Sony PS3 network glitch affects thousands

By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor Published: 12:35PM GMT 01 March 2010

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Sony"s PlayStation Network appears to have suffered a time or monthly monthly calendar glitch that has left thousands of PS3 consoles unplayable

Sony pronounced it was operative tough to brand and finalise the problem, that has left thousands of PS3 owners incompetent to fool around games or entrance the PlayStation Network and has, in a little cases, deleted or depraved prize achievements.

Speculation is abundant that the complaint has been caused by a time or monthly monthly calendar bug. The blunder emerged overnight, as console calendars switched from Feb to March, with most PS3 owners stating that their console time had reset itself to December 31, 1999 or January 1, 2000.

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The blunder appears usually to affect owners of comparison PS3 consoles, rather than the some-more recent, "slim" versions. Gamers have reported saying an blunder summary that reads: "8001050F Hardware failure. Cannot refurbish Firmware or bond to internet". They afterwards inform being incompetent to entrance or fool around calm downloaded from the PlayStation Network, and in a little instances, have complained that prize and feat interpretation has been compromised or deleted.

Sony pronounced that the engineers were operative "flat out" to repair the glitch. "We have found out that a little users are experiencing a network tie disaster when signing on to PlayStation Network," pronounced Sony in a statement. "We are now seeking in to the issue to brand the means of this network tie disaster and will refurbish serve report as required on the PlayStation blog and central website. We conclude your bargain and one after another support."

Sony pronounced that PS3 owners could go on to make use of their console in offline mode, and for gameplay and alternative tasks that don"t need internet access. However, a little gaming websites are notice PlayStation 3 owners not to spin their consoles on at all until a repair has been issued, since a little users have reported problems with their console even when they haven"t attempted to log on to the PlayStation Network.