Who got their PS3 bricked by the 2.41 update?

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Did 2.41 brick your PS3??

  • Yes, mine is now bricked!!!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Nope, mine still works fine!

    Votes: 60 100.0%
  • Total voters
    60
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Right, just been reading around another forum im a member of and some people that never had problems with 2.40 or never even upgraded to 2.40 are now getting their PS3 bricked by 2.41!!

So who here has suffered this??

Im currently on 2.40 and making a backup of my PS3 before going to 2.41!
 
H3rmaN
Right, just been reading around another forum im a member of and some people that never had problems with 2.40 or never even upgraded to 2.40 are now getting their PS3 bricked by 2.41!!
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Is this the official PS forums? If so, there are a lot of trolls who say something happened to their PS3 just to make people mad at the brand.

From,
Chris.
 
Wallrunner51
Is this the official PS forums? If so, there are a lot of trolls who say something happened to their PS3 just to make people mad at the brand.

From,
Chris.
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No its not the official PS forums, I never use them! This is a very well trusted forum that I have been a member of since 2002.
 
According to my pops all is well as he updated it before I got in from work. I've come to the conclusion that when dealing with such things there are bound to be some people who either by their mistake or legitimate error; are going to have problems, it's just the nature of the beast.
 
Seems very unlikely to brick your ps3 if you update properly... 0/14 Im more afraid of getting hit by 3 Ferraris at once...
 
What exactly is bricked? stop and cant do anything.. power on off?
Or just gets stuck once, power it off. restarts and its all fine?

All works good for my PS3
 
Bricked means broken, does not work, etc, etc.

If it only got stuck once then started working fine again, it is not classed as bricked!
 
When a PS3 gets bricked, it literally means it acts like a brick. It doesn't do anything anymore except sit there uselessly.
 
Mine wasn't bricked when updated to 2.40 , and I just finished updating to 2.41 and everything is fine :)
 
Great! Now im all worried again! :sick: Gosh I guess its going to be like this for every update from here on in.... always worried that its going to brick.

360's failings were due to hardware and PS3's failings are due to software... it isnt really suprising as both companies are better at the latter field! :sly:

Robin
 
Robin.
Great! Now im all worried again! :sick: Gosh I guess its going to be like this for every update from here on in.... always worried that its going to brick.
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Wait, why are you worried about this one? Check the poll results: 18 works, 0 bricks.

Aside from this secondhand information from a site I don't even have a link to I have not heard anything about a bricked PS3 with this one.

Not even a Google search is turning stuff up.
 
Is this a joke or some sort of sensationalistic fear mongering?

I say close this thread.
 
Robin.
Great! Now im all worried again! :sick: Gosh I guess its going to be like this for every update from here on in.... always worried that its going to brick.

360's failings were due to hardware and PS3's failings are due to software... it isnt really suprising as both companies are better at the latter field! :sly:

Robin
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Seriously, it's much rarer than the 360's failures, so I don't see why it's a worry. I personally think we're seeing complaints since it's a very popular and talked-about electrical device compared to the rest of the market out there, so you get more complainers. Everything has their issues every once in a while, especially when firmware upgrades are involved. There is never no risk.

Mine upgraded fine, much faster to download than before too.
 
Solid Fro
Is this a joke or some sort of sensationalistic fear mongering?

I say close this thread.
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Although I can see your point SF I think the poll still serves a purpose. That being to reassure those who are still a little wary after all the bad press surrounding the 2.4 release.
 
G.T
Seriously, it's much rarer than the 360's failures, so I don't see why it's a worry. I personally think we're seeing complaints since it's a very popular and talked-about electrical device compared to the rest of the market out there, so you get more complainers. Everything has their issues every once in a while, especially when firmware upgrades are involved. There is never no risk.

Mine upgraded fine, much faster to download than before too.
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Its just the fact that we have to update so often, yes everything has risk but Sony make it riskier by increasing the amount of times you do it thus increasing the probablility of something going wrong. Seriously the 360 and Wii never update this much.... with Sony its like every month if not 2 times a month!

I do appreciate the updates and added functionality but to be honest a lot of this should have been included with the launch of the console... shipping out a technologically great console and piecing together the software afterwards is bad organisation by Sony... seriously why could it have not shipped with in game XMB and trophies?

I think Sony's best move now (and many others round the web etc agree) is for them to employ a better way of downloading and installing updates... whether that be a tool which checks the update for consistancy before installing or something which changes the way it which its delivered it does need an overhaul. The best thing they ever did was offer the downloads through PC which I use for every update.

Robin.
 
Well robin if they included those features it would take a year longer most likely. And as far as I know making a console is not as simple as pressing the "Easy" button. I think you forgot the main reason to have a console which is to play video games not some pitiful feature that the 360 has. I understand very well that these "new" games take a long time as they painfully get every small detail done right. I remember back in the day when the everyday console was meant for gaming such as the snes which they put more detail into the game play instead of "pretty lights".
 
Robin.
Its just the fact that we have to update so often, yes everything has risk but Sony make it riskier by increasing the amount of times you do it thus increasing the probablility of something going wrong. Seriously the 360 and Wii never update this much.... with Sony its like every month if not 2 times a month!

I do appreciate the updates and added functionality but to be honest a lot of this should have been included with the launch of the console... shipping out a technologically great console and piecing together the software afterwards is bad organisation by Sony... seriously why could it have not shipped with in game XMB and trophies?

