You may remember we recently reported on some rumors regarding Sony's 3 hour press event at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. We said they had planned on revealing at least 3 things. One of which was said to be PS3 Slim, the other a PSP Go price cut (most likely in the form of another model with less internal memory storage), and one last rumor that our source would only say was something being done "for the first time".
Well, we heard back from our source again, and it looks like they decided to go ahead and tell us what that "first time' was.
Our source told us that Sony is planning on announcing firmware 3.0 at the conference, while being very careful to point out that Sony might not release firmware 3.0 on that day, but that they will announce it and detail it's features, possibly in video form. Our source also said it coincides with the release of the new PlayStation Network, however our source didn't go into any detail as to what this new PSN is supposed to feature. Sony did send out some e-mails recently hinting at a new PSN launching on the 18th, so that lends some credibility to these rumors.
We speculate that it could have some premium features. There was talk a while back about a possible premium service where users pay one flat rate to access unlimited downloads (online gaming and all of it's features would still be free though). If the price were right, that's something that many could find very appealing. Hopefully this firmware 3.0 will also come with some of our most sought after features, like cross game voice chat, voice or video messaging, etc.
So, once again, to recap:
PSP Go price cut
PS3 Slim
New PSN
Firmware 3.0
Until the 18th, until Sony says it themselves, treat this as rumor. Have your obligatory pinch of salt with this one.
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