Fra den officielle PlayStation-blog forlyder det nu at en ny PlayStation 3-firmware skulle være klar i morgen. Firmwarens primære nyhed bliver at importere din Trophy-samling fra PlayStation Vita over på PlayStation 3, sådan at du altså vil få et samlet Trophy-kabinet hvor du kan se dem alle sammen.
Den nye firmware siger også farvel til Folding@home - programmet som kunne benytte din PlayStation 3 til at hjælpe med at udregne matematiske formler i forbindelse med forskning af sygdomme som Parkinsons, Alzheimers og forskellige former for kræft.
I den forbindelse udtaler Vijay Pande fra Stanford University:
"The PS3 system was a game changer for Folding@home, as it opened the door for new methods and new processors, eventually also leading to the use of GPUs.
We have had numerous successes in recent years. Specifically, in a paper just published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, we report on tests of predictions from earlier Folding@home simulations, and how these predictions have led to a new strategy to fight Alzheimer's disease."