PS3 Poll Police: did you have firmware 2.40 troubles?

PS3Fanboy writes: The Poll Police want to check on something this week since all squad members at HQ (being we, the bloggers) did not have any issues with the 2.40 firmware update. Was the faulty firmware widespread, or limited to enough people that it was a minor issue, but the internet was set on fire anyway because it's fun to rain on somebody's parade? That's probably a loaded question, so let's reword that in the form of a poll. Any troubles with firmware 2.40?

[SpecialSauce]

is there anyway i can dwn load it now? my friend has it and it runs smooth so i don't see why they took it off.

[Hydrolex]

Poor Xbotx

LOL where is that dude Angelino or something ?

[Shaka2K6]

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[gunnerheadboy]

I didn't have any problems.

[juuken]

No problems for me! :)

[360degrees]

I had absolutely no problems with this whole Flawed 2.40 Fiasco, possibly on part to mine being the 20GB model, Its never really given me any issues thankfully

[Hydrolex]

If you had problems = Disagree me

If you had no problems = Agree me

so we can see how many people had problems

[PoSTedUP]

lol good idea, but what about the hating 360 fanboys? aren't they gunna click the dissagree button?.......lol good effort though. ill give you a bubble ; )

i had no problems but like one of my friends is having bad problems, like hes getting disconnected form chats and games but thats only one friend.

[Gazman]

No probs here I got it as soon as it popped up for download

[Hydrolex]

MS wants to find issues on the PS3 and make them famous like 3 Red ring of death.

So I think Microsoft found those problems in 2.40.

when 10 MS employees come in our forums and post something bad about 2.40, it makes other people to think that 2.40 is bad so they start to find the problems. This is called Sh*tvertising

[Hydrolex]

^
for example I myself I didn't know what's 3 RED Ring Of Death and I have never had an 360.

LOLLLLLLLL but after I saw people making fun of 360 because of 3RROD, I started to do the same thing.

aahahahahah I'm a fanboy

[Omegasyde]

The only problem that bugs me is that they should really simplify the in game XMB in comparison to the out of game XMB.

It makes no sense to have a duplicate bar with 95% of time you have to exit the game and use it.

hopefully in future updates they make a more user friendly XMB bar with the bare minimum. No sense of displaying features that you can't use in game.

[PoSTedUP]

its all good though. the ps3 dosnt really have huge problems. a few delays here and there, one messed up fw update, its only been out for like a year and six months and even less in EU. im willing to give it some time, but 360 fanboys are talking sh*t now b/c they wont have anything to say in the near future when sony starts dropping bombs. sorry. peace and god bless.

[Shaka2K6]

Its no real.

[Sayai jin]

PoSTedUP- Let's see, no one should be talking sh!t about the firmware problem, but aren't you doing the same to 360 fanboys? Anyways, I remember everyone saying how the 360 was dead after MGS4 was released and how the PS3 was dead after Halo 3 was released, but just look the PS3 and 360 are a live and kicking. They all have "bombs" to drop even the Wii, LOL. Man just enjoy playing your console and do not worry about the fanboys. Fanboys will be fanboys you can count on that.

Shaka2K6- Yeah and Sony just pulled the firmware update off there servers for no reason at all. I am glad they find the problem and are currently working on it.

On topic, No I have not had any problems with the upgrade.

Game on...

[guitarfanboy]

besides freezing issues with heavy web browsing. I have company over a lot and we usually just drink and watch videos late into the night. My PS3 froze 3 times in one night browsing youtube and other sites. I have a 60gb launch. The in-game xmb worked amazing during gameplay, and when you bring it up in MGS4 on parts you wouldn't normally be able to pause, like on the turret on drebins ride between locations, it pauses gameplay and doesn't mess up your game. The in-game xmb is a bit laggy, and, I'm paranoid, but the fan kicks on a lot more while playing games. I've unlocked all the trophies on SSHD besides 3, and one of them is because SSHD : Split Screen Co-op add-on was taken down, for some unclear reason, which has me even more paranoid. Everyone that has the 2.40 update installed, give your PS3 a break until we hear a clear response from SONY about what the real issues are. Just my 2 cents.

[nizza]

None whatsoever. 60gb Uk launch PS3, not a sniff of trouble.

