*UPDATE* PlayStation 3 firmware 1.93 goes live

Listed in: News Tags: Japan, Europe, North America, firmware updates, Eric Lempel

Originally posted Sep 12, 2007 at 04:39PM

Just in case we caught you snoozing on firmware watch, here's an update: firmware 1.93 for the PlayStation 3 has gone live in Japan and basically everywhere else (read: North America and Europe).

According to a blog post by PSN Operations Director Eric Lempel (yesterday), the PS3 update will be bringing about a fix for the "network disconnect" issue that plagued some players after 1.92. PSP owners, on the other hand, will be getting new features as requested. Lempel didn't really go into much detail as to what the changes would be, though we really didn't have to wait that long for the back-to-back firmware updates to make their rounds.

We'll get back to you with the changelog, among other details so stay tuned (plus news on the PSP FW update as well).

Thanks to salimdao and dumbdrinker for the tips!

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*UPDATE* Just as promised, the PlayStation 3 firmware update was a fix for the network issues experienced by a lot of players. We've got the changelog from the official PlayStation website for Japan and well, it contains a single line:

• Stability of network connection was improved.

Pretty much sums it up. We're still keeping our eyes peeled for other changes made to other regions so keep it here.