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[iammeiam]

What's the earliest date you can manually set a fat to? The slims roll from 2000 to 2099; if the fats allow 1999 by hand, there'd have to be some fundamental differences in the way the calendar is structured.

This is the PS3's first even year that's not a leap year, right? So the Leap Year thing could I supposed come into play if somebody borked some piece of code somewhere, it decided on one level to try to roll to 2/29, only to have some other component claim 2/29/2010 doesn't exist, PS3 freaks out, rolls back to earliest possible date?

This has to be the most amazing console breakdown I've ever seen--really hope we get full discolsure on the cause.

 

[ismaboof]

So even if I want to watch a Bluray I'm out of luck? I'm scared to turn my 80GB on.

 

[NeoUltima]

now you can see which of your friends have slims

https://secure.eu.playstation.com/psn/mypsn/friends/

works

Interesting...

 

[OverHeat]

Location: Canada
PSN working: NO
PS3: 60GB FAT (Upgraded with 320GB)
Connection: Wired

 

[GraveRobberX]

Location: NYC
PSN: YES
Model: 120 GB Slim
Connection: Wired

 

[alr1ght]

So it's definitely some voodoo going on here.

or a firmware problem

 

[Always-honest]

So it's definitely some voodoo going on here.

is remore start a patch?
patch is dated

 

[grindamasta]

Location: Yurop
PSN Working: nope
PS3: 60GB EU

Corrupted themes, trophies gone, date set back to 2000... amazing

 

[Neuromancer]

I want to play Heavy Rain, should I unplug my ethernet first? (haven't turned the console on since last night).

You can try. I unplugged my Ethernet cable and I still can't play Heavy Rain (something about trophies)

 

[user friendly]

This feels bad. They need to fix this within the next hour. Max.

 

[ambalek]

Interesting facts:

1. Error 8001050f is displayed when trying to sign into PSN
2. The error is displayed quickly, as if it doesn't even try to connect
3. Affected downloadable titles show 8001050f on launch without even trying to connect to PSN
4. Your clock gets reset
5. The problem started at midnight
6. Dynamic themes show up as "corrupted"

 

[gibration]

Location: California
PSN: No
PS3: 60gb

 

[thetrin]

It was the same with me. I downloaded the HR patch AFTER the issue, hoping that would be the fix. Then I found that I couldn't access any of my PS One games I downloaded. It has to be a clock/calender bug since thats the only that could trigger widespread issues offline. Maybe Sony thought 2010 was a leap year and tomorrow was supposed to be 2/29....

I'd like to think Sony would be smart enough to do a 15 second google search to confirm their assumption....

 

[kamorra]

So it's definitely some voodoo going on here.

Bug in the calender software application, sets date to a impossible value, impossible value interferes with PSN DRM. There you go.

 

[Vgamer]

This reminds me of the Zune bug when they all broke at once from some bug. This could be a huge mess for Sony.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Note to everyone: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CHECK IF PSN IS WORKING OR NOT. Wait for an official word on the fix.

Taking this gamble has a high probability that your PS3 will:

1. Erase the trophy information;
2. Give you error for certain PSN syncing games;
3. Reset the PS3 date;
4. Mess up everything you downloaded from PSN (including themes).

If you have NOT turned on your PS3 in the last 4 hours, then it's best to DISCONNECT your ethernet cable (or disconnect your router and change PS3 settings to wired, if you are on wireless). Play all those single-player games that you neglected and failed to finish!

 

[GraveRobberX]

On my friend's list Kittonwy is on, doesn't the sexy kitteh have a 60 or 80 GB fatty PS3?

 

[Y2Kev]

I DID IT TO YOUR PS3s

ALL OF YOU

I AM REROUTING THE POWER TO MY FUTURE COPY OF KILLZONE 3 NOW

YES

I ADMIT IT

I AM THE Y2K BUG CODENAME Y2KEV

I DID IT AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN IF I COULD

MUHAUHAUHA

 

[mre]

Location: USA
PSN: Dead
PS3: 20 Gig

I was downloading a movie at the time everything seemed to die. I was able to finish downloading the movie, but once it finished anything relating to the PSN is done. I can't even update my system's clock via the internet, which is how I noticed the problem in the first place (I had to update the clock this way to start the movie rental time).

 

[Treo360]

Stardust only works in Demo mode with sound disabled. WTF??

Well the good thing is that BF:BC 2 don't arrive till tuesday so it better be fixed by then.
OH
Location: NJ/NYC metro area
PSN: No
Model: Fat sexy 20gb.

 

[Razor210]

Note to everyone: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CHECK IF PSN IS WORKING OR NOT. Wait for an official word on the fix.

Taking this gamble has a high probability that your PS3 will:

1. Erase the trophy information;
2. Give you error for certain PSN syncing games;
3. Reset the PS3 date;
4. Mess up everything you downloaded from PSN (including themes).

If you have NOT turned on your PS3 in the last 4 hours, then it's best to play offline. Play all those single-player games that you neglected and failed to finish!

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[TTP]

The more I think of it the more I believe is a local clock related bug affecting the fatties. There is no other explaination. I don't think it's PSN related. Actually, the same clock bug can be affecting the PSN as well.

 

[Vgamer]

So even if I want to watch a Bluray I'm out of luck? I'm scared to turn my 80GB on.

