PS3 Firmware v3.01 goes live, Uncharted gets fixed

  • Posted September 15th, 2009 at 09:55 EDT by Mike Harradence
  • 33 Comments

Sony has rolled out PlayStation 3 Firmware v3.01 overnight, which "improves system stability during use of some PlayStation 3 format software."

Essentially, this means that any problems you may have encountered when playing Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (among others) have now been rectified. In case you've been out of the loop, numerous users filed reports of the game crashing at regular intervals after installing Firmware 3.0 on their consoles.

"Yes, this will fix the issues that some users have experienced with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune,” commented PlayStation Network operations director, Eric Lempel.

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  1. Nabudis | Xenyl

    • 10:04am BST - September 15th, 2009

    Now I can buy it :D

  2. captain_archer83

    • 10:05am BST - September 15th, 2009

    super! regular os updates are always welcome,although i wish they could update the www browser as well...

  3. alfers

    • 10:14am BST - September 15th, 2009

    bout time

  4. O_G_H

    • 10:14am BST - September 15th, 2009

    Uncharted wasn't the only game.  Basically, any game that constantly dinging the HDD (auto-saving) during play could be affected.  Killzone 2's single player is (was?) jacked up big time.  I hope this fixed Killzone 2 as well.

  5. KrazyK24 | KrazyKhris

    • 10:33am BST - September 15th, 2009

     LOL i ran into this on accident lool

  6. Strudel | Strudel

    • 11:12am BST - September 15th, 2009

    Great news

  7. psycho_mantis | makaveli_71

    • 11:26am BST - September 15th, 2009

    does it remove the grey boxes?? theyre gonna make me buy an xbox 360....

  8. O_G_H

    • 11:32am BST - September 15th, 2009

    My goodness you whiners need to be quiet about these grey boxes.  You sound like a a bunch of 8 year-olds that need a beating.

  9. NotoriousBOB | Notorious_B_O_B

    • 11:44am BST - September 15th, 2009

    Now I can play the heck out of it before the sequal is out :)

  10. chilledbreeze7

    • 11:50am BST - September 15th, 2009

    Good going Sony!

  11. Empty_Cans | Empty_Cans

    • 11:59am BST - September 15th, 2009

    I didn't have any problems playing Uncharted, you think it's still worth downloading it?

  12. neoxthexone | neoxthexone123

    • 12:01pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    @7

    Now thats just stupid :S

  13. justintheman99

    • 12:41pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    I guess I was one of the lucky ones and never experienced any problems.  I am glad they rectified the problem so promptly.

  14. michaelcorleone

    • 12:58pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    @8, come on man....you seriously like those grey boxes?

  15. HalfOfZero | HalfOfZero

    • 1:07pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    *Aplauds to #8*

  16. O_G_H

    • 1:30pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    @14

    1) Thanks for asking instead of just insulting me...

    2) No, I don't like it (unless my theme/backround is also greyish/black, which is is about 60% of the time).  However, there is a way to get our message through to Sony--the official website or PSBlog, for starters-- without overstating displeasure(words like "abomination" and such) it and whining on about it.  War is an "abomination".  This is just the 150 millionth ugly UI we've ever seen in our lifetimes.  It's not the end of the world.

     

  17. Sufi

    • 2:18pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    I like how they're vague and not just say something like, "improves system stability during use of some PlayStation 3 format software. AHHHHHHH I'm just pullin' ya leg, it's just Uncharted."

  18. richkaos | richkaos

    • 2:44pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    OGH you need a beating

     

    Ps Chicks dig cash $$$$$

    RAFL and he has the cheek to call people 8 year olds

  19. coolguy | grazspaz

    • 4:12pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    awesome news i will down load this later today

  20. Beasley2K | Beasley2K

    • 4:18pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    @ All those complaining about the grey boxes:

    I personally don't mind them. Yes, they may be ugly, but they certainly bring some uniformity to the sloppy mess of names that my friends list was previously comprised of. Still, I'd be a lot more satisfied if Sony provided us with a choice, such a whether to include certain aesthetical features or not, in order to truly personalise the XMB to one's liking. I've always hated the friends list's sloppiness, and the fact that it seemed to be messily arranged into one long list, with no organisation, preferring the layout of the Xbox Dashboard to the XMB myself, but at least they've attempted to logically improve the list, regardless of how disgusting it is...

    I just hope they make further improvements to the XMB to give it the system the neat organisation that the Dashboard does for Xbox. That is my only problem with the XMB.

  21. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 4:35pm BST - September 15th, 2009

     Well the 3.0 firmware update f***ed up my ps3 and now have the yellow light of death and it happend when World at War crashed 

  22. Free_Agent

    • 4:36pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    I'm glad they fixed this. Granted, this should have gone live within 48 hours of 3.0. I can't believe Sony released such sloppy firmware. They definitley aren't testing the software enough before it releases. That's the golden rule of software development. Granted, alot of third party developers are guilty as charged, but this is Sony's product, and it's not a game with bugs, it's firmware! Regardless, I'm glad they took care of business, but it shouldn't have taken this long.

  23. moogleboi

    • 5:03pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    off topic. edited by Mod.

  24. O_G_H

    • 6:47pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    @ Richkaos

    I'm going to respond to you the same way I always respond to your posts to me (because you NEVER address the issue we're talking about when you post to me)

    AM...I...WRONG?

    That's what I thought...

  25. Jules909 | jules909

    • 6:50pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    Excellent! got Uncharted last week and it was giving me problems too although there was ways round it like replaying the whole chapter but this is welcome news, good stuff Sony

  26. stovich | TasteLikeBurning

    • 10:25pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    Maybe this was affecting Wolfensteins MP? Who knows, but at least they updated it. I really don't mind the grey boxes, however, I wish they would give us the option to reduce the UI font size. It just seems like it's shouting at me everytime I look at it. And stop with the default startup already. I know where to find the PS store and don't need constant reminders on every column.

  27. Drew1987

    • 10:33pm BST - September 15th, 2009

    I just sent a complaint last night after COD4 became unplayable for me.  The animations were slow and it was like I had a red bar connection when I actually had full connection (or even host).  I did have visible graphical lag and even artifacts playing most of my games.  It sucked.  Glad its fixed.

  28. coverlord | Drahgoon

    • 1:37am BST - September 16th, 2009

    my machine played up but I'm not sure what it actually was.

  29. nosaJ | nosaJ

    • 3:10am BST - September 16th, 2009

    Nice, but what about accessing the F***ing XMB while playing music. I'm f***ing pi**ed off my computer crashed so I have to surf the F***ing web on my Ps3's browser. :( Have a great day guys!!!

  30. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 3:31am BST - September 16th, 2009

    Good to hear,and i request all the users complaining about the gray boxes to plz SHUT UP!!!!

  31. stpdps3

    • 4:00am BST - September 16th, 2009

    My 60gb launch model is now freezing and unable to connect to the PS Store and my Account Management settings after applying the 3.01 update...

    No issues during download or install, just unable to connect...

  32. TRIPLEACE | GODSACE

    • 4:51am BST - September 16th, 2009

    i totally have that clock thing at the top right, i wish it would die!!! Or atleast give me the choice to turn it off. I have a watch, i get the screen blanked out when i get a mgs by that annoying pop-up, and i couldn't careless how many friends i have on, besides i can count!

  33. Digitalman08

    • 2:59pm BST - September 16th, 2009

    What about control issues ??

    i had problems for a couple of

    days with mine.  I had to play

    with the battery cable pluged !

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