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Calendar Bug Disables Older PlayStation 3 Models

Posted by Soulskill on from the probably-just-ubisoft-drm-kicking-in dept.

JohnWilliams writes "The Sony PlayStation Network appears to be inaccessible to older ('phat') PS3 units. Players cannot play games that require a connection, even in single-player, offline mode, e.g. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Also, the system date resets to January 1, 2000. Sony is 'looking into it.' Speculation abounds that it is a bug related to 2010 being incorrectly flagged as a leap year. The newer PS3 Slim models seem to be working properly."

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  1. HA! by ZDRuX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hope Sony gets sued to absolute oblivion over this. Not being able to play games you have paid for is abso-fucking-lutely un-acceptable for any reason other than your console being physically broken. At least in my books.

    All these goddamn DRM schemes that backfire and companies never learn.. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my DRM-free games and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone!!!

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    1. Re:HA! by dangitman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      It's more than that ... So I'm stuck with essentially an overpowered PSX with a web browser

      Well, gee, that's soooo much more than not being able to play a game. You can't use your other forms of digital entertainment either. It's like Sony infected you with AIDS or something, your suffering must be so great. I don't think you'll live to see another day, what a horrible situation to be in.

      The only way this could be any worse is if slashdot went... NO CARRIER.

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  2. Cheaters get banned, whine about it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    First off, the whole "this is a calendar bug" thing breaks down the instant anyone thinks about it.

    1) Changing the clock doesn't change anything.
    2) 2010 isn't a leap year. Period. Like, at all.

    The only thing in common is that they're older, modded PS3s. In other words, Sony is finally cracking down on cheaters.

    And the cheaters are whining. Cry me a friggen river.

  3. Re:They'd better fix this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Serves you right for buying a gaystation.

  4. Can't play CoD:MW2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Players cannot play games that require a connection, even in single-player, offline mode, e.g. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

    Good.. that's what they get for buying that PoS anyway.