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.
the sony guy reading this must be, s***ing him self laughing now
it’s funny to me, i’ve had 2.4 for 2 days now and everything is fine. aside from some lag. even the pain updates finally stopped and installed.
“cough” “cough”
hmm, what else is there to say about the topic at hand. hmm
w00t i got 1200
#1199
taht were going on topic?
@1201
Yeah me too. I have a 60GB PS3 and it worked fine for me. XMB is laggy but it works.
i know! 2+2=4
where’s the missing features
where’s the update for all my brothers and sisters that missed it
why is the store not updated (off topic, but i want to know)
any one here got a 500 gb Ps3?
@1206 this whole thing is off topic
Where is the missing features? i think there missing
@1206
exactly, man, exactly
We need help! “ding” “ding”
I Need service, Sony.
@1207
lol I do not, sir. I have a 60 GB with a 80 GB USB HD attached to it. 80+60= 140 GB i think.
wow i made a blank comment, how off topic.
so dose any one have a 500 gb hard drive?
@1208
there’s a topic? according to the main site, the store should be up in an hour. but still no news on 2.40
Take a number?
i have a 100 gig ps3 myself :D
for like 100+ more bucks u can get 500 gb internal HD king
If you wanna get off topic, let’s get REAL off topic. :P did anyone try those chocolate Skittles?
ah nice Vesra
chocolate skittles, aren’t they called m&m’s?
@1216
I been tempted into buying one and upgrading, am just too damn lazy. lol but i will get to it, once i run out of space, with all this Mandatory installs, Sony!
well 2.40 has been running fine since I dropped it in there the other day.
Amusingly I’ve barely used any of the new features. No Trophies in pretty much anything out now, can’t play in game music in MGS4, haven’t received any in game messages, didn’t need to change a menu setting (which I had to last weekend several times during a game) …
So it’s pretty much the same PS3 as it was last week except with an onscreen clock.
And you still can’t see the videos in this blog in the PS3 browser. That’s irony for you.
Well at least it’s kind of out now and developers can start making use of it.
You know, for next year.
@1217 how is that off topic?
thas on the topic for the off topic, topic
if u follow me
@Spyder
now what do i do with the 40 that came with it?
#1219
That’s what I thought when I bought em. But they’re skittles. They’re chewy, like normal skittles, but… chocolaty. xD
@1219,
hmm, I think ur right. M&Ms, taste the rainbow
shove it into ur computer so u got a 40 gb extra hd?
@1224
if you hold the m&m’s in your hand long enough they become chewy. or leave them sitting out overnight. :)
@Spyder, i have 3 externals, 2 on the ps3 and one for the pc. 600 gig’s total. another 40 would be like throwing matches into an inferno.
@1227
lol, they do melt in your hands and mouth. Amazing!
@1207
I thought the manual states that it only supports UP to 250Gb HDD. I could be wrong about this, and will have to check. I’m going to order a 250Gb this weekend and have it in place for next week. 250Gb HDD in the PS3, 160Gb USB HDD, and then use the 60Gb in the unit as another USB HDD.
Question: I can’t seem to find confirmed reports that those who downloaded the firmware on their PC and transferred it to a USB drive had problems with the install. Seems that everybody had problems with the Internet install. Did anybody install with this method and freeze their PS3?
1227
I don’t want my hands changing colors because I held M&Ms too long in my hand. I’d rather freeze em, lol
Sony should just use skittles to fix the 2.40 problems. Fruity taste make miracles.
@1228
they still help the inferno
@1229
not as amazing as if you put them in your underware. :D
lol we all been chatting on this blog thread. it is funny. I wonder if it all stays on here or some Cyber Cop starts deleting messages. Just like this one I just wrote right now.
I’ve gotten a couple of messages in-game. No biggie, but then again, I wouldn’t want someone yapping in my ear while I was playing either. Got 7 trophies in SSHD, but only for stuff I’d already done before. I like the fact that hitting the PS button now gives me more options. You can hit the button then navigate to whatever you want to go to very quickly, so if I want to switch from SSHD to echochrome, all I have to do is know where echochrome is, and screw waiting on the XMB icons to load. Game Switching may not have been on the feature lists, but it’s certainly a good example of emergent features that happen when Sony listens to the fans. I’m sure they’ll expand as they go as well, so I’m pretty happy with it, assuming the trophy/music patches are on their way soon (Burnout, wooo!).
well there will be missing numbers, Post 100 to post 1025
well im off
@1234
I love this blog, I learn so much knowledge. i feel like a genius. thanks
@1233
about as much as pissing in an ocean makes it grow. :)
@1238, no problem. just don’t tell your mom or whoever washes your clothes what you did. :D
@1240 I wont tell the wifey! lol
@1232
You never no it could fix 2.40.
Alright men, I am going to bed, it is 2am in Germany, been waiting for the US Update which is too late, I see it tomorrow. Good Night Sony and good luck with 2.40 Thanks
where the phuck is the psn store update!!
@king, add me to your friend list. vesra (psn)
@1244, they said an hour from 20 mins ago on the official ps site.
@TheVesra
Alrighty, i add you
Mine is kingv84
See ya
cool thx!! TheVesra
When they fix 2.40 we can all do the dance of happiness.