PS3 Firmware 2.40 Causing Problems
I finally got a chance to sit down and fire up my Playstation 3 to play some Grand Theft Auto IV after a hard week’s work, and update to the latest 2.40 firmware, except it wasn’t available for download. I’m thinking wtf is going on here?
Well, apparently people have been having problems with the new update, and as a result Sony has taken the update offline for further testing. They are promising to get it released as soon as possible once they pin down the cause of the problems. Sony has this to say,
“As has been reported on many gaming blogs and websites, we have temporarily taken Firmware v2.40 offline. We’ve received a limited number of calls from consumers experiencing an issue with installing the system software update on their PS3. While our consumer services department has seen a low volume of calls on this topic, we are committed to providing the PS3 community with XMB access features delivered in the v2.40 update. We are working diligently to isolate the problem for those few consumers and to identify a solution before we put the firmware back up.”
Hopefully they will sort this out soon so I can play around with the new features.
UPDATE
The new release of firmware 2.41 is expected midweek after July 4th. Sony believes to have fixed the issue concerning 2.40.
Playstation Blog update:
“Hi, everyone. As many of you know, we released PS3 firmware update v2.40 last week, but had to take it offline temporarily because, for a limited number of users, the XMB wouldn’t display after the update was installed. We’ve been able to fix the problem, and I’m happy to report that firmware update v2.41 will be released shortly.”
July 3, 2008 at 8:14 pm | Playstation, Software |
