As has been reported on many gaming blogs and websites, we have temporarily taken Firmware v2.40 offline. We’ve received a limited number of calls from consumers experiencing an issue with installing the system software update on their PS3. While our consumer services department has seen a low volume of calls on this topic, we are committed to providing the PS3 community with XMB access features delivered in the v2.40 update. We are working diligently to isolate the problem for those few consumers and to identify a solution before we put the firmware back up.
We’ll provide further information as necessary here on the Blog.
Only issues I have seen is some avi files lock and internet freeze
when will home be here?
i downloaded it succefully and the only issue i had was when i turn on my PS3 the XMB and sometimes other things would lag
the XMB lagging is new but the other thing been happening to me for a while
i have a question that i wanted to ask since ive been downloading with a usb storage but seeing that you guys arent commenting here anymore(that what it looks lik)
i ask next time when something happens like when the ps store update happens
Sometimes I wonder if people posting here complaining and thanking SONY for “nothing” do really own a PS3…maybe they should get a X360 like I did and seeing breaking twice in a lapse of 12 months and maybe realize how amazing the PS3 is, how great the support is. thanks for 2.40!
looking forward to all the features you’ll include in the future, that’s a reality on the PS3…FW updates brings features rather than fixing perfomrance issues
@Versa Thanks!
@Mazz
twice in 12 months? mine rrod’ed the second day of owning. once they sent it back, i sold it for ps3 games :)
luckily i haven’t downloaded any update and i’d hate to see my 60 gb ps3 bricked as a result of this so i’ll wait and see if anything improves
@1102
Home is where the heart is.
@whoMike, no prob, and its Vesra btw. :)
i should’ve asked “when`s home coming?”
lol
nothing
im funny, dangit!
Just a bit of a 2.4 issue guys – UPnP no longer works correctly – i’ve had it working since release so i know it isnt my end.
basically when i goto to open either music or movies, it tells me a networking error has occured.. and i’ve checked layers 1-3 and they are valid.
upnp server is an ‘EyeConnect” Server
@1108
have u not heard about ps home?
if not youtube it
i have some vids of home on my psp
So um when am I getting it? all my friends have it but me…
All right, about time we got the in-game XMB but it’s still lacking. I am very greatful for the work the people at PSN have done for there customers, but honestly the update could use more polish. Sign this petition if you agree with the additons I would like love added to the XMB.
Verbal voice chat. Anytime. With anyone, regaurdless of what they are playing a game or if they are in your friends list or not. I want to able to simply click on a persons name from my friends list, or players met list and click Voice chat and be able to talk to that person when it’s conviniant to me. I can be playing COD4, and said person would be playing Uncharted and we can still simply talk to each other, while still playing our games without being in some “chat room”.
Better music system. Sweet we got in game music…but it’s a little itchy. I can’t check my friends profile, start up a game or do anything basically without the music getting turned off. I should be able to do whatever I please once I turn my music on, even start up a game without the music stopping.
Verbal messaging. Who wants to type a message while in game? For us players who use mics, let us be able to send messages verbally.
XMB game joining. The ability to join a friends game, without being invited if there is room in the game. The ability to click on my friends list, see what game they are playing (lobby, game rules ect, and player count) and click on “join game” right from the XMB menu. Also the ability to do this with people on the players met list. Simply click on players met, and join there games if available regardless if they are on my friends list or not.
Sign this petition if you agree with what I have said. I belive these things will perfect the XMB menu!
~ LoLskilled87
What problem….. downloaded quickly, installed just fine and running without any apparent glitches !
who got there ps3 the cheapest and where did u get it?
go
p.s. please tell the truth im looking 4 one
hey I just found out that you can use in-game XMB during Folding@Home. Now I is a spy.
btw….. for those who installed without a problem what’s going to happen when 2.4 is fixed?
If it’s still called 2.4 and I try to update with the fixed version won’t I get a message saying that the most current version is already installed….
here’s a missing in action feature. auto shutdown, i’ve been reading everywhere this was a feature added. only thing is, where for crying out loud. it’s not an option in anything i’ve checked, there is a new shutdown option under the users setting, but that literally shuts down the ps3.
@1118
If it’s still called 2.40 I doubt they did anything new to the firmware. Any changes should’ve at least incurred a 2.4.1 build.
Another day. Seriously Sony, at the very least give us a time frame here. I was all set last night to get off work, check out some trophies, I played 360 games. Still haven’t had a RROD on it, but still haven’t even gotten half of what Sony promised me. That’s part of the reason I keep picking up 360 games, than sony games, because they work and I get what I expect, not hearing promises and expectations that I’ll have to wait around for.
@LoLskilled87
If youd have bothered to have read the fact yourd know that 2.40 was meant to be the first stpe in a much larger plan. Sony is working on new features all the times and listening to the things we say we want. Dont however expect changes to happen over night. Its going to take time to develop these things and we will get in game invites and other features in the future.
so…. when is 2.41 coming out :)
i have to agree with kinglink as a person who has both ps3 and 360 i always buy 360 version because of xbox live and everything that come with it. if you never used xbox live before i fill sorry for you. i would gladly pay sony money to get there act together.
