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sega4life on 07 April 2010

Gizmodo picked up the story as well.

 

PS3 firmware 3.21 locking out more than just other operating systems?

By Donald Melanson

Sony already irked a few people by removing the "install other OS" with its PS3 firmware 3.21 update, and it looks like it may have also inadvertently drawn the ire of quite a few other users. Judging from reports on the official PlayStation forums, a sizable number of PS3 users have run into an array of different problems after installing the update, which range from folks not being able to log into PSN or load a disc after the update, to users not being able to turn on their PS3 at all -- some have even reported freezing during the update process. Of course, there's also lots of users that have updated without any issues whatsoever, and the problems don't seem to have yet drawn an official response from Sony. Let us know how things worked out for you in the comments below.



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seancsm on 07 April 2010

I have three PS3s (Australian launch 60gb, 40gb and a 250gb slimeline)  I updated all of them with no problems at all.  The upgrade sucked but the PS3s still work fine including Playtv, gaming etc etc.

 

Game On

Sean



jneul on 07 April 2010

lol no problems here, I feel sorry for those affected, I mean if they can't play games, then the ps3 needs to be returned for repair.



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Ping_ii on 07 April 2010

What sort of problems is it? my ps3 froze on me once when I was playing God of war 3 after I updated other than that nothing at all.



vitoaf27 on 07 April 2010

Never once have I experienced problems with an update (knock on wood).



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r505Matt on 07 April 2010
twesterm said:
r505Matt said:
I think it's a little ridiculous that people are pulling this "I don't know anyone that had a problem, so I don't believe it's true". A friend of mine brought this up the other day, she doesn't know anyone with HIV (nor do I) so it's obviously not real right? Or not a big deal? Awful logic.

It's also crazy timing that with almost EVERY firmware update, there are issues. I don't think this is a coincidence. What about the clock thing (yeah I went there), if they could mess that up, is it really so far-fetched that they could have little issues with all these firmware updates? I mean, it's a clock, it's not theoretical physics.

But I do also think it's blown out of proportion, but to just play it off as "not a big deal" is kind of rude to those that are having issues from this. Maybe after the first or second time I'd say "maybe it's a coincidence" but how many times has this happened now?

I think it's possible that this is all just a coincidence, but I would never just assume that. I think it's more likely that these updates are causing little problems here and there, and they'll be worked out eventually, hopefully.

Haha yeah, probably =) funny picture.