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Earlier today, website Scrawl stumbled upon what appears to be an unintentional first glimpse at a major PS3 firmware update. The somewhat tiny
images Scrawl found buried, yet publicly accessible on Sony Computer
Entertainment Europe's website, seem to hint at native Facebook
integration on the console, along with the ability to change "gamer
card" colors (as if the current friends list wasn't obnoxious enough)
and view thumbnails of photos in a grid layout.
The images arestillup
as of this posting, but we'd imagine Sony will be pulling them before
too long -- legit or not. After all, these could simply be mock-ups of
design ideas meant for internal eyes only, just ... bungled. The one
element that isn't design-related, the Facebook settings subsection of
User Accounts, has us thinking there's a higher than average chance
these aren't simple mock-ups, but rather the result on a Sony slip-up.
We
contacted SCEE regarding the images and were told by a spokesperson
that the company "doesn't comment on rumor or speculation."
