[UPDATE] Sony and Rockstar: Neither L.A. Noire Nor Firmware Overheating PS3 Consoles

[Ian Caronia]

Ugh. Gaming news sucks lately. Any good news? Like...

"Mass Effect 3 to revive dead consoles, and heal all corrupted save files."

"Players of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have begun to learn new languages overnight. And even more than that, they know Kung Fu."

That's just stupid and ridiculous. Skyrim teaching Kung Fu. PFFF

Everyone knows that Elder Scrolls V will teach people how to kill dragons should they be assaulted by one! It's a self-defense instructional game.
Left jab to the horn!
Right jab to the throat!
Or you can duck under and kick it in the balls if it's trying to be frisky

OP: LA Noire (it's "noir" not "noire". The game isn't French so why is it spelled that way?) needs 1,315 Hard Drive Space. It's pretty friggin massive. But then again they really should've tested this out more thoroughly (even if the update was partially to blame, which it's not since 360s are being affected too).

Nice job, Rockstar. First you work to death and lay off the devs who worked on RDR, and now you sell a game that's liable to brick consoles.

 

[beema]

This seems like good evidence for the argument that the current console gen's tech is pretty outdated (or that they just need better cooling systems, I guess).

So hey, Rockstar, any chance of releasing this on PC, a platform that could actually accommodate your game's high hardware demands without exploding?

just save as often as you can and keep an eye on your console so you don't have to solve its murder too.

lol
great line

 

[dragongit]

I'd been on the fence about getting this game for a while. Sadly this isn't gaining me favor in perchasing it. I have the original 60 Gigger fat man. Needless to say its fairly old, and I'd hate to have this game be the one thing that kills it.

Right now I'm having guilt issues simply buying a new game, if this thing kills my PS3 I'd have to buy a new one of those, and thats simply not in the cards for a long time.I really need a job...

 

[GonzoGamer]

And the Sony fail train keeps on trucking.

Some day, maybe we'll all finally be one big PC community rather than this balkanized platform mess. I mean, they're just crippled computers that hook up to televisions.

Don't worry, this generation of consoles is making many converts.
Then again, you can't play this at all on the pc.

I'm thinking I'll take this one off my rental list for now.
It looks like a fun plythrough but my ps3 is still recovering from Fallout New Vegas and I don't want to put it through more hell.

 

[JDKJ]

Ugh. Gaming news sucks lately. Any good news? Like...

"Mass Effect 3 to revive dead consoles, and heal all corrupted save files."

"Players of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have begun to learn new languages overnight. And even more than that, they know Kung Fu."

That's just stupid and ridiculous. Skyrim teaching Kung Fu. PFFF

Everyone knows that Elder Scrolls V will teach people how to kill dragons should they be assaulted by one! It's a self-defense instructional game.
Left jab to the horn!
Right jab to the throat!
Or you can duck under and kick it in the balls if it's trying to be frisky

OP: LA Noire (it's "noir" not "noire". The game isn't French so why is it spelled that way?) needs 1,315 Hard Drive Space. It's pretty friggin massive. But then again they really should've tested this out more thoroughly (even if the update was partially to blame, which it's not since 360s are being affected too).

Nice job, Rockstar. First you work to death and lay off the devs who worked on RDR, and now you sell a game that's liable to brick consoles.

That's an interesting question. The name's based on the cinematic genre of "film noir" which is French for "black film" and, while "noir" and "noire" both appear in French, "film noir" is never "film noire."

 

[Wintermoot]

Hmm.. I have the very first ps3 out on market, 60 GB..

Having my luck and all it would probably fry my machine. And i don't want the newer edition ps3, cause it does not have the same shiny casing and it has different kind of buttons.

I like shiny things..

PS: The last sentence made me giggle.. ty..

you can always apply a piano black coat yourself
OT
smart move there Sony! is it THAT hard to beta test stuff like that on ALL types of systems?

 

[Freyar]

My 360S is doing fine.

That said, this overheating trouble is rather rediculous. How does software, utilizing GPU and CPU as it should cause overheats if the fan or cooling system isn't doing it's job? It isn't like Rockstar had access to controlling fans, yes? Then why is it Rockstar's fault, and how would a patch fix this outside of reducing draw distance, texture fidelity and AI processing?

 

[Corpse XxX]

Hmm.. I have the very first ps3 out on market, 60 GB..

Having my luck and all it would probably fry my machine. And i don't want the newer edition ps3, cause it does not have the same shiny casing and it has different kind of buttons.

