Playstation 3 Firmware 4.46 Released July 1, 2013

The latest required update for the Playstation 3 has been released.  Following in the footsteps of a failed firmware update which had to be pulled quickly after release, Firmware 4.46 did not brick my PS3.  Instead it adds the ability to disable trophy notifications.  Some game developers (like Quantic Dream’s David Cage) have felt trophy notifications (or achievement unlocked notifications for Xbox 360 players) distract players from the gaming experience.  Oh don’t worry, you’ll still acquire trophies during gameplay, you just won’t be notified about them the second you acquire them.  Once downloaded, you can enable the feature manually from the PS3’s options menu.

You can download Firmware 4.46 using the PS3’s update feature.  It is required to access to the Playstation Network.