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If FW 2.4 installed correctly, no need to worry.

Jeff Rubenstein replied on July 2, 2008 at 4:41 pm to the following blog post :

"so what about people who already have 2.40 installed?"

Jeff's responce :

"We've received no reports of hardware issues following a successful install."

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TheHater5795d ago

That all BS. mine install correctly, and that when the problem happen. But now I have a new HDD and it works perfect. It even run a lot faster because of the RPM on my new hDD

resistance1005795d ago

In otherwords yours didn't install correctly, thats why you had the problems.

Dark_Overlord5795d ago

and had the PS3 crash once and the sound disappear once other than that no probs

Hagaf225795d ago

yeah i downloaded my successfully and with out a hitch i got a crash when i used the in game xmb to quit a game and go to the store...

my question is what about those of us who have 2.40, when they fix it will it be 2.41 so that we get the fixes or will it just be re-released as 2.40 and we will have to find a way to get the fixes?

Polluted5795d ago

@the hater. I heard you shouldn't change the RPM when you upgrade your hard drive. You say it's working better at 7200rpm?

NO_PUDding5795d ago

A lot of this is FUD spread by Kotaku, and the 360 fanboys latchign on to it according to NeoGAF.

MikeGdaGod5795d ago (Edited 5795d ago )

yeah i installed it fully and everythings fine.

playing MGS4....49 knife kills........

PSN: MikeG115

dantesparda5794d ago (Edited 5794d ago )

Gamepro and a couple other game sites did benchmarks a while back on the effects of HDD speeds on the PS3 and found that a 7200RPM HDD barely makes a difference, a second faster here and there, but that's it, not much improvement.

And the 2.40 has worked fine on the 4 different peoples PS3 that I've asked. And they all downloaded their updates during the 1st hour of release and they all said that it downloaded quickly. Yet the 360 on the other hand, I am on my 4th, and everybody else I know is at least on their 2nd or higher, and mad people on my friends list have had their 360s RROD (probably at least 60 sixty people or more). And I've seen a few of these guys lose their 360 on firmware updates. Yet i have yet to see one PS3 mess up yet. So i dont know.

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crimsonfox5795d ago

on this site even have these problems???

resistance1005795d ago

It happened to one person out of about 50+ Ps3 owners on another forum i post on, still he rung sony and he will get a new Ps3 from them tomorow or Friday. So he can't moan about the customer service

legendkilla5795d ago

works great for me! COD4 online was fine.. not really sure what this "problem " is...

thomas05065795d ago

im so glad mine was fine installing

name5795d ago

Mine works fine. Which is a shocker since I have the worst luck in the world for these kind of things.

uckitsayitchbay5794d ago

I have the same problem if something can go wrong even if it happens to .0001% of people itll happen to me... Example the birth control shot supposed to be what 99% effective well guess who that lucky 1% is... not complaining in the slightest i love my daughter all im saying is i have the worst luck on these type things to

aftrdark215795d ago

And mine works fine 120GB(20GB model). Although I had to download the firmware from the web and install it via usb drive. It kept hanging up when I tried to download it from my PS3.

Old Snake5795d ago

I downloaded it on usb, but I can't get it to download on my PS3. How do you do it? I downloaded it on a usb drive, plugged it into the PS3, then went to update system and clicked "via media outlet" or whatever it says, but it says that nothing is there.

Polluted5795d ago

You'l have to double check on google, but I suspect it needs to be in a PS3 folder or something.

akaFullMetal5795d ago

needs to be in a ps3 folder, and inside the ps3 folder you need UPDATE folder. Then you should be all set for your ps3 to find it when you upgrade it.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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