Firmware Update (v2.01)

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The latest System Software Update is now ready for download for the PLAYSTATION 3. Here are the details of what this firmware accomplishes:

• Stability during playing some PLAYSTATION 3 format software has been improved.

• Stability of System Software including Internet Browser and Information Board has been improved.

• Stability of the upscaler for PlayStation 2 format software has been improved. (Playability of PlayStation 2 depends on model)

• [Remote Start] feature is changed to avoid unintended power on.

As always, we’re continually evaluating and improving your PLAYSTATION 3 experience. We will continue to share similar updates like this on the blog, so keep an eye out. Thanks for your ongoing feedback!

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  • And what we learned of this Update?

    Dont update un till you make sure it doesnt have problems!!! Wait a little!! And Please DivX My anime is waiting to be played on the Ps3

  • I bought a ps3 last night. Got the 80 gig because of it’s supposedly backwards compatibility to play my GranTurismo 4. Hooked it up, worked great. Played GT4. Today I logged online to get the GT5 demo from the Playstation store and it said that I had to update the system to 2.01. I also downloaded and installed the recommended PS2 compatible thing. Now my PS3 says that my Gran Turismo 4 is incompatible and will NOT play. GRRRR!

    The whole reason I bought the PS3 is to play F1 only to find out that the f1 Demo does not support my Logitech Driving Force wheel. GRRRRR!

    Does anyone know of solutions for either issue?

  • there are alot of posts but someone tell me if these are typical bugs of v2 and v2.1: controller going heywire in game, freezing on idle XMB, internet freezing, and random shut down. i already know about A.C. thanks

  • NINgod, all those things have happened to me too.

  • Seems like with firmware 2.01 you still can’t output DSD over HDMI, this really blows.

    The PS3 does not output the DSD bitstream, it’s decoded to PCM first no matter what setting you choose through the menus.

    Also it appears that the PS3 takes two stereo DSD converts it to PCM and upsamples to 176k. I would prefer to send the DSD bitstream over HDMI and let me receiver handle the processing, especially if you cannot easily control the upsampling for SACD’s. The only way to do this is likely to disable support for 176khz 2 channel PCM in audio settings–this is really a poor design, there should be a menu option for SACD output to allow selection of bitstream and upsampling functions for DSD.

    Also I would like to be able to play AVCHD formatted discs AND files stored on a hard driver with 5.1, not 2-channel stereo! Why can’t we get this guys?

  • i am hope they fixed the freezing in Assassins Creed, im tired of it rebooted the whole system.

  • Can we get FLAC support on the PS3? It seems quite lame that we have to install yellow dog to get flac playback, please guys just add it, we know it’s not hard to do and you will make many of us happy!

  • All my Playstation 2 demo discs don’t work on my 60GB(U.K) PS3! :-/ How STUPID!!!
    (there from the U.K Official Playstation 2 magazines) +How can it play GT4 one minute then when you do a (forced) update it don’t work anymore!!!
    Get EVERY PS2 game(+Demos,i doubt you will tho) B/C with the 60/80GB PS3 plz Sony;)
    Your nearly there er i think!;)
    Apart from that from my PS3 its a Brill machine!!!;-P

  • Assassins creed is gettin a patch it is the DEVS fault

  • ps3 sux..lots of bugs everywhere..tired of them

  • 349 carlos butle

    all u have to do is go to the PS Store go to Download list at the top of the screen and it show all the things u downloaded and then u find the resistance fall of men map pack and den press download and you shouldnt hav to repay

    if any questions message me on my PS3

    Online ID:Garcia5(PS3 ID)

  • xbox sux..lots of red rings everywhere..tired of them

  • Alright…Sony…you are doing it ALL wrong..

    I am sick of not hearing responses from you guys.

    Could we have a list of KNOWN bugs in the 2.00 and 2.01 firmwares before I send my PS3 to repair?

    I am having random shutdowns every couple of minutes and I don’t know why

    Come onnnn

  • the firmware broke mine, cant read any discs.

    now i have to wait 4 weeks for a damn repair THIS SUCKS.

    Test your updates before you release them a lot of people have useless systems now

  • Just for the record, I have a 60gb US PS3, and I have had zero problems with ANY games except that our router hates the PS3, and so you have to sign into the PSN manually.
    I visited the router’s manufacturer’s website, and several other people had the same issue, so I know it is not the PS3. Besides, I have had the problem since we got the router, and that was when v1.80 had just come out……

  • You know I also had a free-problem PS3 but since 2.00 I had a couple of random shutdowns which I thought they had nothing to do with the update but since 2.01 I cant run anything.,

    I cant even think what could happen if I try to update the firmware again and I had another shutdown.

    Sony..

    WE NEED A BLOG POST ABOUT THIS. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE ISSUES YOU ARE WORKING ON.

    If there were that we don’t have the falcon 360’s here I would have bought one. My god…

  • hhhmm my PS3 is workin fine sucks for all yous haha

  • @Garcia5

    Not funny man..not funny

  • @blizzard im jus happy dat mine is workin

    wats wrong wit urs

  • i got the 60GB PS3 wen it first came out and it works fine maybe only the 80GB and the 40GB r havin trouble

  • Thanks sony 2.01 gave me a $600 worthless piece of crap! System will boot up but freezes at first load screen of every game. It kicks me offline randomly and has a mind to shutdown randomly. please help

    have the 60GB

  • never had problems before 2.01

  • How can you make one system not like another, regardless of HD size? why doesnt the 80 gig have the same compatability as the 60 gig and what is sony doing to fix the issues involving ffxi expansion wings of the goddess not installing onto the 80 gig? On a positive note sony customer service was polite where as Square enix’s customer service was rude and acusatory… needsmorecompatabilityupdates!

