PS3 Update Won't Patch GTA IV

Firmware update to address stability issues

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PS3 Update Won't Patch GTA IV
Sony has confirmed that a new firmware update for the PS3 will not deal with any GTA IV problems gamers are experiencing.

A posting by Eric Lempel, director of PlayStation Network Operations on the PlayStation Blog tells us, "I just wanted to give everyone a quick heads up that a PS3 firmware update (v2.35) will be released shortly. This is a relatively minor update to improve stability of some PS3 titles."

It didn't take long for it to be posited in the forums that the update was GTA IV-related. All of 11 minutes later, Al De Leon, a PR Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment America, jumped in to say, "I just want to clarify that this upcoming firmware update isn’t related to GTA IV. For those of you who may still have an issue playing the game on your PS3, we have identified a solution that should resolve the issue."

So that's good news! It might be nice to know what the solution is and what games the update does, in fact, relate to, but you can't have it all...

Freezing issues for the PS3 version of GTA IV quickly cropped up following the game's launch. You can read more here.

Source: PlayStation Blog
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Comments

schnide 15 May 2008 11:32
1/6
I can exclusively reveal the solution here:

1) Turn PS3 off
2) Go outside
BelliCH 15 May 2008 14:28
2/6
you forgot;
3. steal a car
4. run down some peds
5. choose to shoot somebody in the face (or not), because of some flakey attampt on morality-based gameplay
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mason 15 May 2008 15:24
3/6
hey schnide, how are you gonna tell somebody to turn off their ps3 and go outside when your blogging on the article of a game.
OMEN 15 May 2008 18:15
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schnide
we know u want the ps3 so just be quiet.
anyways i got no problems with my gta4 and i got the launch 60gb system.
schnide 16 May 2008 10:28
5/6
I've been called some pretty nasty things in my time, but a blogger has got to be the worst.

I think there's a slight difference between spending ten minutes on Spong or hours on GTA IV when it's been such nice weather, but if remarks like mine can cause such offence ("Turn off my console? How dare you!") then maybe you guys need a little R&R yourselves.
Everyone 16 May 2008 14:04
6/6
Maybe we finally get to play our SD DVDs from any region code so can actually use the upscaling feature of the PS3?

No? Oh well, further Sony/PS3 purchases are still banned in my house then!
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