New PS Vita firmware to be released on October 8th?
(Update: since this article was published, Sony have announced that the firmware will actually be released on October the 2nd. Details here)
While we are still sitting at firmware 3.18, and while the exploit games are still available in the Playstation Stores, regardless of their region, Sony is already working on a new PS Vita firmware, that will bring theme support and fix the massive amount of released exploits for firmware 3.18.
One of the firmware 3.18 exploit games got removed, since it was released as a standalone exploit: Zettai Hero Project.
The Z.H.P. exploit game gave us a slight information, one that might be the release date for the next PS Vita firmware update.
Wololo user xSASxZaros noticed something odd, while he was using his PS Vita.
He bought the Z.H.P. exploit game, and the game has not yet returned to the Playstation Store, but it is still available in his download list.
Sometimes Sony only removes the exploit game from the Playstation store, but keeps it in the download lists of people who bought the title (this is the legally correct thing to do).
Sometimes Sony removes the exploit game from the store and from the download lists of people who legally bought the title (this is an illegal act, depending on the country you live in).
While this is a common thing that Sony does, they seem to have done something uncommon this time.
Instead of fully removing or fully keeping the game in the download list, so the user is ready to download the bought game; they have put an “Options” function into the download list, which displays the following:
The options function is usually only used for people that get codes for games before said games are intended to be released, e.g. digital versions for press staff, that will be able to download the game as soon as possible, so they can review it. While the press usually gets the games as a physical version before the intended release, the chance that they get a digital version that only works as soon as the games is officially available, is possible too.
(An example of mine and KanadeEngel’s recent press kit games)
It is quite weird that the function has been activated for the ‘removed’ exploit game, but if we take a look at the displayed date, we can see that it displays 10/08/2014.
Since the 10th August already passed, it is very likely that this is not what they want to tell us.
This would leave us with the American date format (that is weird and illogical), October the 8th.
Since Sony will have to release a new firmware, that fixes the Z.H.P. exploit, before re-adding the game to the PSN store, this might be a good indicator for a release date for a new PS Vita firmware.
Since they want to re-add the game on October the 8th, they will have to release the new firmware some time earlier than the said date, so they can confirm that the games exploit has been properly patched.
What do you think about this? Is this only a malfunction? Is this a proper hint?
Only time will tell, while we are waiting for the 8th of October to pass.
Agreed about the date format 😀
d/m/y > m/d/y , metric system>anything else
d/m/y, m/d/y, they all fail. The ISO standard is yyyy-mm-dd. That way, if you simply sort a list of dates numerically, they all end up in order, without having to code “sort by the third field first, then the first field, and then the second field, delimited by either . or – or /”
“This would leave us with the American date format (that is weird and illogical)”
Most Americans I know say “October 8th” not “8th October,” it’s just how we say it, and how we’re used to it, so the European way seems illogical to us >_>
And yet you write it $20, but say “20 dollar”.
Your reasoning is weak & *** and you know it!
Like £20 is Pound Twenty? Like ¥20 is Yen Twenty? €20 is Euros Twenty?
Your example stands up poorly.
you wouldn’t write €20 but 20€.
The usual “european way” or writing prices in euro is amount sign.
e.g. 99,99€.
OK, I stand corrected.
You rarely say or write ¥20 in Japan. In fact it’s confusing, yen and yuan use the same symbol (I think it’s something to do with the global financial industry). In japan, you mostly see 20円, which translates to twenty-yen.
Currency symbols aren’t punctuation. You say DOLLARS because it’s more than one DOLLAR.
Dollar and dollars are only in caps for emphasis in place of italicizing.*
It is the normal way, not the “european way”.
Only the USA and one/two more countries use that f?cked up date format.
It is ***.
and all english speaking countries put a “?” at the end of their sentence. How are we supposed to know it is a question until then?
By looking for the what, when, why or how in the beginning of a sentence. Simple.
Context, pitch of voice (in a conversation), etc.
The american date format is nonetheless totally ***.
Some might say it is “a matter of preference”, but no.
It is just wrong.
Yeah, when everybody else use KM,Meter we use Miles,feet, when Everybody else use KG, G we use LBS,oz. When everybody else use Celsius we use Fahrenheit. etc. etc etc…..
