Posted Apr 18, 2007 at 10:00PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: News, Firmware Tags: Sony, PS1, PS2, PSOne, Australia, PlayStation Network
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PlayStation 3 1.70 firmware update now out! - Image 1Logging on to your net connected PlayStation 3 unit will most likely have notified you that your system requires an update. Well, that's true, because Sony has just released a new firmware version for your trusty CELL supercomputer and it's labelled as Firmware 1.70.

Now we've searched high and low for an official listing on the PlayStation Network online portal for the U.S., Japan, Europe and Australia, yet the list of the 1.70 update could not be found. But looking at the TV screen, the update is there, and it was screaming "Download me!"

So it's about high time to drop that 1.60 oldie and upgrade to the newer firmware, because newer is cooler. The new stuff that some users have reported to stem from the 1.70 update:

  • Enabled psONE downloaded games to play on the PS3
  • Enabled psONE game saves to be used on the PSP
  • Enabled rumble function on accessories for PS1 and PS2
Also there are some other PlayStation 3 user hopefuls that think the new features could provide a workaround for games that are multi disc for the PS1 and that do not let you save in-between. As our tipsters said, "just pop the save to your PS3 and play the game." There could be also a way to play POPS games in the PlayStation 3, but it hasn't been confirmed.

Thanks to Ludikhris & ecco legendz for the tips! We owe you guys...one. ...point seven?

UPDATE: Going over the U.S. PlayStation site, we found out that the System Software Update section has already been updated and that PS3 firmware 1.70 is already available for download. Here are some info we found about PS3 FW 1.70:

FW 1.70 changes - Image 1 

  • A feature has been added for playing downloaded PlayStation format software.
  • A feature has been added for downloading PlayStation format software from PLAYSTATIONStore and then playing the downloaded software on the PS3 system. Some titles can be played on both PS3 and PSP  systems.
    • Downloadable PlayStation format software compatible with the PS3 system will be available soon from PLAYSTATIONStore.
Overall
  • You can now use the force feedback function of some accessories for use with PlayStation 2 format software. For details, check back to this page later.
Game
  • You can now use saved data from PlayStation format software on both PS3™ and PSP systems.



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   by ................. (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » .................

I have my fingers crossed that POPS will work!!!!


   Re: BlacKDraGoN_ (registered butdont feel like signing (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » pops?

im figuring it stands for something, but what are POP titles? i could always play multi-disk games like finalf fantasy and the first MGS o.O

   Re: laurie69 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » ps1 games

im in the uk where in hell r the ps1 games in the playstation shop 2 download

   Re: unregistered (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » .....what

what happened to the avi support, xmb access during games for playing music or quickly replying a friends message???!
   by TruRage (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » Umm

OK

   by Ludikhris (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » POPS games

Will probably take a hack on the PS3 firmware unfortunately. There is definitely some testing to be done here and there, but this doesn't seem very possible based on how it all works.

However I wonder if PS2 controllers will work with a USB accessory now? Anyone test this yet?

Ludikhris


   Re: xrippa (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » yea

yes u can hook a ps2 controller up to the ps3 with a usb accessory. I tested it with my smartjoy adapter for the pc and it worked. No PS button though.
   by Kutibh (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » w00t!

Yay! Sony listened to our suggestion! Finally I can play PSone games on my PS3!!!


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   Re: ME (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » um

I've always been able to play PS1 games on my PS3, and also my PS2 games. WOW. Imagine that!

   Re: You (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » Retard

Talking about games that you download from the playstation store...

   Re: BBosh (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » !

Not till April 26th
   by Remi M. (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » HUH

I have a sweet name....

   by jp (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » a

wow this came as a surprise can we play ps1 games we dloaded for psp on ps3?

   by feng-shui (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » please sony listen to me

all I am saying is that Xbox 360's interface kick aspirin...!!! I mean almost a year after the release and I still cannot play music while I listen to my games. I thought I was going to buy a more powerful machine, but I was sadly mistaken. I have been a loyal sony fan and just hope that these pointless updates will come to a stop and when they do update that it will be more of the monumental status rather than psone gamesaves. big whoop... the only thing that I believe will save the game is more utilization of the sixaxis because more games are becoming multi-platformed... finally sony's trump cards in ratchet and metal gear will have to sell really well to overcome the wii. I just though I would put my two cents into the matter. thanks 4 reading


   Re: mentalboy11 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » why?

why are people so worried about playing their own music while playing other games? really?
and yeah its already been almost a year. its getting pretty close to november eh? its already april! +.+" the only game where i want custom soundtracks right now is motorstorm but if i am playing shooting games, the music(mostly my own) can throw me off, i dont know why but it just does.

   Re: that dude (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » true *****

i would like 2 play my music when i play my game...

   Re: ass (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » hole

Stop complaining you f a ggot
If you want to listen to your own music while playing games then use a *****ing mp3 player.

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   Re: Quixand - 2007-04-18
 » and Mr. Feng Shui

"I still cannot play music while I listen to my games. I thought I was going to buy a more powerful machine, but I was sadly mistaken."

u need to take a look closely at ur priorities in life... tsktsktsk...

so if u could plug in a freakin MP3 player to a Megadrive and play ur own music while u play i guess that makes it more powerful than the PS3.

   Re: xche78x - 2007-04-19
 » oh

this is something you would only do on driving games and gta games alike. nevertheless its useless. why do you wanna change the music of a game? the game companies work so hard for great music on their games and you would just like to turn it off? do you wanna watch a movie but the music is your mp3 of choice, i think not? anyways what you are wishing for is not sony's problem, call on the game developers to make their games to support use of mp3 on the ps3 hard drive. and the xbox 360 interface is utterly frustrating to use and quite confusing.

   Re: Anon (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » HUH?

all im saying is thats a horrible way to open a paragraph. a year after the release of what? i would hardly call the updates pointless anyone with a psp can tell you they come out often just part of the game:( finally its not about saving ps1 saves its about playing ps1 iso
   by ps (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » how do u

play ps1 games because i have syphon filter on the list where it shows the things i have downloaded but when i try to download it it still says to connect my psp , do i have to download it again ?

   by ps (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » how do u

play ps1 games because i have syphon filter on the list where it shows the things i have downloaded but when i try to download it it still says to connect my psp , do i have to download it again ?


   Re: BishBosh (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » April 26

According to the Jap ps3 site, they will add functionality to enable playing ps1 games on ps3 on April 26th!!!
Why not now damn it!?
   by Act II (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » what the hell

the only 2 friggin ps1 games i bought from the playstation store were crash bandicoot and jetmoto. did anybody else notice that they arent there anymore? why did they get taken out. i wanna try the ps1 game thing.


   Re: ps3 owner (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » no workie

popstation games don't work.. not only that, but I can't even get my legally-bought psx-psp games to work on the ps3 with new firmware... strange

   Re: catron (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » .

you can still acess them by going to your downloads
page

   Re: Toyzombie (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » They are still there

The reason they do not show up its because you have purchased them already.

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   Re: Anon (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » LOL

yeah check at the top of the store home page in the upper right hand corner there is a tab called downloads or something anything you have previusly DLed will be in there for reDL
   by ecco Legendz (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » thanks for the credit

Man I had went to the store and came back and Bam!!! there it was. I freak out. then came here to see if anyone has said anything about it. But no did. And I was like "this is my chance to get some QJ.net credit. Had to take it.
But yeah how do you play the ps1 games Can't figure it out. there isn't even a new Instruction manual for it yet?

   by DarKaoZ - 2007-04-18
 » PS2 controller works!!

If you have a USB to PS2 adaptor your PS2 controller will work now with your PS1 and PS2 games!! Unfortunatly Guitar Hero controller is still not usable, since the button configuration is mess up, still you can now play DDR and PIU for sure.


