PS3 users the world over are reporting their consoles have been struck down by a mysterious series of bugs, leaving them unable to play games, connect to the PlayStation Network, or access save data.
However, the bug so far seemingly affects only older “fat” units.
A series of severe issues have so far been documented, summarised below:
The bug only affects the pre-Slim models.
The system’s date is reset to 2000/1/1.
The system can no longer connect to the Internet/PSN.
Local trophy data is lost.
Save data is lost.
Many games will no longer run offline or on.
At its most severe the machine will only return “error 8001050F.”
It is not clear whether the data loss is reversible at this stage.
The exact trigger is also unclear – machines have been affected globally, apparently even entirely offline units. Speculation has so far centred on PSN updates or a calendar bug.
Sony has yet to issue any useful comment, though it says it is investigating.
The timing and nature of the bug has naturally also reminded some of the mythical “Sony timer” – how convenient it is that older models largely out of warranty are being broken whilst the PS3 Slim is unaffected and readily available as a replacement, their reasoning runs.
Others have acerbically commented that this is after all what they would expect from a free service.
In any case, it seems Sony has finally caught up with Microsoft in the main area the Xbox 360 still maintained a lead – crippling system defects.
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Thank God I own a xbox 360 also, cause mine went to shit today also. PS3 curse anyone? Oh wait FFXIII is around the corner too, poor PS3 fanboys.
Fk year even Sony's trying to HINT HINT tell people not to purchase FFXIII.
Microsoft is releasing their data weapons.
Am I the only lucky person around here? I put my PS3 away while this happened
Nope my PS3's still good, turned it on just to see whether it bit the shitter or not but its all good.
Y2K
I lost my fucking Bioshock save data AGAIN! First my friend accidentally saved over it with a new game, then this shit happens and my data is "corrupted." FFFFFFFUCK!
Mann, I thought I was the only one having this problem when I called tech support. My PS3 is a brand new one that I bought this January. I can't access anything that I saved??? Hopefully this is resolved by the end of the day when I come back from classes... D=
Finally, an explanation.
This happened last night. I was in the middle of playing White Knight Chronicles and my friend came over and wanted to play Killzone 2. I saved, signed out and noticed my Dynamic Theme wasn't working- it was just a white background. I tried to change it back and nearly all of my themes were 'Corrupt Data.' Everything else was fine but I couldn't connect on my PS3 account no matter what.
I better be reimbursed for this. :/
Sony said it has pinpointed the problem with its PlayStation Network that has kept some PlayStation 3 users from playing games on or offline.
A blog posting on the PlayStation blog said Sony officials have identified the cause as a bug in the clock functionality incorporated into the PS3. They said it affects models older than the newest slim PS3.
A variety of error messages and problems have cropped up including:
• 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 videos downloaded from the PlayStation Store before the expiration date.
Sony said it hopes to have the problem resolved in the next 24 hours, but is warning people with the older units not to use their PS3s. Officials said those who try to use their consoles may have problems with trophies and not being able to restore certain data.
Sony said there were more than 40 million users in its PlayStation Network as of last month. There's been no word on how many have been impacted by the error.
CNN has asked Sony representatives for updates. We’ll let you know as soon as we hear from them.
Good buy Fat PS3 hello Slim PS3, It looks like PS3 fans are going to replace there systems just like every Xbox 360 fans.
I don't think sony wants more sales of ps3 slims to replace ps3 fats. from what i saw ps3 still costing sony more money than they get for sales. for sony the best things is for you to buy more games and blurays.
so in the end this actually is a no win; they sell more ps3s for a loss or people just abandon ps3.
Haha, oh wow. I'd love to see how PS3 elitist fanboys who mock Xbox for RROD react.
lol i know right since the PS3 is gonna fix it by itslef like the xbox O WAIT
My PS3 is fine and my 360 has never had a RROD.
