This morning Gamasutra is reporting that there is a widespread PlayStation 3 outage. Users have been experiencing a bug that began last night. This morning Sony has responded saying that the problem has been located in the system’s clock functionality, affecting all models other than the newer slim PS3. The consoles nick named the ”fat” 60 and 80 GB are unable to connect to the PlayStation Network. There are also reports of some offline games having issues due to trophy functionality being down. This does not bode well for troubled Sony who has been trying to figure out how to convert the lack luster network to paid subscriptions. While the question remains “For what” since the PSN has been trailing far behind the XBL’s thriving, lucrative social network.
Heavy Rain seems to be one of the games having problems due to the bug. Which just figures, because I have the review half done and the the game is sitting in the 80G fat…
The errors users receive include the system’s date being reset to January 1, 2000; forced sign-outs and error messages, trophy failures, problems setting system dates and times, and errors playing video rentals because of their expiration date.
The trophy error in particular disables recent chart-topper Heavy Rain, for example. Users including Gamasutra’s own staff, on attempting to boot the game, receive a failure notice that reads: ”Registration of the trophy information could not be completed. The game will quit.”
“We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours,” says Sony in a statement. “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.”
Concludes the statement: “We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologize for any inconvenience caused.”
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