Problems

Sony: 2.40 Firmware Problems Not Widespread

A day after taking their 2.40 firmware update for the Playstation 3 down after message boards lit up with people complaining of sporadic problems with the software, Sony Computer Entertainment says that they are now assessing the issue and will put the update back up once they have solved the problems.

“We are aware of a number of consumers experiencing an issue with installing firmware 2.40 on PS3. While our consumer services department has seen a low volume of calls on this topic, we are committed to enabling the community and XMB access features delivered in the 2.40 update. In order to further assess the issue, we have temporarily taken the firmware offline for further testing. We are working diligently to isolate the problem for those few consumers and to identify a solution before we put the firmware back up.”

We are still waiting to hear back from SCEA about what sort of solution they may be able to provide to those who have already updated their firmware and are having problems. If you're adventurous, some gamers have already come up with their own solution.

Sony says that once a solution is found they will make sure to update the official Playstation Blog with the information.

Firmware Update Page [Playstation Blog]

11:00 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Brian Crecente
9,446 views, 156 comments

Firmware Update Problems

PS3 2.40 Update Problems And Solutions

While it seems like every time the PlayStation 3 undergoes a firmware upgrade is plagued by people trying to blame broken systems on the update, last night's 2.40 update seems to have caused genuine issues with many posters over at the official PlayStation forums. Owners of PS3s in all shapes and sizes have been reporting that their systems were loading to the initial PlayStation wave screen and simply hanging there after applying 2.40. No icons, no controller functions, no nothing, just the wave across the middle of the screen.

There doesn't seem to be any real pattern as to which systems are affected. 60GB, 40GB, 20GB, and 80GB systems alike have all been afflicted with the issue. We've contacted Sony for word on the issue, but in the meantime several of the more tech savvy forum posters have determined how to fix the issue, if you're willing to yank out your console's hard disk drive.

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10:20 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Mike Fahey
67,186 views, 248 comments

Latest by Papa Midnight: @MugiMugi: Sony damaged the product, Sony must legally cover it for no cost. more »

Rockstar remains silent on GTA IV problems

Rockstar Support: Fix for GTA IV Could Be Any Minute or in Days

After waiting two days for a word, any word from Rockstar about the problems plaguing some Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 owners trying to play Grand Theft Auto IV, I returned to the phone this morning to give tech support another call and see how things are on their end. More »

7:00 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Brian Crecente
19,297 views, 139 comments

rumored gta iv problems

Wait, GTA IV Is Locking Up?

What's that you say? GTA IV's only been out for a few hours, and already the internet's decided that both the PS3 and 360 versions are broken? That's what many forums - as well as many of our readers - would have you believe, with reports of the game locking up during/following the game's first cutscene, an error so severe you apparently have to unplug your console at the wall. Shades of Bully on 360, perhaps? Maybe this is a problem, maybe it's a squeaky wheel getting a whole month's worth of grease at once, who knows. Not us. We're asking Rockstar. And until we hear back from them, you all should remain calm.

5:00 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Luke Plunkett
43,741 views, 205 comments

Latest by n/a: Whatever Rockstar/Take-Two/Sony are doing, the one thing they need to stop doing is letting their idiotic outsourced customer service agents from spewing misinformation. The last agent told me that Rockstar has announced that there is absolutely nothing wrong with any more »

super smash bros. brawl

Brawl Online Not Working, Nintendo Says Try Again

Super Smash Bros. Brawl online is not working. Sure, you might find a good match or two during the day, or late at night, but at 9PM Eastern on a school night? Forget about it. Nintendo's forums, our tips box, and my television set are all chock full of Error Code: 85010, which kicks you back to the main menu of the game, disconnecting you from Nintendo WiFi service. It's either that, or "Your connection to other players was lost. Returning to menu". When I reviewed the game, most of my online play was in the wee hours of the morning, and I still had some issues. We contacted Nintendo for comment on the issue, and were told the issue was being looked into, but so far all they can tell is that it seems as if every Smash Bros. owner is getting online at once and the issue would slowly get better. What, as people gave up trying? Their suggestion? If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. How wise. More »

8:00 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Mike Fahey
61,138 views, 216 comments

Latest by KMCC: Ok, I can get online "with anyone" relatively often, with no problems. BUT, I can never get a "with friends" match to work. This is the opposite of what is supposed to happen! I called Nintendo, and they guy just kinda more »

xbox live

XBLA Apology Game Revealed - Undertow

Hooray! A game I already own! Back at the beginning of the year, Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten announced that due to consistent outages of the service as well as in celebration of the success of the service, they would be offering an Xbox Live Arcade title completely free later in the month. Now I, like many, had assumed this meant a new release of some sort...you know, something tens of thousands of people hadn't already purchased. Instead we get Undertow, available to Gold and Silver members at no charge from 2:00 a.m. PST Wednesday, January 23 through 11:59 p.m. PST, Sunday, January 27. Undertow is an excellent game that I could not recommend enough back when it launched, meaning many of you already own it. So what will Microsoft do for us, the intelligent individuals who already picked up the game?

