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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=183782

Talks of an in-game XMB are so frequent that we've got a keyboard macro dedicated to the phrase, but the waiting will finally be over this summer, according to SCEE big shot Ray Maguire.

Speaking to MCV of his glee at PS3 having reached 1 million sales faster than both the PSOne and PS2, Maguire said: "Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer, firmware update 2.4 and the strongest line-up of games through our third party partners and our own studios."

In-game XMB access is a must because at the moment you can't access your friends list during a game, which is nothing short of madness.

But the gem in that statement - the imminent arrival of "in-game communication", should rectify these issues and the confirmation of a "summer" release helps to nail down the previously vague "2008" promise.

We wonder what other goodies will be in Firmware 2.4, and we also wonder when we became such firmware geeks. Read our huge '10 Steps to Perfect PS3 Firmware' feature to see what we mean.



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just in time for GTA4, MGS and HAZE :D



>Speaking to MCV of his glee at PS3 having reached 1 million sales faster than both the PSOne and PS2,


either they are trying REALLY hard to use a little positive news (and failed because there are tons of them out right now), or this news was written a looooong time ago.

Still, good to see



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there does seem to be a lot of positive momentum for the ps3 right now



Yay for in-game XMB.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

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All I can say is "FINALLY!" Seriously, as much as I like my PS3, Sony really messed up on the software side of things. I like how Live is so seamlessly integrated into every XBox360 game. On the PS3? Not so much.



Welcome to 2003 Sony. Or 1997 if you count PC gaming...



kingofwale said:
>Speaking to MCV of his glee at PS3 having reached 1 million sales faster than both the PSOne and PS2,


either they are trying REALLY hard to use a little positive news (and failed because there are tons of them out right now), or this news was written a looooong time ago.

Still, good to see

Considering the guy works at SCEE (and MCV is UK based), I'm pretty sure he is talking about the PS3 recently reaching 1 million in the UK.



PS3 fanboy seems to have a picture related to this and says it is related to the 2.4 update.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/03/03/scees-maguire-lets-slip-firmware-2-4/



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

disolitude said:
Welcome to 2003 Sony. Or 1997 if you count PC gaming...

 OH GOD MAN!!! there trying to fix their mistakes, give em a brake! that is more that i can say for a few other companys out there..... most people just rag on sony so hard cause there an ez target.... give it a brake