What’s new with Sony PS3 Update 2.42?

July 30, 2008 | Filed under Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 

What’s new with Sony PS3 Update 2.42?

It seems as if Sony is releasing new updates thick and fast, the latest firmware update is 2.42. So what is new on this new software update?

Once you switch your PlayStation 3 on you will be meet with a message letting you know that there is a new download. We will be taking a look a little later just to see what Sony are giving us with the Firmware Update 2.42 update.

One thing that we do know is that the new software improves the quality of playback for some PS3 and Playstation format software. Until we have a closer look, we can’t really tell you much more.

Let us hope that this update fixes a few security issues, oh and those Call of Duty 4 issues that some gamers had complained about.

If you have had a chance to download the latest Sony PS3 Update 2.42, let us know what you think.

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51 Responses to “What’s new with Sony PS3 Update 2.42?”

  1. Callum on July 30th, 2008 11:39 am

    Hi, I have just downloaded it and I can’t see a difference expect in when I’m playing call of duty, It doesnt say downloading game settings a lot only for a feew seconds. I am also more connected and not getting games quit because I am dissconnecting from the access point. This update has really helped me now I can finish matches without counting them as a loss with a few seconds to go

  2. Dan ( 7th prestige ) on July 30th, 2008 12:34 pm

    NNiiice. tahts awesome.. i hate it whenever im forced to get a loss cuz my teams down and there may be 2 rounds left.. anways.. thanks for the info:)

  3. kryptik on July 30th, 2008 12:47 pm

    I’ve just downloaded it…cant really see much of a difference. Hopefully when I play MGS4, I wont get diconnected all the time…because of the error message ‘connection not stable’—–ANNOYING!!!!

  4. kryptik on July 30th, 2008 12:50 pm

    I’ve just downloaded it…cant really see mucH of a difference. Hopefully when I play MGS4, the error message won’t show up - ‘connection not stable’—–ANNOYING!

  5. djnaughtynic cod4 on July 30th, 2008 1:26 pm

    just downloaded it, dont see anything different, dont see anything wrong which is a good thing

  6. ev1l-ash on July 30th, 2008 2:03 pm

    Well, bollocks to that!!! I just downloaded the update and within half an hour my ps3 crashed TWICE while playing Call of Duty online… I had to turn it of TWICE cuz it didn’t respond at all! Gaming ain’t fun like that!!

  7. Blkpwner on July 30th, 2008 4:06 pm

    uhh i dnt see a difference kan sombody tell me wats dis all about..cuz i thhink the new update should have been a little better!!!!!!!!!!

  8. The Truth on July 30th, 2008 4:19 pm

    ev1l-ash needs to get a new PS3. The upgrade had nothing to with your PS3 crashing. Dumb a ss.

  9. coys123 on July 30th, 2008 5:16 pm

    i have tried to down load it but as i get to 3 % on the finishing download error comes up, 8002f147 says its reconnecting but same thing happens, any one else have this problem or any one have any ideas about fixing it cheer guys

  10. pill monster on July 30th, 2008 6:23 pm

    on cod 4 does anyone constantly have problems partying up wiv certain friends for no apparent reason yet have none hooking up wiv anyone else? and has this new upgrade fixed?

  11. Rog on July 30th, 2008 9:48 pm

    yeah, downloaded it earlier and now I cant stay connected to a single online game.

  12. holla on July 31st, 2008 12:57 am

    im having the same problem when it gets to 3% on the download it comes up with error 8002645 or something then i cant download it

  13. Robbie on July 31st, 2008 4:21 am

    It made it really blurry.
    Like I’m wondering if it was my tv but I don’t think it was.

  14. arijan on July 31st, 2008 6:48 pm

    l can’t run any of my games since i downloaded it!!!!!!

  15. Brian on July 31st, 2008 7:44 pm

    downloaded the update and all my saves on cod 4 single player have gone and when i name my perks online as soon as i switch my PS3 off they disapear and have to name them again.