  • @Garcia5

    I just updated mine and it shuts down every 10 minutes or so.

  • Is there ANOTHER firmware update in the works??

    Guys we need to know.

    What the hell would you build this blog if you dont talk back to us.

    I guess they only watch the last post only.

    And don’t think that giving us several posts in one day would make us forget about some bad post. At least not me.

    As you see..I go back to the only post I care till I get my PS3 up and working again.

  • @blizzard

    not to burst your bubble….but this blog is a joke…its a PR and marketing ploy to make the general public feel like Sony cares when in actuality they dont give a rats ass

    they look at this blog as a way to try and get free advertising and marketing to hype up what they want to hype up….not to give a clear communications channel to the average consumer

  • @Loucifer

    Actually it is the first time I agree with you.

    At least thats what I feel right now.

  • i know im at the end of the conversation but i too am having trouble with this im glad im not the only one but mad that it’s that crappy! i got a 60g ps3

  • I have a 60 too.

    I guess is no disc support for the 80, random shutdown for the 60, and freezes for the 40.

    Am I wrong?

    Well..it could be a feature..”how long can you PS3 last on?”…niiiiice

  • I have a 60 gig with no problems what so ever after the latest firmware installation. I even tested it by playing through Uncharted from start to finish and completing all the extra tasks.

    *knocks on wood* lol

    Just hating the return of the vertical side bars on the PS2 upscaling.

  • Would a restore default settings would help? I don’t want to lose my saved games. I might do a back up if the time lets me.

  • @ blizzard

    I done the restore settings thing and it didn’t work, I also re-formatted and that did nothing either.

    I’ve sent it into Sony, you might have to do the same

  • Damn it..

    I am so pissed off.

    I live in South America. I don’t think they take this kind of shipping.

  • Blizzard182

    I think we all sympathize with the trouble you are having. What a nightmare. Question: the download I went to was for North America only, if you are in SA could that have caused a problem? In either case, I hope you can work it out without shipping it back to SONY. Get someone on the phone over there about it– it takes a while, but they eventually gt you to the right place and they know what they’re doing. Good luck.

  • I have a PS3 manufactured in March of this year, 60GB N. American, Southern California residence.

    It works perfectly and has never frozen (except for Assassin’s Creed, but that’s Ubisoft’s fault) or glitched or crashed or anything.

    I am however saddened at hearing of other PS3 owners not having results as good as mine.

    hmm…

    And as far as the comments about this blog being a PR scheme…

    I agree.

    I see developers posting on here and THEY talk back….Sony never talks back.

    Talk to us Eric, or you will forever regret it.

    I promise =)

  • @Sora57

    Thanks man.

    I think i need to chill a bit since I am almost the only one posting here and I don’t mean to bored all of you with my problems. It is just that I’ve been on Sony’s side since the beginning but I dont know.

    And about me being in SA. I don’t think it had anything to do. I have updated before.

    I’ll try to contact them. I bought it from a guy and I dont the number of the recive and I need it to send them an email.

  • This is a blog for info dissemination, not a customer service center.

    Try to find the equivalent of this link for SA: http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/PS3/HowToObtainService

    Once you found the proper support center, they should/will issue you a trouble ticket for tracking. And naturally, newer firmwares are being worked on.

  • @patsu

    Yeah, nice try. There is no SA support.

    Thanks though.

    I need to send them an email and I dont have a damn work order since I did not buy it from a retail store.

    I am so damn stucked.

  • What is a Work Order # ?

  • I assume is the number you get when you buy it but I bought it from a place like ebay. And if this guy has that number I don’t know. I have the bill from that place but I think there is no good for them.

    Arrggg I hate so many rules.

  • Have you tried submitting *without* the Work Order # ? It sounds like something else.

  • It sounds like they will give you a Work Order # later once your email has been received by them. Once you have a Work Order #, you can keep using this # to track an on-going problem.

  • Thanks for always staying hard at work for us. I know my ps3 has alot to offer so I intend on trying everything little by little. Keep up the fantastic work and have a great holiday season, you deserve it !!!!!!

  • PLEASE tell me the DSD -> DTS/DD for multi-channel SACD’s will be back in a future update. I almost cried when I saw that this had been available and I never even knew it until after the 2.01 upgrade. I’ve been wishing I could hear multi-channel on SACD’s (even a DTS downmix of the original hi-res is GREAT) since I bought my PS3. I don’t have a dedicated SACD player anymore, and I don’t want to have to buy a new HDMI-ready receiver just yet. PLEASE bring this function back…and just my two cents, but I think taking a feature away – even if adding it was done so in error – is a very bad PR move for SONY. A lot of people bought SACD’s because of the new functionality and now it’s gone. This would be a GREAT addition to the PS3’s functionality for people like me who are running optical. Please put it back! Please!!

  • Or at least let us know if adding it was a mistake – or if taking it away was a mistake. I’m worried it won’t be back because its addition was a fluke to begin with…please tell me this isn’t the case, Eric!

  • Home Open Beta really coming out Nov 29 2007??

  • SONY is NOT re-adding DSD to DTS multi-channel SACD conversion back. It was added to 2.00 in error according to an email I just received from SONY. DAMN IT!

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  • i hope who ever gave the tech green light to this update BURNS!!!!!

  • I have 60GB(U.K) PS3 got first day of release. 2.01 hasn’t fixed the rebooting with remote play. Any news on an update of the update?
    Assassins Creed froze after the Assassins update and told me I had a dirty disk. I then rebooted and everything seemed fine. Bit strange though. Any one else have similar problem?
    I tried to play the original Jax and Daxter, but it says that it is not compatible. According to the compatibility site it is supposed to work. Any one know if it is just compatible with the USA model that has the chip thingy? Or if there is going to be an compatibility update for the UK?

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