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Sony releases PS3 "stability" update Comments by Tom Bramwell

15 May, 2008

But apparently it's nothing to do with GTA IV.

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TONYgr
15/05/08 @ 09:04
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i just installed it.and first!
Steroyd
15/05/08 @ 09:13
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plz Everybody's Golf plz plz plz Everybody's Golf.
Widge
15/05/08 @ 09:16
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Yeah, just read about this elsewhere. For the record, I have a 60GB PS3 and since the GTA4 update, no load freezes or any other issues, so perhaps this is to do with something else.
Darren
15/05/08 @ 09:25
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So much for the PS3 having less frequent updates with more features... seems like we get a firmware update on a four to six weekly basis just like before! LOL

And it would be nice to know what these stability fixes are supposed to improve...
Darren
15/05/08 @ 09:27
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@Widge - I've been playing the PS3 version of GTA IV for almost 50 hours and have never experienced any freezing either... I have the launch 60 GB HDD model with a 320 GB HDD installed by the way. I did have the game refuse to load one time past the Loading - Mission Name screen but I understand that was due to PSN issues not the game itself as it was quickly resolved, i.e. the very next day in fact.
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Widge
15/05/08 @ 09:31
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Same here, there was one day when everyone seemed to get freezes on loading, I turned the network off.... no freeze. Once the patch came out, network back on and no freezes while playing. Across both single and multiplayer.
GamesConnoisseur
15/05/08 @ 09:52
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Never had freezes as well, 60 gb upgraded to 250 gb. Would be interesting if people playing GTA4 with occasional freezes before firmware update get installed and encounter no further issues afterward?!

Still rather have updates to improve performances, I suspect for Sony they are still getting to grip with the complexities of their online service and Home being delayed until its ready is a good example.

berelain
15/05/08 @ 10:02
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My friend with the 60GB model says this patch has sorted out his GTA4 problems... but another friend with a 40GB model says that it has started GTA4 problems for him.

Eh?
dadrester
15/05/08 @ 10:04
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my ps3 was hanging on load before the update, but last night my missus was uploading a load of stuff (1.5GB) to flickr and so we had sod all bandwidth and for the first time since the patch gta4 was freezing breifly during gameplay, every 2-3 minutes. i unplugged my network cable and hey presto it worked fine.
mcwildcard
15/05/08 @ 10:31
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This thread is suspiciously free of 360 fanboys.
I suspect an ambush, keep on your toes everybody...
bloke
15/05/08 @ 10:39
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I've been playing GTA multiplay fine.......until now.

Installed the Update this morning.

Am now kicked out of every multiplayer game I try to play, as soon as I leave the lobby and enter the game world.

Coincidence? :-(
Beano
15/05/08 @ 10:51
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"This thread is suspiciously free of 360 fanboys."

They are still at school...
ps3_2310
15/05/08 @ 10:57
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I have a 60GB unit bought in October last year and i have had no problems with GTA4. I wont instail the patch just in case it starts problems. I am even thinking twice about the firmware update as thay may screw things up
Monkey_Chops
15/05/08 @ 11:15
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I know how to fix the PS3 GTA IV problem. Step 1: throw your PS3 and GTA IV in the bin. Step 2: Buy an Xbox 360 and a new copy of GTA IV for that console. Step 3: Enjoy. Step 4: If you experience RROD, then HAHA! SUCKER!!!
evilfoxhound
15/05/08 @ 11:46
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I've also never had a problem with GTA4. This update had better not cause any LOL
Beano
15/05/08 @ 11:48
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No GTA4 problem so far either on my 60GB launch unit... just upgraded to 320GB last week, but doubt that will cause any problems :)
Darren
15/05/08 @ 12:01
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ps3_2310 - Unless you install the firmware update you won't be able to play PS3 games online, use the browser or access the PS Store, simple as.
Retroid [mod]
15/05/08 @ 12:40
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Now now, don't get all fanboyesque on your lonesomes ;p

I'll install this when I get the chance.
dsmx
15/05/08 @ 12:48
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Remember if your attack is going well your walking into an ambush.
ps3_2310
15/05/08 @ 12:55
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@Darren

Yeah i know that i will have to do the update but if GTA Starts causeing problems i will go Ape. I think it will be fine, i also pray it will be fine
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seamonsterneil
15/05/08 @ 13:05
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if it was such a "minor" update why did it take so damn long to download?
Beano
15/05/08 @ 13:21
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Because Sony always release the full firmware and not patch files.
gizmo
15/05/08 @ 13:22
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I thought PS3 GTA was experiencing problems regardless of model, you know, lower framerate than the 360 ;)

Heh, what's really funny is that I speaketh the truth!
oreillymj
15/05/08 @ 13:30
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@Darren I also have a launch 60Gb upgraded to 320Gb.

Do you sometimes get a message like

"Unable to start. The correct hard disk was not found"

The console boots fine after a reset. It's like sometimes the HDD just doesn't spin up and announce itself as ready quick enough.

Wondering if anyone else has seen this?
TurboBailey
15/05/08 @ 14:17
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I take it that this update is complusory !! dammit :(
muscleblade
15/05/08 @ 14:20
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"I thought PS3 GTA was experiencing problems regardless of mode"

"The bottom line is that no matter what material I put through the detector, 360 came ahead in all tests, sometimes dramatically so."


Its not the model thats the problem its the console.
TRACTORBOY1971
15/05/08 @ 15:09
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Please oh please when can we have xmb....I want to be playing one game, my friends come on and want to chat to decide which games to play, while I am still playing - is it that hard - i'll even pay £40 per year to have it.

pretty pretty please
evilfoxhound
15/05/08 @ 16:04
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Actually muscleblade, it's not the console, its the programmers. How could it be the consoles fault when it runs games that look like Uncharted and GT5? Two games that have graphics better than any 360 game I have ever played.
muscleblade
16/05/08 @ 08:33
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@evilfoxhound

If you seriously think that Uncharted has better graphics than Gears of war i dont believe you have played Gears. The best looking game on the PS3 is COD4 and it looks even better on the 360. Only a fanboy would say that Uncharted looks that good. LOL.

Strange that the best looking console game to date in your eyes only has an average score of 88 on metacritic (not bad but not among the top titles either). Must be something wrong with the gameplay then.
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mugsybalone
16/05/08 @ 21:04
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Wasn't the GTA IV v1.01 update meant to sort out the stability issue? My copy of the game (on a 60gb 'original' PS3) started freezing on the loading screen, but that was solved by disconnecting the internet connection. Now, having updated GTA, I've had no problems being connected to the net and playing GTA at the same time. So, I guess the PS3 firmware update must've been for some other games... can't imagine what else people could be playing now, with GTA IV to get through?
AJUK
19/06/08 @ 15:48
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Is anyone else getting a bug where there are no story missions after 'Pest Control'? Seems like this is a real problem with the game :( it is impossible to complete it because of this bug.

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