As you may have noticed, FW 3.41 was somehow “empty”, only one feature was known: recommendations.
Whilst some of you may find it important, most of you will probably find it that it’s not worth updating.
However, according to Examiner, Sony added something new that we didn’t know. It’s an enhancement to the Playstation 3 system which makes downloading firmwares faster.
The trick is that Sony is now only releasing an update file which contains the new files or files that have changed instead of providing the whole firmware.
Forget those long, long…minutes that you must wait before being able to play online again, Sony did something nice this time!
To quote:
Hidden away in the firmware update, Sony put a new incremental download patch in place, though the PS3 has always had this type of feature, this new incremental feature will now allow for smaller downloads. Previously, all firmware updates were incremental and they built off each other since the original firmware, but Sony has revised that concept and firmware updates will now only download what is needed from the latest firmware opposed to downloading the entire firmware. Firmware 3.41 only needed around 40MB of information, so the system only downloaded that much, opposed to 200MB of additional information from previous firmwares.
This will allow for smaller updates, faster downloads, and PlayStation Plus subscribers an easier time with auto-downloads. It may not change much in your system functions, but it’ll make updating your system an easier process as you’ll be downloading less files.
Source: Examiner
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