It should support at least some version of flash, shouldn't it? I mean, half the internet is flash (exaggeration, but still a valid point)! The PSP supports an older version of flash (was it flash player 8?) And most computers from like, 8 years ago could run it well enough...

Also, I'd always imagined that the 3D movie service thingy will be one of those temporary download/streaming type deals, like however movie rentals work on PS3 (never tried them).

You're probably right though, if they haven't announced it yet when just about everything else has been anounced, I don't see them doing it any time soon. Wishful thinking I guess.

'Tis a fine shame...

Hey Everyone!

With Nintendo having confirmed that the 3DS will support a variety of different media jazz such as displaying images and playing music, do you think it is likely that the device will be able to play standard video files (XVID, H264, etc)? From my Googling, it seems nothing has been confirmed yet. While the screen may not have the best resolution, it is quite large and 3D capable - makes sense to me that it'd be able to play videos... It has a web browser which will likely support flash, meaning it'll support youtube and such, so it's already halfway there...

As someone who doesn't have an i-Phone/portable media player/whatever who really wants to watch videos in goodish quality on the go, I'm kinda really hoping that it can...

Anyway, what do you folk think? Has this been confirmed/denied yet? Does anyone else even care 'cept me? Am I asking too many questions!?

Thanks a lot in advance everyone and sorry if this is in the wrong board! :P

Thanks guys.

So nothing is certain yet? It's all speculation so far?

Hey everyone, sorry if this isn't where I should be posting this (this was the closest thing to a 3DS board I could find).

Just wondering - does anyone know if the 3DS is region-locked or whatnot? I come from Australia, and, as some are already aware, we suffer from "let's release games 8-months late, at twice thier normal price, or a combination of the two syndrome". That is of course assuming that the game is released here at all - often games don't make it down-under, due either to them being banned, or companies just not bothering to release a game to such a small portion of the international market. Basically, the 3DS being region-free is important to me, as importing saves me money, time, and opens up a wider game market.

anyway, thanks for reading my random-ramblings, and many thanks in advance!

Yeah, I actually tried it and figured it out on my own too - but thanks anyway, buddy!

Firstly, I'm sorry if this has been asked before (which I'm sure it has) - I tried a google search and a forum search but found no results. (too many acronyms I guess, lol)

My Question: Is a downloaded PSOne game's (a 'PSOne Classics' game downloaded from the PSN) save-data compatable and interchangable between a PS3 and a PSP? I'm currently about half-way through playing Final Fantasy VIII on my PS3 and, as I am about to go on a long car trip, would like to continue playing it from my current save-game on my brother's PSP - is this possible? Putting FFVIII on my brother's PSP is easy enough but will putting my save on it work?

Sorry if this is the wrong board for this question and sorry I'm too lazy to try this for myself... :P

Many thanks in advance, everybody!

Hey, thanks a lot buddy! That actually helps quite a bit! (especially Q's 3 & 4)

I was kinda confused as to whether in all the tutorials the FAT32 drive was the new HDD or the one everything was being backed up to, but now I know...

And if it does keep everything except for trophies (can anyone else confirm this?), that's a load off my mind!

Anyway, thanks again dude...

Just so everyone knows, I'd like to start off by saying that (on the subject of upgrading my PS3's hard drive) I've already done much googling, read several written tutorials (including gamespot's one), read a few of the stickied threads here, and even tried to search other posts (don't quite get the search function here though - don't post much). I just figured that reading the answers to the exact questions I've been wondering would clear a lot of things up for me...

After nearly 2 years, my 40GB PS3 hard drive is finally full, and I'd like to upgrade to something like a nice 250GB. My questions on the subject are:

1. Is this tutorial reliable? (seems to be, but is it good enough to follow entirely?)

2. Will any 2.5" SATA, 5400rpm, FAT32 formatted HDD do? (I guess I'll get a Seagate like in most of the tutorials... That's fine, yes?)

3. So for any HDD that's above 32GB, when being formatted to FAT32 it needs to made into several partitions no larger than 32GB? Won't this confuse the PS3 maybe? (also anyone know of any good programs for formatting or is the default Windows utility fine?)

4. What is lost when using the PS3's HDD backup utility? (I assume game-saves are kept, and game installations don't really matter. What about things like paid DLC? PSOne games? Demos? Downloaded PSN games? Other random junk likes pictures or videos I have floating around on my PS3? 3 key things that stand out to me are "If you restore on a different system some data will not be restored", "...user information will not be backed up" and "Limitations may apply when backing up certain copyright-protected content".

5. I need to reinstall the OS once the HDD is replaced, yes? Do I just do this the same way I normally would do it via USB? (folder called 'PS3' inside that a folder called 'UPDATE'?)

Thanks for takin' the time to read all this, sorry about all the text, and thanks a lot in advance!

Happy hunting! (whatever that means... )