  16. potsy on July 31st, 2008 8:48 pm

    it fucked up my online shit too its harder to connect to online game on fifa 08 an most time it just quits half way through its been perfect untill i down loaded that update ps3 only 3 months old sony would wanna get the finger out

  17. Danel on August 1st, 2008 4:56 am

    Fucked up the COD4 online gaming for me. I get lag on each and every map whether im hosting or not BLAHBLAH

  18. john on August 1st, 2008 7:32 am

    my ps3 just caught on fire wtf the update is crazy dont do it

  19. john on August 1st, 2008 7:33 am

    it cautch my ps3 on fire wtf i dl it and after it restarted fire…

  20. Dan on August 1st, 2008 10:07 pm

    During the gameplay of mgs4 the controller all of a sudden started pressing x like crazy by itself and shutdowned, i turned back on the ps3 and i couldnt even press X [] triangle or Circle , nor the up down left right arrows, and when booting up the ps3, it auto logs on to the first acc, shown, and when i boot up my controller when i press the home button it acts as a X button, the joysticks do work, im going to try a system restore, if this doesnt work, im gunna give sony a hell of a piece of my mind

  21. BLaZe on August 2nd, 2008 6:00 am

    after da update i can not play ps2 games on my ps3

  22. terv on August 3rd, 2008 12:45 pm

    no problems here in new zealand

  23. SKY Spy on August 3rd, 2008 4:02 pm

    Well this is totally Effed Up!!! My son decided that it would be a good idea to update the PS3 and he did 2 nights ago without me knowing it. Well now ANYTHING BLURAY does NOT play. NOTHING!!! Doesn’t even recognize the DAMN Disk!!! Is there anything I can do???

  24. Rasclat on August 3rd, 2008 5:55 pm

    Takes. Too. Fucking. Long. To. Download. I know it’s not my connection either because I’ve updated my PS3 in 4 different places across a 30 mile radius (moving house a lot) and it’s always slow, I just seem to have a bad connection to Sonys servers wherever I go, no matter what the size of the download is. Everything else downloads fine, even my shitty xbox three shitsty.

  25. Eagle314 on August 3rd, 2008 7:59 pm

    It’s brilliant! The greatest game of all time, Worms, now works properly!

  26. Trent Doyle on August 4th, 2008 1:15 am

    Same thing here. On my ps3, after the update to 2.42 doesn’t read any cd-rom, not blue ray, not dvd, no music. Wow, what an update, must have been written by Microsoft!!!

  27. chris on August 4th, 2008 5:50 am

    hey i downloaded 2.42 and it keeps giving problems like i can’t play any game online so help me please fix it

  28. gavin on August 4th, 2008 4:11 pm

    Well Crap!!! as my ps3 was fine till i got 2.42 ver, it now dose not let me on to the net and it comes up with DNS error which i have tryed every thing and i was told to restore my ps3 and start againe. Can any one help

  29. SKY Spy on August 4th, 2008 4:42 pm

    I restored my PS3 to new and it still doesn’t work with any BluRay Movies or Games since it downloads the most recent UPDATE as it restores…

    WTF??? Is there anything to do other than take it back to Best buy and use my Service plan???

    SS

  30. James on August 4th, 2008 11:27 pm

    Pissed off - unable to sign in since the update

    Connection test is OK with obtaning the ip but the testing internet connection is infinate even though i can browse the web in my brower

    Also signing in is infinate

    No more online games for me

  31. Danny on August 5th, 2008 2:06 am

    Yes we need to request that Sony release a new update/patch that will fix these issues. Each time you update the PS3 you will face the same issues depending on what Playstation you have. The only issues that I have is that I have a lot of pixelated play and lag while playing online

  32. walkingtall1986 on August 5th, 2008 8:00 am

    hey will there be a new update soon please fix it fast i dont want to buy xbox 360
    i dont want to get rid of it cause i have 40 games for the ps3
    fuck man i cant play anything online but i can go online it takes a long time for each page to come on FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT

  33. hgg 74 on August 5th, 2008 9:38 am

    Hi. Had same probs with 2.42 regarding blu-ray. i.e won`t read them JESUS!. any way phoned sony and they are sending new machine within 2 days. I guess from now on i`ll hold off a week or so before i download just in case.