[nix]

i don't know... but my ps3 has stopped recognising the blu-ray drive.

i already have 2.4 and it was working fine (played MGS4 for 10 hours). then i popped in GTA4 and it asked me to 'update'. i installed that and suddenly, it said "unrecognised format" on the blu-ray drive. then i restarted and it didn't show anything at all.

i've already reformated (the longer one) but still no sign.

i have a 60gb european version ps3.

and please don't click on disagree because i'm the one who's got a problem and i'm telling the truth and there were couple of people with who disagreed when i pointed it first.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

[beavis4play]

haven't you called sony customer support yet? and when you say you restart and get "nothing"; you mean system doesn't come on? as i said last post....call support. and give their response in a post sometime. i'm curious as to what happened.

[nix]

yeah.. i remember you too.. q:

nope.. i haven't called them up yet.

when i say restart.. i meant it doesn't show the "drive icon". it's not there. and when i put in a dvd/blu-ray... it just continues to load (remember the loading icon on top right corner) but nothing happens.

right now i am just waiting for new update to come so that i can install it. 1.41. if it still doesn't work then i might have to start calling.

tonight i might clean the drive too.. using a cd cleaner. let's see.

thanks by the way. q:

[PoSTedUP]

well people are talking sh*t about the fw update. im just saying whats real dog. im not really talkin sh*t im talking sense and history repeats itself so sony gunna drop a bomb just like they did in the past and its gunna be a wrap, i do enjoy my console, but i also enjoy doing this ; ) peace and god bless.

[jamenees]

the exact same thing happened to me about a month ago just before the mgs4 launch. This had nothing to do with fw but once my ps3 stopped reading blu rays it essentially was useless. sony had me a new one in 8 days, you should just get it over with...but good luck and sorry to hear about your trouble.

[Lifendz]

What's your PSN? I'd love to catch you in a match of COD4 cage match.

[UnSelf]

ppl had problems?

[nix]

oh... thanks dude.

looks like i'll have to part with it for few days... sigh!

[Wildarmsjecht]

No troubles. My brother didnt get a chance to do an update via the site, but found one on file share. He put it in just the other day on his ps3, and it works fine. Don;t know what the issue is, or just how many people are affected, but I doubt it's as serious as some people want it to be.

[TheHater]

I was one of the unlucky few that had problems with the firmware. I just got a new 250GB hard drive, and everything was fix. I didn't however lost all my save data, and all the sh!t I downlaoded

[Zhuk]

Only if they bought an Xbox 360 they wouldnt be having this problem

[360degrees]

I suppose going with the Xbox360 console would solve the current Firmware update Woes (although my PS3 updated to the 2.40 just fine)

[QueefyB]

hey zhuk why are you poking fun at the xbox 360 so the console can destroy superman with its heat so what lets be mature and be happy that the xbox 360 has not yet claimed a life but has claimed a few houses

[SpecialSauce]

rrod ring a bell????

[Omegasyde]

Zhuk,

firmware problems are nothing in comparison with over a couple billion dollars with HARDWARE problems.

Seriosly, xbox fanboys can't state Sh!t.

And ironically the "Wii-tards" are on the sidelines laughing at sony and xbox fanboys. Funny how DRE problems are out of the spot light on nintendo's corner.

[Gazman]

I bought a xbox 360 and ps3, and have had more probs with the xbox

[gunnerheadboy]

HAhahha.
zhuk= idiot
360= fail

[PS3ALLDAY122]

DUD USE PS3 OWNERS DIDENT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE RROD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA RROD FING XBOTS HAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO.1 NOOBS HAHAHAHAHA

[crimsonfox]

nope

[ps3FTW]

Well i did not download the update so no.

[Raoh]

no problems here

if anything i found surfing with the internet browser on the ps3 faster....

[Megaton]

No issues at all, downloaded it the moment it went live.

[Zip]

I guess that I am one of the lucky few, I have no issues at all with it

[xxBATTLECATxx]

there are no "lucky few" without problems
i bets its like 1 out of every 30 people had problems, its runs nearly as smooth as the regular xmb, its fantastic

[Omegasyde]

that 2 games were supporting custom music. Pixel junk being one of them...What was the other? I know it wasn't Stardust because it has a built in music player along with High Velocity bowling.

Does anyone know what the 2nd title is?

[wAtdaFck]

I think the other was Warhawk.

I'm waiting to get back on that one when they release the update for the trophies.

[Omegasyde]

Negative. Warhawk doesn't support custom music or trophies at the time of release for 2.4.

Hopefully Soon however,
because I am burned out on Cod4, MGO got old fast, BF:bad company is repetitive, no one plays gta4 online. and Socom Confrontation got delayed.

