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Sony Releases PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.41, Issues with 2.40 Fixed

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By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor

8th of July 2008, 09:11 GMT

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The 2.40 firmware update for the Sony-made gaming console was one of the most expected in the history of the device. The main reason for that was a series of new features, such as XMB in-game support, which allows gamers to manage friend contacts while playing a game, and the introduction of Trophies, which are Sony's answer to the Achievements that Xbox 360 has been featuring for some time now.

Unfortunately, the firmware update was hit by serious problems and Sony forgot to pull it from its servers and investigate what caused the issues that users had been reporting. A statement on a Sony blog featured an apology for the botched launch and promised a swift replacement, but now a new blog post mentions the release of firmware update 2.41.

The blog statement reads: "As many of you know, we released PS3 firmware update v2.40 last week, but had to take it offline temporarily because, for a limited number of users, the XMB wouldn't display after the update was installed. We've been able to fix the problem, and I'm happy to report that firmware update v2.41 will be released shortly".

The people over at Sony failed to mention that there were a lot of PlayStation 3 users reporting that some consoles would not boot up after the installation of firmware 2.40. They also stated nothing regarding the promised solution to the boot up issues.

Initially, Sony had recommended that people who got issues following the 2.40 update should save their data on an external drive and then wipe the hard drive of their PS3 clean.

Let's hope that the roll out for firmware update 2.41 will be without incidents. Users haven't reported anything so far but, following the debacle of 2.40, nothing should be taken for granted.

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Sony | PlayStation 3 | firmware 2.40 | firmware 2.41 | Trophies


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Comment #1 by: Zoey Geddes on 08 Jul 2008, 12:09 GMT reply to this comment

I have downloaded the update 2.41 today and noe when i put in a disc nothing comes up i hvae tried with numerousgames, dvds and music cd but does not registerthe is a disc in there ., Any suggetions of what i can do?

Comment #1.1 by: MaGiC on 08 Jul 2008, 19:15 GMT

dude you're done. i had that problem before with my old ps3 its the blu-ray player that got messed up on your ps3. call sony and they will replace it.

Comment #1.2 by: jellerbroek on 09 Jul 2008, 04:58 GMT

I did not update to 2.40, updated to 2.41 tonight, and now my ps3 boots to nothing. It must be sending a video signal (via hdmi) to my set, cause thats not showing "no signal" but the ps3 makes no sounds, boots to a completely black screen, shows some hdd activity via the lights, but only solidly displays the green light by the power button. Cold reboots seem to make no difference, and putting in a game or blueray movie does absolutely nothing. Perfect

Comment #1.3 by: Gary5 on 11 Jul 2008, 07:11 GMT

I just upgraded and now when I played a game I could not get the disc to eject by pressing the eject button. Before the update I would hardly even have to touch the button!! I had to eject the game from the game menu... I am calling sony in the morning!!!!!

Gary
Silver Spring MD

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