Yay
I'll stick with my PC gaming. Consoles are more and more trying to emulate their capabilities anyway. And in my experience, better warranties on the hardware and longer lifespan make PC gaming and entertainment the way to go for me.
My PS3 is dead... and i die too... (x-\\\)
Make sure that it's not condensation. PlayStation owners can test this by placing a ShamWow over the game controller while you suck on the other end.
it's sony's answer to the geohot hack!
"we don't want you to hack your (classic) ps3s, so we conveniently disabled them for you! please buy a (unhackable) slim ps3!"
thank you appl... er i mean sony.
You know, all my previous generation consoles still work. This is the most shoddy and expensive generation of gaming consoles ever. Not a great time to be a gamer.
Programmed suicide dates are a form of corporate cyber terrorism for profit.
sony says fuck you to 8001050 users
if it's a clock/timezone math thing... my time has never worked correctly, it reports time in my timezone wrong, and that with the "update online" for the time.
Mine still works ... for now.
I just play inFamous, no problems here... and mine's the fat 80GB model... the one without any PS2 emulation. I know i had problems signing in, but it doesn't seem like i have problems playing games with trophies....
I was playing White Knight Chronicles IE until about 1:30 AM, and it was fine right to shutdown. Hope it doesn't keel over >< my last backup was around...a few months ago? OTL
>>The system can no longer connect to the Internet/PSN.
I'm still able to use the Internet. Everything else is broken, though.
Waiting for mine's to happen.......wonder when?
Ugh...And here I was hoping to hunt some Category-G Akrid with back-stabbing Japanese snow-pirates...
Why don't you just use your best buy warranties or whatever take it back and get a new model?
They will hand you a new one right off the shelf.
Stupid question...
When I turned my ps3 on I had a changed date.
I changed it from 1999 to todays date 2010.
Does that mean that when the fix comes in tomorrow my system is messed up?
you guys cannot live ONE day whitout PS?
The date on my 60gb PS3 got screwed too but my trophies are still there. Not too willing to try and log on to PSN or run any games for now though.
shet bthis is bad i got it also i hope my Star Ocean 4 is safe
I have a fat ps3 bought in june 2009 and its working fine,
guess I'm lucky
Planned obsolescence, anyone?
Whats is up with not being able to play offline for the game you bought. That pisses me off. WTH!!!
Can't play because it can't load some trophies. >:(
Right now im on my 80 gig PS3. I was unable to sign into PSN yesterday and aslo got the error but, today i logged on fine and im on PSN right now and typing this right from my PS3. So idk if its luck or if i will get it soon.
AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Since it seems to be mostly an OS issue Sony should fix the effected units.
It should be very cheap to do so vs fixing a bad BGA which was the Xbox's problem and would make for good some PR for the money.
Y2K lols
You expect this shit from Microsoft, not Sony. I haven't turn my PS3 in a month and will definitely not do so now. I personally feel bad for the Japanese right now. They're still reeling from the lost decade, NEETs and hikikimoris are everywhere, they have rapidly aging population, birth rates and marriage rates are down, Japanese as a people are a dying race, their economy is the toilet, Toyota, the epitome of Japan Incorporated, got grilled by Washington bureaucrats, and Australian anti-whaling terrorists are attacking their shit.
Let's not forget that they got hit by a tsunamai.
Wasn't it an earthquake?
Also, I don't follow Anon's comment. What does Japanese demise have to do with the PS3? You mean that this is a proof that their systems aren't any more reliable and/or well-manufactured than American ones or something?
EVERYONE COMMENTING NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT PS3 OWNERS HAVING PROBLEMS GOT JUST SERVED SO FUCKING HARD!!!!!!
YOU DESERVE TO DIE FROM FAIL.
HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAH!½!!!!#"!ONE!!¤
hmm...I have a pre-slim model and I haven't had any problems.
Hum.... I've had my PS3 on and connected and so far I've hadn't had any problems, nor has any of my friends. o: Maybe it isn't so large of a problem than you think.
