Sony Hold Back PS3 Update After Bricking Some Consoles

<p>Earlier this morning the latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 was sent out to Sony fans across the globe under the name of 4&period;45 although it was quickly taken offline after some users reported to Sony that the update had actually bricked their consoles &lpar;rendered them useless&rpar;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over at the official PlayStation forums a topic was created by one user named &&num;8220&semi;JadeTreeInWind&&num;8221&semi; who first reported the issue at 07&colon;12PM on 06-18-2013&period; Since then the topic has grown to 82 pages with many other users reporting to Sony that the update has had an impact on their own consoles also&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement to Eurogamer the company said&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;We are aware of reports that the recent PlayStation 3 system software update &lpar;version 4&period;45&rpar; has caused the XMB to not display on a small number of PS3 systems&period; We have temporarily taken 4&period;45 offline and are investigating the cause of the problem&period; We will announce when the system update is available for download as soon as possible&period; We apologise for the inconvenience&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;community&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;t5&sol;PlayStation-3-Support&sol;Problem-after-update-to-4-45&sol;td-p&sol;40712247">Official PlayStation Forums<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-06-19-playstation-3-update-4-45-bricking-some-consoles">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;0ff0fd7e-660f-46b7-be00-77ab3fe6eae2" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;