Yesterday's PSN update added High Velocity bowling and Timeshift demo. These both include features that a PS3 game hasn't had yet. High Velocity Bowling supports custom soundtracks from the PS3's hard drive, and Timeshift supports in-game messaging.

Right, this is strange. The day after my rant about the PS3 not needing an in-game XMB, we get two things on the Playstation Store that ironically address the themes of discussion. High Velocity Bowling supports custom soundtracks, and the TimeShift demo allows you to bring up your friends list and read your messages.

Strange aye? It’s as if Sony was watching me write my rant, and is now putting the finger up to me and saying “suck on that!” I’m sorry Sony, you know better *cowers*.

So if you have any music tracks on your Playstation 3’s hard-drive, you can now play them during High Velocity Bowling. This all suggests that a lot of these features are available for the developers to use now, but it’s up to them to implement them and find system memory to allow for it.

Guticb via ripten.com »