Sony Fixes PSX...

Sony patching PSX


Electronics megalith's update to its PS2/PVR hybrid will add MP3, graphics, and DVD+RW functionality.

TOKYO--Sony Computer Entertainment has announced it will release two patches for the PSX. The PS2-compatible DVD-HDD recorder was released in a rush last December to meet the holiday shopping season, which caused Sony to omit a number of originally planned functions.

The upcoming firmware patch scheduled for distribution early next month will bring back half of the capabilities omitted from the PSX at release, such as MP3 playback and 24x speed HDD-to-DVD dubbing. The patch will also add some extra features and bug fixes.

The PSX firmware update can be either downloaded online or patched with a CD-ROM that will be distributed by Sony. The company will release specific details on updating the PSX on February 5, together with an online form to register for the CD-ROM patch and a toll-free service hotline for support.

Sony will release another firmware patch in March, which will bring back the remainder of the PSX's originally planned functions. Additional patches may be released in the future, if required. The February and March patches will include the following updates:

February Patch:

HDD-to-DVD dubbing to be upgraded from 12x speed to 24x speed
MP3 file format support
TIFF file format support
Flashing playback support for recorded video (ability to fast-forward or rewind by increments of 15 seconds)
Ability to sort recorded video files by type, such as title or genre
Ability to edit video titles by using a USB keyboard
Fixed a bug where some connected peripherals stopped the machine from dubbing
Fixed a bug where the channel specified for automatic time synchronization would return to default when selecting automatic channel settings

March Patch:

DVD+RW recording and playback support
GIF file format support
Sony Cybershot movie file format support
PlayStation BB support

By Hirohiko Niizumi, GameSpot [POSTED: 01/26/04 12:08 PM]

What I find irritating about this product is that they're calling it the PSX.

Am I the only one who remembers that the Playstation (PS1) was constantly reffered to as the 'PSX'?

At least in game mags, it was PSX, PSX, PSX, ad infinitum.

Now I see headlines like "Sony to launch new product in 2003 called PSX" And I was like "WTF?" PSX? Huh?

Stupid name choice.

neobuyer said:

What I find irritating about this product is that they're calling it the PSX.

Am I the only one who remembers that the Playstation (PS1) was constantly reffered to as the 'PSX'?

At least in game mags, it was PSX, PSX, PSX, ad infinitum.

Now I see headlines like "Sony to launch new product in 2003 called PSX" And I was like "WTF?" PSX? Huh?

Stupid name choice.

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Gamestop still calls it PSX on item labels. But really, Sony execs just can't think up a better name. It's confusing that way.

When this was posted a few months ago about the feature set, this is exactly what I thought would happen. Sony was so hot to trot on selling this thing, they never finished the firmware.

Most likely, if they actually sold these things at the rate they expected, this would have never been released. This is a slap-patch to just get the sales up because these features were the big selling point.

I guess sony realised they can't just slap their name on a console and expect it to sell, wiser for wear, I guess. This smacks of the downfall of Sega with the CD/32x/Saturn days.

Let's see what happens now.

I'm still going to wait till they release more patches before I import one...and they should package the new discs in the new PSX boxes...

Geeks. no normal parson even knows that the original ps was refered to as the PSX. it wasn't exactly marketed as such you know

ORPHEUS said:

Geeks. no normal parson even knows that the original ps was refered to as the PSX. it wasn't exactly marketed as such you know

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Exactly. The only reason it received the PSX moniker (the original Playstation that is) is because that was the "codename" of the system as it was being put together by Sony. In the neverending quest to shorten names and stir confusion, game mags kept calling it the "PSX." It would be like calling the GCN "Dolphin" all the time.

As far as this PSX patch update, the fucks should have finished the god damn thing before releasing it. This is one of the reasons why I fucking hate Sony so fucking much. Let's rush this out the door and if we throw enough shit at the wall, something's gotta stick. "Even if we throw out 1/2 the features, if we can sell 10 of these before Christmas and the New Year, let's rush them out the door and make the $400 profit from it!"

Can't wait to see what features magically disappear from the PSP... (oh, you thought it was going to play movies? Well, we dropped that at the last minute. Oh, you thought it was going to play MP3s? Well, we dropped that too. All the system can do now is play games. Will that be a problem, even if we charge the same amount of money we had planned with all those features included?)

I never could understand why they called it PSX in the gaming magazines. It made no sence at all. Why not SPS or just PS. Anyway with this newer PS2 system they are calling PSX I would have called it PSY. Since the X was used just use a different unknown variable.

ORPHEUS said:

Geeks. no normal parson even knows that the original ps was refered to as the PSX. it wasn't exactly marketed as such you know

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LOL. Even the official magazine for the playstation was called PSX.