A quick note to say that those PS3 owners who either intentionally avoided firmware 2.40 or missed their chance to download it can finally get their hands on the in-game-XMB-enabled Trophy-stacked update in the form of version 2.41. Unfortunately, you still get the rubbish music player.
A quick quote from the folks over at ThreeSpeech details what the initial issue apparently was with 2.40, and if you’re so inclined you can read it after the jump. Otherwise, go ahead and grab the new firmware.
“The PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) system software version 2.41 is now available for update from July 8, 2008. With this update, we have fixed the problem that prevented a limited number of PS3s from activating properly after updating to version 2.40, when certain system administrative data were contained on the HDD.
For those users who have updated to version 2.40 and have experienced the problem that XMB™(XrossMediaBar) is not appearing, or no images are displaying on the screen, please contact Customer Service.
We have confirmed that for those users who have successfully updated to the version 2.40 and are able to activate the PS3 system, this problem will not occur on your PS3.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you and appreciate your understanding and continued support.”
Thanks I suppose, but isn’t quality assurance supposed to pick up on this sort of thing before it goes public? Anyway, everybody can now enjoy their in-game XMB and atrocious redesigned music player, and now we can go rack up some Trophies in all those games that support the-oh, wait, never mind.
Source: Firmware 2.41 Announcement - ThreeSpeech
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Keith K // Jul 8, 2008 at 9:58 am
I don’t think anyone who frequents SG is dumb enough to have been laid up by the trivial problems caused by 2.40.
If you call customer service, they will tell you to swap in a dummy HDD to install the firmware update and then swap back your original HDD. This will result in no data lost.
If you cannot perform the operation on your own (for lack of another HDD), Sony will do it for you.
This is of course one of the pitfalls of allowing your userbase their own choice of HDD. Microsoft deals with these problems on PC every single day. To prevent the issues with their console, they sell a standard issue HDD at a price we all agree is extortion.
2 Yamster // Jul 8, 2008 at 10:04 am
But of course, the advantage is that hard drives for the PS3 are as cheap as laptop hard drives because..well, they are laptop hard drives. While sending your PS3 away to have your new firmware installed can be a little bit of a weird move, at least Sony are offering to fix the consoles, look at it that way. Courier picks your PS3 up, arrives at Sony the next day, installed, sent back, bish-bash-bosh, done.
3 Lono // Jul 8, 2008 at 10:33 am
I laugh at this whole thing… Swapping HDD’s just to get a firmware update? Sending your entire PS3 back to Sony, just to get a firmware update???
What the hell? This went totally FUBAR for Sony… I’m actually afraid to install 2.41… I think I’ll wait a day or two to see if there’s any other “issues.”
4 Lono // Jul 8, 2008 at 10:50 am
On the other hand, my Xbox is currently in route to Texas to be repaired…
6 on one, half a dozen on the other…
AND my Captcha reads, and I’m not making this up, Companies good.
unbelieveable.
5 Mehar // Jul 8, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Lono: Its hard to compare the two, one is hardware and the other is software. I have never tried this on the 360 but there are a few guides on the Internet explaining how someone would “flash” a corrupt update off there 360, I’m not sure on the success rate.
They did similar things with the PSP, you had to send it back when it bricked so they could reflash it, of course it lead to there downfall since someone left the flash files on the memory stick and hackers got a hold of it.
6 Yamster // Jul 8, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Lono, 2.41 is perfectly safe to install having got it on my system already. Since you didn’t upgrade to 2.40 you’ll be fine. If not, I’ll personally send you my head on a plate.
7 Havok Saunders // Jul 8, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I never had any problems with Firmware update 2.40. Actually, since the update, my PS3 has been downloading things much faster from the Playstation store. I hope that trend continues.
8 Mehar // Jul 8, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Havok: Probably because the other 5 owners got bricked
Sorry, I just had to say that. Sony was saying they were updating the PSN store so it looks like it will.
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