Okay! Just downloaded the 2.17 Firmware, and nothing major jumped out at me update-wise. Though, this is interesting: There was a message saying, "Sorry, Japanese Language Only" and told me to change the English setting to Japanese. What's more, this very well could be to prevent people living outside Japan from having Japanese accounts. Or even prevent those living in Japan from having an English language one. That is, unless I've totally missed something, this is the first time my PS3 has told me it was "Japanese Only." Perhaps this update is laying the groundwork for something much bigger. Perhaps it merely hates English. Dunno!

Just changed it back to English, and it works no prob so NO FREAKING OUT. Still, that was kinda strange!

Here's a pic of the update before I fully downloaded it.

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