The 5.00 beta firmware gets updated and for a good reason.

Last week, we wrote about how the Japanese company released a 4.74 firmware while the 5.00 testing is in progress, causing troubles for those who downgraded. What issues happened? Quoting the email that Sony sent out:

„Updating from 5.00 Beta to 4.74 will result in the following restrictions:

• You will not be able to revert from 4.74 to the current 5.00 Beta. (You will be able to update to the upcoming 5.00 Beta 6.)
• The order in which content is displayed on the home screen will be reset.
• Download links on the home screen (such as for SHAREfactory or Media Player) that you deleted will be displayed again.
• Some items in [Notifications] will be deleted.
• Some items in [Discover] that you have already seen will be displayed again.
• Activities that were created and some settings you configured while using the 5.00 Beta will be stored on the PlayStation Network server. You may see notifications related to these activities and settings even after updating to 4.74.
• Games that were downloaded while using the 5.00 Beta may not start properly after updating to 4.74. If this happens, delete the game, and then download it again

Please refrain from updating to 4.74 and wait for the upcoming 5.00 Beta 6 update if you would like to avoid these limitations.”

Well, that Beta 6 update is now available. Sony’s story proves that bigger firmware testing is necessary to avoid widespread issues before the new system software update launches to every console owner. The 5.00 firmware should properly launch in October.