GamesIndustryBiz report that Rockstar Games blames Sony’s latest version 3.61 firmware upgrade for causing PlayStation 3 units to overheat and switch off while playing new title L.A. Noire. This new firmware was introduced this week as the PlayStation Network went back up following the massive hack disaster.
Rockstar wrote on its website, “We have received some reports of PS3s overheating while playing L.A. Noire or beeping three times before shutting down/turning themselves off, mostly on older 60GB and 80GB fat models.
“Primary reports seem to be that updating to firmware 3.61 will cause PlayStations to overheat. There have been various reports of this on a few different games now, all reporting their PS3s turning off or ‘Red Lighting’ after having installed 3.61.
“This can range from games randomly freezing to PS3s turning off anywhere between 30 mins use to two hours. We have confirmed locally that multiple games (Rockstar and non-Rockstar) overheat or freeze only when 3.61 is installed,” he added.
Rockstar said it would do all it can to help users affected by the problem and continue to research the issue and has urged users experiencing the problem to get in touch with Sony.
Apparently Sony has only said that the firm does not have comment on rumour or speculation but has not addressed the issue publicly.
