teh cell sh!t its self

Excellent article. Thanks guys!

A bitter fanboy hacked into the network and caused it to crash.

With the Y2K bug being mostly a flop (news wise) most of these stories never get told. There were some systems dealing with Y2K in 2010. Because the fix the applied only worked for 10 years. The Leap Year bug is even less well known, but can still cause issues (obviously)

I may speak for quite a few people when I say that I need to resume playing Heavy Rain! We'll pull through though. Hold fast hope!

Good thing I didn't buy that Bug-station 3 crap

Well it is nearly 11.00pm in UK so most of Europe should be back up and running within the next few minutes. It would be good if someone could confirm that once past 12.00 the issues are resolved. Come on Europe let us know.

I have the fat ps3 upgraded to 250gb... but I haven't had any of these error problems at all. I'm relieved.

my radio clock more brain cell then sonys programmers

I didn't know the grilling machine had a internal clock

Those dumb bots are going mad!!!!

Nice. Thanks for spreading all this well processed info. Makes things a lot clearer, I really hope that Sony don't have to do a plan B, because I will be offended this happened in the first place.

Just less than one hour to go.

I thought it was a clock issue right from 8am this morning.

My 120gb fat doesn't work right, but thank God my 250GB PS3 Slim does.

Worse than Haiti.

Edit: Also Chile.

well,wonder wot plan b is lol

You need some attention,I have a fat PS3 80 gig from 2009 and all working fine and also logged at PSN.

What, did you said FF13, this multi crap i won't play.

Jack Who needs to learn Engrish. He also needs to get a life and a job.

Man, the trolls are out in full force

this meant that in the uk,Europe is already selling bc2, cant way forthe tomorow

This article makes it seem like nothing serious at all. Still, this problem is nothing compared to the RROD, unless this weird error winds up ruining hardware.

In that case, I'll be calling up Sony to replace my already-YLOD'd launch PS3.

and blind monkeys are also of the hiring list

lets randomly fire IT guys until the problem is fixed,

They gotta give us something free for all the trouble if i was sony id do that to make up for it.

Count down 40 minutes.

It seems reasonable for a possibility that no update is required lol.

I just turned on my PS3 and it signed in perfectly I have my KZ2 trophies back !!!!!
No more problems-except it's telling me that it's still feb 28th...intersting!
almost normal kz2 and others working normally now!!

I have a 60 GB (upgraded to 320 GB). I haven't turned on my PS3 for a few days because of my birthday so I missed the issues.

Caught wind of the clock issue on N4G before I had turned on my PS3.

I won't be turning on my PS3 until this issue is resolved. The Wii will have to do for now.

It works now

GOT THIS FROM NEOGAF FORUMS, SEEMS TO BE WORKING....

"Ok, started PS3, same thing as last night. Tried to set clock via internet and same as last night, no luck.

Disabled then enabled internet connection and tried the set clock...... SUCCESS!!!!SIGNED INTO PSN AS WELL!!"

@ Immortal Kaim - Don't be ridiculous. This is not nearly as bad for Sony as the YLOD issue, which in turn was not nearly as bad as the RROD for Microsoft. @ Eignub - You go ahead and stay ridiculous... it's clearly all you know. For those in this reality, chill. It sucks, but it will be fixed soon with a download.

and i know this has nothing to do with this article , but screw u its the open zone, i find it very amusing that when ever i choose to go to amazon i always always always either find both ps3 or just 1 of them in the top 25 and i have to say i check irregularly but i never saw the 360 in the top 25?? lol like right now http://www.amazon.com/gp/be...

yep its back i took cmos battery out but every one that i know had thep problem is back online

just before 12 midnight. I disabled the network. Set the clock. Re -enabled it and BANG!

all those xbots just praying this was about to be their payback moment for RROD. Oh well. Dont know about anyone else but it felt like the supposed 2012 end of the world for a while.

Breaths sigh of relief

Sorted. Freaking lost my Resistance 2 SP trophies though :(

It's all good today, but if I cannot play BFBC 2 tomorrow all hell is going to break loose here in the Hamster household. I might burn my house down and run naked through the town yelling... 'It's all over!'

Well as bad as this is, at least it won't take Sony three years to fix it. It took M$ three years to fix the rrod with the new jasper units and unlike this situation, it required gamers to buy another console. In other words, there is nothing that compares to the unforgivable rrod issues but then again, its M$ we're talking about. Just look at how many problems Windows has. Its the reason I'm using Linux right now.

It's fixed guys. Hop online!

Don't mess with the clock on PS3 or it will destroy you lol.

It just sits there watching...waiting till the 29 of feb and then strikes. BAM!

All praise the PS3 clock. AMEN.

Well, if it's the older consoles then where's all of the "faulty hardware" outrage from the people who care about such things? A problem that fixes itself isn't really fixed. Especially when it comes to system software that runs the hardware.

I think its really funny that my mom called and asked me if my PS3 was working...she has never even watched me play a video game. It must have really hit mainstream news. Everything is back to normal, but it erased half of my HEavy Rain trophies. I have done what they have said, but it hasn't restored them. :(

Meh the xbox fanboys are just mad because Sony can fix a problem with their system no problem but when it comes to a problem with the 360 well then they don't give a crap. I mean how long did it take sony to fix this little issue compared to the red ring of death still going on?

it's working for now

Still took longer than it should have, but good to see its fixed, Heavy Rain here I come!

IT WALKS ON WATER

Where were the mythical testers before releasing the 360 to the masses?

How long did it take Microsoft to fix the RROD?

Also...Why are there so many articles saying this problem is going to ruin the PS3? Last time I checked God of War 3 is still coming out.

PS3 HAS BECOME SELF AWARE IT CORRECTED THE GLITCH BY ITSELF!

If I understand it correctly, the system clock and OS clock is out of sync. This happen all the time in computer. Especially went you are working with database. Instead of trying to update the OS on PS3 via network, just simply let people download the firmware and save it on a usb drive or any other external storage and update it from there.

It's a lie. It's because fat consoles should loose weight. That's why the slim wasn't affected.

Well it suck yesterday because I thought I broke it and when I lost my trophies for DI I said screw it.

Quit crying PS3 users.Face it, almost pooped your pants all of you. Ha ha ha ha

SkyNet corrected itself all good now.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.