I think Sony's best move now (and many others round the web etc agree) is for them to employ a better way of downloading and installing updates... whether that be a tool which checks the update for consistency before installing or something which changes the way it which its delivered it does need an overhaul. The best thing they ever did was offer the downloads through PC which I use for every update.
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Based on the poll results, the number of people who never even had any issues with the 2.40 update and the past 25 updates I guess I have no other choice but to disagree with you, and suggest that maybe it's possible that you might be over reacting to an issue that appears to be getting very much blown out of proportion... it also would not surprise me the least if many of these "reports" are from 360 fans claiming they own a PS3 and that it bricked.

However, at the end of the day all I have to go on is my own personal experience and the personal experience of people I know directly... and so far if we combined all the updates we have all done directly to the PS3, it would total more than 250 updates without a single problem. Even if one of those updates had a problem, that would be a rate of success greater than 99.5%

I'm also very grateful that at least Sony has consistently updated the system software and adding features and support that none of their competitors have, and have done it on a regular basis rather than wait three to six months each time to add these features and enhancements - as I'm sure it would be much more convenient and cost effective for Sony to not do so many updates and instead hold off adding them so that they could limit the number of updates.
 
I just tried to play GRID online and got prompted to update efore I could. I plan on just playing the single player while I download the update to my FireFly, and then install it. Mainly ecause of how long the PS3 takes to download anything.
 
Well, mine installed without a hitch. That puts the poll at 30-0. I also still have yet to see any verified reports of bricked consoles with this update.

Even with 2.40 it looks like it was a ~2% rate of problems, from what I can see.

I am still unsure of why this is such a big deal. In less than 24 hours Sony pulled the update and released a statement admitting there was an issue and replaced affected consoles.


I don't think Sony can win here. Either they are taking too long on meaningful updates or they are doing it too often and risk bricking everyone's console.


I think people who are complaining need to look at whether they would prefer to get updates and more/better functionality or have it only happen once every 3-6 months.

And the whole, "well it should have been there to start with" argument is weak, considering it was and left up to the developers. When Sony realized that the only developers making any kind of use of these features were the ones working for them on exclusive first-party titles they went to work on adjusting the system so that developers basically had to give the fans what they want.

Sony tried it a different way in order to make it easier on developers, to entice them to use their system more, so that WE would have more games. It didn't happen so Sony switched direction.

And it isn't just a firmware change. It is a company direction change. Yesterday I read an interview with SCE President Shuhei Yoshida, who said that the market is causing third-party title to go multiplatform more often due to the production costs, and the need to sell more copies. So, Sony is going to quit trying to lure in third-party exclusives and focus on first-party. How much of that is completely true and how much is just talk to cover the fact that Sony lost some third-party exclusives over the last few years, I don't know. Either way the effect is the same.

So, of course part of that strategy is to change the firmware to go from trying to lure developers in with freedom to make the games how they choose to making the games fit the system.

The market has changed, the business has changed, and so our firmware has changed.
 
Video games have changed. It's no longer about third-party exclusives, one console development, or company loyalty. It's an endless proxy battle fought by first party developers and fanboys. Video games - and it's consumption of money - is a well oiled console.

Video games have changed.

ID tagged users carry ID tagged Trophies have ID tagged points!

Pretty icons on their XMB regulate their nerd cred and abilities. SIXAXIS control. Dual Shock 3 control. Wireless control. Emotion control. Everything is plugged in and kept under controlled.

Video games have changed.

[/my best Old Snake impersonation]

:)
 
Solid Fro
Video games have changed. It's no longer about third-party exclusives, one console development, or company loyalty. It's an endless proxy battle fought by first party developers and fanboys. Video games - and it's consumption of money - is a well oiled console.

Video games have changed.

ID tagged users carry ID tagged Trophies have ID tagged points!

Pretty icons on their XMB regulate their nerd cred and abilities. SIXAXIS control. Dual Shock 3 control. Wireless control. Emotion control. Everything is plugged in and kept under controlled.

Video games have changed.

[/my best Old Snake impersonation]

:)
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Nicely done, sir.
 
Okay what up wit dis...I saved the update to my Firefly off the Playstation website. It is setup correctly with the PS3 folder then The folders for all I need it for such as EXPORT, SAVEDATA, and UPDATE, the file is in the UPDATE folder ut it won't find it there when I plug the Firefly into the USB port. I want to do the update this way instead of downloading through the PS3, its always worked(the Firefly) with codes and gamesaves and stuff, whynot the update?
 
Road Rash
Okay what up wit dis...I saved the update to my Firefly off the Playstation website. It is setup correctly with the PS3 folder then The folders for all I need it for such as EXPORT, SAVEDATA, and UPDATE, the file is in the UPDATE folder ut it won't find it there when I plug the Firefly into the USB port. I want to do the update this way instead of downloading through the PS3, its always worked(the Firefly) with codes and gamesaves and stuff, whynot the update?
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So you have your folders reading PS3\UPDATE ? In ALL CAPS.

And the file name is: PS3UPDAT.PUP

EDIT: And what exactly does it say when you tell it to update from storage media?
 
Solid Fro
Video games have changed. It's no longer about third-party exclusives, one console development, or company loyalty. It's an endless proxy battle fought by first party developers and fanboys. Video games - and it's consumption of money - is a well oiled console.

Video games have changed.

ID tagged users carry ID tagged Trophies have ID tagged points!

Pretty icons on their XMB regulate their nerd cred and abilities. SIXAXIS control. Dual Shock 3 control. Wireless control. Emotion control. Everything is plugged in and kept under controlled.

Video games have changed.

[/my best Old Snake impersonation]

:)
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That was awesome.
 

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