Source: International news service Reuters.

What we heard: Last week, Sony dropped details on the latest feature update to the PlayStation 3's internal system software. In addition to further synergizing the PS3 and the PlayStation Portable and implementing a myriad of other tweaks, firmware version 2.20 will upgrade the PS3's Blu-ray Disc Profile to 2.0. Significantly, the update, known as BD-Live, will turn the PS3 into the first and only Blu-ray player capable of accessing the Internet for additional content, a feature that is expected to be implemented in other devices later this year.

As part of last week's announcement, Sony said that it was expecting to implement the firmware update by the end of March. However, it appears the project has hit a minor snag. Reuters is reporting today that Sony "is targeting" April 8 as the release date for the PS3's BD-Live update. The news outlet reports that the update will debut alongside Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's first two Blu-Ray Disc offerings slated to support the feature: the John C. Reilly-led Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Arnold Schwarzenegger's The 6th Day.

While Walk Hard and The 6th Day won't be the first films to include support for the BD-Live update--Lionsgate's War and Saw IV supported the feature when they were released in January--the movies will be Sony's own maiden effort with the alternative content delivery method. It seems likely, then, that Sony would want to match up the two releases from a promotional and marketing perspective. It also makes sense that the BD-Live update's release would be the more malleable of the two, considering the amount of coordination with retailers required to get Walk Hard and The 6th Day on store shelves.

The reputability of the reporting outlet also lends credence to the April 8 release date. While not infallible, Reuters isn't exactly the type of news service that is prone to running as fact unconfirmed or speculative information. As such, it stands to reason that the publication has a hard source for the date.

The official story: Sony had not responded to requests for comment as of press time.

Bogus or not bogus?: Tentatively not bogus.

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This post was last modified: 03-24-2008 04:03 PM by gft77.

Well a few days later won't change much. It'll give them time to make sure it works so that they don't pull a Micro$oft.

This post was last modified: 03-24-2008 04:38 PM by Rooster.

This is a really big role out, so your right Ninja, they wanna get this right and not piss off a lot of people. I was so looking forward to downloading it over the weekend, and who knows, maybe I still will be able to since this hasn't be confirmed as fact, but I'm guessing Reuters got it right.

wait..it was supposed to come out this weekend? I thought it was just announced for a later date. Dang I really need to keep up with this stuff.

Yeah it was suppose to come out at the end of March.

So it wasn't delayed after all. I'm downloading it now!