Do not switch on fat Sony PS3s - major bug

[danrok]

Latest info on PlayStation Network Status – PlayStation.Blog

Slim consoles seem to be unaffected.

As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today. This problem affects the models other than the new slim PS3.

We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

Errors include:

* The date of the PS3 system may be re-set to Jan 1, 2000.
* When the user tries to sign in to the PlayStation Network, the following
message appears on the screen; “An error has occurred. You have been
signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)”.
* When the user tries to launch a game, the following error message appears
on the screen and the trophy data may disappear; “Failed to install
trophies. Please exit your game.”
* When the user tries to set the time and date of the system via the
Internet, the following message appears on the screen; “The current date
and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)”
* Users are not able to play back certain rental video downloaded from the
PlayStation Store before the expiration date.

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

As mentioned above, please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologize for any inconvenience caused.

[Daniel ~]

Thanks Danrok! I've been playing this afternoon , but I NEVER go to Sony Network...

I'll not do anything but game until it's fixed... Damn I hope that's enough to avoid this trouble!!

[danrok]

Go in to the settings menu, and see what the date says.

If it is wrong, e.g. 1/1/2000, then you may be better off not using it until they patch this. Otherwise, your game saves, etc. may get muddled up.

[Daniel ~]

Thanks Dan, I'll do that. I did look at the main page and it has 3/1 as the date. But that's probably not germain...":O}

[chrisbard]

Good thing this hasn't happened to Xbox otherwise you guys would have screamed that BG has done it again

[Aedan]

For some reason, some programmer at Sony got confused with leap years...

[Daniel ~]

Originally Posted by chrisbard

Good thing this hasn't happened to Xbox otherwise you guys would have screamed that BG has done it again

Yeah, a one day screw up is so much worse than than trashing an entire system, then refusing to admit it's even happening! Xbox you rule! LOL

[danrok]

This one was most likely just human error.

Whereas I seem to remember MS deliberately shipped millions of untested consoles to customers, and knew full well what they were doing.

[Daniel ~]

Hey! Chris is entitled to Microsoft's opinion! It's not like he has one of his own now is it!? ":O}

[PorPorMe]

Lol!

[chrisbard]

Originally Posted by PorPorMe

Lol!

Ahahahahaaaa Daniel tried to be funny and look someones laughing