A New Website Launches On PS3

Looks nice, have to check it out on the PS3 though

When I check out my homepage google says hi.

Looks really nice but the real test will be how much it actually gets updated with new content, will the blog be linked in?

Do you guys have any information on when the browser is going to be updated?

The site looks awesome, which is great for tailored content.. but so many sites still cause it to crash or ‘overload’ (www.crunchyroll.com for example, just watch more than two or three vids).

Is any working on an W3C/HTML5 compliant version?

Keep up the good work, looking forward to getting the blog on screen at home

Looks nice. Hopefully leading us into a browser update aswell?

Looks very good.

Add a Google search bar the the bottom and I’m all for it

Looks pretty good. However I do hope there comes a usable browser on the PS3 for browsing the rest of the internet as well soon. The PS3 browser is pretty useless in that aspect.

Not working for me. It gives the resolution of my TV s an excuse. It’s a HDTV, 1080p Plasma! I can only view a boring SD version.

whats the address?? these hd sites never recognize my hdtv, i have to punch in the address to go to the hd plus7 site aswell, cheers, Jp.

So, will we finally be able to actually watch PS Blog videos on our PS3s?

Does the move work as a pointer then?

If so awesome.

Very nice feature and will certainly enhance the browser experience
But how about updating the browser in general making it more Web 2.0 ‘friendly’ ?
Using Internet Explorer 6 in 2010 is not that tempting anymore…

Too bad the site only works in 1080p resolution; mine is 720p but I get the warning that it only works in High Definition, so I am redirected to the SD version.

Based on your replies; this might be a glitch in the resolution detection; so I’ll just wait and see!

mines a plasma tv.didnt work at first said could only view standard defintion.but if u go into the side menu.and press screen size put it to normal and works fine now….

Yes, the site won’t display for me if I use the -2 resolution option in the the internet options. -1 seemed to work but not -2. Looks cool BTW.

Looks spiffy, can’t wait to give it a whirl later!

Using the move is not so simple, better with the d-pad. The site is good, well done.
However it would be better updating the browser, webkit or gecko

Not to sound ungrateful but its about time lol, not that I surf using the ps3 browser anymore but in the past it was a knightmare, nice to see some improvments coming for those that do use it.

Wow, this is what you guys have been working so hard on. This impressed me so much that I almost forgot about boring stuff like:

X-Game chat
More stable, high capacity servers/infrastructure
Custom avatars

Your becoming the company that can’t really compete

ok ps move doesnt work very well with it.keeps freezing.and u need to sort out the videos.a lot of stutter,not running smooth…

Well PS Move just works like it does on all other sites. The cursor just jumps from link to link. was expecting it to be mouse-like.

Very nice. Will have to check it out on my PS3 later.

I’m glad you are implementing the PS Blog as I’m always using the same bookmark and it’s annoying that I can’t seem to comment on articles using the PS3 web browser.

Hi love the new look of the website, wish i could view it, it keeps telling me i dont have an HDTV. I do have one, but it wont let me view it. Can you help me please?

This is great, but the browser still falls behind the rest of the consoles features…

Also, I noticed whilst using the browser that the PS3 seems to “overscan” a lot of content on websites… upon noticing this I also spotted it occurring with video, images and games too, many of which do not offer a screen-size slider… in fact, the overscan issue makes Scott Pilgrim: The Game extra difficult as you cannot see enemies hiding on the edge of the screen…

How likely is it that we’ll ever get a universal screen size setting that effects all content on the PS3?

Thanks.

“720p is not supported due to the very small number of users that have this resolution.”

Are you serious … I would imagine most people have their PS3′s set to 720p. Setting my tv to 1080i so that one website works is not an option (as far as i’m concerned it looks worse than 720p).

Also, setting browser view to standard size does not work, it automatically resets itself to maximum size straight away.

If you are serious about making a better browsing experience on the PS3, either give us a better browser or make your site support multiple resolutions.

nice ! though for me i check the store for videos and trailers and the blog for news. I dont like the PS3 browser, YET. Gonna check it out and see

sweet really cool tried it before seems to work alright just need you guys to update the PS3 internet browser facebook doesn’t work properly keeps crashing and some buttons dont work like commenting on people’s walls, not all videos on the EU and US blogs work and the search button doesn’t work at all on youtube

“720p is not supported due to the very small number of users that have this resolution.”

I’d hope that Sony would conform to accessibility standards, and supposedly being professionals, build a website that doesn’t exclude the minority of people that don’t own a 1080p capable TV. I, like R1MJAW, run mine at 720p as 1080i doesn’t look anywhere as good.