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11:00 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Mike Fahey
19,359 views, 240 comments

Latest by n/a: Alright everyone - No need to call them if you already have undertow. I benevolently donated my time and called them up. Here's the official response, from my representatives supervisor. When the game launches for free, those more »

mo money, mo problems

South Korea Taxes Virtual Assets

The Korea National Tax service will start imposing a VAT (value-added tax) on virtual asset transactions. Sellers who do between 6 and 12 millions dollars in Korean currency (the Won) per half year will have the VAT applied automatically the transaction's midde-man. Sellers that happen to more than 12 million won/half year will need a business license in order to pay the tax by themselves. More »

12:40 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Kim Phu
825 views, 8 comments

mo money mo problems

Haze: Like Halo 3, But For Adults

Haze scriptwriter Rob Yescombe is about to become very unpopular with just about anyone who has an Xbox Live account. He recently poked the fanboy nest when he told Edge magazine that he thought of Halo as "brilliant, but you're a teenager" and suggested that the Free Radical shooter he's working on is more "mature" stuff. More »

8:40 PM on Tue May 15 2007
By Michael McWhertor
4,441 views, 78 comments

mo' money, mo' problems

Rumor: Music Downloads Coming to Xbox 360

An unnamed source close to Xbox Evolved hinted that a mussic download service would be coming to the Xbox 360, but for kind of an expensively useless purpose: More »

9:40 AM on Thu May 10 2007
By Kim Phu
1,691 views, 34 comments

mr. greedy-selfish

Game Developers Greedy According to the BBC

Over at the BBC is a long and detailed article about how surprised it is that the business of video games is much like any other business - one that needs to put out a good product at a good price to succeed. Although the article is packed full of good information, it ultimately makes the developers sound like a bunch of whiners, complaining about how much harder it is to make a game over all platforms now because they aren't as similar, or that they have to rely on sequels to ensure a good return for a company. Yet, there is no mention of how developers are trying to cut the cost of the video games themselves sell as a solution to make their franchises more popular and accessible. Apparently, it's easier for them to go online and make more money off their franchises after the game is bought, you know, to even out their losses. More »

2:40 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Kim Phu
1,992 views, 43 comments

Latest by L_K_M: Two things astonish me: That so many people can't read a simple graph, and that the predictions for the next generation were proven so wrong so quickly. Other than that, the article itself is just a big flamebait. more »

soul train

Dance! Online as a Black Man, Pay Extra!

Acclaim is rolling out their new MMO, Dance!, where it's gonna cost you to ride this Soul Train as an African American as one user found out while talking to a moderator: More »

1:40 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Kim Phu
3,921 views, 87 comments

take-two

Take-Two Considers Sale

Take-Two today announced that they may be selling the company in light of a squabble between shareholders which centers around a move to push out the current board. More »

10:09 AM on Mon Mar 19 2007
By Brian Crecente
3,195 views, 42 comments

ps3

PS3 Manufacturing Issues Fixed

Sony, which obviously didn't meet its llaunch target of 400,000 systems, is now reporting that all manufacturing issues have been overcome and the company is full on target to have a million systems shipped by the end of the year. From Sony communications boss David Karraker...

While initial day-one launch shipment goals weren't achievable due to early manufacturing issues, those problems have been resolved and we do remain focused on having one million PS3s in the pipeline by December 31, 2006.

See? Everything is okay! Sure people were beaten, robbed, cheated, and in one case shot to death by police over the much-anticipated console, but we can put that all behind us now. All we need now is some tolerable games other than Resistance that aren't better on another system and we're in business! Michael Fahey More »

1:40 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Mike Fahey
721 views, 52 comments

Latest by Purple Dave: "It still amazes me people are suprised by the "shortages" of the PS3 at release." Oh, I'm still surprised. Demand just isn't there for the actual system, just for the right to resell it. And when you've got to more »

sony

Sony: Game Sector Is "Weak"

Earlier, we reported that Sony was sucking up big time. Well, it still is. At the press conference, Sony Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda blamed the obvious: The battery recall and the PS3 delay. Continuing, he stated: More »

9:22 AM on Fri Oct 27 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
426 views, 18 comments

wii

Sensor Bar Gave Nintendo Probs During Development

We are so not worried about sunlight and the Wii-mote. Once we get ours, we'll take it outside and look at it. Then, we'll take it inside, plug the it in and seal Kotaku Tower in duct tape so we can play Super Monkey Ball in pitch black darkness. More »

9:22 AM on Tue Oct 10 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
270 views, 25 comments

city of heroes

Spontaneously Deleting City of Hero Superbases

Over 100 Supergroups in City of Heroes logged on last Friday evening to discover, oddly enough, that a dimensional vortex had sucked up their bases, leaving them standing in the middle of a Tron-like grid of red lines bisecting a gray, infinite plane. Worse yet, not only was the base gone, but all the items and prestige these groups had worked for had disappeared too. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Oct 6 2006
By kotaku.com
237 views, 12 comments

kotaku

For Posterity: The Great Kotaku/Fleshbot/Defamer Mash-Up of 2006

For about thirty minutes yesterday, this site frankly became just a hell of a lot better. In what is internally being described as the weirdest tech problem in Gawker history, all of the network's sites went through a Brundlian teleporter together and grotesquely metamorphosed into half-breed mutants of one another. More »

7:00 AM on Wed Oct 4 2006
By kotaku.com
772 views, 11 comments