A bug in the Playstation 3's clock functionality has caused Sony to recommend owners of many Playstation 3 consoles avoid turning on their machines until further notice.
Symptoms of the problem, which emerged late Sunday, include the inability to connect to the Playstation Network, failure to launch online games, and the console's clock resetting itself to January 1, 2000. Speculation has connected the bug to the roll-over from February 28 to March 1 and a possible glitch in the machine's Leap Year algorithm.
Although the problem also appears to be linked to the Playstation 3's online functions, owners of afflicted machines report their consoles won't play many offline, single-player games, either, such as last week's best-selling release Heavy Rain.
Sony has confirmed that the bug only affects older "fat" PS3 models purchased before September 2009, and not the redesigned, smaller "Slim" machines sold after that date. Owners of older consoles are being advised not to turn on their machines until Sony has addressed the error.
"We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system," Sony's Patrick Seybold said on the company's official blog. "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."
The problem is affecting Playstation owners all around the world, and it's not confined to consumers. Trade magazine Develop reports work on PS3 game development at "various developers and studios" has been affected by the error.
Symptoms of the problem, which emerged late Sunday, include the inability to connect to the Playstation Network, failure to launch online games, and the console's clock resetting itself to January 1, 2000. Speculation has connected the bug to the roll-over from February 28 to March 1 and a possible glitch in the machine's Leap Year algorithm.
Although the problem also appears to be linked to the Playstation 3's online functions, owners of afflicted machines report their consoles won't play many offline, single-player games, either, such as last week's best-selling release Heavy Rain.
Sony has confirmed that the bug only affects older "fat" PS3 models purchased before September 2009, and not the redesigned, smaller "Slim" machines sold after that date. Owners of older consoles are being advised not to turn on their machines until Sony has addressed the error.
"We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system," Sony's Patrick Seybold said on the company's official blog. "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."
The problem is affecting Playstation owners all around the world, and it's not confined to consumers. Trade magazine Develop reports work on PS3 game development at "various developers and studios" has been affected by the error.
........a day off of psn......yeah totally comparable to rrod....
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