Tue, Jun 24, 2008 | 15:39 BST
Rumour: Custom soundtracks for PS3 Firmware 2.4?
PlaystationJournal is reporting that custom XMB music may be included in the upcoming PS3 2.40 Firmware update.
The talk’s emerged following Criterion listing, “Support for Custom Soundtracks on PlayStation 3″ as a feature of one of its upcoming Burnout Paradise updates.
“This could mean a couple of things,” said the site. “Either each game will have it’s own in game custom soundtracks, or Sony have succeeded in making InGame XMB Music possible by just having the developer update the game to make the game compatible with the PS3′s system & settings.”
Purely speculative of course, but this isn’t the first time that custom music support for the 2.40 update hinted at.
15 
Posted in: PS3, Rumour, Sony
Tags: firmware 2.40, in-game soundtracks
15 comments
#1
Psychotext
24/06/08, 3:40 pm
I still reckon this is going in as optional developer functionality rather than something run at the XMB level.
#2
Blerk
24/06/08, 3:49 pm
I still don’t really care.
#3
CastellanSpandrell
24/06/08, 3:51 pm
Why bother to comment if you don’t care…?
#4
Newbie101
24/06/08, 3:52 pm
Why PT?
#5
Psychotext
24/06/08, 3:55 pm
Because some developers have already integrated custom soundtracks and it’s also going to use up a fairly significant chunk of memory which not every dev will want to give up. Plus of course there’s the MS patent on console level custom soundtracks… but they could have easily paid to use it.
#6
Blerk
24/06/08, 3:56 pm
Because I’m evil egotistical trouble-causer with nothing better to do.
#7
Newbie101
24/06/08, 3:58 pm
sounds more like a xbot comment to me PT, sorry
.
#8
Psychotext
24/06/08, 3:59 pm
Have you really so little to do that you find time to follow me around Newbie?
#9
morriss
24/06/08, 4:03 pm
All will be revealed soon enough. I with PT though: it’s a memory drainer.
#10
ecu
24/06/08, 4:03 pm
If it’s going to be as crap as it is on the 360, they might as well not bother.
#11
Newbie101
24/06/08, 4:04 pm
I don’t. As we both go into the same news items (as we both view this site), I see all the comments like you do.
All I’m saying is that most of the comments you make always seem to have an anti-sony and a pro-360 slant.
#12
morriss
24/06/08, 4:06 pm
So what if they do? Just accept it and move on. Pointing it out all the time irritates everyone. If that’s his opinion, that’s his opinion.
Anyway: Sonylol, PSlol. No games, unfinished, MGS4 wasn’t very good and LBP will be delayed like all the other rubbish because it’s so difficult to develop for.
There, you can follow me around now. It’ll be easier for everyone if you do.
#13
Psychotext
24/06/08, 4:13 pm
Newbie101: I think that’s your bias showing rather than mine. =)
#14
Zarckan
24/06/08, 4:33 pm
You will be able to choose audio files via the XMB ingame, however as has been said previously, this is only for games that support the extra features in v2.40.
We might see a spate of previously released games build with the 2.40 SDK getting patches allowing in-game XMB access etc. But unless a game is built with the 2.40 SDK na da.
#15
Truk
24/06/08, 5:44 pm
The OS is already using a reasonable chunk of memory. A bit of sound playback wouldn’t be too much trouble. It might still be optional, though. If the report’s true.