The last major PlayStation 3 update for 2009 is live and it's an anticlimactic jumble of minor tweaks and improvements. The announcement touts the appearance of free and paid avatars, but finding them? Well, let me know if you uncover where they are. I couldn't even find the place to change my little login icon without replacing my Ratchet picture with a generic smiley. The first thing you WILL notice is that the blocky Spiderman font logo replacement introduced with the PS3 Slim for better billboard legibility is now incorporated in the startup splash. The default theme is dynamic with sparkles that can be shaken snowglobe-style if you jiggle your controller. And a status bar (replacing the news ticker) shows your status and whether you have mail waiting. Also, friends lists are improved and the overall the dashboard is faster, particularly when pulling down network data...
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Patch Your PS3 - v3 adds avatars (supposedly), new fonts, status bar and sparkles
The last major PlayStation 3 update for 2009 is live and it's an anticlimactic jumble of minor tweaks and improvements. The announcement touts the appearance of free and paid avatars, but finding them? Well, let me know if you uncover where they are. I couldn't even find the place to change my little login icon without replacing my Ratchet picture with a generic smiley. The first thing you WILL notice is that the blocky Spiderman font logo replacement introduced with the PS3 Slim for better billboard legibility is now incorporated in the startup splash. The default theme is dynamic with sparkles that can be shaken snowglobe-style if you jiggle your controller. And a status bar (replacing the news ticker) shows your status and whether you have mail waiting. Also, friends lists are improved and the overall the dashboard is faster, particularly when pulling down network data...
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