Sony is waiting to drop the 2.4 update at 2008’s E3, which is about 3 weeks away. Aside from Game Achievements, here is what we can expect to do with the new in-game XMB:
- Friend category
- View, send, receive messages
- Manage downloads
- Set the vibration feature of the controller
- Sign in to PlayStation Network
- Register friends
- Manage Bluetooth devices
- Terminate the game
- Music category
- Use the system BGM
- Work the system BGM operation panel
- Settings category
- Assign controllers
- View profiles
- Game category
- Set audio devices
- Use the voice changer
I will be the first to admit that I never saw the need to in-game XMP until JP and I played GTA IV online and I was having Bluetooth headset problems. I had to constantly quit out of the game and reconfigure the headset. This would have been so much easier with in-game XMB.