I'm glad I waited before getting a 360 (better chip set) and I'm really glad I didn't already invest in a fat PS3 even though I wanted to get one.
I shall post my face from having a 360: :)
I dunno about you, but it seems kinda fishy that this bug suddendly came up after the fat ps3's have been out for so long.. and in the press release they mention the slims.. Maybe sony did this on purpose so people gotta buy the newer models. Reason I think like this is because the bug starts once you try to access PSN.
Got that error code yesterday as well. So far, I haven't lost anything, but I can't connect to PSN at all. I'm not even going to turn my PS3 on until I hear it's safe...
Wow thank goodness I surfed over to Sankaku complex. I had turned my PS3 on when I got home today and noticed the clock changed by itself stating the date as 12/31 and all these problems happen after the clock resets itself to 1/1/2000. I quickly updated the time via internet and so far everything loads and works fine. Hopefully, hopefully nothing will happen. My advice if your PS3 has a date and time change of any kind quickly correct it.
I love it how some faggots think this is irreversible.
I got my PS3 working, since I figured this was an simple issue with firmware & network setting system. I just had to put my date & timing up to date, and I installed the same firmware I had already on my system, rebooted the shit, and touché, everything was fine. The trick was to reset manually all network & date/time settings.
Pretty frustrating, isn't it?
I have a slim, I'm not affected. Now to continue my game of BioShock 2....
Mine seems to be working okay - 60GB fat.
i got an 40 gig and nothing happened i think someone just hacked psn and sperded a virus
My ps3 is now a lemming, I wouldn't be surprised it jumps from the window now... how sad.
HAHAHAHA take that artefact you fag sonyfanboy first heavy fail and now sony fail hahahahaha
this is why i removed the dooms day count down from my ps3.
really tho no problems with it so far so i think ill play it save and leave it off untill i hear about a patch or if this bug is really "that big"
I work in tech support for PS3s. Gosh..
It's a date issue by the trophy servers. THey seem to think theres a leap day today, and this is frying out the older internal clocks. THe slims have a new kind so they aren't affected.
This annon is me, by the way. Didn't notice I wasn't logged in.
And just letting everyone know, that it's supposed to fix itself (on march 2nd 0:00 GMT) after the leap day. So 4 hours and 30 minutes to go, people!
Man, I thought Sony was better than this crap...
For a system that has striven to define itself as the stable, reliable alternative to the constantly exploding XboX, this is kind of disappointing.
Sure it's not RROD level failure, assuming they fix it, but it is saddening nonetheless. If my save data ends up destroyed (it won't even let me check that!), this is going to be a legitimate black mark on the PS3's otherwise sterling record.
If I turned my ps3 on, and set the date to march 1 2010 is there a chance that it won't fix itself tomorrow?
It's like the red ring of death for the PS3. Except world wide :(
But the RRoD was worldwide.
And yeah, it was. Past tense, Jasper board, yadda yadda.
YOU YLOD GAYSTATION FAGGOTS SURE GOT TOLD!!!!!
So the YLOD wasn't enough for us, RROD XBOX 360 Fanboy?
Lol? I was playing all of yesterday and playing right now with my old ps3. Non slim.
Oh if I was passionate about the console wars I would be so relieved to say something like "8001050F FAGGOT!" and start trolling that. I've never had a part in that sort of thing, though.
XD, someone made a virus for the cell processor? Okay, sure buddy. It affects offline consoles too.
It's just a leap year problem on the OS, it reads every 2 years instead of 4, and it messes the Internal Clock and such can't handle the 29th of FEB when it's not a leap year.
I can't believe they fucked up the hardware clock. Wow.
ggwp Sony.
GAYBOX FAGS SURE GOT TOLD!!!
... oh wait
lol, wonder where that moron is now? Probably crying over his dead PS3 and lost data. Serves him well, I say.
