The speculations were correct. The clock bug has been confirmed by Sony and is taking its toll on “fat” PS3s. Sony says the problem is “caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system” and advises users to stay away from their consoles until the bug is fixed so as to safeguard trophy details and some other data, which Sony says could be irrecoverable.
Sony claims to resolve the update in the next 24 hours, which means we might get an update soon.
Errors include:
– The date of the PS3 system may be re-set to Jan 1, 2000.
– When the user tries to sign in to the PlayStation Network, the following message appears on the screen; “An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)”.
– When the user tries to launch a game, the following error message appears on the screen and the trophy data may disappear; “Failed to install trophies. Please exit your game.”
– When the user tries to set the time and date of the system via the Internet, the following message appears on the screen; “The current date and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)”
– Users are not able to play back certain rental video downloaded from the PlayStation Store before the expiration date.
[Via PSBlog]
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