PS3 2.41 Firmware Due "Mid-Week"

Last week the much-anticipated 2.40 firmware for the PlayStation 3 was released, to the sound of crashing consoles. Sony pulled the firmware from download, although it did say in a blog post that they had seen a low incidence of calls.

Not low enough, apparently.

And now the latest: according to reports, Sony will release version 2.41, which will (hopefully) be free of the issues seen with the 2.40 firmware.

Of course, here we go again with the warnings I usually give. Don't be the first to try it out; wait to see the reactions from others before going ahead and upgrading.

I've seen this happen too many times on consoles and even PCs to be an early adopter.

Update: Sony has confirmed 2.41 will be out soon.

Update 2: Sony released the firmware on Tuesday.