1/03/2010 & the PSN

"Everyone READ THIS PLEASE.

Here's what's going on right now: something with the PS3's internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3's clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?

-If you have a Slim PS3, you're good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
-If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged.

What does this bug mean?

-If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?

-You can't. Even if you don't sign into PSN, it won't help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?

-Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 8pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves...maybe.

-If that doesn't work, we'll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?

Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They'll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they'll be fine if you've synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?

It's probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine.

So there ya go, my handy FAQ."

massive kudos lj... so now we officially know the problem...

My ps3 has y2k bug

lol I read this after switching on ps3 and auto-signing in. Did notice time and date are incorrect.
ah well

So what classes as "Synced Trophies"?

Just viewing your collection and letting them load beforehand (gathering info for trophy information... message)? or actually pressing Triangle on the XMB icon and selecting "Sync with server"?

I was under the impression that it syncs whenever you look at them, because it has to load an updated list. I'd be kinda pissed off if this isn't the case, because I have properly synced in a long time.

If you click on your sig and log into PSN that way, you'll be able to see what has synced

Whats with all this psn shit?

I signed in as normal at 5pm and there was like 3 people on... I went into MAG and the servers were practically empty.


I must not have the whatever it is called problem.

do you have a slim maccaz???

sparton wrote:do you have a slim maccaz???

80gb

I couldn't get on, not that is was really a problem, Heavy Rain, doesn't need PSN.

Superstar655 wrote:I couldn't get on, not that is was really a problem, Heavy Rain, doesn't need PSN.

Well I have a question about that - I assume the answer will be "no" but I'll ask anyway...

I have Heavy Rain on my fatty - haven't really played that much, but it's one of those stupid ones that won't let you copy the save data (so I can play it on my slim).

Is there any way around this at all? Obviously I could start over, or wait until Sony (presumably) release some sort of fix.... obviously there's no info on if/when this will happen of course.

I wonder why I can get on o.o

Luck, I guess.

Resurrect was on as well, so that makes two of us

Superstar655 wrote:I couldn't get on, not that is was really a problem, Heavy Rain, doesn't need PSN.

Yes it does. I thought the same.

As soon as I launched HR, it quit me back to the XMB and now my Heavy Rain trophy list has disappeared. Don't do it.

Still fucked this morning

Stupid Fault....