Seriously is there a country when the question mark comes first and then the sentence, never heard of that lol
Spanish language, not sure about others
Questions/Exclamations start with [¿] or [¡] and end with [?] or [!], respectively.
For example:
¿Cómo estás?
or ¡No!
I did not even get the point of saying that. At first glance, I was already sure that it is October 8, 2014 and I am not even American. You didn’t have to say illogical or anything like that. That is just illogical. 😀
Maybe you just wanted to make your blog lengthy or you just did not have anything else to say.
“This would leave us with the American date format (that is weird and illogical)”
wow I just lost any and all respect for Z for acting like YOUR format is the superior one…I mean seriously…people like to say americans are the pompous ones….but this comment and the comments of those who follow behind you are pompous as ***
It might be a coincidence, but the much anticipated European update/DLC of a recent top-selling SAO:HF was delayed to the 8th as well. Note that access to PSN, which is obligatory for DLC download, is only possible on the latest firmware (unless people abuse PS Store download queue in the web browser).
By the way, if xSASxZaros was paranoid, he would feel safer if that screenshot was censored to hide dates.
I was thinking that myself, but tbh all it shows is that I bought them.. I actually bought Z.H.P before all this stuff happened because I like the game.. And.. Well, Tekken 2 and Sport Superbike are obviously amazing games…… :3
Bring it on and don’t forget enabling american psn store login for Vita Tv. Not much left till the 15th September.
OH my gosh,
Stop complaining about things you don’t like all the time.
THEY WONT CHANGE BECAUSE OF YOU!
Go bury yourself, No one likes you
PS: Think about this one: It’s idiotic how germans count numbers..
You mad, bro?
My arcticle, my rant.
Ummmm Germans count numbers the same as everyone else in the world, the start at one, then go to two, then go to three, then four, then five and keep going upwards until they reach the number they are wanting to reach, just like the rest of the world…
twentyfour = vier-und-zwanzig (four-and-twenty)
Germans re saying the last number (the four) first… Same thing he’s freaking out of
Also to add, if you are referring to the date issue zload has, it is just not him or his country that has it.
As a person from both Britain and Ireland, i use the date format 01/10/2014 to show that the date is the 1st of October 2014, ALL of Europe uses the same format, so you see it is just not a gripe that can be blamed on Germans.
Blame the USA for not adapting to the same date format that most of the world uses 🙂
*TheZ
>implying
You seriously seem upset, mate? ( ͡ ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡ ͡°)
He might be refering to our counting of “bigger” numbers.
Twenty-one is “Ein und Zwanzig” (one and twenty), similar like “thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,” are counted in english.
Written: 23, counted “3&20”. English has the same, but only for 13-19.
Can anyone tell me what the background pic on that lock screen is from(guy with headphones on and holding up a bar code)?
That dude is from the upcoming PSVita game called Freedom Wars.
It’s from freedom wars. 🙂
On first screen Z.H.P is between Conception and TEKKEN 2. Conception shows date 03/07/2014 and TEKKEN 2 to is 14/09/2014. So it’s obviously is day/month/year format. And is 10/08/2014 most likely purchase date – 10 August.
What’s it’s going on here fighting about date format instead of talking about the main content of the article
At least there is no need to update ’cause PS plus titles for October are all shiet for Vita
It’s actually coming tomorrow
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/10/01/themes-come-ps-vita-tomorrow-system-software-update-3-30/
The disappointment came sooner than expected.
Mark my words, 3.18 will be the firmware of the year. Maybe even the firmware of the two years.
Why do you say that?
Say what?
Disappointment? FW3.30 isn’t bringing anything worth updating (user-generated themes for example) while killing eCFW.
FWoTY? It’s the last quarter of 2014 already, I highly doubt that we’ll get anything better than eCFW and proper PS1 support in the remaining 3 months.
2 years? If the native Vita hack is released and subsequently patched with no better hack in the future, we might very well face PS3@3.55/3DS@4.5 situation.
i did a little digging the other day and the new ps plus games come out on that date! it would seem like a new firmware would also since $ony loves to do things all at once. and the date format is that way cause in the 70’s the USA gave up on the metric system so that’s why we have that style of date along with other things. not hard to understand if you know a little about the us and it’s past. Knowledge is power remember that people.
Tonight!
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/01/themes-coming-to-ps-vita-with-system-software-update-3-30/#sf4924658
New PS Vita firmware to be released TOMORROW.
so should u update at a possible firmware update and lose the exploits installed?
