Nowhere near as exciting as a wardrobe malfunction, but still very important to our key demographic.
Sony has encountered another SNAFU with one of their recent firmware updates. It appears some users who have changed their PSN ID or their Password have encountered data corruption issues. In some cases, these corruptions will not allow the player to run the game.
CVG has reported the following fix for some instances:
- Delete your Game Data (that’s the install files for a game, NOT the Save Data).
- Use the Backup option in the PS3’s XMB to create a full backup of your hard drive.
- Restore your PS3 from the backup.
- You trophies will all be gone but don’t panic – that data will be stored on Sony’s servers. Just reinstall the game, install the Trophy data and the sync should work fine. Maybe.
The best solution is prevention, which means you should not change your PSN ID or your Password until this gets resolved.
After just over 5 months, my Xbox 360 Elite has kicked the bucket. I get disk read errors on every disk I put in the tray, whether it’s a game, movie, or audio disk. Good times.
This marks my 6th Xbox 360 to die since launch day. Yes, my 6th. F’ing ridiculous.
I know some people are going to jump all over this in comments saying I treat it badly or whatever, but that is far from the case. My Xbox 360 has it’s own shelf in the entertainment center, with full ventilation from the front and rear. The power brick also sits on the shelf fully ventilated. The console is never moved when playing (in fact, it’s only moved a tiny bit once a week to dust). The console is kept perfectly clean, as are my other systems. I haven’t had any problems with my PS3 (save long install times) or my Wii. Never had problems with my PS2, Xbox, or Gamecube before that.
I guess I’ll be making a trip to Best Buy this afternoon to get this thing swapped out. Maybe #7 will be a lot luckier than the first 6 consoles I’ve gone through. At least I didn’t get the red ring of death again this time.
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