[Lumbo]

no game uses the new 2.4 ability to allow custom soundtracks via the xmb.

PJM uses the same method as SSHD and HVB

[xxBATTLECATxx]

its PAIN
i just found out after i got back from vacation
its pretty sweet to do it in game

[Polluted]

Hmmm...if that number for people who had trouble is accurate (around 140 when I looked) then it's probably for the best that they pulled 2.4 when they did. I'm among those who didn't have any problems, but even if it's just on 1% of systems, that adds up to a lot of PS3s.

[Toki Wartooth]

I havent hads any problems. But it is goods that they like pull the two dot point zero to fix its. It was pretty good thing to do.

[Polluted]

Toki Wartooth?!? Ahhhhhh!!

[Blademask]

Installed VIA SD card though

[FAQS]

Q: did you have firmware 2.40 troubles?
A: As 99% of the PS3 owners, I didn't experience any problem whith firmware 2.40!

[micro_invader]

I've had no trouble at all, thankfully.

[crippler666]

I have not had any problems with the update. The only time my PS3 has ever crashed is during 2 of the Return of the Jedi levels on Lego Star Wars. Never a problem with an update.

[dabizo]

I have the original 60gig model and had to download the file from a link off NEOGAF because Sony pulled it.. Anyway No prblems at all its great.
The XMB is a little sluggish but I can handle that, sure it will be improved.

[BlackCountryBob]

The only problem I have had with 2.40 is that it screwed up some music I copied onto the PS3 and wont let me delete it but it is hardly a massive problem IMO. Other than that it has been working fine.

[tweaker]

Every one of my PS3's updated flawlessly.

[jay2]

No problem here, but my friend Luke had his HDD corrupted and had to re-format and start all his games from sceatch.

[brothersimon]

ps3 still failing and sucking?

trying to hard to be like 360 but failing :(

[gambare]

you mean they try to burn houses and stuff?

[beavis4play]

no problems

[Nitrowolf2]

@1.1
if you did my math correctly and did this
54 = 1000
over over
6 X

the resulting # from croos multiplying then dividing 6000 by 54 = 111.111111
so for 1000 people only 111 people are having problems
could have done my math wrong

[XBOX OWNS PS3]

Could not agree more my brother maybe these cheap skates should just start paying for superior service!!!

[brothersimon]

Now why would they do that?

They'll have no quality games to play, no quality exclusives I mean.

Ps3 will die off next year imo, 360 will reign king and thats the story of this current gen

[ThatCanadianGuy]

LMFAO!

Gather'round folks

Dumb & dumber over here have something to say.

[OgTheClever]

But does the browser PS3 internet browser crashing a few times count as a problem? (It still crashed a lot before the firmware though)

[Cynical-Gamerzus]

Absolutely no problems here !! i got the torrent!after Sony pulled it!
and downloaded it and installed it off of a Flash drive.
Works flawless.
Remember alot of the slow underage gamers aren't used to having to deal with downloads/ firmware/upsdate/ or hard drive installs/etc etc. They are used to the good old PS2 nintendo console days where you just turn it on!!!
No updates etc...Im thinking alot of people are just careless!!and causing the problems themselves.

[braydon619]

no problems, i was actually surprised when i got home and checked this site to see that people were having problems lol

[PSWe60]

can't say the same for the PUTO Bots,
losing their homes to fire damage, waiting for their bricked console to come back from the shop like Jason 3rd60. Or scratched discs or getting their a$$es kicked in Japan and Europe and losing ground in the U.S.

Yeah the xbox is king, of screwing their idiot consumers and nickle and diming them to death.

Like the PUTO bots in these web sites, the 3rd60 is PATHETIC and easily dismissed by everyone

[mindedone]

I had no problem installing it, but one time while in MGS, I was trying to write a message and my PS3 froze. I'm kind of paranoid to do it again, at least during MGS.

[alakazzam]

Ive never had a single problem with my ps3

[SSCOOLCHEA]

I downloaded right away . I have a 60gb and never had a problem with it .

[nirun]

NONE :) 80 GB

[PimpHandHappy]

its the best thing Sony has done. I like to play online and this really did improve my online experience 1000%

its been all gravy

not one issue

[The Mikester]

Ok i bet some asshole posted this article in the first place and all my friends haven't had any problems with the 2.40 update so shut up and stop posting articles about the 2.40 update.