Sony disables 3rd party devices with latest firmware

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disolitude said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

disolitude said:

Yeah, this isnt cool. My new PS3 aint leaving 3.41 firmware.

All I'll play online is Halo REach for the next few anyways so I really ain' missing anything

They will force the update on future games just like they did on RDR. The firmware update was actually on the RDR disc.

Wow...how can they do that? They can limit PSN, but actually have games force updates?

Those people that don't want to lose Other OS can't play RDR?

Exactly, which has always been the real issue with the other OS FW update. Sony claimed that it's only optional and your only loss is access to PSN, but if it ends up you can't play any new release games without the FW update then It's Sony not delivering on the core purpose of the device.

I'm gonna check my HDD functionality tonight to see if I can still back up. I've installed 3.50 fingers crossed it'll be OK. Pretty sure external HDDs should be OK. If "only" 75% of 3rd party USB devices won't work then that means 25% still do.