Official: PS3 Thread

by **Willmatic78** » 3/1/10 4:21PM

Sony: "Do not use your PS3" until glitch is fixed

Mon Mar 1, 2010 2:25PM EST

Got an older, "fat" PlayStation 3 console? Can't get it to connect to the PlayStation Network? Well, Sony knows about the bug and says it's working on a solution; in the meantime, though, Sony is warning that you "do not use your PS3."
Millions of PlayStation 3 owners worldwide (myself included) started noticing Sunday that their consoles weren't connected to the PlayStation Network, Sony's online hub that allows for multiplayer gaming, movie rentals, and downloadable game shopping.

The glitch is also preventing some gamers from using titles that don't even feature online play—"Heavy Rain," for example, which (as of Monday afternoon, anyway) grinds to a halt before it even gets started, displaying the error message: "Registration of the trophy information could not be completed. The game will quit." After checking a few other games myself, it appears that titles with "trophy" support (trophies are equivalent to "achievements" on Xbox Live) aren't working at all, but trophy-less games are still playable in offline mode.

So, what's the deal? Naturally, speculation initially focused on the PlayStation Network itself, but it turns out the problem lies with the PS3 hardware—specifically, the glossy, older-model PS3 consoles, not the new, "slim" PS3.

In a post on the official PlayStation blog, Sony says that the glitch "is being caused by a bug in the clock," which (as the bloggers at Sony Insider are guessing) may have gotten tripped up in the changeover from February 28—yesterday—to March 1.

Symptoms of the bug include your PS3's internal clock being reset to Jan. 1, 2000; the inability to set the clock via the Internet, or to connect to the PSN at all; PSN video store rentals that won't play, even though their rental windows haven't expired; and, worst of all, disappearing "trophy" data for some games, with the message "Failed to install trophies; please exit your game" when you try to launch the said games.

Sony says it "hopes" to get the problem fixed "within the next 24 hours," but it has also issued a sobering warning: "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."

Uh, say what? What does "not being able to restore certain data" mean, exactly? Good question; personally, I know I won't be alone in getting hopping mad if any of my saved games or hard-won PS3 trophies are gone come tomorrow morning.

So, who else is having trouble with their PS3 console today? Worried about your game data? Fire away below.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/65898

by **prestoo** » 3/1/10 5:07PM

glad im in the clear

was playing MW2 yesterday night with no problems

by **Willmatic78** » 3/1/10 5:21PM

^^ Me too. I got signed out a few times last nite but after I reset my router it was all good.

by **battlestation** » 3/1/10 5:41PM

mine wont work. i'm upset. its my day off. i wanna play.

by **Willmatic78** » 3/1/10 5:43PM

^^ Older model huh? Damn it says they will have it fixed in a day or so.

by **prestoo** » 3/1/10 6:47PM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/ps3- ... d-game-on/

According to engadget, looks like the issue has been fixed. they are speculating that it was a problem with how the system handled leap years

by **battlestation** » 3/1/10 7:30PM

i was just able to get on about an hour ago.

by **Willmatic78** » 3/2/10 1:06PM

^^Damn din't even get to take advantage of the day off.

by **Shadow_S2K** » 3/6/10 1:44AM

Just beat BioShock2...pretty fun! However you die to easily for being a Big Daddy but damn the weapons are very entertaining

by **akiahara** » 3/8/10 4:13PM

^^
i bought that, but i haven't played the first one yet... aaaaaaaaaaaaaand dragon age > all right now. so i have like 12 games i need to finish and just haven't...

i stayed away from the PS3 in fear of losing my dragon age save data.

old school PS3 pwns the slim. i don't ever want one of those fucking things. luuuuuuurve my 60gb. XD

final fantasy XIII at midnight... i'm fucking psyched! well, sorta. i'm psyched, but then i think... well, fuck, i'm trying to stay away from spoilers but i'm not so happy about some of the shit i've read about it....

either way, it's bought and paid for, i just have to go get it. XD

by **Willmatic78** » 3/8/10 4:58PM

akiahara wrote:old school PS3 pwns the slim. i don't ever want one of those fucking things. luuuuuuurve my 60gb. XD

final fantasy XIII at midnight... i'm fucking psyched! well, sorta. i'm psyched, but then i think... well, fuck, i'm trying to stay away from spoilers but i'm not so happy about some of the shit i've read about it....

either way, it's bought and paid for, i just have to go get it. XD

Hahah cept the old one got pwned by the leap year. :lol:

I wouldn't want one either. That's why I got 2 of them. My FF XIII will be at mi casa on weds. I hope I like it. It's been years since I got into an RPG.

by **Darkside** » 3/8/10 10:07PM

yeah I've not read the most impressive reviews about this ff...hmmm

by **akiahara** » 3/9/10 5:54AM

all the reviews i read were great, for the most part.

but i don't need to read reviews, because i'm playing it!

it's actually good so far. better than i thought it would be. i'm missing the exploration parts... but... i'm only... like... four hours in?

and it looks... like... OMFGWTFBBQCOPTERS awesome, graphics wise. XD the menu alone makes me wet my little pink panties. XD

by **Willmatic78** » 3/9/10 11:45AM

akiahara wrote:the menu alone makes me wet my little pink panties. XD

Like that? Daaaaaayyyyuuummm... :lol:

thanks for the laugh thiis morning, Lena. I can't wait to see this game.

by **raychongchen** » 3/10/10 12:53AM

i need to go buy a ps3, finish FF13 and then return it.

by **akiahara** » 3/10/10 2:40AM

Willmatic78 wrote:
Like that? Daaaaaayyyyuuummm... thanks for the laugh thiis morning, Lena. I can't wait to see this game.

why, yes, wet panty nerdgasms. :lol:

by **Willmatic78** » 3/10/10 11:15AM

raychongchen wrote:i need to go buy a ps3, finish FF13 and then return it.

Hahah just slang it on here. there's a few folks looking for a PS3.

by **akiahara** » 3/11/10 5:18AM

i'm completely baffled as to why you'd want to get rid of a PS3... o___O

by **Willmatic78** » 3/11/10 11:09AM

^^ It's like buying a replacement Shitbox....FAIL.

by **akiahara** » 3/11/10 2:06PM

i'd buy a replacement shitbox if something happened to mine... *shrug*

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