The numbers I generated are from my own estimates of what data would have to be transfered for a simple layout on the main XMB and for a 90 person list. As for the "out of date" you could add a "force update" button. Sort of like how a RSS feed works. It checks on its own, but you can force it if you want to know the latest and greatest.

As for Sony's current interface problem, it just seems like they never optimized it. For dedicated hardware you would think they could put out something decent. I don't know if it has to do with the fact that they dedicate 1 SPU to the OS and they can't use more, or what the problem is. Honestly, none of the stuff should take longer than loading a simple web page. Or, they could just be lacking on the server side because it is free. It just feels slow and I can't see why from a programmers perspective it would be so slow.

jesus christ, firmware 3.0 was an huge failure


I STILL havent gotten used to the jumbp font and jumbo icons.... and probably will never get used to the ugly grey boxes.

and they didnt put any new avatars like they said they would.


and the store icons in the games and videos section is terribly annoying. I wouldnt mind them if they just gave you pop ups when you cilcked on them, but EVERYTHING is just a simply Link to the Psn Store.


Eric Lempel should be fired!

and now the start up screen at night time is Pink/Purple instead of Black.

*sigh*.... i know it's just a small thing. But they all add up. How can you make a firmware update that downgrades everything

I prefer pink/purple to black as far as colors go.  Don't insult purple.

and here I thought the 3.00 update looked cool! but this made look like sh*t!(well..some people will say it was sh*t to begin with....)