It seems to happen every time – when Sony release a new firmware update, gamers seem to find issues that somehow slipped past the bug testers over at SCEJ. Some are rarer than others, but some end up – apparently – bricking the console. It’s incredibly difficult to prove, of course. When a console that “only does everything” breaks, people are apt to blame the newest addition but with so much going on, pinpointing the cause of an issue is like finding a needle in a big pile of needles.
And so to 4.0, which many are playfully dubbing the ‘Vita update’. A quick scan of various gaming forums (including NeoGAF) suggests that the latest update not only adds the annoying health warning every boot, but also causes a few issues along the way.
The main problem seems to be hard resets and crashes after ejecting the disk – especially after playing Modern Warfare 3. The PS3 will reboot, but then you’ll get the warning message saying the machine wasn’t shutdown properly.
There’s also talk that some downloads are missing: if you grabbed something from the store but didn’t install it, the bubbles are gone but the space is still allocated. Apparently if you redownload the game you’ll get two bubbles, but one can be installed and the other deleted.
It also seems like the ability to copy PS1 and Minis games from the PS3 to the PSP has either been altered or removed, if the installed copy is deleted. It’s not a massive issue – the game can be redownloaded, but it’s an odd feature to remove.
Let us know if you’re experiencing any problems.
KeRaSh
Oh boy, this doesn’t sound good. I’ve let my PS3 download and install the update when I went to bed last night and haven’t used it since then. I don’t play MW3 and I don’t have downloaded but not installed data on my PS3 so I guess I’m safe. I hope this gets sorted if it really is a problem with the firmware.
cam the man
I just installed it about 30 min before this article was posted. I everything is OK.
TrialByFire
Don’t worry, 99% of this is noise from lame Xbox fanboys that don’t even own a PS3. Many of the comments you can call then out just by reading the inaccuracies of the what they write, that they have never owned a PS3 and have no clue about specifics of how it updates etc.
Also, I find it laughable that people are now griping about Sony putting a health warning on the PS3 when it boots, yet it was gamers who are so keen to start class action lawsuits for anything and everything. Hypocrites….
Flash
Just thought i’d point out that on the trophy list on your system, the grade of trophy (bronze, sliver etc) is no longer stated in plain text, you just have to look at the icon and have faith in your eyesight.
This isn’t the case when you compare trophies with a friend though, everything is still the same there.
djdustb
Did you change the language to UK? if so the text and in other places is gone. Change back to US and you can see the text in trophies.
moshi
Is this so Americans know what Metals they are!
Origami Killer
Noticed this as soon as I updated. Ydy shocker
tactical20
I’ve found that when I insert a disc and a patch download comes up, when I press X, it often bleeps a few times and crashes back to the XMB.
I’ve been going through a ton of discs, reinstalling stuff after I had to format my HDD and lost everything, and it’s happened at least 10 times.
The only game it happened more than once on was actually a PSN game, Lemmings, when I was trying to install the new Move patch. It worked eventually though.
kjkg
Lemminngs has move?? AMAZING!
tactical20
Yep! Lemmings 3.0, now with added Move!
kjkg
Will be downloading the patch tonight, cheers
tonyyeb
Lemmings is on the store?! When did that happen??
Carl
When the PS3 first came out.
sully1311
Before you press ‘X’, make sure the HDD light isn’t constantly lit. Should stop it from crashing and resetting
colmshan1990
What do you mean about the PS1 or minis copying thing?
If you delete it you have to redownload it?
Isn’t that what always happened?
It’s not very clear…
BLAGGER
It could mean the copy feature from PS3 to PSP has been removed? I need to check this out as I use my PS3 to store Digi files of PSP and PS1 games due to only having a small memory stick for the PSP! I hope I don’t have to keep redownloading stuff I delete, my internet speed is duff and copying is so much easier!
FluBBa
Before when you downloaded a PS1 or Minis game, you could install on the PS3 and play it, pressing triangle on it would give you the choice to also “copy” it (to a PSP). Now you either have to install it to the PS3 _or_ copy it to the PSP, but still leaving the install file right under the Games category and you can’t change album on the install files meaning it looks like a mess if you want to keep it.
Also normal PSP games can not be installed at all on the PS3 which makes that category in the (PS3) store utterly useless since they just clutter up your games section.
How is this reassuring of how the PS3 will handle PS Vita games?
colmshan1990
Ah balls.
I too use my PS3 to store all my PSP compatible games.
BLAGGER
I know it’s complete arse, doubt they will change it as only a minority will be affected :(
cc_star
No problems for me yet, although I expected more from such a prominent milestone release, although it’s probably clear by now that the FW team have probably done with everything now & are just adding features for other Sony devices as typified by recent updates.
R4U Eldave0
*optimistic thumbs up* you never know, one day we may see an update that doesn’t cause new problems :)
TrialByFire
of course, none of these are REAL problems.
55m consoles in the field and 10 people complaining, most of who don’t even own a PS3 does not make some kind of pandemic…
If you want to find a pandemic, Google for RROD…
Forrest_01
What a delightfully fanboyish comment. Well done!
skibadee
never had a problem on any updates.
bajere
same here. any product that updates always seems fine. iOS5 was another thing recently updated without a hitch, yet people have problems. I think people look for issues tbh
dundada
the only problem i have had was that my HDMI output stopped working after an update and since then i have not had HD on any game.
D-Nichol
Gamers complaining?….never
bunimomike
That’s my feelings over most of it. Unless there’s really something to kick up a fuss about let’s all settle down and breathe easily. Remember. We get to enjoy games in the first place.
1st World Problems! :-)
JBoo
“Gamers Complain About anything” lol
Not had any problems so far + i have ‘NEVER’ had a problem with a past update to? Maybe its because i do really own a PS3 unlike the people who complain on the internet? :D
DirtyHabit
Downloaded a couple of PS+ freebies last night. Downloaded and installed the games yet the ‘data bubbles’? stayed on the XMB until I deleted them manually which was a bit shit TBH. Checked the games, they are working fine…