vittywatt Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 just awesome.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 This is a disaster for PS3 owners!!! It's a stupid error w/ the date. The dates apparently double check, some consoles are programmed to think today is 2/29/2010, and it's double checking w/ the server and seeing that it's 3/1/2010 so it's not working. Really awful mistake. I can't believe that some people can't even play games OFFLINE. I hope they fix this soon for you PS3 owners. I hate Sony for crap like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 ...darn? haha. suggestion: go find something to do other than video games til they resolve it. the world will not end. i promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 ...darn? haha.suggestion: go find something to do other than video games til they resolve it. the world will not end. i promise. Yeah, that's possible, but it doesn't make this right. I don't own a PS3, but if I paid $400+ dollars for something I expect it to work all the time, not because of some stupid programming error. That's amateur work and shouldn't come from a big company like Sony. This means that people can't even watch BluRay discs or Netflix via their PS3. Total crap. It went down on a Sunday night too, when a lot of people that I know like to settle down and play games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 ...darn? haha.suggestion: go find something to do other than video games til they resolve it. the world will not end. i promise. Yeah, that's possible, but it doesn't make this right. I don't own a PS3, but if I paid $400+ dollars for something I expect it to work all the time, not because of some stupid programming error. That's amateur work and shouldn't come from a big company like Sony. This means that people can't even watch BluRay discs or Netflix via their PS3. Total crap. It went down on a Sunday night too, when a lot of people that I know like to settle down and play games. oh i agree that it should work correctly the first time around. i'd probably be the same way if something like this happened to...my phone? or...my camera? i just feel like a lot of people don't know what to do with themselves without their gaming system, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 This happened with the Zune also, a date error thing. I'm not a programmer or anything but it seems pretty bush league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 This happened with the Zune also, a date error thing. I'm not a programmer or anything but it seems pretty bush league. That was terrible too, at least Microsoft had a fix ready that same day. Sony is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tributefanzine Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 It is an attack against Sony. The next step will be the new Gates clone army! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsteel Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 As long as it is up by the time I go pick up MLB 10 tomorrow, this is all pretty amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 from http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/playstation-network-problems-cause-ps3-meltdown/ Sony’s Playstation Network (PSN) went into meltdown this weekend, logging users out of the service and preventing them from playing online games. That alone would be inconvenient, but users, including our own Brian X Chen, are reporting that previously downloaded games - including Heavy Rain - cannot be played offline, that trophies won in games have disappeared from the console. Sony is aware of the problem, posting updates on both its PS3 blog and Twitter stream. Oddly, the issue is confined to the original big PS3s: The PS3 Slim remains unaffected by the problem. Although Sony says it will have a fix by this morning, it has not yet said what went wrong. Anecdotal evidence points to a combination of DRM and firmware issues rather than a network outage. Affected units have their system date set to Dec 31, 1999 (something impossible to do manually, according to PS3 News) or January 1st 2000 and the consoles are only able to play non-protected games. This, combined with errors like the following: 8001050F - Hardware failure. Cannot update Firmware or connect to Internet make us think that a firmware bug screwed up the date and/or connectivity, and the games’ DRM is thrown into a panic as a result. If this is true, it’s embarrassing for Sony. The other possibility is that the trophy syncing itself is breaking the games: games try to sync trophy info and refuse to work when they can’t. Non trophy-based titles like Metal Gear Solid 4 are unaffected. seriously.. fuck DRMs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eriathomas Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 It's really odd you can't play games with Trophies offline because of this. A date error seems like a pretty simple oversight, but this seems like a disaster. Sony may have fucked up good though, since even debug units are down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 from http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/playstation-network-problems-cause-ps3-meltdown/ Sony’s Playstation Network (PSN) went into meltdown this weekend, logging users out of the service and preventing them from playing online games. That alone would be inconvenient, but users, including our own Brian X Chen, are reporting that previously downloaded games - including Heavy Rain - cannot be played offline, that trophies won in games have disappeared from the console. Sony is aware of the problem, posting updates on both its PS3 blog and Twitter stream. Oddly, the issue is confined to the original big PS3s: The PS3 Slim remains unaffected by the problem. Although Sony says it will have a fix by this morning, it has not yet said what went wrong. Anecdotal evidence points to a combination of DRM and firmware issues rather than a network outage. Affected units have their system date set to Dec 31, 1999 (something impossible to do manually, according to PS3 News) or January 1st 2000 and the consoles are only able to play non-protected games. This, combined with errors like the following: 8001050F - Hardware failure. Cannot update Firmware or connect to Internet make us think that a firmware bug screwed up the date and/or connectivity, and the games’ DRM is thrown into a panic as a result. If this is true, it’s embarrassing for Sony. The other possibility is that the trophy syncing itself is breaking the games: games try to sync trophy info and refuse to work when they can’t. Non trophy-based titles like Metal Gear Solid 4 are unaffected. seriously.. fuck DRMs fuck DRMS aka Why Piracy Works! haha Don't let Heisel see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minty Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 should have bought an xbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teganandsara Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 should have bought an xbox. so that it could RROD on the same day and wait a week to get it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlrose Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 should have bought a Colecovision. That shit always worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 blu ray works on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partysmasher Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 should have bought an xbox. so that it could RROD on the same day and wait a week to get it fixed. nah, so you can play games on a console, not a glorified blu-ray player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettall Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 should have bought an xbox. so that it could RROD on the same day and wait a week to get it fixed. So the sound of the loud-ass fan can drown out parents fighting/next door neighbours/rioting/nuclear warfare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vittywatt Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 yeah i watched blu ray movie last night without issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davezer Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 should have bought an xbox. I have both XBOX and a PS3. This is the first issue i've had with my PS3, but I am on my third XBOX360. I wouldn't really give a shit if i didn't JUST go to the store yesterday and pick up a PS3 EXCLUSIVE game called Heavy Rain. I got to play it for like 5 hours, fell in love with it, now i can't fucking play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Now Sony is saying you shouldn't use your PS3 at all until they fix the issue. (Old ones) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davezer Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Also, this doesn't affect new "Slim" PS3's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 from http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/playstation-network-problems-cause-ps3-meltdown/seriously.. fuck DRMs fuck DRMS aka Why Piracy Works! haha Don't let Heisel see that. HULK SMASH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eriathomas Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Sony finally confirmed it was a clock error, and a fix should be out within 24 hours according to kotaku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 This sucks but PS3 is still better than xbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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