It’s a sad day for many PS3 owners. After installing PS3 firmware 3.00, quite a few users discovered their consoles were having trouble playing certain games. A game like Uncharted, for example, would freeze in the middle of play after the update, even though it had played perfectly before. Sony got to work and shortly after released PS3 firmware 3.01, which was supposed to have fixed all of the PS3 game and movie reading errors caused by 3.00.

Now there is a long list of PS3 owners who’ve upgraded to 3.01 only to find their system now has trouble reading any discs. If you read through the PlayStation.Blog entry on firmware 3.01, the comments section reads like some sort of horror story. As of 2pm CST on October 1, 2009, there were 795 comments, and they just keep coming.

Unfortunately, Sony is not owning up for what evidence suggests is clearly its mistake. Eurogamer got in touch with Sony ask about the issues PS3 owners are having after installing firmware 3.01, and was told by the company that the problems people are having aren’t firmware related…

Today’s a good day for PS3 owners. Sony has kind-of responded to the multiple complaints about PS3 firmware 3.0 with firmware 3.01. The PlayStation.Blog announced the new firmware’s debut today. As usual, what’s been changed hasn’t been really announced. The only change noted is improved system stability for certain games.

Reportedly, the 3.01 fix does alleviate some of the problems caused by firmware 3.0. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune froze on PS3s running 3.0, and quite a few users reported freezing issues with Batman: Arkham Asylum. 3.01 allows users to play both of those games again. Eric Lempel, PlayStation Network Operations Director, specifically stated in a reply on the PlayStation.Blog entry that Uncharted now works.

However, if you’re one of the people who’s controllers just stopped working after 3.0, 3.01 isn’t going to help you any…