According to tipster Troy it is. Having downloaded the stunningly huge 1.2GB of demo, this is all poor Troy saw:
After installing and when you go to play, you get the Playstation 3 screen and then you get a Insert Disc screen.
So i inserted any PS3 game and tried it again.
Same Playstation 3 screen again and then the screen goes black and just hangs.
I’ve sent an email to SCE Australia to confirm, so consider this a rumour for now.
Readers, if you’re experiencing difficulties with your download of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, drop me a line as soon as you can.
If this does turn out to be true, then the last few weeks haven’t been good for demos in general…
UPDATE: Thanks to phonicpod, we have more info from NeoGAF. A few comments from the thread:
Download the demo and what?
Watch “Please insert the game disc.”?
I get the PlayStation 3 logo/tune, then nothing….black screen.
the demo, it does nothing.
on my pal ps3 connected with hdmi with primary english language
Update #2: According to SCE Australia, the demo is not available for download here – at least not yet – so it’s not a major concern for us.
It seems to be a problem with PAL PS3s though. It may be region-locking, but judging by the “Please insert game disc” error, it’s probably not.
Update #3: Turns out the game disc error was a red herring. All the latest here.
phonicpod
Friday, November 9, 2007 at 8:42 AMSeems lots of people have this issue.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206487&page=8
Region locking? Perhaps 2.0 firmware wasn’t such a good update then!
Camb3h
Friday, November 9, 2007 at 9:28 AMYeah, I got the same problem – Uncharted Demo: The Frozen Black Screen.
Hopefully this doesn’t start to be a trend for PAL ps3′s.
Mancerg
Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 2:13 AMYeah, same black screen after Playstation 3 logo… Very dissapointed :(