   Re: CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-04-18
 » The Update Only Said Vibration

I seen nothing about PS1 downloads workable on PS3.

   Re: SyntheticChaos - 2007-04-18
 » Question

Can anyone else confirm this. Also where did you get the adapter from. I didn't think there is one made for ps3 yet. Or did you use one made for the PC?

   Re: mik3yl3 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » ps2 controller for ps2 games on ps3 works

rumble worksQ ***** yeah! omfg! i'm excited! i can play socom in peace now! *****es! Ftw!

   Re: Steven (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » GuitaR hErO

the only part into guitar hero that does not work is the whammy bar yes it would be nice to have but not something crucial to the game
   by Grumpy old man (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » I got a PS3, not a PS1 / PS2

Hey Sony, what about you give something to everyone? I got a PS3, not a PS1 / PS2, and this update doesn't bring me anything :( Could you try to give a bit af something to everyone next time ??? (I would love to play DivX from the XMB !!!)


   Re: Quixand - 2007-04-18
 » ...

i second that

   Re: Extinction (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » You don't need a PS1

Now you can download and play PS1 titles from the Store. No PS1 required

   Re: JohanLieberg (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » amen to that!!

Amen to that my brother... how about adding the ability to set a background picture, what does that take.. like one line of code... seriously sony... wtf????
   by Drifter01 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » two cents

Here is what I heard...
1.)from what I have heard PS1 downloads will work on the ps3 but for some reason it isn't corrected yet, but hopefully by tomorrow when the new psn rolls out.
2.) Saves from these ps1 downloads onto the ps3 will be able to be sent to the psp, no big whoop, because it saves it under the same file type.
3.)Guitar Hero I does indeed work, but no whammy bar support, however GHII is a totally different story and doesnt work at all.
4.)Vibration support for ps1 and ps2 accesories.

   by Mister Common Sense (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » None

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   Re: Quixand - 2007-04-18
 » very mature...

just be a good boy... ur XBox Elite is coming out soon... u wouldn't want mommy to be in a bad mood do you..

   Re: Darsh (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » HAHA

Bet his 360 bricked with that guitar hero update

   Re: CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-04-19
 » BAN TIME!

Hardy Har Har!

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-04-19
 » .

That wasn't me. Everyone seems to like the name.
Also, if the Guitar Hero update really bricks consoles, it's Activision's fault.

   Re: Thabor (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » Bricked


Not entirely Activision .. A game update shouldn't be able to brick a console.

   Re: mr toasty (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » congrats mr common sense

You're an idle to xbox fanboys everywhere.
   by AquaInferno (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » Delete account

Feature: Can now delete accounts! The small things count. If this gets put in the feature list credit AquaInferno.


   Re: bob (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » er...

you could do that already
   by Quixand - 2007-04-18
 » More Good News

Apparently there is also an improvement in the backward compatibility of PS2 games for us PAL gamers...

here's the link:

http://www.palgn.com.au/article.php?id=7357&title=PlayStation+3+backwards+compatibility+improved


   Re: Jay (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » PAL Games

Well I can confirm GT4 now works on PAL consoles, just with a couple minor glitches but nothing too bad.
   by davebo (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » usb flash drives

I've yet to be able to view jpegs saved on several different usb flash drives. Digital camera cards with digital camera images on them work fine, but i'd like photoshop-saved jpegs on usb drives to work. Fix that Sony. If I want to play PS1 games I'll just stick them in my PS2.
Also seconding divx playback, on USB drives also.


   Re: mentalboy11 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » que?

why dont you just stick them in your ps3. it can play them also if you didnt know.

   Re: CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-04-19
 » jpegs On usb Drives

Have you tried highlighting the drive in the photo menu and pushing the triangle button? I notice sometimes just hitting the X button wont show things on the memory unless you go into a sub menu with triangle first.

