ithis on 06 October 2009
| Aprisaiden said: @ithis - the update is only mandatory if you want to access PSN and there is always going to be a risk that your system will die when you update it. If your PS3 is dusty, disrupted while updating(moving or turning the console off) or if the update has corrupted packets then chances are - something can go wrong. the ONLY viable alternative to this is for console manufactures not to update their consoles. Just be glad that PS3 FW updates do something for us unlike most Wii updates... |
If the update has corrupted packets, the software should detect, fix if possible, or download again if not.
True, the device must not be disturbed while updating the FW, but I don't see why a dusty PS3 that works before an update and not after one, would break because of the dust.
If you think about it, it's really weird that a Firmware Update, which is actually a software update (OS update) would physically damage a system (any system). I mean, windows or linux might break after updates, but I never heard of a computer breaking after a software update. Sure, if you update the BIOS and if fails on you, you can break the BIOS, but no the Optical Disk Drive.
So my question is this: WTF?
