PS3 firmware 2.60 with Divx 3.11 and Photo Gallery
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Yes, yes and yes. Makes me curious about how many are on the development team or if the work is outsourced. The Blog was designed and updated by CNP, but I don't know how much of a hand they continue with it's development so I wonder if it is the same for the main site.
What cutbacks have happened in the gaming division? Also Home can be expanded to a whole web infrastucrute logistically, so moving people over to Home doesn't necessarily mean they've been taken off developing web services, only that those services would be being integrated into Home perhaps as well.
It's hard to say. So many things could go wrong.
If I were to hazard a guess (and I can be very wrong), it is probably outsourced. The smaller team that maintains the site now may not know the code well enough to change it at will. It is also possible that some members of the original team may have moved on. There is probably a separate in-house team to oversee the operation. Overall, the team size may not be "small".
I would be very very surprised if it were a dominant in-house team. In-house teams can usually make small web tweaks quickly. Based on the snail pace, they seem to be following the traditional waterfall model or vendor-client (aka cover-your-*ss) requirement gathering methodology.
EDIT: To be fair, I think the scope of the "website --> PSN evolution" may be huge. e.g., Ultimately, there may be CRM integration involved (playstation.com support is actually pretty good). However, I also believe that the web front can be decoupled from the backend more to speed rollout. These changes do not need to be in-sync with PS3 firmware too.
The PSN Id integration sure took a long time, and it's region specific (Stupid 
).
The trophy integration came faster but not fast enough given that it's only a sync job + UI.
The friends list wasn't even improved (Can't sort from web using different criteria).
The Portable id tag still does nothing when someone else click on it (e.g., http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Users/tha_con does not go to his profile)
Given the ambitious Home vision, the web concept is lackluster. There are much more people on the web than in Home. Given their current fragmented approach, I wouldn't be surprised if Sony gets their front teeth knocked out in the web community area for the next Game OS revision.
).The trophy integration came faster but not fast enough given that it's only a sync job + UI.
The friends list wasn't even improved (Can't sort from web using different criteria).
The Portable id tag still does nothing when someone else click on it (e.g., http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Users/tha_con does not go to his profile)
Given the ambitious Home vision, the web concept is lackluster. There are much more people on the web than in Home. Given their current fragmented approach, I wouldn't be surprised if Sony gets their front teeth knocked out in the web community area for the next Game OS revision.
Interestingly, the playfire.com gamercard service seems to have been connected to PSN now!
http://www.playfire.com/a/create_widget_choose_size?trophy_method=auto
Due to high demand there's a bit of a wait though before it has gobbled down your trophy information ... I can imagine.
But you know what this means - the API is there!
http://www.playfire.com/a/create_widget_choose_size?trophy_method=auto
Due to high demand there's a bit of a wait though before it has gobbled down your trophy information ...
I can imagine.But you know what this means - the API is there!
I tried it yesterday and still haven't seen the trophy card yet, lol.
But, if you read the FAQ (I think that's where I saw it) it says PSN information is not stored, it is "discarded once necessary information is retrieved". So, that leads me to believe it's a one time thing, and you have to submit for updates.
This is still more accurate and easier to sort though than manually adding all those trophies.
But, if you read the FAQ (I think that's where I saw it) it says PSN information is not stored, it is "discarded once necessary information is retrieved". So, that leads me to believe it's a one time thing, and you have to submit for updates.
This is still more accurate and easier to sort though than manually adding all those trophies.
On the blog in the trophy comments they turned down the notion of an open API. Shame really.
It's supported officially by eu.playstation.com:
http://www.playfire.com/trophies/
The current one is manual. Sounds like the real one will be automated.
The official ones are up in Europe. You can use them using your U.S. account as well. You do have to log in first to make some settings changes though ... (enable showing trophies on the card etc.)
Here's mine in the most expanded version:
I noticed by the way that in my B3D profile panel on the left my XBOX Live Gamercard doesn't work either.
Here's mine in the most expanded version:
I noticed by the way that in my B3D profile panel on the left my XBOX Live Gamercard doesn't work either.
I agree with this a million times over. I just don't get it, consolidate, share...The EU site is MUCH faster, sortable friends list, friends trophies displayed in friends list as well, sortable trophies, "customizable" portable id, and quick view where it list your latest trophies and your top 10 friends (you select them). They really should let the EU web team lead this effort on all accounts.
I too pulled my card:
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Here's mine
Sony should update the look of the XMB ID card to something more eye appealing too.
Sony should update the look of the XMB ID card to something more eye appealing too.
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