The clock on the PlayStation 3 console thinks that 2010 is a leap year and therefore did not recognize the date Monday 1 March. This is the official explanation that this morning Sony has given the problem that yesterday halted million consoles worldwide. Sony has issued this morning the reason for the problem and recommended that if the console still does not recognize the correct date is corrected manually, moving from March 1 to March 2, or go to the console tutorial online. What did not happen in 2000 has now suffered the PlayStation 3 in its pre-2009 models and does not affect the versions Slim. Sony gives terminate the conflict. But some of his customers do not consider the matter closed. In the official blog of the console have already appeared several messages exigiendouna compensation of some kind. In one, a surfer explains that it has filed a complaint at the municipal office of consumer information. Other surfers doubt that success can be ordered with any compensation
It all started at zero hours yesterday. But even after six in the evening, Sony offered the first official version of the problem. Then the company released a statement stating that "we believe we have found that the problem is being caused by an error in the functionality built into the system clock." This error meant, according to the company, the system date back to January 1, 2000 and could not be updated. Also not kept the trophies won at games and prevented enjoy some games downloaded from PlayStation Store. Sony said it expected to solve the problem in the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, recommended to the owners of a PlayStation that was not the Slim model, which did not show this defect, do not use it to prevent the management could impede the recovery of the data now lost.
Since morning, the Internet was filled with the testimonies of thousands of players who saw their PlayStation 3 stopped working when connecting to the PlayStation Network service. A notice mentioning the 8001050F error, which has disabled the console and restarted the schedule for the December 31, 1999 in the United States and the January 1, 2000 in Europe and Asia. According itespresso, the ruling would have caused much of the PS3 stop working and a lot of data stored on them, as the items and trophies will be erased.
Meristation said the ruling would not stop access to PlayStation Network, the items were damaged, could not access or online demos or downloadable content from PlayStation Store, the date of the console was not modified and showed some games in the collection trophies.
In a first report yesterday morning, Sony said they were aware that "some users" had a connection problem "when trying to access the PlayStation Network. Those of you that you have the new model of PS3 (PS3 Slim 120GB or 250GB) seems unaffected. We are currently working to restore service as top priority, and will update this information as needed. Sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and your continued support. To follow the Be-minute information aware of Twitter, where we will update the situation as soon as possible "
In 01net told that was impossible to launch, even in offline mode, games like Heavy Rain and Darksiders, and the titles downloaded. The console's internal clock refused to pass the March 1 and crashed. According 01net, the problem is not solved trying to introduce new parameters on the clock because the cause would be in the console manager program.
The dispute recalls the so-called 2000-ten years ago which alarmed the whole industry to a possible computer problem with the change of digits from 1999 to 2000. Either because they worked proactively in resolving the problem or because the size was not announced, the date arrived without major problems detected. To a lesser extent feared that something similar could occur in January this year. What is most surprising is that the reason for the problem of the console is in the month of February and that in very beginning, PlayStation has to recognize leap years, and those who are not.
Nor faltaronn sarcasm. In a video posted on YouTube was proposed as a remedy plug off the PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. A blog maintained by game developers, stated that the Playstation machines on which they work also had an endless error and suspected a problem with the computer clock.
It all started at zero hours yesterday. But even after six in the evening, Sony offered the first official version of the problem. Then the company released a statement stating that "we believe we have found that the problem is being caused by an error in the functionality built into the system clock." This error meant, according to the company, the system date back to January 1, 2000 and could not be updated. Also not kept the trophies won at games and prevented enjoy some games downloaded from PlayStation Store. Sony said it expected to solve the problem in the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, recommended to the owners of a PlayStation that was not the Slim model, which did not show this defect, do not use it to prevent the management could impede the recovery of the data now lost.
Since morning, the Internet was filled with the testimonies of thousands of players who saw their PlayStation 3 stopped working when connecting to the PlayStation Network service. A notice mentioning the 8001050F error, which has disabled the console and restarted the schedule for the December 31, 1999 in the United States and the January 1, 2000 in Europe and Asia. According itespresso, the ruling would have caused much of the PS3 stop working and a lot of data stored on them, as the items and trophies will be erased.
Meristation said the ruling would not stop access to PlayStation Network, the items were damaged, could not access or online demos or downloadable content from PlayStation Store, the date of the console was not modified and showed some games in the collection trophies.
In a first report yesterday morning, Sony said they were aware that "some users" had a connection problem "when trying to access the PlayStation Network. Those of you that you have the new model of PS3 (PS3 Slim 120GB or 250GB) seems unaffected. We are currently working to restore service as top priority, and will update this information as needed. Sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and your continued support. To follow the Be-minute information aware of Twitter, where we will update the situation as soon as possible "
In 01net told that was impossible to launch, even in offline mode, games like Heavy Rain and Darksiders, and the titles downloaded. The console's internal clock refused to pass the March 1 and crashed. According 01net, the problem is not solved trying to introduce new parameters on the clock because the cause would be in the console manager program.
The dispute recalls the so-called 2000-ten years ago which alarmed the whole industry to a possible computer problem with the change of digits from 1999 to 2000. Either because they worked proactively in resolving the problem or because the size was not announced, the date arrived without major problems detected. To a lesser extent feared that something similar could occur in January this year. What is most surprising is that the reason for the problem of the console is in the month of February and that in very beginning, PlayStation has to recognize leap years, and those who are not.
Nor faltaronn sarcasm. In a video posted on YouTube was proposed as a remedy plug off the PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. A blog maintained by game developers, stated that the Playstation machines on which they work also had an endless error and suspected a problem with the computer clock.
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