The latest PS3 firmware update brings the Playstation 3 up to version 2.20, adding further functionality to the victor of the latest format war; Blu-Ray. But Sony also left out the ability to copy a SD version of a Blu-Ray movie to your PSP for portable watching. Details after the break.

Even so, it’s not really that big of a deal, get a laptop and just shove a DVD in there and you’ll be happy. Although, they promise that this feature will be on the way soon.

The Playstation 3 is now fully BD-Live compatible.  This includes abilities to access downloadable video, ringtones, games, and more content straight from the Blu-ray disc.   “BD-LIVE promises to offer PS3 users the ultimate interactive film experience.” And it will begin to do so when The 6th Day and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story hit the shelves on April 8th.

While BD-Live was the headliner of this update, it’s not the only feature included. Resume Play has been added, which means that your PS3 will resume from the point you left off watching your DVD/Blu-Ray, even if it has been removed inbetween play throughs. The PSP’s remote control compatibilty with the PS3 has been improved; larger DivX and WMV files will now be playable; and you can now improve your DVD experience with mosquito noise reduction.

So, although v2.20 left out a crucial update that consumers were waiting for, this is certainly a welcome update and knowing Sony, it shouldn’t be too long ’til the next one.

Source: I4U

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It was revealed last month that a Blu-ray disc wasn’t big enough to hold all languages for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4. Since all previous Playstation 3 games have resorted to the more constricted 25GB Disc, it was unclear whether MGS4 was to stray from this trend.

In a Konami retailers meeting yesterday, it was exposed that the game would be produced on a 50GB Blu-ray disc.

Ryan Patyon announced on the Kojima Report Podcast that US/European copies of MGS4 would not contain a Japanese voiceover and visa versa:

Unfortunately because of disc space, we don’t have the space to include other languages, other voice over files for the respective versions.

So the Japanese version’s not gonna have English voiceover, and the North American and European versions won’t have Japanese voiceover.

Many presumed that Kojima decided to go with a 25gb Blu-ray disc to save on costs, but it was yesterday revealed in a Konami retailers meeting that the game is the biggest of the series, and will be presented on a 50GB disc.

What’s taking up so much space we can only imagine. There will be hours of high-quality surround sound, and perhaps HD movies even though previous series had cutscenes rendered in real-time. How much space is taken up by game assets is unknown, but the release of MGS4 might be the greatest production of double-layer Blu-ray discs in the format’s short history.

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