(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Earlier today, PlayStation revealed a new official You must login or register to view this content.that will be released later this year in September.
A great addition to the PS3 accessory collection. Now you can game, listen to music, and chat with 7.1 surround sound wirelessly on your PS3.
With that bit of news, a largely overlooked detail was You must login or register to view this content.. That detail would be the following:

Surround sound on the PS3™ requires system software version 3.70 or later. Surround Sound does not work with Blu-ray Disc movies

The PS3 is no stranger to FW updates, the most recent v3.61 was needed to get back onto the PSN and reset your password after the security breach. In the past updates have been used for several reasons, to add security measures, to fix system issues, and also to add additional features and capabilities.
As of the moment, we have no information on what the update will include or when exactly it will be released although it will likely be before September’s headset release.
But with E3 just around the corner, one can only imagine. Surround sound is already integrated in the PS3′s hardware so although the description might be misleading to some, we know it’s not that.
However, because this accessory requires it, the FW update will likely be adding system capabilities and functions to the system’s software.
Smaller updates usually put the version up by .01 whereas the more significant updates see a change at least to the next tenths.
Are they just making the system compatible with the new headset? Could we finally be seeing the [unlikely] integration of cross-game voice chat? Or will it be something else?
Tell us what you think the FW update might include or what you would like it to include in the comments below. Only time will tell so stay tuned with GxC as we bring you the latest info!


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Maybe they will release cross game chat in that FW because of the headset release.

I could think of a couple uses......
First one is bitrate for voice coms overall on PSN has been improved and this headset uses that

Second is cross game chat or voice messages

First one more likely we see

Listening to music while playing would be great.

Isn't killzone 2 the only game you can do that in... haha

what exactly have they truly added to their updates? XD a cloud, a new firmware number. seems more like they got ride of shizz... mad catz ps3 controllers, to prevent usb dongles jb, poor mad catz company. linux, aka OTHER OS origanal, in two different ways, from phat ps3's, n did not release it as a choice for the slim. our 360 firmware XD well wat else are they gonna take away? if they truly do not start adding on to it then they are truly turning into a prison, like at the end of this video sayz i believe they are false advertising

let me give you a hint ,, IF there is anything you CANT do with a ps3,

i want to listen to music while playing like on xbox its would be nice to have

how much is this?

I wish that people would quit with the "I want cross game chat". Hell, if Sony hasn't implemented it yet, and it is near the half-life of the PS3 now, then most likely it isn't going to happen.

Uhhh surround sound has been around forever on bluray and ps3... just throwing that out there... do you mean 7.1 surround?