And I second all those calls for an updated browser, what point is having a PS3 ‘media hub’ that ‘only does everything’ if it can’t display the vast majority of websites properly. Outdated Flash, JavaScript, and HTML does not make for a smooth browsing experience. Even a simple website that I designed myself, which is compatible with all browsers I can think of, does not display properly on my PS3.

“I just had a look at the stats and 720p resolution is used by less than 2% of our users on the PS3 browser.”

Whoa!! Hold UP!

Based on that 2%, assuming you only mean the UK and given that UK PS3 sales are close to 4 million, you can excluded approx 80,000 PS3 users from viewing this new site.

That’s intense and rather arrogant.

Really impressed with it, once the blog content starts going on to it ill be setting it as my homepage

Maybe fixing the browser would have been a better move as it’s useless at the moment not even worth the time because it crushes and is very slow to use and search .

Nice. 1080p only .

Thats useless for me. I keep my PS at 720p because I got tired of the system jumping around between 1080p menu and 720p for a game.

Some times I even needed to resync to that HDMI-exit because it lost signal during the switch and didn’t come back…

And how about a browser update?

Has it gone live yet because everytime i boot up the Net browser i still get the OLD home page Why? :l

”Based on that 2%, assuming you only mean the UK and given that UK PS3 sales are close to 4 million, you can excluded approx 80,000 PS3 users from viewing this new site. That’s intense and rather arrogant.”

That is insane of them, I’d assume even more as it covers the whole of the EU, possibly other PAL territories too. Or is that based on worldwide access?
Either way it seems that Sony aren’t too worried about W3C accessibility standards. Or dropping thousands of hits.

Also not sure who to ask, but is it true we’re getting 4oD and itvPlayer this week?

Never mind i did set the different default address & this message comes up…..

“We have launched a new High Definition site but you cannot view it because of your current screen resolution. You can enjoy all the fantastic benefits of this site by connecting an HD TV. If you wish to continue to the Standard Definition site, click the ‘continue’ button.”

so i‘m stuck with SD time being.

@heedbaw I think that number means the amount of people that view the browser with a 720p resolution, which means the number is even less since not every ps3 owner uses the browser. And many people are upgrading to 1080p sets all the time, so that number of 2% is probably constantly lowering.

What about the PSP homepage ?

Unhappy that you haven’t given support for 720p. Although I can change it to 1080i, because my TV only “supports” 720p it’s not worth the effort because the display doesn’t look as good so I’m not going to be using it for games.

@ heedbaw

If we take the entire EMEAA region, that’s 20.6 million PS3s and currently 412,000 720p users.

Bravo Sony!! There’s nothing like being elitist, is there?

The lunacy if this is staggering. 95% of ALL content on the PS3 is 720p native (with upscaling to 1080i/p). So why re-launch the PS3 Homepage without that support. Did you all dream this up yourselves or did the infamous Sony think tank sell you a kipper?

Why not get it right/fixed now or is the new motto “it only does everything, except what we remove”.

Seriously, engage brain, then act.

Cool i will have a look later;) We just need a better internet browser on the PS3 i think. It works ok, but it’s not perfect really. Wish i could use ‘Safari’ or something like that on it.

@ Danlisa … Totally agree. Obviously us 720p’ers are ‘an acceptable loss’ as far as Sony are concerned.

Nice SCE love the new layout

Awesome and long over-due! Thanks.

looks great….though isn’t 720p better for gaming thwn 1080i?….and since 90% of the ps3′s library is 720p native!, does making this webpage 1080 i or p only make sense?

Not for SDTV then???

Really like the layout of the new site, however it really needs a few extra things on it pronto.

1 – Google search bar – that way it can be a decent homepage.
2 – Playstation account access – I’m shocked this is missing, i hate that you can’t access things like Sig, competetions etc on the PS3 browser, why on earth is account access missing in this new layout is just weird.

Add those and i’ll make you my homepage, i’ll stick with google for now.

brilliant stuff guys! i love the design, its really quick too.

great work!

“again, we are not downgrading the experience for anyone…”

Ah, so I will be able to view this new HD website on my 720p TV then?

It’s just when you stated above that the site was 1080i/p only, I assumed you meant that lesser resolutions wouldn’t work.

So, to re-cap. This new HD site will work in 720p HD and 1080 HD on both 720 native and 1080 native TVs.

/sarcasm

Edit – Oh, OK, I see. 720p users get the old non-shiny version but 1080p users get the version you’re pedaling now.

How hard is if for you to supply a comparable service to EVERY user? You already have a resolution script in the website (which isn’t working correctly, especially as we have to manually change the global browser settings) just add a check for 720p and point those users to that specific version of the site. This is basic web compatibility and design, not brain surgery.

Do I expect in the near future that the PS3 Blog will only be viewable via PC on resolutions 1600 x 1200 and upwards?

Shambles!