What Year Is It? There's a New PS3 Firmware Update Out Now | Push Square

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The year may be 2023, but Sony’s just released a new firmware update for the PS3! No, that’s not a typing error: the Japanese giant has just updated its 17-year-old last-last-gen system. Don’t expect any major new features in version 4.90, though: this one is all about that all-important stability. “This system software update improves system performance,” the official documentation reads.

We imagine this is just plugging security holes, but it’s absurd to see a system this old being updated almost two decades later. Remember, the platform holder had hoped to close down the console’s PS Store a couple of years ago, but a vocal fan backlash caused the company to course correct. It’ll now remain open for the foreseeable future.

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Updating the DVD/BD codecs.

Still dip into my PS3 backlog for 4 or 5 games per year… always enjoy going back.

2006. It’s 2006.

I still play on my PS3 regularly and still buy things from the store (thank the gods it didn't close) so I hope Sony keep the system alive as long as possible.

Until Sony do a crazy all in one BC Playstation console then the PS3 if you can keep your launch console alive is a really nice bit of kit. With a launch PS3 and PS5 you can play 5 generations of home console gaming on just 2 systems.

I dearly wish though that the early PS5 rumours were true, would've been incredible to have a truly all in one Playstation. Wasn't even supposed to support Vita and PSP? lol.

I've been playing PS3 recently, Deus Ex Human Revolution, what a game. Still holds up brilliantly.

so many classics stuck on ps3

My PS3 is still