I like shiny things..

PS: The last sentence made me giggle.. ty..

you can always apply a piano black coat yourself
OT
smart move there Sony! is it THAT hard to beta test stuff like that on ALL types of systems?

With my precise painting skills and steady hand, i seriously doubt that the painted ps3 would even resemble a playstation, and even so function afterwards..

Still, it would not have the same touch sensitive buttons that make it look so much better than the newer ones.

 

[wooty]

I'm confused. Someone please tell me how this happened.

The more information there is on a disc, the harder the console has to work process that information. The harder the console works, the more heat its working parts produce. The more heat its working parts produce, the more likely it is to overheat.

I suspect that L.A. Noire is an information-rich game.

Would you say that installing the game to the hard disk to reduce the burden on the disk drive could reduce the risk of the overheat, or would the same problem still be potential?

 

[JDKJ]

I'm confused. Someone please tell me how this happened.

The more information there is on a disc, the harder the console has to work process that information. The harder the console works, the more heat its working parts produce. The more heat its working parts produce, the more likely it is to overheat.

I suspect that L.A. Noire is an information-rich game.

Would you say that installing the game to the hard disk to reduce the burden on the disk drive could reduce the risk of the overheat, or would the same problem still be potential?

I'm no expert on the subject, but I know enough to know that both disk drives and hard drives generate heat. Whether using the hard drive rather than the disk drive would reduce the heat generated would be, I assume, a function of whether the hard drive operates more efficiently than the disk drive (the more inefficiently a drive works, the more heat it produces).

 

[dibblywibbles]

then I guess I should just stop playing the game then... I'm afraid for the life of my poor old beasty. I can tell you right now she ain't overheating, i am...because of sensationalist bullshit! how many people are affected by this problem? 3? maybe 4? I'm going back to playing this wonderful game.

 

[Rad Party God]

I'm confused. Someone please tell me how this happened.

The more information there is on a disc, the harder the console has to work process that information. The harder the console works, the more heat its working parts produce. The more heat its working parts produce, the more likely it is to overheat.

I suspect that L.A. Noire is an information-rich game.

Or just badly optimized.

 

[wooty]

I'm confused. Someone please tell me how this happened.

The more information there is on a disc, the harder the console has to work process that information. The harder the console works, the more heat its working parts produce. The more heat its working parts produce, the more likely it is to overheat.

I suspect that L.A. Noire is an information-rich game.

Would you say that installing the game to the hard disk to reduce the burden on the disk drive could reduce the risk of the overheat, or would the same problem still be potential?

I'm no expert on the subject, but I know enough to know that both disk drives and hard drives generate heat. Whether using the hard drive rather than the disk drive would reduce the heat generated would be, I assume, a function of whether the hard drive operates more efficiently than the disk drive (the more inefficiently a drive works, the more heat it produces).

Hmmmm, stuck in a weary rut now. Really looked forward to this game, but all I can think of is my poor old PS3 dying.
Choooiiises, choises.

 

[wooty]

Rockstar Games either jumped the gun on the issue, or Sony challenged its evidence and laid the smackdown. If you've picked up L.A. Noire, just save as often as you can and keep an eye on your console so you don't have to solve its murder too.

Shot in the dark here, but you might know more about this than me.
Have you heard anything about whether this problem is only affecting a certain model or even a region?

Been reading up on the Rockstar forums and it looks like the majority of the complaints are for the N.American version, seen no complaints from any of the European members so far.

 

[Veldel]

Got this awsome game on PS3 and having no heating issues

 

[sb666]

I would say its likely the game because all of rockstars games make my ps3s fan sound like a jet taking off.

captcha discussion never

 

[Pipotchi]

Ha I like entry number six on the Rockstar FAQ

"6. Try your L.A. Noire disc in a different console or try a different L.A. Noire disc in your console to determine with certainty whether the issue could be with the disc or console, rather than the software."

Oh good I will just run out and buy another copy of a game that might not work or pop the game in my backup PS3 I keep around for just such occasions

/Facepalm

Because nobody has mates with consoles, or indeed 360 owners dont have a couple of disks.......

Just because a instruction is useless to you doenst make it useless to all.

So you're saying that expecting your customers to run around to their friends house to test your products is reasonable

/Facepalm indeed

 

[dragongit]

So... if its not the game, nor the firmware, why are PS3s overheating while playing L.A. Noire? Don't just give us random statments, give us answers Sony/Rockstar! I'm tempted for the game but I don't want a crimescene on my hands if my PS3 dies on me.