  34. sdcc on August 8th, 2008 6:26 pm

    James i have the same problem….

    How the hell can we fix this!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
    I’m connected to the internet but the connection times out when trying to get into PSN.

  35. humperdink on August 9th, 2008 11:08 pm

    my internet connection goes everytime i try and download 2.42 and if i do not downlaod it then i can not play cod 4 online :s

    what do i do ?

  36. James on August 10th, 2008 9:43 pm

    You do?

    Well ive been testing the ps3….

    It seems that you can - connet to the wirless router (under nat 2) + acces the internet + but cannot sign in(infinate sign in wait).

    But

    If you connect directly into the internet (nat 1) you can sign in and everything works

    So

    To fix this problem we need to give the ps3 nat 1 internet acces

    So

    I am going to give the ps3 DMZ(Demilitarized Zone) access in the router and everythin should be OK.

  37. Liam on August 11th, 2008 9:21 am

    I did the update n mostly everthin works the same. Except wen playin COD4 it logs me out n wont let me sign in again.
    So i have to re-start it the it lets me

  38. humperdink on August 11th, 2008 11:50 am

    james i dont really understand any of that lol

    i have wireless but i dont no how to connect to nat 1 etc

    ill try and see if it works now that u have done the dmz

    if not i wud really appreciate it if sum1 cud leave a step by step to change to nat 1 >?

    plz

  39. chris on August 12th, 2008 5:16 am

    hey everytime i try to go online with call of duty 4 it says
    ERROR Trying to set client stat number 290 while connected to a server [clc state=]9! and says ERROR Unable to connect to Activision Matchmaking (Error33)and Unable to connect to Host
    so i hope u could help me thanks

  40. Danel on August 12th, 2008 2:17 pm

    You have to restart your system and your modem worked fine for me afterwards

  41. Black Belt Jones on August 20th, 2008 7:35 am

    I updated my system to 2.42 and now it no longer recognizes any media from a disc. Same deal here…restoring the system has no effect. The Blu-ray drive is no more.

  42. ps3 soon to hate on August 25th, 2008 3:30 am

    i cant seem to down load so all in all i cant go to ps3 store to down load any games so wow a $550 dollar peice of junk

  43. Good_Rabbi on August 26th, 2008 9:10 am

    Well, I don’t know what you guys are doing wrong. I have one of the first 80 gig ps3’s that came out, and i have not had a single problem playing ps2 or ps games, Except when i try to play my dvd of Crank. It won’t recognize the disk..And I can almost never quit Folding at Home w/out it completely locking up my ps. And after the update 2.42, I’ve had many less issues with GTA4 Multiplayer, and MGS4:SOP. I’m not gloating. I’m just saying.

  44. jeff on August 26th, 2008 11:44 pm

    Well i dont have to buy a new pair of underwear when ever i have an accident i simply wash the skid marks out so we shouldnt have to buy new systems when ever the software designers screw up intentionally or not they should fix it promptly but it would seem sony is following suit to ms to boost system sales in preventing discs from loading properly so i say for all those people in the same boat as me, mail your old dirty underwear to the executives of sony and ms and let them know this just stinks, if we got to go buy new systems we might as well get new underwear while were at it.

