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Sony claims it has fixed a bug in the PlayStation 3 which crashed millions of consoles for 24 hours.
In a statement, the games manufacturer admitted the fault had been caused by "a bug in the clock functionality".
The internal clock on the console was programmed to recognise 2010 as a leap year, when it's not.
Gamers who booted-up their consoles on March 1, 2010, recieved the following message: "An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)" - or the date of their PS3 systems were re-set to January 1, 2000.
When users tried to re-set the date and time via the internet, their consoles informed them: "The current date and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)"
Users were also not able to play back certain rental videos downloaded from the PlayStation Store before the expiration date. Sony had stressed the bug was only affecting older, "fatter" consoles, not the new slim ones.
"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."
Then within a few hours the company apologised for the inconvenience and revealed service had been restored.
It said: "We have verified the symptoms are now resolved and users are able to use their PS3 normally."
Users around the world have been cautiously tweeting their joy at the news:
mumblemiler: "So, Mr Sony. Yesterday was the 29th Feb 2010 was it? And today it's magically the 2nd March? Hmmm"
jonchoo: "So same leap year bug as Zune? And I thought computer engineers were supposed to be clever..."
martyrmane: "Cant tell ya how good it feels to log on to #PSN...Thankx #Sony....#MW2..i maight just play sum #NBALive"
Other gamers called for Sony to be sued after they lost years of precious "trophies" and saved games overnight:
"Everything is lost!!!! THANKS ALOT!!!!!! I hope sony get sued and have to pay millions!!!!!!!!"
The PS3 is the third home video game console released by Sony. There are estimated to be three million PS3 consoles in the UK.
In a statement, the games manufacturer admitted the fault had been caused by "a bug in the clock functionality".
The internal clock on the console was programmed to recognise 2010 as a leap year, when it's not.
Gamers who booted-up their consoles on March 1, 2010, recieved the following message: "An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)" - or the date of their PS3 systems were re-set to January 1, 2000.
When users tried to re-set the date and time via the internet, their consoles informed them: "The current date and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)"
Users were also not able to play back certain rental videos downloaded from the PlayStation Store before the expiration date. Sony had stressed the bug was only affecting older, "fatter" consoles, not the new slim ones.
"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."
Then within a few hours the company apologised for the inconvenience and revealed service had been restored.
It said: "We have verified the symptoms are now resolved and users are able to use their PS3 normally."
Users around the world have been cautiously tweeting their joy at the news:
mumblemiler: "So, Mr Sony. Yesterday was the 29th Feb 2010 was it? And today it's magically the 2nd March? Hmmm"
jonchoo: "So same leap year bug as Zune? And I thought computer engineers were supposed to be clever..."
martyrmane: "Cant tell ya how good it feels to log on to #PSN...Thankx #Sony....#MW2..i maight just play sum #NBALive"
Other gamers called for Sony to be sued after they lost years of precious "trophies" and saved games overnight:
"Everything is lost!!!! THANKS ALOT!!!!!! I hope sony get sued and have to pay millions!!!!!!!!"
The PS3 is the third home video game console released by Sony. There are estimated to be three million PS3 consoles in the UK.
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