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Article: GAME OVER ; Dead consoles continue to create big headaches
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- July 10, 2008
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It seems to happen every time there is a major firmware update
for gaming consoles and even sometimes when the newest game is
released: dead or "bricked" consoles. For gamers playing in the
generation with the least stable hardware - in my opinion - it was
more than annoying the first time it happened. It is ridiculous
enough that many gamers such as myself probably do not even think
about updating to the newest version until a few days after it has
been released.
The latest culprit is the PlayStation 3's version 2.40, which
includes the much-anticipated trophy system, the answer to Xbox
Live's achievements.
It seems easy enough to explain why these problems are occurring.
As systems have ...
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