Just signed up to these forums solely due to this issue. This is simply unacceptable. I downloaded the full game/dlc off of the playstation network the hour the game was released. 15 hours later i was actually able to play the game

whopper of a download that one was. Anyhow, I get about 6 hours into the game, and as i am coming back to my ship from omega, my ps3 gets STUCK on a loading screen. Being patient, I sat there for a good 10 minutes before finally admitting that something was wrong (I hadn't saved for awhile so turning off my ps3 wasn't option number 1). I pressed the PS button and went to quit game, since it was only "loading" and not saving. Yellow indicator light was NOT on. The system then restarted itself instead of simply quitting back out to the xmb. My ps3 then greeted me with the friendly message "YOUR SYSTEM'S HARD DISK IS CORRUPTED AND WILL BE RESTORED"........ I cursed for a few minutes, then pressed OK, since it was the only option left to me. My system did a 15 minute restore, got to 100%, restarted and gave me the same friendly message "YOUR SYSTEM'S HARD DISK IS CORRUPTED AND WILL BE RESTORED".... I sat there jaw agape..... and pressed OK again. It restored again, got to 100%, restarted, and gave me the same damn message............. So I had to go online and figure out how to play a game of morse code with my ps3 on button in order to boot it in safe mode. THEN i had to restore my entire hard disk from safe mode just to get my ps3 FUNCTIONING again!!!!
BEWARE!!!!! This glitch is MUCH more worse than it appears, as it threatens all data on your ps3, NOT just your mass effect saves. I LOST EVERYTHING!! My ps3 was one of the new 320gig models that came out with the playstation move. There went black ops, Assassins creed brotherhood, and much much more. Not to mention all my photos, movies, and music stored on my system. HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU RELEASE A GAME IN SUCH A STATE????!!???
Anyhow, I am a determined soul, so i REINSTALLED the game again and started over. I assumed it was simply an error on my behalf and that such an issue would surely be an isolated case. So I gave bioware's game another chance and played it for another 30 hours, did a TON of side missions, most of the loyalty missions, and LOW AND BEHOLD!!!!! I get stuck on another neverending load screen during the shadow broker mission............. i quit out of the game again, and the ps3 restarted! It did however go to the xmb, and didn't force me to restore the hard disk. So i load up my game thinking its all good.......wrong.......data corrupted.......my shepard was erased from the books.......
Bioware, WTF????? Have you heard of Q A testing? You honestly expect your consumers to believe that you had never ONCE encountered this data corruption error during any of your testings? This is all just truly unacceptable.