Video Game Saga *

PlayStation 3 users across the nation reported late on February 28th, that turning on their PS3, their games have been unplayable, hard earned  trophies lost and denied access to PlayStation Network. So far this problem has been effecting original PS3 models. One theory points to an issue with the console's internal calendar that occured when the system clock rolled over to March 1, 2010 which is reportedly resetting pre-slim models to 12/31/1999. Plus with 2010 being mislabeled as a leap year, that certainly doesn't help. Sony has reported that PS3 Slim owners are widely uneffected. Sony is investagating the problem and strongly encourages those with a pre-slim model to keep their systems turned off until further notice.

Jim's 2 Cents: Wow, who woulda thought that the Y2K bug would come back to bite all us gamers in the ass! This is really sucks! I still have my PS3 from launch and now I am scared to turn it on and log into PSN  This isn't the first time something like this has happened, as most of you may recall, months back consumers where reporting there PS3 system rom drives where frying out due to a system update. I LOVE Sony and my PS3, I hope this is solved soon so I can enjoy some Heavy Rain

Here is the latest statement from Sony:

"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 playback 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 apologise for any inconvenience caused."