This is not a mistake or a typo. Sony has launched a brand new replace for the PS3–not the PS4 or PS5–that “improves system efficiency.” Whereas that description is very obscure, it is attainable the patch pertains to renewing the Blu-ray participant encryption key for the house console.
On X, the Ask PlayStation account introduced the brand new PS3 replace and pointed gamers to the PlayStation website. Sony says 200MB have to be obtainable on the system’s exhausting drive to obtain model 4.92. The firm additionally then writes in daring in regards to the Blu-ray participant encryption key renewal to proceed taking part in discs. The final console patch occurred simply over a 12 months in the past on February 27, 2024, for model 4.91.
PS3 launched in Japan and North America in November 2006, adopted by a European launch in March 2007. Sony unveiled the PS3 at E3 in Could 2006, showcasing titles like Steel Gear Strong 4 and Satan Could Cry 4 on the occasion. Which means the Sony system will flip 19 years outdated later this 12 months. In 2012, a redesigned PS3 was launched, and in the end, Sony bought over 87 million models of the house console.
Just yesterday, PS2 celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary, as a Redditor shared photographs of touring to Japan to purchase the system. In the meantime, PS5 acquired a stability replace in January that did not actually do a lot. That month additionally noticed the elimination of the Thirtieth-anniversary PS5 themes, although Sony talked about they might return sooner or later.