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GrandAdmiralStrife
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Sony up and does it again.
I'd post it in this thread, but it's locked. 
anyways:
Sony PS3 Update Locks Consoles
Jennifer LeClaire, newsfactor.com
Thu Jul 3, 11:54 AM ET
Sony is feeling some gaming-division woes this week with a double PlayStation 3 whammy. First, Sony's PlayStation Web site fell victim to SQL-injection attacks. Now Sony's PS3 firmware update is turning some consoles into bricks.
Sony released Version 2.40 of its firmware on Wednesday with the promise of a more collaborative experience to compete with Microsoft's Xbox 360. But following customer reports of problems with the patch, the company temporarily suspended the download. Sony says only a few consumers have had problems with the new firmware.
"In order to further assess the issue, we have temporarily taken the firmware offline for further testing," Sony said. "We are working diligently to isolate the problem for those few consumers and to identify a solution before we put the firmware back up."
Sony's Black Eyes
Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at JupiterResearch, called the firmware incident a black eye for Sony that will continue to raise quality-control questions until the company can come up with some answers about what and why it happened.
"No one wants to have their PS3 turned into a PS paperweight, which is apparently what happened to some users," Gartenberg said. "Sony was wise to immediately pull the update for general availability so no one else is affected by it. An official firmware upgrade put out by the company should never, ever damage the user's hardware."
Any time companies update the core part of a technology, whether it's a phone, an operating system, or a video-game console, there is the potential for things to run afoul. Seemingly minor issues can cause entire systems to stop working, Gartenberg said. Sony's disadvantage is the Internet age. Even if the foul firmware only disrupted the gaming systems of a few consumers, the masses know about it.
"The fact that people are communicating on the Internet about technologies makes it all the more important to go through an incredible amount of quality control to make sure problems don't arise," Gartenberg said. "We don't know why it happened yet. There may have been reasons totally beyond Sony's control. But it did happen. It shouldn't have happened, and it doesn't look good when it does happen."
Sony Under Attack
Over the last few months Sophos has mentioned the current wave of SQL-injection attacks plaguing the Web. On Tuesday, the firm noted that Sony's USA PlayStation Web site -- a high-profile site with a large number of daily visitors -- fell victim. The purpose of this wave of attacks seems to be to dupe users into installing the same fake antivirus software Sophos discovered on .MOBI Web sites earlier this week.
"Visiting the affected PlayStation site runs a script that pretends to do an online security scan of your computer, and presents a bogus warning message that your PC is infected with a variety of different pieces of malware," the firm warned in its blog. "Users frightened by the scareware 'warnings' might rush to spend money on useless software."
The fact that the Sony PlayStation site has been attacked suggests that someone with malicious intent could place other harmful malware there, the firm concluded. Considering the number of consumers interested in video gaming, that could lead to widespread infections.
LOL @ Sony once more.
I feel so bad for all the people who got the MSG4 bundle, hooked it up, got the update, and are now stuck with $600 paperweights.
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zacparis
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MS is a software company that makes faulty hardware, and Sony is a hardware company that makes faulty software.
The solution? Let MS handle Sony's updates.
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MarcusP2
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At least you can fix it yourself. And with a new console you lose absolutely nothing.
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rumsmuggler
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I've had no problems so far. 
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Sabre_11
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rumsmuggler posted:
I've had no problems so far.
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Sn4tcH
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Meh, better 1 bricked PS3 than 4 bricked 360's... piece of crap.
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zacparis
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I've had three 360s and not had a single problem so far. I guess if I still had a PS3 it might have been at risk.
These things shouldn't happen at all really. I don't think I've ever had a software update that broke my computer.
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MarcusP2
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Good old MS Update did that a couple of times, though never ruining the whole PC.
But on a console with known configuration it's particularly bizarre.
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Sabre_11
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Rumour has it that most of the cases were actually made up by 360 trolls on popular forums... Dont know how true that is.
Also, its been confirmed that if you had a successful install, your PS3 will experience no issues related to the new software. So for those who have already installed it, fear not! 
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Actually, Sony just removed the update, so apparently some people were having some trouble somewhere.
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Sabre_11
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They removed it so that if anyone else tried to install it, they wouldn't suffer the same issues as some did in a few rare cases.
Now they're re-testing it to make sure its 100% safe before they release it again.
MarcusP2 posted:
Good old MS Update did that a couple of times, though never ruining the whole PC.
But on a console with known configuration it's particularly bizarre.
Would those who have Linux installed on their PS3 have a known config? Just out of curiosity, I dont actually know the ins and outs of it all, just that Linux is a different OS.
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Hitman90
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thank goodness i doged that bullet. I saw the update, ( by the way my internet sucks so it takes a life time to update) i got mad and turned off my PS3. i never saw the update. now i know why.
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Sn4tcH
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Just so everyone knows, the problems fixed and 2.4 is safe now.
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DarthSolar
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I've never had a problem with my PS3, Nothing more than Microsoft heresy!
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PC GAMING FTW!
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DarthSolar
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Vezner posted:
PC GAMING FTW!
I can agree with that, nothing beats it. 
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