Since its release earlier this week, Firmware 3.0 has become the new Marmite: some of us love it, some of us hate it.

The newest sore point, as noted on the official PlayStation 3 forum, relates to controller connectivity. Various models of Sony’s Sixth Axis wireless control pad – most notably the Ceramic White DualShock 3 CECHZC2H (pictured) – are failing to link to the PS3 post-update. LEDs for ports 1 & 2 will illuminate with promise, but the controller refuses to synchronise, even when attached via the USB cable in rare cases.

Resetting the controller, as suggested in troubleshooting section of the console's instruction manual, doesn’t solve the problem, and performing a complete system restore (as carried out by one of the forum members) won’t work either. It may be an isolated issue at the moment, but this is becoming a concern amongst PS3 gamers.

So far, Firmware 3.0 has already affected the ability to download PlayStation Store content on the PS3 Slim, and is even causing select titles to freeze-up during play. We sincerely hope the firmware’s latest teething problem will be its last.