Hidden 3.10 Feature: Report Playstation 3 Crashes
There’s always a hidden feature in a firmware update. It’s almost as if Sony turn a simple update into a game; how many secret changes can you find?
Well, we have found a brand new, unannounced feature in Firmware 3.10, and we’ve even got a picture of it.
If your Playstation 3 crashes, and you turn it off without pressing the PS button and selecting ‘Turn off system’, next time you boot up you can send an error report to Sony. Hopefully, all this information can help Sony find problems with the PS3 to patch up.
Picture after the jump.
November 20, 2009 at 1:49 pm
very nice find!
November 20, 2009 at 2:14 pm
This is not new information, the feature have been reported over a day ago.
November 20, 2009 at 3:43 pm
So if a games a day old its not new anymore? Fool.
November 20, 2009 at 4:20 pm
No, it waSn’t you fucking tool
November 20, 2009 at 4:21 pm
You sound like you work at a GameStop
November 20, 2009 at 5:17 pm
you know, people like you amaze me, your a fukin idiot!
November 21, 2009 at 7:52 am
He’s right, it was reported over a day ago.
This is old, I saw it the day the patch was released almost immediately afterwards on PlayStation.com’s forums.
November 20, 2009 at 3:24 pm
got a similar message after a power spike. message said something to the effect that system was turned off wrong. recommended to turn off system with ps button on dual shock or on front of ps3 with touch sensor. stated that turning off system with switch on back of console might cause corrupted data. lol! have suffered corrupted data twice, but not because of this way.
November 20, 2009 at 7:27 pm
So has anyone pointed a packet sniffer at the actual communication? Is it secured or could it be used to find where the crashes are occurring , e.g. possible security holes? Can dream, right?
November 20, 2009 at 7:30 pm
last night.. My PS3 got crashes while playing fifa 2010.. but i didn’t got this mesg !!!??? ps3 just restart automatically and its ok again
November 21, 2009 at 6:53 am
Well is nice to know that my sister that sometimes uses my Ps3 did not turn it off incorrectly. Now if my Ps3 turns into a brick I can go change it for the Slim one since I have the second generation of 80 Gig. Good Job Sony, I love you guys but after making the update obligatory and add features that many consider useless like facebook (I myself im neutral It does not matter) you guys decide that the next time you turn On your PS3 it scares the living sh** out of you. Mine screen said the some of the data might not have been saved I forgot I just turned on my Ps3 15 minutes ago.
November 23, 2009 at 12:19 am
Congrats you can take a picture, would you like a cookie?