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According to reports, a brand brand new Sony 3.50 firmware update in the direction of the PlayStation three disables "a amount of" 3rd celebration USB devices. Meanwhile, a Dreamcast and extremely Nintendo fixture emulators strike jailbroken ps3 s.
The 3.50 firmware update adds Blu-ray 3D Disc Playback, Facebook integration for ps3 games, as well as a grief reporting function. The element in which it disables USB gadgets isn't spelled out -- however it arrives as no shock subsequent concerning the heels of an optional firmware 3.42 update earlier this thirty days that especially aims at disabling jailbreaking. Adding extra pounds in the direction of the reviews may properly be considered a customer alerts article that arrived out concerning the business internet site the day time 3.50 released. It reads, "SCEA does not help ongoing performance of counterfeit or unlicensed controllers in method software program updates and these gadgets may properly cease to purpose within your potential to the reason that of method software program updates."
Users near to the PlayStation boards state as a complete whole lot as 75 % of USB equipment are now disabled -- however, some also say that their unlicensed clone controller equipment even now work.
Despite the alleged disabling of USB devices, jailbroken ps3 s are still seeing plenty of homebrew action. Today, Engadget reports that both Snes9x (Super Nintendo) and NullDC (Dreamcast) game emulators are up and running on PlayStation Network, albeit in rough form. "We naturally have a long way to go," Engadget reporter Paul Miller writes, "but this looks like a promising beginning."
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