  45. graham lennie on September 13th, 2008 1:20 am

    downloaded the update when it came out and only now its fucked up my messages etc…

    doesnt let me knw if ive sent them
    and wen i do send them, my friends cant contact me as it wont let me know ive got new messages till 2weeks after theyve been sent lmao. :(

    doing my head in :|:(

  46. Matt on September 18th, 2008 9:13 am

    uhm my ps3 stopped Playing PS3 Games…But Plays PS2 Games.. Weird huh, i havent tryed a ‘DVD Movie, Or a Audio CD, But i have tryed 10 Diffent games 5 PS2 Games, And 5 PS3 Games, NO PS3 GAMES WILL Work, But all 5 PS2 Games Does… This Update 2.42 Is the cause of it i just know!!! I Might not of ‘Tooken my ps3 apart like others have, But its not a hardware, its a update issue, and it needs to be fixen or token care of some how, some way. Its driving me insane, brought the new ps3 star wars game, and i cant even play it pisses me off, and idk if theres Anyway of getting rid of it, I Know restoring doesn’t ‘Fix it, cus its just restoring LOST Data, And I’m reformanting right now, so i’ll see if this gets rid of it but i dought it ‘its called Format Utility And its slow as hell, Anyways. Im Major pissed. I Spent 500 Buxs on this 8Months, Ago and idk if i can return it to sony, or not cus i accdently removed the warently seal on the side of it ’so I Have No Clue on that part, But i DEMAND A UPDATE FIX CUS IT HAS TO BE THE UPDATE, After the update is when this problem was Happening, and it never happend till than.

  47. Rengaw on September 18th, 2008 2:24 pm

    My ps3 stopped playing PS3 games and blu-ray…but plays PS2 games and audio CD’s and DVD Movies.

    The update 2.42 Is the cause of it i just know it too as the same thing happened to my X-box360.

    My X-box360 is in the same state as it plays audio CD’s and DVD Movies.
    but won’t play almost all my games except Alaska Hunting and Culdecpt.

    I DEMAND A UPDATE TO FIX THE PS3 AND X-BOX360!!!

    P.S. My original PS2 and X-box and Dreamcast and 3DO all still work and they never got any updates and are years older.

  48. James on September 18th, 2008 4:36 pm

    Yeh i had the same problem, turns out it was hardware failure. It will read dvds but not blue ray disks.

    To fix this problem i rang them and told them about it, they asked if it was dropped, i said no, i gave the serial no, they send me a new ps3 and took away the old one.

    Exelent service, only took 3 days

  49. Matt on September 19th, 2008 4:08 am

    Well i didnt drop my ps3, or remove my ‘Warnety seal’, but i dont think its a hardware faluire, because ever since 2.40 Updates came out, People have been having Problems, ANd its only a few out of 10 that gets the problem of 40, than 2 xs a few on 2.42 soo i really belive the 40 Versions aren’t so stable as ‘Sony is preclaming, i mean I AM NOT AN XBOX PERSON I HATE XBOXPPL I HATE XBOX, ITS A GAY MACHINE, And has gone back to the store, and ‘Company more than the PS3′S, my Point is, That the PS3 HAS Over 1 Million copies left, and are wanting money out of this.

  50. Matt on September 19th, 2008 4:25 am

    Anyways Gonna Post again sorry, I Am a true Sony fan And i wouldn’t Lie About these Kinda things, I Never liked Xbox At all.. Hell i bearly like Bill gates or Microsoft for that Matter So I AM NOT Making this UP. ‘I do Belive that ‘IT WAS THE Update that fucked the systemup, But i aint Point blame towards Sony, I Just wish They ‘Take Credit for something they did, Sony is always Been about Money And not the Customers Anyways. My PS3 Still Doesn’t work Day 2 OF This, Box wil be here soon ‘Supposely’ i just wish i could gotten what James did a ‘Brand NEW PS3′ Insted of repairing this one.. cause what if they cant fix it. lol than im fucked. and wont ever be able to play ps3 games ugh… anyways. I Love sony. Just.. Please Oh Please Sony ‘listen to us who are having Problems with our systems, please!

  51. rkid on September 21st, 2008 2:12 pm

    i havent downloaded it yet so by the looks of all your coments im not going to, until they release a new one

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