According to the Japanese PlayStation website, the PlayStation store revamp will occur on April 15th 2008, which is a Tuesday. Firmware 2.30 will be released allowing access to the new store. The firmware update will be released in the Evening (Japanese time). There has been no announcement of when the new store will be available in North America or Europe other than in mid-April. It is likely that the new firmware will be available in Europe and US on Tuesday too.
Rough Japanese Translation:
Sony PlayStation 3 online service will be renewed on April 15th, 2008 (Tuesday) evening. This will renew and expand the store by adding functionality described below:
- New interface and navigation improvements
- Preview video content using still images
- New download categories added
After the update, PS3 System Software 2.30 will be available.
To promote the new store, SCEJ will be offering a "PS treasure hunt" running from April 15th to May 12 2008. This will allow every 50th user to the store to download a "hidden" application or game, most likely for free. Maybe this is the suprise SCEE/SCEA mentioned upon release of the new store.
[Via: SCEJ]
🙂 Great news . 🙂
Well to the PS Blog, US gets their update on the 17th
Great! just in time to give us COD4 map pack :o)
yes and what about our 40% ruddy discount they promised me 2 months ago in a email sent by scee ,.
PSblog on PSstore
CHECK THREAD
OFFICIAL:
http://crackle.com/c/Video_Games/PlayStation_Store_video_walkthrough/2245773/#ml=fi%3D%26fpl%3D289233%26o%3D12
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/04/10/firmware-v230-details-and-store-walkthrough/
on the ps3 do we get the new cod4 multiplayer maps? and if we do are they free to download?
new maps are exclusive to the 360 for 21 days or so, we dont get them for a little while still. and no, the maps will unfortuantely cost $10, but ive been playing them on my roommates 360 and the maps are definently worth it.
Wow. This article is really popular! Nice scoop!
my ps3 wont update the 2.30! :S anyway i can download it on my computer then put it on a usb drive and transfer it over to the ps3?