It wont even play Blurays?? What about DVDs?

 

[dogmaan]

Bug in the calender software application, sets date to a impossible value, impossible value interferes with PSN DRM. There you go.

but even if it's an out of range integer/date, it should work once you change to another time, I think it's probably a bit more serious

 

[tonkatsu_ramen]

ok I'm really freaked out. I have a 20gig PS3 (upgraded to 320gig) and the last time I was on PSN was when trine was on sale. Should I avoid turning on my PS3 since I'm reading that some games and trophies don't work even while offline and not connected to PSN?

 

[ambalek]

Note to everyone: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CHECK IF PSN IS WORKING OR NOT. Wait for an official word on the fix.

Taking this gamble has a high probability that your PS3 will:

1. Erase the trophy information;
2. Give you error for certain PSN syncing games;
3. Reset the PS3 date;
4. Mess up everything you downloaded from PSN (including themes).

If you have NOT turned on your PS3 in the last 4 hours, then it's best to DISCONNECT your ethernet cable (or disconnect your router and change PS3 settings to wired, if you are on wireless). Play all those single-player games that you neglected and failed to finish!

How could it erase your trophy data? Magically connect to Sony's servers and delete it?

 

[gibration]

Im scared... someone hold me.

 

[TTP]

Bug in the calender software application, sets date to a impossible value, impossible value interferes with PSN DRM. There you go.

Yep. I think that's it. Odd it affects fat systems only tho.

 

[Owzers]

i was going to watch Lost season 5 on netflix streaming with my brother...not anymore.

 

[Ravidrath]

To explore the leap year theory, BTW...

It seems like it started around midnight GMT? Since all the times are likely based on GMT, that would make sense.

 

[RedNumberFive]

DRM and DD are just tops! Can't wait for DD only consoles! Death to physical media!

 

[Dead Prince]

location: USA
PSN Working: Yes
Model: 80GB US PS3.

 

[Always-honest]

THERE WILL BE NO APOCALYPSE UNTILL I FINISH GOD OF WAR 3 YOU HEAR!!!!!!!

 

[Community Forum]

Well I'm not going to turn on my 60GB to find out. I was playing Grandia yesterday and would love to do so, but if its going to fuck something up, to hell with that!

 

[Sanjuro]

So I enter camp Sony once again this Friday and this happens?

I'm on right now having no problems...but I'm taking notes down.

 

[cory]

The more I think of it the more I believe is a local clock related bug affecting the fatties. There is no other explaination. I don't think it's PSN related. Actually, the same clock bug can be affecting the PSN as well.

Yeah, it definitely seems like two similar problems at the same time, one on the PS3 side, and one on the PSN side.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

On my friend's list Kittonwy is on, doesn't the sexy kitteh have a 60 or 80 GB fatty PS3?

From people who revealed whether PSN is working or not, what I've noticed is that people in Canada (and some parts of UK) are not having this problem. Yeah, Kittonwy has a 60GB PS3. My FAT PS3 is working too. (Fuckup can be completely random though).

How could it erase your trophy data? Magically connect to Sony's servers and delete it?

Again... from what I'm reading: It tries to sync with PSN, fails to sync and deletes the trophy data for that particular game on your PS3. Most likely when PSN is online again, it will recognize the fuckup. If it doesn't then you're screwed.

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

Location: US - Cali
PSN Working: No
PS3: 60GB Fat

 

[Warren Ellis]

so basically, it is a bug in the firmware that was triggered by today's date. Great.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

I want to play Heavy Rain, should I unplug my ethernet first? (haven't turned the console on since last night).

it wont work either way, sorry
unless you're on a Slim

 

[V_Ben]

Yep. I think that's it.

it certainly sounds like what happened. this is pretty messy :-/

 

[ambalek]

So even if I want to watch a Bluray I'm out of luck? I'm scared to turn my 80GB on.

I'm watching DVDs just fine on my 8001050f-suffering fat

 

[noah111]

I'm at a friends house and it's not signing in at all... Also, this is the message I get when trying to go to the US playstation site; "get flash and/or enable javascript and stop wasting my time." :s

 

[Always-honest]

The more I think of it the more I believe is a local clock related bug affecting the fatties. There is no other explaination. I don't think it's PSN related. Actually, the same clock bug can be affecting the PSN as well.

yeah, that was what i was figuring..

 

[BoilersFan23]

Location: MD
PSN: Working on slim, not working on fat.
PS3: Slim 120GB, 20GB fat w/ larger HDD.

 

[Vgamer]

so basically, it is a bug in the firmware that was triggered by today's date. Great.

How will they fix this for the people who dont go online with their ps3s I wonder?? Will thousands of people have to mail their ps3s into Sony?

 

[templeusox]

DRM and DD are just tops! Can't wait for DD only consoles! Death to physical media!

This.

 

[iammeiam]

DRM and DD are just tops! Can't wait for DD only consoles! Death to physical media!

In all fairness, people can't play their disc copies of Heavy Rain, either.

 

[glaurung]

Jesus mother of mercy, how can SONY fail with the simple 29th of February date error???

This is uncanny, I encountered the same error a few days ago with a CRM application.

*shakes head with disappointment

 

[jett]

I'm not turning on SHIT until this thing is worked out.