2.41 nitpicking.

**Averry** · 07-09-2008 12:50 AM

Even on Super Star Dust HD, which supports in game custom soundtracks, you cannot use the XMB to play music.

This means that you CANNOT stream music off a network, or play it off of a portable usb device like you can on Xbox 360 during the game.

......Yuck.

**Martycrane** · 07-09-2008 01:11 AM

Microsoft owns the patent for. Unless Sony pays up it'll likely never happen on the ps3

**Averry** · 07-09-2008 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by Martycrane

Microsoft owns the patent for. Unless Sony pays up it'll likely never happen on the ps3

I had read about that.

But it said that on a per game basis it looks like they can bypass it.

However, even on the per game basis, you can't stream in game. Blegh.

**Bruuce** · 07-09-2008 01:52 AM

I had a feeling Sony wasn't going to put that in the update. That would be too cool.

**SoylentGreen** · 07-09-2008 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by Averry

Even on Super Star Dust HD, which supports in game custom soundtracks, you cannot use the XMB to play music.

This means that you CANNOT stream music off a network, or play it off of a portable usb device like you can on Xbox 360 during the game.

......Yuck.

Games need updates to do the following:

Play music via XMB.
Pause when XMB is brought up.

Future games, and patched games will work like this.

**Kotatsu Neko** · 07-09-2008 03:11 AM

I noticed this but to be honest I don't really care anymore. The only games I think need custom soundtracks are racing games, which tend to be filled with some of the worst music imaginable, but as I mostly play RPGs and FPSs... custom soundtrack mean little to me.

Still I do think Sony should get streaming in game soundtracks to work. Seems a silly omission.

**BrendonL** · 07-09-2008 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Averry

Even on Super Star Dust HD, which supports in game custom soundtracks, you cannot use the XMB to play music.

This means that you CANNOT stream music off a network, or play it off of a portable usb device like you can on Xbox 360 during the game.

......Yuck.

That's because Super Stardust HD has custom soundtrack support IN GAME. Unless you want to play two different custom songs at the same time not sure why they would patch SSHD for XMB music.

Sorry, but, duh.

**Dennis M.** · 07-09-2008 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by BrendonL

That's because Super Stardust HD has custom soundtrack support IN GAME. Unless you want to play two different custom songs at the same time not sure why they would patch SSHD for XMB music.

Sorry, but, duh.

I 've said it before but it bears repeating: the custom soundtrack implementation in SSHD is awful. Doing it via the XMB as shown in the 2.40 walkthrough video would be far easier/more intuitive and direct.

**Snadinator** · 07-09-2008 09:15 AM

I think 2.41 is a letdown. It's as bareASSbones an implementation that I could have imagined. Perhaps it's a step forward, but a baby step at best.

**DustoMan** · 07-09-2008 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by BrendonL

That's because Super Stardust HD has custom soundtrack support IN GAME. Unless you want to play two different custom songs at the same time not sure why they would patch SSHD for XMB music.

Sorry, but, duh.

What's wrong with having a standard interface to access your custom soundtracks? Having to figure out if you have to use the XMB or some archaic menu "IN GAME" is just counter-intuitive. Thank you Sony. Yet another example of stupid UI design.

**Deathmerchnt** · 07-09-2008 10:25 AM

I really don't get it. Everyone has been bitching about not having in game XMB since launch. Now its here and people are bitching again. What the fuck was everyone expecting? It does what it was stated to do. Maybe I'm not let down because I wasn't expecting anything big. I'm very happy with it just for the fact that I'm not quitting games to see what messages someone sent me.

**TheLastGenius** · 07-09-2008 10:48 AM

Honestly, I really don't use custom sound tracks that often. I thought it was amazing when I first got my 360 in 2005...and I did make use of it for about a year, but the desire to use customs has faded for me. Maybe I need some new music.

I'm more disappointed about how no games except SSHD support trophies.

**miDnIghtEr** · 07-09-2008 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by happyendingHDDVD

What the fuck was everyone expecting?

maybe that it would work, like a console that came out in 05.

**KTA** · 07-09-2008 11:16 AM

I don't ever use custom soundtracks, unless it's GTA (Vice City on xbox i totally rocked Journey's greatest hits! DON'T STOP, BELIEVIN!).

But my nitpick would be the obvious, get your friends off the media bar and make them universal in the background so at all times you can see how many are online and how many messages you have.

I don't think you should have to shuffle through the media bar to see that. Also next to it a quick launch to the PSN store would be nice.

Other than that. Power invites would be nice.

**Arthur Hucksake** · 07-09-2008 11:25 AM

There's too much crap on the ingame XMB, that is all.

Surely cutting back on things on there that you don't need would lower the memory footprint?

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