PS3 Firmware Update Pulled After Issues Arise

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  What is half-assed about this? : mittense
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    Some of the features turned out to be more limited than initially thought. http://www.shacknews.com/on... : Chris Faylor
    • Er, http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53391 : Chris Faylor
  • yeah it was a full-ass brick update. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• I'm not sure what 'breaks' have to do with it. It isn't like their previous errors or shortcomings were t... : derelict515
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  Think about how many Xbox's died. At least it's not THAT bad, right? : Jobos
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    Shouldn't gamers at least be debating the current pros and cons of these machines? Both machines have ha... : rasputinreborn
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      my broke about 2 months ago. : austere01
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        That's a lie and you know it, Bizzaro-Garvin. : rasputinreborn
        • not even a little. : austere01

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  Doh. Always sucks when an update bricks a device. : Fred Garvin
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    Fred's inner fanboy is happy with glee right now : Chandler55
    • Actually no. I would hate this to happen to anyone. Having to lose all your save games and shit is a PITA... : Fred Garvin
• Blah that sucks. Sony should have tested this update more thoroughly. : theflux
• If you have to send it in, bitch at them until they give you some PSN wallet cash or something. : SiW73
• Damn, unlucky :( : Cowburn199
• That sucks :/ Did you try holding the power button for 10 seconds until you hear a second beep? It resets... : razlebol

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• no problem here also. : duka
• I guess I can echo this result as well. Though it did take a slight bit more time to show the icons afte... : Zips
• Working fine on my 60gb as well. : theflux
• 80gig version patched fine. Played a bit of the bad company demo, it worked and the in-game XMB also work... : vacous
• I had no issues after updating. : obiquatro
• no problems on my 40gb : fsck
• No problems on my euro 60gb. : Daggoth

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  http://games.internode.on.net/filelist.php?filedetails=18672 good luck :) : nurikabe
  • Thank you SIR, i will post back my results! : raspu2n
  • I'm up and running no problems! : raspu2n
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  Firmware updates have nothing to do with the hard drive. : razlebol
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    I agree, but word on the internet is reformatting the drive clears it up. : raspu2n
    • Oh ok. Then the problem as to do with something people downloaded or game saves/installations. : razlebol
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  Firmware on the PS3 is actually on the harddrive now. : phil_mckraken
  • Well, it seems tied to the harddrive in some way now. : phil_mckraken

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  No cross game invites means it's not as good as XBL, right? : SiW73
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    I have no idea. I thought in-game XMB was what that was? : bozer
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      It's in-game messaging and trophies support. Still no private chat while in a game. No officlal cross-inv... : razlebol
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        There is private chat while in game. You can converse with your friends with text messages with the XMB ... : irrerno
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          That's what I meant. Forgot to add voice before chat. : razlebol
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            I don't think private voice chat would be hard to do. Sony has a good foundation now to work off of. ... : irrerno
            • Cross gaming invite is stupidly easy to do and can already be done. They would need to force everyone to ... : razlebol
• The in game XMB operates pretty much as advertised. I only toyed with it for a minute, but the icons see... : dltrem

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• Ah, damn it! : aavenr

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  No issues for me either. I've installed every firmware update flawlessly on my 60gb. Outcry of Firmwa... : irrerno
  • Yeah, which is why we didn't report on it until Sony actually pulled it. : Chris Faylor
  • I didn't turn my system off during the install; it went just like every other firmware update, except tha... : zippynipple

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• I think the issue was just when the system initially reboots. : Chris Faylor

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  mine had an issue that randomly rebooted three times but after that it seemed fine, given i shut it off s... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • So it being "fine" means it was "turned off"? Hehe, that's one helluva way to describe it. : LordPhobos