Users report Firmware 3.0 causing Uncharted freezes

haha me too... I was on my first crushing playthrough till batman came out. I guess i'm putting this off for even longer now.

new OS probably increased the memory footprint and since uncharted was first party they probably utilized the ram probably to its limits.

probably probably did probably.

To the threat starters, yeah, Batman took over my game time too!

Me too! I updated yesterday but didn't get to play at all. I hope this isn't true or if so gets fixed asap.

Guess I'll have to balance batman aa and uncharted.

You guys think Joystiq has a fanboy problem? Go on to N4G for 10 minutes and then say that with a straight face.

I meant, i'll have to play batman aa and uncharted at the same time.

Microsoft are used to making their software play nice with other people's stuff, that's the whole point of Windows, after all.

Sony are used to saying jump and being asked to specify the expected high of the jump. So it's probably up to ND to fix this, Sony will just pretend nothing's happened until someone wins a class action against them.

Well, the update alters the way the in-game XMB looks. there may be a small resource management interference when playing Uncharted or a small memory leak under some rare circumstances, and voila. A game crashes after an update.

Before you guys get on your high horse about this, 360 had the same issues in November last year, remember? Some people couldn't unlock Halo 3 achievements, or the console couldn't read discs.

These things happen, it's not a biggie, and it will be fixed.

its like a congregation of retards here... ND is going to fix this, Sony isn't going to get sued and MS's "plays nice" with other software is a good fucking joke, even more that you use Windows as an example.

as for the Jump reference i don't get it, try sounding less like a idiot and more like you actually know whats happening

...why am I being downvoted, I wonder

May I remind you of the trouble Microsoft has had with hardware in the past years

That's not what I was talking about... at all.

Once again, the Joystiq masses fail me, and I am whited out by fanboy ignorance. Good grief.

maybe you should read tomhiever's post first before insulting the joystiq community.

But I already made the remark, so isn't it too late?

But no, I did read that, and that probably is the most noteworthy post so far. I honestly don't recall the achievement gaffe, though.

Azerael,

I hate the type of people that come in here and try to correct others but I am afraid I'm going to have to be that person. You saying Microsoft, in particular Windows, "plays nice" with others is the funniest thing I have read so far today.

And then you imply that Sony is the exact opposite and doesn't "play well with others" yet they allow you to use standard USB cables to charge your controllers and swap hard drives at will.

LoL... And then to drive the point home you bring up Sony getting hit with a class action LAWSUIT! lol for what?

I never literally lol'ed before thank you Sir.

So not yet owning a PS3 makes me a fanboy. I see, I see. Your feigned intellect continues to intrigue me, el serpiente.

I originally wanted to hold an interesting discussion on the matter, but that quickly turned to shit (due in part to myself, admittedly). For those of you who tried, thanks. Better luck next time.

It's called denial... with a dash of hypocrisy.

For clarity, "not yet owning" does imply intent to eventually own

dark_inchworm isn't the type of guy to troll, I've seen him post for ages now. Cool it with the downvotes, you're making sony fans look like butthurt 13 year olds.

As for the subject, I'm sure this will be fixed within a day or two. Sony wouldn't let a problem like this go unfixed.

I've been wondering where the hell you went. Obviously, I just never see your posts. >.>

"I've been wondering where the hell you went. Obviously, I just never see your posts. >.>"

I've been busy gigging all summer and really haven't had time to post here lol. College = moar time on pc = moar joystiq tiem.

He never said anything bad about the PS3.. he just said (obviously out of interest in the subject) he didn't remember 360 updates ever doing anything like this, which turned out to be wrong. Maybe that is worthy of a downvote, but you all acting like he's frothing at the mouth pointing at Halo ODST and calling all Sony's exclusives crap is way more untrue.

http://chriswelch.smugmug.com/photos/636472980_xLfP6-O.jpg

jesus guys, dark_inch wasn't engaging in the kind of blatant trolling azereal below him is, and you are tearing this guy apart. focus your hate on the folks that are just fanboy baiting, not the ones who are simply musing about how a firmware update messes with a piece of software. discriminate appropriately, people! also, Uncharted is one of the best games i've ever played, and i hope this problem is fixed with the quickness.

