Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/04/sony_confirms_xmb_update/
Sony exec confirms arrival of in-game PS3 messaging
Firmware 2.4 coming this summer
4th March 2008 12:12 GMT
The PlayStation 3 will get system-wide in-game messaging and video chat, a Sony executive has confirmed.
This icon sparked rumours of a messaging update for the PS3
At a trade event held this week, Sony Computer Entertainment UK boss Ray Maguire told dealers that the additional XMB UI feature, which was first rumoured (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/16/ps3_xmb_icon/) to be in development last month after a “Friends & Messaging” icon appeared on the company’s US website, will be delivered to gamers through a firmware update.
"Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer [and] firmware update 2.4," Maguire said, according to trade title MCV.
Macguire also revealed that more than 1m UK consumers have bought a PS3.