7:53am PST

Summary: Take note, PlayStation 3 owners. Sony has a new system software update for you today.

Take note, PlayStation 3 owners. Sony has a new system software update for you to install soon.

However, with the exception of announcing that update version 3.55 is a “minor update that adds a security patch,” there aren’t any other details about this upgrade.

So be on the lookout next time you turn on your PS3 for a notice. Hopefully it won’t stall you from accessing Netflix or playing Call of Duty: Black Ops too long.

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Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

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RE: Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon
statuskwo5 7th Dec 2010
@mgillespie I guess it depends on the update, but they are slow compared to Xbox ones which I count in seconds.
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RE: Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon
grant@... 7th Dec 2010
So, which advertised features that I bought the machine because of are they going to disable this time?
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RE: Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon
statuskwo5 7th Dec 2010
@grant@... I agree. They should have never taken away Linux capability in PS3. People will hack it anyway so what's the point?
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RE: Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon
babyboomer57 7th Dec 2010
@statuskwo5 - Ummm, it DID warn you it was about to do that and you had to click to accept the update. You didn't have to accept the update.
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statuskwo5 7th Dec 2010
@babyboomer57 Umm, yes, but in order to be able to play online you NEED to update. In other words, you either choose to update to use the PlayStation Network or you don't and use Linux.
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RE: Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon
Mark Str 7th Dec 2010
@grant@...

What advertised features have they taken away? OtherOS was never an advertised feature. it was never in any official promotional matertial, it was never on the box.

You are a cretin if you bought your PS3 for OtherOS, as when it did work, it was cumbersome at best. I'm glad they removed it, it made the PS3 focus on the things it's great at. A great games system, a great media centre.

Get over it move on, play the awesome games it offers like GT5...
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Business as usual
statuskwo5 7th Dec 2010
As long as the update doesn't take away features I'm fine with it. I guess the only downside with PS3 updates is that they take so darn long (downloading and installing). Xbox 360 is much faster in that respect, not counting major updates such as the Kinect update that took forever.
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RE: Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon
Mark Str 7th Dec 2010
@statuskwo5

Mine took 3 minutes to download, install and reboot. Is that really a big deal? If it get, get PS+ and it will do it overnight for you, and it will also autoupdate all your games too.
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RE: Sony issuing new software update for PlayStation 3 soon
statuskwo5 7th Dec 2010
@mgillespie I guess it depends on the update, but they are slow compared to Xbox ones which I count in seconds.

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