Source: (blog.us.playstation.com)

After almost 800 comments on Playstation’s Official Blog about the release of the Playstation 3 Firmware update 2.00 (about 95% of them negative), Sony has made a official comment about in-game XMB. This reply does not resolve anything, and to be honest did not even answer the question so many have been asking. It basically just mentions in-game XMB once but nothing else (no release date, no progress report, etc).

Eric Lempel // Director, PlayStation Network Operations |  November 7th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

Wow – a lot of comments, and very quickly. Let me address a few things:

About the firmware version number – In general, we don’t wait to release new features based on a particular firmware update number. The 1.80 update, for example, was pretty substantial, including important features like DVD upscaling.

That said, this update does include valuable features that consumers have been asking for – such as the Remote Start functionality. Personally, I’m looking forward to using this feature as I’m frequently on the road – and I know a lot of you are too.

As far as other features many of you are calling for (such as in-game XMB) – SCE continues to evaluate opportunities to provide new functionality to PS3 on an ongoing basis. New features and functionality have continually been added to the system since it debuted, and we will continue to update you with new developments.

We do read your comments, and they have helped shaped previous updates – including this one.