It’s common practice to blame personal hardware issues that arise during a firmware update on the very fact that you’re messing about with the innards of your PS3. After all, if it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck – it’s obviously firmware 3.21’s fault.
That said, PS3s invariably go tits-up on a daily basis. They shouldn’t, of course, but it’s a fact of life in the electronics market that hardware regularly fails despite the fact that we’d like our precious gadgets to be as reliable as (non-Russian) nuclear power plants.
If you still believe the recent firmware update not only removed OtherOS from your system but also converted your PS3 into an expensive doorstop, Sony have issued a statement disputing your claims:
“We have seen no evidence to suggest that previous versions of our firmware updates for the PlayStation 3 have caused PlayStation 3 Systems to become permanently damaged. It may be the case that, coincidentally, a console may happen to develop a fault during an update.
Potentially millions of consoles are carrying out firmware updates at any time and it may be the case that, coincidentally, a console may happen to develop a fault at that time, which is totally unrelated to the firmware update.
Furthermore it is important to note that it is simply not possible for a system software update to affect the mechanical operation of PlayStation 3 in any way.”
So, now you know. It was just a coincidence. Nothing to see here. Not that you can see through your blinding rage anyway.
Source: Nowgamer.
