Sony not aware of Error 80010514

Sony PlayStation 3 owners, heads up – there’s a new development about the infamous PlayStation 3 80010514 Error, and it’s direct from Sony itself. It seems that the company is just a bit unprepared for the bug itself – and that’s never good. Are we going to see a repeat of the dreaded Disc Read Error that plagued early versions of the Sony PlayStation 2? All the details in the full article.

Here’s a rather disturbing update about the Error 80010514 that’s currently plaguing the Sony PlayStation 3 scene: it seems that Sony is currently unaware of the fact that it exists, or that it’s making life quite difficult for starting PS3 owners. Difficult in the sense that it’s halting the next-gen gaming experience in its tracks.

This news comes directly from a Sony Computer Entertainment UK spokesperson. He said, “I’ve spoken to our Customer Services department and they aren’t aware of this issue with the PS3.”
 
For those of us who missed the earlier news reports about this particular error, Error 80010514 pretty much is the Sony PlayStation 3’s gremlin, just as the Red Ring of Death is the Microsoft Xbox 360’s.

Manifesting itself as either a faulty sector of the internal hard drive or a faulty installation of firmware, Error 80010514 pretty much stops any game being played on a PlayStation 3. You can still play DVD and even Blu-ray movies on the console with no problems, but when you try to play a game, it’s when that the error rears its ugly head.

While it’s certainly obvious that none of us saw it coming, the fact that Sony itself is not prepared for something like this is quite disconcerting. Of course, we have to give it to Sony for having a quick and prompt repair service, such as when GameRevolver’s own 60GB PS3 conked out. In any case, updates as we get them.

Via Eurogamer