As you should all be aware by now, last month yielded a new firmware update for PlayStation 3 owners. The reason for the update was fairly miniscule, as it was only intended to “improve the playback quality of some PlayStation 3 and PlayStation format software.” Little did we all know about the havoc that it would inflict on every single PS3 that touched the update. In my haste to download PixelJunk Eden, I accidently downloaded the firmware. As a result, I sprained my knee and my coffee maker quit working.
And I am not the only one apparently. Kotaku spotted that the official PlayStation boards are lit up like a Christmas tree in response to the havoc that “flimsyware” 2.42 has caused. Some users complain of disc errors, others hard drive malfunctions. I recently had the opportunity to talk to Sony Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein about the issue, and he made mention that “We read the boards and forums, too” and are “looking into [the issue.]” He also said “anyone experiencing any problem should, as usual, contact Customer Services.”
Mr. Rubenstein was unwilling to comment on my coffee maker that the latest firmware broke, but hopefully, if I send enough emails, he will comment eventually. On a serious note, this problem seems to have been blown completely out of proportion. The firmware is probably as safe as a typical update and is probably nothing to worry about. Just for a quick check though, has your PS3 or ferret died lately as a result of the firmware?
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7:08 PM on 08.05.2008
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THANKS HEMORRHOID!
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Deploying water guns in 3, 2, 1...
...sorry, what were you talking about?
I swear half of these things are just put together by assholes.
whoa, take it easy...
also, mine works just fine
but its packed in a box, ready to be moved to the euronarp ( see my blog for that :p )
I have no trophies, can I count that as a malfunction or is it just me pumping out suck and fail at Super Stardust?
360 broke right after i downloaded it though, fan boys figure that one out
Thanks for pointing this out, sir. It gets annoying when people say "xbots fabricate stories about this" and the like.
However, 2.42 DID RRoD my 360.
I know a couple of the managers for GAME in Australia and they say that most of these PS3 failures are due to updates and that alot of people are so worried about their PS3 failing that they will never put it online.
Kinda stinks, I was going to get a PS3 next week. I guess I will have to wait and see what Sony does to fix this really bad problem on their console.
@Crumpet - wherever you got that 24% failure rate from is absolute crap. I think you forgot the "-" in between, it should be 2-4% failure rate. As you can see from all these posts, nothing to worry about in Sony land....move along.
One thing I did notice: many months ago, they did an update which meant that you could start watching a Blu-ray movie, eject the disk, put it back in the next day and the player went straight back to the last moment you were watching before you ejected the disk. Well, I did this yesterday for the first time since acquiring my replacement PS3 and the disk just went straight to the menu screen rather than the previous point where I stopped watching. I dunno if this is relevant to the firmware issue. The movie was There Will be Blood, so maybe this is something specific to that disk. It did carry a weird warning that the disk might take a few minutes to load, so perhaps it was just down to There Will be Blood, rather than a problem with the PS3 itself.
But it detects my sisters PC now WTF? Not that I care much. my PC is only a foot away from my gaming area. and I don't mind using my pc as a radio or media player. my PS3 is for games, and as long as it does that I'm happy