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Calendar Bug Disables Older PlayStation 3 Models
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."
The only reason I can see a video game not working because of mis-matched dates is because of DRM, there is no - and neither should there be, any reason why a game should be dependent on any date.
Which leaves me pondering of Ubi Soft's move to enforce online connection to play their latest games. Yes, this is a sidenote, but it seems eye-opening of potential issues and customer relations for this DRM model.
How about the *NIX date bug? In 2038 the intarwebs will come to a screaching halt and we are all going to die and...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
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Sony may be more anti-consumer as a whole, but between the two platforms Microsoft is definitely the more anti-consumer of the two gaming platforms.
Simple HD swaps vs. overpriced upgrades
Ability to install another OS (crippled as it may be) vs. nothing
Plethora of 3rd party peripherals vs. only licensed ones
Availability of 3rd party wireless controllers vs. very few due to refusing to issue licenses - especially guitar controllers
Using any method of USB storage vs disabling 3rd party memory devices.
I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit
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