About a month ago there was a system update required for the playstation 3. After updating I have had nothing but problems with freeze ups and disc not being recognized. I called tech support with the error code and they offered to "fix" it for $99.
The issue seems to be related to blue ray disc only as I have rented several movies from redbox during the past month and every dvd worked fine but none of the blue rays worked. Ironically the games themselves are blue rays.

Particularly BF3 refuses to boot up and on the rare occasion it reads the disc and starts I can play one online match before it freezes, but more often than not; once it starts I will be able to play online but have no weapons. It shows my ammo count on the hud but no weapon in my hands and no firing ability, no knife and no grenades, even though I can change weapons, i.e. when switching to grenade launcher the crosshairs change but still no firing capability.

I can however fire weapons from vehicles, once I even got on the back of a dirt bike (I'm a premium member) and as a passenger could fire a gun. This is bs since I haven't even got to enjoy the new "End Game" I paid for. All said and done I have over $140 invested in BF3 and EA refuses to do anything about it either. I sent them pics of the disc with not a single scratch or smudge on it and they said mail it in with a check or money order for $20 and I'll get a new copy.

I completely believe my PS3 problems stem from that last system update. The problem is mostly related to BF3 and Blue Ray movies. Most of my other games work fine but are starting to freeze up too. One of my sons games (also BR) works every time, then I put in BF3 and it refuses to recognize the disc period.

I'm about done with Sony and EA altogether. I worked for a company that shall remain nameless here but they were prosecuted 20 years ago for planting bugs into their software to trigger break downs in the systems they built. Which they would then "service" for astronomical fees and hourly rates!

Anyone else out there having problems with PS3 games or BR's since updating?