   Re: KONG (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » Press triangle first

...unless you absolutely name the file tree right, Sony won't allow you to play your files.
   by Umm.. (Unregistered) - 2007-04-18
 » This is what I want done

Plz sony! Plz ZOMFG PLZ! include a feature where the PS3 will detect when I have to take a ***** to dispense some toilet paper ahead of time
Then Sony PLZ oh PLZ have a feature where after I crap, I would simply wait for the PS3 to teleport to my bathroom and clean my anus with the controller using the toilet paper It dispensed earlier.

Gimme a break guys. Be patient.


   Re: comedy - 2007-04-19
 » lol

mine already does!
oh wait, that's my dog...
   by Crimson (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » Scaling...

When are they gonna roll out the update that will let me scale the games onto my 1080i only TV? That's what I really need...
Or a fix to let me use my GHII controller.


   Re: Goldfire (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » 1080i

You'll probably find that you're 1080i TV is really downscaling to 720p. The resolution would be 1366x768, look it up in the tech specs for your TV.

If your TV supports 1080i, it'll support 1080p.

   Re: ashram (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » to goldfire

you have some bad info there buddy, just because your tv supports 1080i doesn't mean it's downscaling 720p, it's upscaling 720p to 1080i.

also, if your tv supports 1080i DOES NOT mean it supports 1080p.... it's the other way around. if it supports 1080p, then it supports 1080i.

   Re: Crimson (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » Sorry Goldfire, but no...

The PS3 has a problem with 1080i only TVs that's been pretty well documented since launch. If the game (which are most at this point) only supports 720p, the system won't scale it up to 1080i, and neither can my TV. I've been stuck playing my games at 480p (and I can verify this by bringing up the display info on my TV).
   by me (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » ps1 games

has anybody figured out how to make the ps1 games work for the ps3 cause it keeps saying to connect psp when i try to download it

   by Goldrusher (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » dvd

Still no PAL playback for Japanese consoles. Disappointing.


   Re: anon (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » dont hold your breath on that

i wouldnt hold out for pal on an ntscj machine ever to many region lockouts involved

   Re: Goldrusher (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » re: dont hold your breath on that

PAL consoles can play NTSC, so why can't an NTSC play PAL ?
   by asdf (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » POPS?

"There could be also a way to play POPS games in the PlayStation 3,..:"

What is POPS games?


   Re: Fall guy (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » .

It's PS1 games converted to PSP format using popstation.
   by Act II - 2007-04-19
 » hey

try actually downloading the ps1 game to your psp then in the xmb, copy it from your psp

   by G.C (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » Or

Or Use PS3PORTAL To Download It From PC, Im Going To Have A Look In A Lil

   by G.C (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » Didnt Work

Maybe It Has Something To Do With The PSP's 3.40 Firmware, Eh Eh Eh?


   Re: xche78x - 2007-04-19
 » hey

i think it has... think think think...
   by A.S.H (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » What about

I think it would be good if sony were to make it, so that when you recieve a message in game you can just click the PS button and veiw your message instead of quiting the whole game.

   by Sean (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » upscaling?

i wonder when your goin to upscale PS2 games and dvd's that would be cool!

   by solidus4prez (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » PS2 controller

IDK about y'all, but I've always been able to use my USB adapter and PS2 controller on my PS3


   Re: mik3yl3 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » wtf?

not with rumble and the adapte ronly worked on ps3 games before and not with ps2 games

   Re: comedy - 2007-04-19
 » i'm with solidus here

i've got a 2 ps1 controller usb thing and a 1 ps2 controller usb thing and they work in ps2 games and ps1 games... and i haven't updated to 1.7o yet.. yes the rumble is new though
   by Michael (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » hdmi & optical

Anyone know if this fixes running a HDMI cable for video and an optical cable with dolby 5.1?

On several brands of tvs (not just westinghouse) it never syncs with the tv and flashes over and over again,...


   Re: Sean (Unregistered) - 2007-04-19
 » your right

my pioneer 50 inch plasma does the same thing .

   Re: huleboeren (Unregistered) - 2007-04-20
 » ...

Works fine on my Samsung LE32M61


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