Major Sony f*ck up!

[Dr.Martini]

It appears the ps3 has a form of the y2k bug (ysk10 bug?) as a lot of people except those with 120gb models are reporting that the system clock has reset to December 31 1999 and has corrupted a bunch of data leaving games unplayable. 

I first noticed this a few minutes ago when I started up my ps3 to play Heavy Rain I then googled the erroe a found this thread on IGN.com http://boards.ign.com/ps3_general_board/b8267/189806405/!p1

IF YOU HAVE A PS3 YOU PROBABLY SHOULDNT SWITCH IT ON UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED!!!

Edit: lol I put 'cock' instead of 'clock' 

[1cewolf]

Rootkits, SecuROM, and now Y2k PS3s...what's not to love about Sony? 

I gave up on consoles right about the time I figured out how to build a gaming PC. Say what you will about Windows being a dog, but I don't have to deal with Red Rings of Death or crazy Y2K PS3s 

[Dr.Martini]

It kinda makes sense though that if the clock resets to 1999 it can't play ps3 games.

It probably thinks it's a playstation 1 now. 

[Dr.Martini]

There's no way to tell which will be affected and which won't since this is a bizarre thing which no one saw coming.

I hear the slim ones are ok too so it seems to be only ones made before a certain date.

[zachhhh]

hahaha i dont have this problem on my 40gb....and first time im hearing out bout it..dont bitch about sony ps3 just cause u got a bad model....learn to review which model is good like you do games before buying it.

how in the hell are you supposed to research an unforeseeable malfunction lol 
anyway, mines working. thats a weird issue though

[zachhhh]

well. literally seconds after i left that post, i turned it on, and it was fine. i started the game, and... it froze. wtf! im almost scared to turn it on again :0
edit: well shit, the clock says 12/31. this is weird... i was playing it earlier just fine. whatever is wrong... this SUCKS 

[jackulator]

didn't see this topic earlier, but I just got done playing 4 hours of mw2 with no problems - I wonder if they fixed it already

[prankyoudude]

Never mind every Ps3 is affected it just happen to mine...Sony has posted on Twitter that they think someone has gotting in to there system, and people have gotten an update to change there system to 1999 and that some people passwords may have been change they say to see if ur password been change log in to the PSN Forums and if ur successfull u werent hacked

[jackulator]

mine is affected too - when I turned it on earlier it asked me to do all the shit it did when I first got it - like adjust the brightness, screen positions - then when I went to mw2 to play it said 0% on multiplayer, which was at 100% yesterday, and when I tried to enter it said I needed to create a PSN account... so I hope the fix is as simple as setting the date back to the correct time, otherwise me and a whooooole lot of other people playing mw2 are gonna have to start from scratch again - that's gonna piss off the level 10 prestige guys... shit, pisses me off and we're only a 70... 

[Dr.Martini]

This guy explains it in more detail.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aimPRKfqKGw&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/aimPRKfqKGw&rel=0</a>

[zachhhh]

hahah i saw that vid, the guys hard to watch but he captures the grief we are all feeling nicely

[jackulator]

I'm totally making a soundboard out of this guy -- for the PSN customer service line 

btw, my PS3 isn't having any problems since we just bought it in December -- I only thought it was because I read this topic last night and when I tried to play this morning to check it out my brother had logged into a new account just created yesterday that I forgot about, and THAT was the reason mw2 showed 0% complete haha

great vid too man 

[jackulator]

here's the board I made: http://www.jackulator.com/smf/index.php?topic=4528.0

 

[Dr.Martini]

Mines working again now but my Heavy Rain trophys are still gone.

I don't really care about trophys anyway.