Re: Mass Effect 3 crash/black screen PS3

Purchased Leviathan DLC. Now stuck in infinite "Checking Downloadable Content" loop. Game freezes on that screen and won't do anything. Went to Game Data and deleted everything. Restarted PS3. Re-downloaded Extended Cut and Leviathan again (about 4 hours). Re-installed both. Bypassed the Version 1.09 25MG DLC & Patches update. Restarted PS3 and Mass Effect 3 and everything worked. Quit game immediately. Restarted game and this time downloaded Version 1.09 and restarted PS3. Started ME3 and now stuck again at the "Checking Downloadable Content" screen and can't do anything.

Just deleted Game Data folder again and now downloading Extended Cut and Leviathan again (another 4 hours). Will not download Version 1.09 25MB DLC & Patches again unless you have a way to make them work together. There's an obvious compatibility problem here.....

I just bought the game but I can't get past the intro splash screen.

Deleting the game data did not help. Installing and not installing 1.09 update does not help.

Any ideas?

I am trying to play Mass Effect 3 on the PS3 for the first time ever and am experiencing the same issue.  I have no Game Date to delete/clear.  I tried to hit cancel to bypass the update and still just got the black screen.

I bought the PS3 ME Trilogy specifically because I had not yet played ME3, and being able to do  so is completely unacceptable.  It doesn't make me feel good about EA's customer support that this has apparently been an issue for 10 months with no resolution.  Please advise.