Nearly 20 years after its launch, Sony has released a software update for the PS3 that updates the console's Blu-ray player encryption key. The update requires 200MB of storage space and also improves system performance.

This is critical for users who still use their PS3 to play Blu-ray discs, as it ensures continued compatibility with new Blu-ray releases. The update requires at least 200MB of free space on the PS3 hard drive or removable storage device.

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Update (0:24 AM EST, February 20, 2025): The aPS3e PS3 emulator made headlines this week as the first functional PS3 emulator on Android. Unfortunately, the app and developer have seemingly disappeared.

Sony has released a new PS3 system software update almost nine years after the console was discontinued, although it's a pretty small one.

Anyone who happens to boot up their old PlayStation 3 may be in for a surprise as the 19-year-old console has a software update to perform. Sony announced software update 4.92 for the PS3 Wednesday morning on their @AskPlayStation account on X.

Turning the clock back roughly 15 years to the heights of the PS3 generation, Sony has supplied its third home console with an unexpected firmware update as of today, 5th March 2025. The system patch updates the console to a version number of 4.92, but don't expect it to come with any dramatic changes for the old box.

Sony‘s PS3 is getting a system software update this week. That isn’t a sentence that most people thought they would be reading in the year 2025, some 19 years after the console’s initial release date when the PS5 is the current console.