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Sony PS3 3D update problematic on old consoles?

Users of the original, non-Slim PlayStation 3 may be unable to watch 3D movies despite an update to the console allowing 3D Blu-ray playback released yesterday.

5706d ago
ingiomar5705d ago

I don't know why PS3 Fanboys are so excited about the 3D Features while most of them don't even have a 3D TV

I bet that out of the 10000 PS3 fanboys here on N4G only 2 of them actually have a 3D TV

paranoid19715705d ago

i have one and it f*****g rocks!

asyouburn5705d ago

excited about something you couldnt afford? just because the tv's they have now dont support 3d, doesnt mean that tv's they buy in the future wont have that feature.

Dramscus5705d ago

See the thing is, were excited that 3d support is started, even if 3d tv's aren't widespread. When they are, and when we all finally have them. We will all have a ton of games to use them with. Rather than 3dtv's becoming widespread and the industry having to play catch up.

nickjkl5705d ago

lets see here

replace ps3 with 360

replace 3d with HD

and it is the same as its 2005 allover again

Information Minister5705d ago

There was a time when 720p was the standard for HDTVs and 1080p was an added premium feature. Now, most HDTVs are 1080p and stereoscopic 3D is an added feature. Starting to see a pattern here?

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Dramscus5705d ago

my phat ps3 loaded the update fine.
I'm pretty sure most people who's ps3's die after updating are having problems because their internet hiccuped during the download. Which caused the firmware to be slightly corrupted and consequently to screw up their systems.

I load from internet everytime however. The moment I turn my ps3 on and see that there is in fact an update to download.

testerg355705d ago

You can't tell me that the PS3 doesn't do some sort of hash/crc check on the downloaded fw file?

El_Colombiano5705d ago

I don't want to be an asshole but I just want to point it out to you that had the internet disconnected through the download even for a second it wouldn't have affected the update itself. Also, when a download corrupts, it is corrupted. It's not a matter of becoming slightly corrupted or anything of that matter. It's either corrupted or not.

Like I said, I don't want to seem like an ass, I just wanted to point that out for you before some dick calls you out on it.

Dramscus5705d ago (Edited 5705d ago )

See I'd expect it to check too but thing is sony doesn't tell anybody anything about how these things work. When it installs it just appears to download then install, there isn't a space for it to check the file unless it's attached to the end of the download or the beginning of the install.

As it being corrupted or not corrupted, there are various degrees of corruption based on the amount of packets that have been corrupted during download. A file is not just one file, it's a series of data packages that attached together under one link that appears as a file.
If the ps3 isn't checking it's data a part of it could be corrupt. If say your internet hangs for a second or two, not disconnecting but repeating a package or three then the ps3 wouldn't know anything had happened and just continue on merrily. You probably already know all of this anyway.

Edit. Out of bubbles. I didn't know that was what tcp was for. I guess I'll have to call this a whoops miss informed

Ocelot5255705d ago (Edited 5705d ago )

lol

you sound funny

never heard of the TCP protocol? it ensures that what you download is correct and complete

ofcourse there is an other protocol(UDP) which doesn't ensures this, but there is NO way sony would use this because 99.99% of all downloads would be incorrect. this protocol is used for DNS, skype,...(thus for applications where loss of or incorrect data isn't a big problem)

had to study all the layers of protocols, from application layer(HTTP,FTP,..) to the physical layer

edit: forgot to mention that there is also error detection on the link layer(ethernet, wifi, ...)

Scotland-The-Brave5705d ago

Ive just completed my Networking course on protocols. It was so confusing, thank god i wont have any use for it in the real world. Anyway sony definitely wouldnt use UDP.

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amrasmord5705d ago

It's not true, my phat works fine.

GLoRyKnoT5705d ago

My (old fat 80gb) has been acting-up ever since the update.

Load hiccups, display issues & boots:( hope it's not true.

hot4play5705d ago

@Gloryknot

Me too. My 80 gb phat randomly freezes almost everytime I play Sports Champions. (HDMI wont read or something...) I have to restart my PS3...
First time this has happened after updating... :/

Christopher5705d ago

***updated Sony has responded that both versions of the console should have no problems watching most 3D movies, and after returning to the consoles and retesting we can now confirm this. The Monsters Vs Aliens disk does not work, however.****

It's an issue specific to the MvA movie. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the special deal Samsung has made with bundling it with their BD player. This might be one of those movies that only plays on Samsung for now.

Anton Chigurh5705d ago (Edited 5705d ago )

FW 3.41 is all I need right now and I'm enjoying my PS3 with the help of Mr Teensy++ lol

Good times

@Dramscus

Relax dude, I have a sh!tty internet connection and I can't imagine downloading 20GB for a single game.

I installed snes emulator on my PS3 and i can't wait for other homebrew application.

@jack_burt0n

Dude, I paid 600 euro for My phat PS3 and I can easily buy any game I want. If I hacked my PS3, that doesn't meant I will use it for game piracy. Some people would like to have a multimedia device that can play MKV and other types of media.

Dramscus5705d ago

So your a POS pirate. GTFO of here. Stop stealing stuff.

jack_burt0n5705d ago

Lol he still gives sony money anytime he buys or rents a bluray movie, he will probably end up renting a few games 2.

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jay25706d ago

Can't comment personally, need to wait for my 3D TV in the new year.

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Kurisu5706d ago

I've got a phat 80GB console, but I'm not getting a 3DTV until they go way...way, waaaaayyyyy down in price so this doesn't effect me YET.

asyouburn5705d ago

i bought a 46 inch lcd for about 1100 dollars a year ago, and alot of 3d enabled tv's are in the 1500 dollar range. thats pretty good

SmokeyMcBear5705d ago

dude, they are basically the same prices as regular plasma lcd tvs were last year.

ReservoirDog3165705d ago

Haha, but you can't justify it if you just bought a tv last year. Like I assume millions of people did last year.

Add to that people are already struggling with money.

Pennywise5705d ago

Cheap, uninformed consumers everywhere.

raztad5705d ago

3d tv are quite reasonably priced by now. They will be even cheaper by the time KZ3 arrives, that will be the time I pick one.

duplissi5705d ago

lol, thats not entirely true.... the reason 3d tvs are expensive isnt because of the 3d but because most manufacturers are putting it in their higher end tvs and not middle end tvs.

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R0l35705d ago

because nobody has a 3D TV yet... apart from Paris Hilton

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot8d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle8d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk778d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer17d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde15d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy15d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12515d ago (Edited 15d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7716d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga16d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199216d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga15d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman15d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger15d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box16d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion15d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7216d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7516d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit16d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14916d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7716d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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