New PS3 firmware update issued

By Ellie Gibson Published 16 September, 2009

Fixes issues with Uncharted.

Firmware update 3.01 is now available to download for the PS3.

So what does it do, exactly? Sony's official response: "3.01 improves system stability during use of some PlayStation 3 format software."

So which software would that be, precisely? Writing on the US PlayStation blog PSN boss Eric Lempel confirmed, "Yes, this will fix the issues that some users have experienced with Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune."

Uncharted players have been complaining, via the likes of the PlayStation forums, that update 3.0 caused the game to freeze. There were also reports of controller compatibility issues. Looks like all that should be sorted out now though.

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Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • youhavenomail #1 2 years ago

    It's a good job my broadband isn't capped, otherwise I'd use up all my monthly allowance on PS3 firmware updates alone.

  • Bazfrag #2 2 years ago

    Firmware update 3.01 is now available to download for the PS3.....since a day ago.

  • guernican #3 2 years ago

    They're fixing a bug on a game that's been out nearly a year?

    They should go into plumbing.

  • Goodfella #4 2 years ago

    @ Bazfrag

    Indeed, yesterday morning in fact. EG late with the news yet again.

  • Bazfrag #5 2 years ago

    @guernican

    It was a conflict caused by 3.00. Its not a game bug. Go grab a coffee.

  • Goodfella #6 2 years ago

    Some people just don't read properly do they, if at all.

  • Arwin #7 2 years ago

    Also, this update is optional. You only have to install it when you have these problems (which not nearly everyone is experiencing). So youhavenomail, you have nothing to worry about in this case.

  • Darren #8 2 years ago

    Ugh... that's the last time I update my PS3 on an evening as even with a 24 Mbps connection, this one took over 45 minutes to download and install. Ridiculous really. Normally I do downloads before 8am and they've never taken longer than 5 minutes at that time.

  • jonbwfc #9 2 years ago

    I find downloading the update file to a memory stick at work then doing a 'local disk' update on my PS3 is much better for my monthly bandwidth cap and actually quicker too.
    Edited by 1 at 16/09/09 @ 09:50

  • phycus #10 2 years ago

    As always with ps3 updates there are reports 3.01 breaks the blu-ray drive for some people:

    [link url=http://ps3.qj.net/PS3 -FW-3-01-update-causing-problems-with-Blu-ray-drives-/pg/49/ aid/134521
    ]http://ps 3.qj.net/PS3-FW-3-01-update-cau...[/link]

    Could be an isolated case but best to wait a few days.

  • Discalceaterabbit #11 2 years ago

    Console owners, welcome to PC land.

  • Darren #12 2 years ago

    @phycus - The Blu-ray drives are mechanical and like any optical drive are susceptible to failure. I suspect that it is just bad luck and coincidence why some people have had issues post-firmware update. In all likelihood the drive would have failed even if they hadn't updated. If there really was an issue with the firmware update then everyone would have had the same problem. ;)

  • Skurmedel #13 2 years ago

    Bazfrag, especially since I tipped them of this yesterday morning...
    Anyway Uncharted works for me now, and oh my god it's great.
    Edited by 2 at 16/09/09 @ 10:02

  • Widge #14 2 years ago

    Its not PC land until you're booting in failure from DAEMON TOOLS.

  • peterfll #15 2 years ago

    Good, as I'm mid-way though my 2nd play-through of Unchartered which I'm about to return to in anticipation of the 2nd one being released.

  • David_W #16 2 years ago

    Once again the same old PSN bashing.

    I just did the update after reading this thread and it took me four (4) whole minutes to complete the whole process, the d/l itself was done in 1:50 min. (24Mb/s connection, don't really know how much I get out of it, but I think it was somewhere around 19-21Mb/s last time I checked.

    Four minutes later I was back in the XMB, is that really something to get excited over?

  • Bazfrag #17 2 years ago

    Current games do freeze every now and again. Happens on all 3 platforms i game on atm. Its not a major hardship.

  • David_W #18 2 years ago

    As it happens I'm playing 1943 right now, as I catch up on my feeds in my iPhone during loading/spawns, and no freezing issues here.

    It would indeed suck if 3.01 came with a freeze issue though, but seeing how quickly they handled the uncharted issues I'll guess you'll be in for another hefty 4 min d/l and install soon.

  • dloob #19 2 years ago

    I would also like to bash PSNs download speed.
    On a 20mb connection I recently bought Little Big Planet. I had to wait over 1.5 hours! while it downloaded several patches.
    That's blooby ridiculous.

  • BartonFink #20 2 years ago

    SingStar is fuxxored for me at the moment hopefully this will sort it out.

  • chessboxer #21 2 years ago

    It sounds like many of you have got shit broadband connections to your local exchange (those not using fibre optic). There's nothing wrong with PSN speeds. I can download 168MB in a minute (2.8MBps) from the PSN and that's faster than anything I have downloaded on the PC (most servers max out at 2.2MBps and it's not sustained either).

  • Fab4 #22 2 years ago

    Wouldnt matter what speed your connection was if the download server you were connecting to was borked.

  • rogueJT #23 2 years ago

    How do you update?

    It doesn't seem to come on automactically like the xbox.

  • dobbs65 #24 2 years ago

    @rogueJT it's a optional download.Go to settings on the xmb and choose system update.

  • rogueJT #25 2 years ago

    Thanks Dobbs.

  • FrankCannon #26 2 years ago

    Der is not a thing incorrect with PSN it is your inferior British copper telecommunications, here in the Nederlands we all have glass fibre and shiny white teeth. We fart in the general direction of your puny 8Mb connection speed, only the other day I downloaded the entire contents of the library at Alexandria in 0.2 seconds. Aren't I good you pathetic lobster faced booze hounds. Chocolate sprinkles anyone?

  • plastickitty #27 2 years ago

    my PS3 would reset on the menu screen of batman arkham asylum. It would come back on but there would be no picture going through to my tv. The disc could be ejected but I couldn't switch the ps3 off using the button I would have to switch it off using the switch at the back.

    I hope that's been fixed too

  • Marshall2008 #28 2 years ago

    Drakes fortune STILL crashes and hard locks the PS3 after patch 3.0.1