Oh, Sony. How can you screw up this badly with STANDARDIZED HARDWARE?
Sony PlayStation 3 Update Locks Consoles
ARTICLE DATE: 07.03.08
By 1UP Staff, ExtremeTech
The official PlayStation forums (via Kotaku) are exploding today after the recent and long-awaited 2.40 firmware update for the PlayStation 3 hit consoles with some added surprises.
Owners of every model of PS3 are reporting problems ranging from the small -- microphone's cutting out -- to the monumental -- consoles remaining frozen at the initial wave screen. In response, Sony has taken down the update for the time being and made an update to their knowledge center post for the 2.40 boss with the following text:
"UPDATE: 7/2/2008, the PlayStation 3 system software version 2.40 has been temporarily taken offline and will not be available for download as our engineers examine any possible issues with this update. The Knowledge Center will be updated with information as it becomes available; please check back here for further details."
Before they took action, Sony PR director Patrick Seybold told Joystiq they are "looking into it right now and will work with those customers [to] directly address any issues they may be experiencing."
Unfortunately, the only currently known fix for those with a non-operational system is a save game-erasing hard drive reformat. One could always transfer saves over to another media device prior to reformat, but the only other option at this time is sending it in to Sony for a $150.00 repair. Given Seybold's comments, presumably Sony will be working out other fixes for systems that were broken with the update soon.
As we reported earlier, the massive update includes an in-game Cross-Media Bar, the much talked about Trophy system, and many more features. We'll update with further info when the 2.40 update goes back online.
