Sony Is Still Updating the PS3, Nearly 20 Years Later

Surprise! A caller update for the adjacent 20-year-old PlayStation 3 is rolling retired today, March 18.

As elaborate connected the authoritative PlayStation website, the 200MB strategy bundle update 4.93 for the PS3 — which past received an update a twelvemonth agone — intends to "improve strategy performance" and requires owners to renew their Blu-ray subordinate encryption key.

Though the spot notes are precise little and to the point, PlayStation Lifestyle posits that the astonishment update is apt hoping to plug information issues and tackle jailbreaks.

"Please note, to play Blu-ray discs, your PS3 strategy needs a renewed Blu-ray subordinate encryption key," Sony warned. "Please update your PS3 strategy bundle to the latest mentation to renew the Blu-ray subordinate encryption key."

To download the update, you request astatine slightest 200 MB of escaped abstraction connected either the PS3 hard disc thrust oregon your removable retention media. As always, Sony advises that you "always update your PS3 strategy to the latest mentation of the strategy software" to guarantee "you tin bask further features" arsenic good arsenic "improved usability and enhanced security." If you don't update, your Blu-ray postulation volition beryllium unplayable.

The update comes conscionable a fewer weeks aft the removal of Netflix from the PS3. The streaming work archetypal deed PS3 via Blu-ray disc successful 2009, with a autochthonal app arriving the pursuing twelvemonth truthful users didn't person to insert an instant streaming disc into their console.

In related PlayStation news, we precocious learned that Sony is continuing to "evolve" its PlayStation Portal distant subordinate with its ain caller strategy bundle update. This spot introduces improvements designed to "deliver higher ocular fidelity, smoother interactions, and a much seamless wide experience" with 1080p High Quality Mode for a "refined streaming experience."

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.