PS3 update ineffective in Europe

Sony has confirmed that the recent firmware upgrade for PS3 had no effect on European consoles.

The version 1.92 patch was released to resolve issues outside of Europe, a Sony spokespreson told Eurogamer.net.

"All the changes in the firmware update were for the US and Japan, and actually had no effect for us in Europe," said the spokesperson.

Sony said yesterday that the update addressed "compatibility and playability issues".