Official PS3 Thread - Part something or other.
07-30-08 | 10:34 PM
#701
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I wouldn't mind if it was just slow speed - I'd let it download while I go do something else. One problem was that it kept getting timed out and unable to download at all. And normally, that wouldn't be a problem either, as I'd just wait a few days or whatever. But for some reason, the second a new update is out, Sony won't let you shop or play online with the old version, so you have to download the update in order to play - but you can't because it's all fucked up. See the catch-22?
07-30-08 | 11:11 PM
#702
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Originally Posted by UncleGramps
I am psyched for Eden too. Have they announced a price? I'd expect $10 but I'd like to find out for sure.
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All Seeds 09 - Open all seeds in garden 09.
All Seeds 10 - Open all seeds in garden 10.
All Gardens Clear - Get a Spectra in each garden.
Combo Ten - Pollen Prowler combo x 10.
Combo Fifteen - Pollen Prowler combo x 15.
The Hundred Thousander - Get 100,000 pollen in one garden.
500 Dead Pollen Prowlers - 500 Pollen Prowlers killed.
Ten Minute Grimp - Get all 5 Spectra from a garden within 10 minutes.
Fifteen Crystals - Get fifteen crystals in a single jump.
Zero Wasted Pollen - Open all seeds in a garden without missing any pollen.
Three Play Ping Pong - In 3 person co-op mode, trapeze jump between two swinging Grimps.
Silver
All Spectra Found - Get all the Spectra in all gardens.
07-30-08 | 11:43 PM
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either there is a regional difference with speeds or something in your setup is affecting your speeds. have two PS3s. updated one last night, took less than 10 minutes total. updated the other this afternoon, took less than 10 minutes total. just to see, right now i am downloading the update from sony site, says 12 minutes and downloading at 165 KB/sec....
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07-30-08 | 11:43 PM
#704
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I just downloaded the update in less than 5 minutes... must have just gotten lucky, because I too at times have had problems with severely slow downloads and the occasional, it just will not download at all.
07-31-08 | 06:59 AM
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Just to throw my 2 cents in. I downloaded the firmware yesterday at about 4pm EST and it took about 10 minutes or less (I walked away from it while downloading so I don't have a more accurate time). At about 10:30 pm I was downloading some demos and got booted from PSN and was then unable to reconnect due to a DNS error. I could still browse my local network and my PC was on the internet so I am assuming that this was a PSN problem. I gave up but will try to continue my downloads this afternoon.
07-31-08 | 07:30 AM
#707
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Originally Posted by musick
07-31-08 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by musick
downloading 2.42 now via the web and it is much slower than ususal
07-31-08 | 08:14 AM
#709
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mine took about 5 minutes yesterday afternoon (download + install). The only time downloads are slow for me is if an update just came out, or on thursday night when the store is updated.
07-31-08 | 10:39 AM
#711
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Took about 20 minutes to download the update for me last night at 8PM. I then bought Pain which took about 30 minutes to download twice. The Pain download also stopped for me at 770k in but didn't time out. I walked away from the PS3 for 5 minutes, came back and saw it was stuck. I had to reboot the PS3 and then it went fine.
Pain is a pretty fun game. I need to check the other modes, as all I did was the tutorial and the sandbox. I think I'd feel gipped if I spent $10 but $5 is a nice price. My wife seemed to enjoy it even more than me.
Pain is a pretty fun game. I need to check the other modes, as all I did was the tutorial and the sandbox. I think I'd feel gipped if I spent $10 but $5 is a nice price. My wife seemed to enjoy it even more than me.
07-31-08 | 11:37 AM
#712
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Took me 40 minutes to DL the update today. Ended up picking up Poker today -- don't really know why except that I couldn't let the sale go by without getting something I didn't already have and that Rocketmen game seems sucky.
No limited-time intro price on PJ Eden like there was with Monsters?
No limited-time intro price on PJ Eden like there was with Monsters?
07-31-08 | 03:50 PM
#713
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Originally Posted by Chew
Ok, everybody complains about Sony download speeds (and rightly so). Is there anything we can actually do about it?
Sign a petition (that no one will read)?
Post in some other forum Sony execs look at?
Email Sony directly?
???
Sign a petition (that no one will read)?
Post in some other forum Sony execs look at?
Email Sony directly?
???
07-31-08 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by darkside
They just offered me a survey and I went ahead and took it. It had download speeds as a question and I gave them the lowest score possible. Maybe the message will get through at some point.
07-31-08 | 05:12 PM
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Ditto
07-31-08 | 08:04 PM
#716
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What does 2.42 add/change?
07-31-08 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RocShemp
What does 2.42 add/change?
"Playability of some PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation® format software has been improved."
08-01-08 | 06:43 AM
#720
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Originally Posted by darkside
They just offered me a survey and I went ahead and took it. It had download speeds as a question and I gave them the lowest score possible. Maybe the message will get through at some point.
08-01-08 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Chew
Much sooner than I was expecting.
Now I'm just gonna have to set aside the 8 hours I'll probably need to download the damn thing...
08-01-08 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Chew
Where is this survey? Or is it just for "a select few"?
08-02-08 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Chew
Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty has been set for an 08/21 release date. 
Much sooner than I was expecting.
Much sooner than I was expecting.