@ 1124
Same way I feel…I like the ps3 and all, the games look more crisp and sexy on the ps3, but the 360 offers more for your buck.
lucky me I just happened to change my linksys wireless password yesterday and while entering the new password on my PS3 I was prompted to add the 2.4 update
since then no disc will play Game, dvd, or blu-ray nothing happens the load icon just turns and turns
after spending an hour on the phone this morning with support I was told to restore the system settings which didn’t do anything
then I was told to restore the entire PS3 system which took over three hours and did not remove the 2.4 update but did remove all saved data on the hard drive
some of which could not be backed up due to copyright issues, rockband for example
now they tell me I can send them the console and 10-20 days after they recieve it they will send it back
here’s an idea for you Sony when you release a software update test it first so you dont have to pull it less thean 24 hours later, and maybe have a worst case scenario plan where if there is an issue with the update it can be UNINSTALLED
I hope that people were fired over this
it is inexcuseable
what the hell, i just started pain and it’s been constantly downloading updates….MAKE IT STOP.
Why was update 4.00 for Super StarDust HD pulled as well? When can we except to see that back up?
Hi it would nice if sony could give us gamers a update about 2.40.
@1125
so right man so right, what the hell i cannot belive the neglect of testing. its ridiculous its not even as if theres loads of features anyway, no music, no voice chat, its just text messageing ugh sony what is going on with you.
also you need to seriously tell us whats going on..
Yes, everyone does feel sorry for 360 owners who are forced by Microsoft to pay 50 dollars a year for laggy P2P gaming and laughable player counts for online games like only 16 max for Halo 3 and 8 max for Gears of War.
What a pathetic joke of an online service.
Sony is showing Microsoft how to do an online gaming service right, why is Microsoft listening and learning?
Sony PLEASE explain to everyone, Why you could not allow IN GAME MUSIC on the IN GAME XMB to work. WHY Does it have to be the developers choice to unlock the key to IN GAME MUSIC. The music just needs to be playing the background just like the XMB.
You left the IN GAME CUSTOM MUSIC the SAME WAY it was before. Nothing has changed. it is all BS on Sony and Eric’s part for showing the feature on the video.
ummmm, this is why i wait for updates, i dont go oh look VISTA SP1, let download and install now! (more Anti virus dont work with SP1)
Im sure sony did test it
@1125
By a new HDD – so u can have a bigger hard drive, im going to buy a 500 gb harddrive for my PS3.
As i siad in my last comment, Be Patient – the more rushed they are more the chance to screw up, and curseing dont not help anything. So try to be nice
@1122
I understand that it is going to take time for all the features to fall in place, but, come on.
By the time Sony put out all the steps on their long plan, the other companies already have their new systems out or the PS3 will be going out the door, making room for PS4. Sony is TOO SLOW!!!!!
Plain and simple, too damn Slow.
@1131
so so so so right lol
thank god someone else feels the same, i dont get it.
why sonyyyyy
I’m just waiting for the store update now. It’s usually here by now. :P
I think about now would be a good time for an update on the situation?
And can the people who are complaining about the lack of testing shut up? What? Do you think they never tested it? It was delayed 2 weeks or something already because they found a bug in it.
More than likely, the engineers at Sony are busting their arses right now, trying to get this out and release the Thursday update as soon as possible. They will probably let us know as soon as they do when the update will be out. More than likely, they’re waiting to see if there is a chance it can be finished today or tomorrow, in which case they’ll let us know. They want to fix this as much as we do, so just cut ’em some slack, people.
@1136
oh yea sorry i apologise for complaing about them not testing the firmware that has bricked loads of ps3’s and has had to be taken off the sevrer itself……im so sorry.
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I think the update is fine, it’s a foundation rather than a be-all, end-all firmware update.
The main problem is trophy support, we’re now 2 days into use and we have 1 game supporting trophies. Now, while I understand that third parties may not want to go back and patch games for trophies, the fact it seems to have slipped Sony’s mind is also highly annoying. A patch for Uncharted, using the in-game medals system or Warhawk, using the medals system, could have been ready for Tuesday.
Now, due to the problems, even if the patches were ready, we need to wait for 2.40b or 2.41 before we can even start to collect them in games other than Super Stardust HD. Which is a shame, because the trophy level system has a lot of potential, but it’s just been ruined by a firmware issue no one could have pedicted due to custom themes.
you know, I just realized:
arguing among ourselves is not going to make sony go any faster. :P
as i said before #1140
@1140
LOL, that is so true! Let get reeeeady to ruuuumble!!!!
I’m really feeling sorry for the Sony guys… I’ve been in similar (at a much much much much smaller scale) situation and was wetting myself…
2.40 is brilliant and I’m very (very very) glad my PS3 is alive!!! Good job Sony. However, the unimpressive support for trophies from games is disapointing…
I wonder if there’s going to be a Store update today as well… Sure hope so!
wow, most of you guys are impatient bast***
Im sure Sony is working as hard as they can to fix this
Am hoping these developers for the PS3 support the trophy feature and In Game Music in all their future games. They need to support them without having Sony kick them in the ass to make it happen.
#1144
There’s been one every thursday so far.. I don’t think sony has been late on the store updates before. I hope they don’t start now. I want the PSP PSN theme that Noel said he would make since I requested it. :)
They are probably going to relase indivadually
“we need to wait for 2.40b or 2.41 before we can even start to collect them in games other than Super Stardust HD”
Don’t be absurd. You don’t need to update the firmware everytime a game gets patched.