PS3 full-screen Flash "coming soon"

[Shrygue]

via Eurogamer


Sony's PS3 firmware update site claims that full-screen Flash playback for the internet browser is "coming soon".

The page reportedly said yesterday that a firmware update, 2.53, "was [sic] released on November 26, 2008", but that bit has now disappeared and the "full-screen mode for Flash Player content" is now listed as "coming soon" instead.

Sony's 2.5 firmware update for PS3 quietly introduced windowed Flash 9 content support alongside a raft of other changes.

However, the experience has been mixed for those who use the internet browser to access Flash 9 content (try comparing this Papervision demo running on PC and PS3, for instance), so hopefully full-screen support is coupled to some performance updates as well.

There's no word from Sony yet on whether 2.53 will go live today and when we switched on our PS3s this morning we got nothing. Apart from the serene intro music, obviously. Uuuuuaaaaahhh!

[onetwentyeight]

After purchasing a PS3 for LBP but spending most of my time with WipeoutHD, I had hoped that the 2.5 update would allow for decent hulu/joost viewing, but I neglected to take into account programming for ppc v x86. Basically flash sucked on my PS3 (along with a browser more wretched than that of the PSP), so I went ahead and hooked my PC to my TV for an excellent setup (wires hidden in basement).

Don't hold your breath for any improvements to flash with this release.

[ICE]

Hulu works pretty darn well on PS3 in my opinion. I cant wait for this :P

[jrsmaster411]

I haven't tried Hulu in the browser but you could always use playon to watch Hulu full screen http://www.themediamall.com/