+1 on that. I paid a tenner for it, and it’s money well spent IMHO. Getting it for free is excellent.

Maybe I will switch to that then now I can do 1080p.

Well it looks like it is happening again. Grab ernies card details just in case.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/36 ... set-system

I've just been reading that.

I reset mine yesterday via the sytem update, got a confirmation that it was successful. Do I have to redo again FFS?

Edit: Looks like they've taken the sign in offline again.

Oh FFS.

I've deleted billing info from my PSN account (didn't realise it was still there) and have set up a new email address just for PSN.

Damn. We're rumbled boys. I'll see you on the Costa Del Sol!

Jon

I wonder if Sony would like a slice of Epic with their Fail?

They really do like to have their cake and eat it.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/30 ... -rockstar/

Would you honestly be surprised, really?

They are clearly going for epic fail with that.

Not so sure about that one personally. Coincidence does not imply causality. Every time one of the console makers issues a newsworthy firmware update, a few days afterwards we get a press story 'OMG! Firmware update X is killing consoles!' Every. Single. Time.

1) A given number of consoles fail every day. This is just a fact. 5%, 3%, whatever. On the day after the firmware comes out, 3% of consoles will fail. Obviously, that's because of the firmware update isn't it? No. It's because 3% were going to fail that day anyway. You're seeing a coincidence and reading it as consequence.

2) Older consoles (of both the major 'next gen' brands) were manufactured in a less sound way than the current models. The 360 more so than the PS3 but the fact is older PS3s are more fragile than new ones. As time goes by, the chance of your old console going pop gradually increases. Therefore, in the 3% above, there will actually be a higher percentage of old consoles than the population as a whole would suggest. So therefore the story now is 'OMGWTF! Firmware X is killing OLD consoles'. No, You're seeing a coincidence modified by probability and reading it as a consequence.

Consoles fail. Some consoles will fail after having their firmware upgraded. That doesn't mean the firmware killed them. If the firmware actually did kill consoles, you'd see masses of them. Tens of thousands. Instantly. We aren't.

I'd advise you to read 'Bad Science' by Ben Goldacre. There's a well written chapter in there about how the press do this with all sorts of statistics and coincidences, all the time. with much worse things than video games too.

Jon

Some clarification by Sony, no hack apparently.

Struggled to get online with F1 2010 last night but that may down to a problem my end as there were plenty of organized races taking place according to the screen.

Thanks for reminding me about it. Completely forgotten that I hadn't finished the book (got through the first couple of chapters). So far hasn't told me anything new but does provide info in a way that makes it easier to explain to others.