If you’re like me, you saw yet another firmware update for your PS3, and if you’re like me, you updated, grumbling all the way about another damn update for a chunk of hardware, the PS Vita, you were never going to buy and this was annoying and we’d better get some features that don’t suck out of this.
After it was uploaded, I noted two things: one, the sneaky little IT monkeys threw in a Netflix update in with the firmware that is equal parts welcome and annoying. I like that TV shows are broken out by season now instead of being in a wad, but really don’t like the new “here’s a bigger image!” rows that they have. That’s going to be all sorts of pesky.
Two, before I can get at the XMB, there’s a warning about reading the literature that comes with the PS3. This pops up every time you boot the system.
“Oh, that’s weird”, I thought the first time I saw it. “Well, I guess people do need to be informed.” The second time I saw it, I thought “Wait…didn’t I already see that?” The third time I thought “I’m going to see this f***ing thing every time I boot up?” It’s not even an epilepsy warning, which would at least make sense, just an admonition to read the manual. Yes, it’s legalese for RTFM.
What’s annoying is I can’t find a lawsuit or any sort of justification for this insult to my intelligence. I’m not even sure it’s possible to toggle this little disclaimer on or off in the settings. So essentially I wasted half an hour of my life to have another five seconds of my life wasted every time I want to watch Netflix or boot a TV.
Gee, thanks, Sony.
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Hey Thunder Dan how is the lag on your Skyrim? I got it for PS3 as well and so far it’s not bad even with a save file of 12mb. Is yours hanging in there? I didn’t get the 1.2 patch and I have autosave off…
You wanted a console, you got a console. Bend over and take it, Abigail May!
@Wayne My lag is OK, but honestly I’m losing steam with the game. I actually wiped it from my drive and then reconsidered.
@essequemodeia Eh, it could be worse. I could be running Windows.
I see it as Sony anticipating a greater level of communication between the PS3 and Vita. Since they assume the Vita will be cracked, probably quickly (which would be an AMAZING amount of foresight considering it’s Sony) there’s probably a very good chance that a cracked Vita will brick your PS3, while a cracked PSP won’t do much of anything. The RFTM is to make sure you know up front: you break it, too f’n bad.