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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."

10 of 342 comments (clear)

  1. y2k anyone ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I for one, welcome our y2k10 playstation overlords.

  2. Microsoft has to love this by tsotha · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, man, the party is at Balmer's house tonight.

    1. Re:Microsoft has to love this by V!NCENT · · Score: 2, Funny

      The party headed over to Nintendo for his Xbox360 got a red ring of death...

      Okey, next...

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    2. Re:Microsoft has to love this by InsertWittyNameHere · · Score: 3, Funny

      RSVP and BYOC - (Bring Your Own Chair)

  3. I Told You All! by sysusr · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I said the Millennium Bug would strike again, you all thought I was crazy! Who's laughing now?

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  4. Re:HA! by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only reason I can see a video game not working because of mis-matched dates is because of DRM,

    Well, if that's the only reason you can think of, you're not thinking very hard, are you?

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  5. Sony timer by reybrujo · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is not a bug, it is the Sony timer.

  6. Re:HA! by The+Mighty+Buzzard · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, the reason you shouldn't sue is that suing someone because they pissed you off makes you an asshat.

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  7. Re:HA! by The+Mighty+Buzzard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Give the guy a break, he could just be stupid.

    Or he could be following the longstanding tradition of not knowing what the hell you're talking about when bitching on the Internet.

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    Violence is like duct tape. If it doesn't solve the problem, you didn't use enough.
  8. Re:HA! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    You must be the sort of dissatisfied customer that every company dreams about: Rants angrily on the internet and purchases $2K worth of product...