Hi Dark,

In answer:

Each firmware update is in essence changing the kernel of the operating system, for example to output to multiple audio devices they would have to change the driver / module for the sound card so that it can output to two ports simultaneously which would probably be kernel layer if its a monolithic kernel. The UI must be using up more resources (I dont like the grey in the friends it looks fugly - the rest of it is nice though) which might be having an impact on uncharted it could also be the sound changes which is some how causing an issue.

They could possibly have bundled in support for the moton controller and they said the motion controller will take up more resources (this might somehow be causing an adverse reaction with some games - but is likely because I would guess the developers are working with the same firmware).

In essence it is upgrading the os equivalent to installing a service pack in windows (sp3 broke a lot of windows xp machines, in fact Microsoft are notoriously bad at patching - No commercial entity would run one of their patches until the second service pack it broke the systems that badly)

apt-get dist upgrade equivalence in ubuntu :) (i love Linux, it just works )

Also as far as I know when the NXE was released it caused a string of freeze ups and some were saying that their 360s were rroding after the update, I am not sure on the accuracy of this though.

I am very surprised that it is causing this many issues, they must have been testing it for a while now, obviously something major they were not aware of.. Maybe when they update they can sort out the fugly friends list as well :)

That's the sort of response I was hoping for. Some of it is readily apparent (to me at least, maybe not to everyone), but it was a compelling read nonetheless. Thank you. :)

Yeah. Just read the comments below me. Should have added: inb4 "the new update froze my freezer and fried my toaster"...

Also, my wife's period is late. Should have waited a couple days before updating...

FWIW I had those problems with R&C before 3.0, so it may just be the game. I also had a really bad instance of cut-scene slowdown in Uncharted (when Elena re-appears in part 3) after 3.0 (I just bought it, after the update), but thankfully no freezes. Touch wood.

Damn, this is causing Star Wars Force Unleashed to crash all the time as well. I deleted the saves three times and no luck. I'll try to delete the Wet demo and see if that works. I only got past the 2nd level and bam! Crash! Anyways, Uncharted is an awsome game, its wortht the money.

@ nrodnatedogg

Does Force Unleashed install any Game Data? I'm sure it does. Try deleting that instead. Start the game over and have it re- create that file. I'm certain that should fix it.

I don't know if this is the new firmware's fault, too, but I can't get past the part where the guy under the table runs away. It's just a black screen and it doesn't load =\

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I'm talking about Wet if anyone hasn't played the demo before

I installed wet hated the graphics urgh it hurt my eyes seriously thats what I call nasty. I died after 5 minutes of playing and it crashed on me the screen went blank I think black had to quit the game via the ps3 xmb and it caused my whole ps3 to restart, I instantly uninstalled the demo, its a shit game.

On the other hand I installed mini ninjas as well, I think I am going to buy it, its not the most impressive thing graphically but the demo was fun I think it could be really interesting.

The characters are very well written and a lot of them are making reappearences in U2. It's definitely one of my favorite console games this generation. If that's in dollars then yes it is worth that, I paid 15 pounds sterling.

This game is totally worth the money. I kept thinking when the game came out that it sucked so bad until I played it this year and ooohh boy.... I regret not playing it when the game released.

The game is fantastic... pubeless... *shudder*

The story is great, the characters and voice acting are top notch. It's a combination of tomb raider, gears of war, and Indiana Jones. And the production values rival Metal Gear. I cannot recommend the game enough. Not finishing the game is one of my greatest regrets, and one I plan to fix starting this weekend!

If you don't want to buy it, at least rent it and spend a weekend on it. It's only about 9 hours, and it was an excellent game.

At that price, i'd say yes. It's a fun game, but it is rather short. it does have trophies, so you can go back through and collect them if that's your thing.

Platinum isn't that hard to get on it either. Took my friend two playthroughs (and me about a week).