Except themes nothing interresting in this firmware,they should update music and video player ,PSP player was better then Vita one
the 3.30fw goes live tomorrow!!!
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/10/01/themes-come-ps-vita-tomorrow-system-software-update-3-30/
the thing is i wish i can just buy the US games for the psvita but most of those games i saw on the previous list are from another country. and i got 2 memory cards (Both of them are US) so im not doing anymore reseting on the psvita if i have to get a game from another country. I only got a JP, UK so *** hacking the psvita i love to see the new themes anyway lol
The Z : What is the name of theme you are using? Can you share it?
That is a screenshot from Sonys website, not mine.
Sorry.
Keep hating the way Americans write the date, it’s not changing anytime soon. It’s funny how people find the dumbest little thing to hate another country and convince themselves they’re superior.
Keep hating the way people write their blog posts, it’s not changing anytime soon. It’s funny how people find the dumbest little thing to hate another person and convince themselves that said person gives a single f#ck about their opinion.
lmao
“said person gives a single f#ck about their opinion”
Oh, the irony of you replying to my post. Thanks for caring <3
In The Z’s defense, the way dates are written in the US is totally illogical. There are lots of great things in North America, the way they write dates is not one of them.
Not sure why you said north America here, I lived in Mexico for a while and we never right our dates like that. Same as everyone else day/month/year
Most people refer only to the English speaking counrties when they say North America.
btw in Asia is YYMMDD
Sony have been really disgusting lately. To think this is what we want? Smh, who gives a damn about themes. All they care about is decorating the system and promoting indie games. It’s been three years!!!. Is it so hard just for them to develop and release a AAA game? I’m tired of this hot mess.
Yo, if there is a chance that one of the exploit games avoids the blacklist tonight or tomorrow, which is highly unlikely, holla at a brother
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/01/themes-coming-to-ps-vita-with-system-software-update-3-30/
How do I install psx games on to the ps1 tekken 2 explort????
how about GOOGLE
Google doesn’t show it
go trough the talk forums on this website try to rephrase your search query until u find it, worked for me! search for example PS1 loader
oh no!! i am going to cry!! i wont have theme’s! i’m staying on 3.18 and have a good laugh at crappy themes
I hope that will be the last firmware, because my team and me development the firmware crack.
Look back at the last 10 Vita game releases you can think of and tell me what day of the week they released on. Was it, perhaps, a Tuesday? It only fits that games would re-release on a Tuesday as well. Now if you plan to launch a firmware update that supports a new feature (themes) that will result in a significantly larger download than usual, would you do it the same day a bunch of games will be up for automatic downloads? No. You do, however, need the update available first to patch the exploits. Most use occurs on weekends, so that would mean having it up and notifying users by at least the 3rd to maximize coverage.
Honestly, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that they picked tomorrow. Chances are they just weren’t ready today. It is, after all, Tuesday.
Wololo how long must we wait for the final editing for ps vita ?? 2 years have passed since the release … I know that there is hope … Thank you for everything
They did this so we couldn’t have eCFW and minecraft at the same time……minecraft was put into certification last week and still isn’t done…..sneaky Sony is sneaky
update is up and on my vita!!!!! im in the US here but i cant find themes on PSN yet but the option to change them is in the settings so i hope there up soon
Just updated one of my Vitas to 3.30.
eCFW and network features, here I come…again!
For the people that updated. Did the update kill eCFW for all the games?
🙁 just came aboard the PSP emulation on my Vita to play my old PSP games (that I legitimately own), and Sony “fixes” everything… how about giving me a digital copy of every single PSP game I own? I don’t play them on my PSP anymore because it’s analog is dead, and thought Vita would be more worthy the money than a PSP3000…
Well,I’m on PSPlus and got many free games the last 11 months, but I don’t know if I’m willing to give up my loved PSP games for 1-2 new crappy free games a month…
(until someone releases a new exploit :b)
Thanks, The Z, thanks Wololo, for giving me back what SONY could be selling me instead. No one cares about legal game owners…
Am still on Vita OS 3.01 on my PS Vita 1000, and using the FIFA 11 Exploit. Also have the PS Vita 2000, and wanted to know if I should update it from Vita OS 3.18.
i already have the 3.30 update and theirs no themes on the play store what’s up with that