Playstation 3 Firmware 2.40 Walkthrough Video Part 1: The XMB

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by bobcat

I agree. I had a 360/Wii. Nothing on the PS3 interested me the slightest, the only game that made me buy it was MGS4. It will get better in the year, and should be interesting to see how it all pans out for Sony.

I thought this issue wasn't as big as it once was.....
but anywhoo

Sure Sony screwed up with the firmware, but the more important thing is........how are they compensating for it?

Oh and Nintendo have pissed me right off with SSB Brawl. They offer to "CLEAN" the lens which is absolute bs, and it's been 1 week+ since logging the ticket with em, and still no parcel to send the Wii back to em!

That really is BS. I had some problems a couple of weeks ago with HP. My laptop stopped working (and I discovered they had issued a recall for the exact problem I was having) and after sending it in, they called me and tried to tell me the keyboard was broken, the screen was broken, and all this other stuff which had never happened, and wanted to charge me $728 for it. They said I could either do that or they would send it back.

I basically kept calling every day and asked for a case manager, and eventually got them to fix it for free.

Moral of the story: aggravate the crap out of them.

[flunkie44]

2.41 is now up. BaB and all the haters be gone.

[Aladuf]

wow, I didn't expect it to go up this soon. I'll download it when I get off of work today I suppose... if I'm not messing with the PC too much!

[Perfect Stu]

Just downloaded it and played my first session of the upgraded Super Stardust HD. Got my first 6 trophies

5 bronze 1 silver

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by flunkie44

2.41 is now up. BaB and all the haters be gone.

Yeah since BaB said so much negative about 2.40.

Like....
Hmm...
He did....
O wait....

[Bond]

Here is the official Sony press release as to the problem and fix:

"The PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) system software version 2.41 is now available for update from July 8, 2008. With this update, we have fixed the problem that prevented a limited number of PS3s from activating properly after updating to version 2.40, when certain system administrative data were contained on the HDD.

For those users who have updated to version 2.40 and have experienced the problem that XMB™(XrossMediaBar) is not appearing, or no images are displaying on the screen, please contact Customer Service.

We have confirmed that for those users who have successfully updated to the version 2.40 and are able to activate the PS3 system, this problem will not occur on your PS3.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you and appreciate your understanding and continued support.”

Source: Three Speech