[GregoryRasputin]

With Sony's announcement of Playstation Plus yesterday, here are a few details about it:

Join PlayStation Plus and start getting even more from your PlayStation 3 with a whole host of premium and exclusive features, including games and content worth at least £200* a year, member only PSN features and much more. * Games: enjoy loads of PlayStation Network games, minis and PS one classics plus premium avatars and dynamic themes, all worth at least £200* a year. You'll also get exclusive PlayStation Store discounts and early access to demos and beta trials. Content is updated every month on PlayStation Store, so there will always be something new to enjoy. * Full Game Trial: try before you buy with a one-hour trial of selected PlayStation Network titles and Blu-ray Disc releases. * Automatic Download: receive the latest PS3 system software updates, all your game updates and even game demos without lifting a finger. * Approximate value based on average RRP of available content, excluding discounts, calculated using exchange rates as at May 2010. Actual value may vary. Access to some content, excluding discounted content, terminates at the end of the subscription period.

Games Get your hands on at least four games a month at no extra charge. Each month, use your PlayStation Plus membership to download a selection of games from PlayStation Store, including PlayStation Network titles, minis and PS one classics. In addition, you can download premium avatars and dynamic themes, many of which are exclusively for members only. Games, avatars, themes and all the other PlayStation Plus content are updated each month so there is always something new to enjoy. Members also get access to exclusive discounts on PlayStation Store content, so make the most of them as these will change each month as well. Finally, wherever possible PlayStation Plus members are included in selected demos and beta trials before they go on general release so you can be the one to tell all your mates about the next big game they simply must have. All in all, with games, avatars and themes worth at least £200* per year, even before the other benefits kick in, this service is great value for money * Approximate value based on average RRP of available content in a one year subscription, excluding discounts, calculated using exchange rates as at May 2010. Actual value may vary. Access to some content, excluding discounted content, terminates at the end of the subscription period.

Full Game Trial Try before you buy on selected PlayStation Network and Blu-ray Disc titles This premium feature for PlayStation Plus members gives you so much more than existing demos on PlayStation Store. With Full Game Trial, you can download the full game and play it as if you owned it for one hour before you decide if you want to buy it. So you can check out the online modes, play against friends or anything else you?d normally do with a game for the whole hour, then decide if you want to buy it. You can download two games a month as a Full Game Trial and if you buy the game at a later date, all your progress from the trial, plus any unlocked trophies will be immediately available so there's need to start all over again.

Automatic Download Automatically receive the latest system software, game updates and demos. Set your PlayStation 3 to automatically receive the latest PS3 system software updates and game updates for all the games you play and even get game demos sent directly to your PS3 without lifting a finger. No more waiting to play your favourite game because there is a new patch or having to remember when the latest system software update is launched, let your PS3 do the work. Just set the time you want to receive updates and demos and your PS3 will wake up and automatically download everything, ready for when you next want to play.

Playstation Plus will be released on the 29 June 2010 and will require a minimum firmware of 3.40, so we will be getting a new firmware update anytime soon.



Source Via JordanBlack68

[TheMartian]

Still not updating, but hope for a custom firmware is not going to last much longer. With the release of Red Dead Redemption and certainly many more games to come requiring the last updates.
Everyone doing something in that direction, please keep in mind that releasing a cfw in too many months will be kinda useless unless you provide at the same time a way to downgrade, because I see more and more people tired of waiting.
Anyway keep up the good work

[sonicjam]

me too im still not updating, i'm waiting for that custom cfw. i can wait because i'll just play my xbox 360 or wii till the release of the cfw. i'm still on firmware 3.15 :D.

[xxkrizxx]

what happened to the new xmb that was going to come out for the ps3

and im still on 3.15 i can wait i dont have much games i only have fifa and gran turismo hd thats it but the bad part is ps move will probably need 3.40 or even newer update wich is why i wont get it there are only 2 games for wich i would update my ps3 need for speed hot pursuit and twisted metal only for those two so i hope i can hack my ps3 before november wich i honestly dont think so but still im going to wait

[koffieleut]

You can look at it at an positive way, maybe there is some way to extract the code from your 1 hour trial. So you can install a complete game on your HD.

[$n!pR]

Your all gonna be waiting quite awhile. Doesn't look like Geohot is working on PS3 anymore, and I really don't think he had a true method of making CFW.

Firmware 3.40 releases next Tuesday.