Just wait a day and it will be fixed with an update. Simple as that. This is not remotely close to RROD so just stay calm people and dont turn on your Ps3's
Even though I don't own either of the consoles, I still look up to the PS3, as there aren't that many retarded trolling haters coming from the ps3 legion, which can't be said about the xbox360 legion.
Well guess what, xbox360 fails mainly due to the fact that its security system was cracked, making Microsoft inferior to Sony. Butthurt Americans? Oh well... nothing newsworthy here.
Wow you just became what one of the PS3 Legion. Your comment wasn't needed what so ever.
I'm a PS3 owner, of the CHECHG01 Fat model and mine works fine.
Smells like a plan to make most "fat" owners to switch to the slim version. After all, the fat version was recently cracked so maybe this is Sony's plan to counter it?
i got my ps3 somthing like 1 or 2 months after it got to the market and so far i cant report any errors
Taking out and putting back the battery inside the ps3 seems to fix the problem
I haven't try it, though
I'm getting the same shit too. 60 GB model, if that helps whatever data collection may be happening.
Yeah I think this is an invalid date issue causing licenses on the PS3 to expire. Meaning, you can't use paid content like dynamic themes, DLC, downloadable games, etc. Games with trophies will also fail to load (since trophy sync is date dependent) whereas older games without trophies (e.g. MGS4, Valkyria Chronicles) still work.
I don't think at this point there is any reason to assume save files or trophies are in any danger. Save files aren't licensed (but the date fuckery could be causing games to not recognise them - things will go back to normal when it's fixed and they'll be fine) and trophies are safely stored on Sony's server.
It's best to just leave your console off until they fix it, then everything should be OK.
or you could reset the date to something like the 20th of Feb?
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have anyone tried to set the date to 1st of March manually?
i tried and it still doesn't work
Pff't heres some real facts.
- You lose any trophies you may of gained since your last sync operation till you hit the PSN bug.
- Your DLC and downloaded games probably won't work for a bit, they are not removed..
- You won't be able to play online.
- YOUR CLOCK GETS RESET... RETURN TO VENDOR NOW KIDS BEFORE YOUR LATE FOR SCHOOL.
My friends saves are fine on his fat.. and you can back up save games to USB \ your computer easily so..
Quit thinking a temporary server side bug is the apocolypse or on par with mass hardware failure.
PSN is free, you get more than what you pay for.
My fat PS3 was offline at the time - and still is - but had recent firmware updates. The date reset to December 31, 1999 at around 6 AM EST on the morning of Sunday the 28th, but I did not lose any save data, or any other settings that I noticed. I'm pretty sure about this because I was playing Heavy Rain all night and the PS3 crashed around 6 and then worked fine afterwards. I checked later that day and again just now, and all my saves are there for other games as well. However, should I be afraid to put my PS3 back online after this?
I absolutely love how all the Xbox fanboys are comein out the wood work to yell fail even tho their system has been failing for years. But whatever.
Prove that Sankaku support Sony.
I see all of the posts above only 2-3 posts bashing Sony.Other just giving constructive opinion.If 360 article most of you bashing Microsoft non stop.This isn't fair!!!
my PlayStation is affected. I fell like killing someone.
I know feel pain comrade...
I too have been infected with the 50F virus....
Ironic that this is happening while the fat PS3 is being hacked.
according to them, only the pre-slim models will be affected.
and xbox? oh only the pre-slims have a 54% fail rate.
Hey wait a minute.......
Glad I never went online with my fat PS3 for online gaming or software updates. Thanks to that I didn't encountered this severe bug.
so that's what they call the Y2K problem
i got a similar bug on my psp games
My PSP works fine.
Ooooh shit, I'm using a PS3 right now =[
Perhaps thats why I cant log into PSN... shit
lol, now ps3's turn i guess...
lol good thing I have the slim and not the ugly fat one.
Suck it up!
Luckily I havent use my PS3 since like 8 months ago
Anon's slim PS3 have no problems! Thanks god!
Same here.