The Playstation 3 is IDENTITY THEFT

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Official statement from Sony:

"As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today. This problem affects the models other than the new slim PS3.

"We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

"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.
"We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

"As mentioned above, please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologize for any inconvenience caused."

this honestly fucked up my day, how hard is it not to have shit like this happen? & shit was happening late last night too. granted i'm not a video game programmer extraordinaire but it's been 12+ hours!

I got these two:

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."

i only get the first one, thank god

I can't go online and can't play games offline. Lucky me.

stupid goddamn leap year interfering with my Arkham Asylum-ing :(

thankfully I have roughly eleventy billion Wii/DS/GBA games to keep me occupied in the meantime

can a mod pls change the thread title

"The Playstation 3 was a game system"

The Playstation 3 is a blu-ray player.

heard PS3 is a game system again
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lol it was only people with old chubby ps3s anyway

Seems they've fixed it by...waiting for it to fix itself. GENIUS

I don't care what they did but I was able to play a damn game tonight, so - Yay!

BACK IN BUSINESS

finally ppl can safely return to their orange-juice-shaking simulations

MOD ABUSE!!!!!

all I can say is thank god this happened while I was out of town. imagine???

status update: fuck clients

is there any way to opt out of trophies?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/joe-danger-heading-to-ps3-first

OK I'm in PSN name is 'blunt smoking anus destroyer'

"failed to install trophies"

“We are still developing Bumpy Trot 2,” an Irem rep confirmed to them. “We are now trying to release it in Japan as soon as we can.” When further questioned as to whether there were plans for a western release, Irem responded that no plans for a release outside of Japan had been decided upon yet. Keep your eyes on the game’s website, just in case…although, it hasn’t been updated in ages.

Tracer, don't you normally get that message when the online connection has failed?

i don't have a PS3. i am just lolling at the idea of "installing trophies" or failing to - though my general incomprehension of the entire concept of trophies is well documented in this bailiwick

i released bumpy trot in Canada the other day after I had that corn burrito

the PS3 wasn't designed with trophies in mind, and it can only collect them together when you aren't playing any.

i released bumpy trot in Canada the other day after I had that corn burrito

BRAVO!

Sony Press Conference on live at the moment http://www.ustream.tv/playstation

no takes on move and its movelware?

My take... obviously the games they showed didn't look very compelling (except for maybe the ping pong game). I imagine more interesting games will be revealed further down the line. The devices themselves looked okay, but the cost seems prohibitive. Having to buy a camera, two of the main controllers (possibly four) and at least one of the sub controllers (possibly two)... and that looks like more money than a stand alone ps3!?! You're going to need a few REALLY impressive game experiences to get me even interested - not just some casual shovelware and Wii HD clones (I assume there will be PES with Wii controls and Grand Slam Tennis, which would at least be a start). I've also heard, like Wii motion plus, the controls tend to get out of sync. If that's true, definite pass.

I do have a growing feeling both Move and Natal are going to basically flop.

Its a bunch of lemmings running off a cliff.

They need to integrate twitter and 3D to make it truly cutting edge.

wots 3 has been panned pretty roundly in the UK press

:/

castle crashers ps3 where r u

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0puP8nrIU8

PS3gate update OK so I finally GOT PAID but I can't bring myself to pull the trigger on one of these sumbitches; for some reason I thought the price had got more reasonable but they're still pretty pricey here guh

It's still a lot of money alright, especially when you start adding in extra controllers and an HDMI cable and no doubt there will always be another price drop. Even though I've got a 360 and a ps3 (and a Wii), at times I do really feel like it's overkill. Honestly, if it wasn't for my hopeless love for Wipeout HD I would probably trade in my ps3 as either HD console has more good games than one person can play.

i think it comes with HDMI?

not with cables. but you can switch back and forth with your 360 if you can handle that.

or you can go to monoprice.com and get a HDMI cable for like five bucks

yall shd just b rich yuppie lawyers live cutty then ud cld have a ps3 in every room of the house

the mind reels at the very idea of playing Noby Noby Boy while pinching a loaf

i'm fairly sure ps3 comes with HDMI cables!!!

Cutty - you're wrong, it never has - just a plain a/v cable... http://us.playstation.com/ps3/systems/120gb.html . Anyhow, as cobo says, you can get an extra cable pretty cheap these days, but those little extra costs do add up + you're probably going to want to buy some games too. None of the consoles are exactly cheap (except for a ps2).

seriously who uses a plain a/v cable for their ps3?! so retarded

I am a rich yuppie lawyer and I'm still baulking

guess u slhd b a better lawyer. also lol hdmi cables cost me like $7 thats like a pence

or a haeuro