The date on my PS3 has changed to 31/1/2000... all by itself 
PS3 suffering from global network lockdown
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I'm scared to turn my PS3 on.
The date on my PS3 has changed to 31/1/2000... all by itself
The time on your machine can be set to update from the internet, so if a server is spazzed somewhere, that might be the reason for that.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the restructure? SCE->SNEP->Network stuff moved into Sony Corp->SCE recreated. Sounds a bit daft, I know, but maybe they are preparing for that and something went wrong? PSN was run by Sony Online Entertainment (part of Sony Pictures) before it was absorbed into SCE last year, and is now to be put into the parent company because they want all Sony devices to use it.
PSN was never built by SCE it was SOEs baby. Have PSPs been having problems as well?
I have no idea what the hell that means.
Sony Online Entertainment built and run the PSN.
Last year, SOE, Viao, Walkman, etc. were merged into SCE (Sony Computer Entertainment).
Sony Computer Entertainment To Become SNEP (Temporarily) - Sony - Kotaku
Sony reorganization shuffles names, but doesn't mess with the games
I was just wondering if preparations for all of this moving bits about has anything to do with it.
Last year, SOE, Viao, Walkman, etc. were merged into SCE (Sony Computer Entertainment).
Sony Computer Entertainment To Become SNEP (Temporarily) - Sony - Kotaku
Sony reorganization shuffles names, but doesn't mess with the games
Sony reorganization shuffles names, but doesn't mess with the games
by James Ransom-Wiley { Feb 24th 2010 at 11:55AM }
You ready? Okay -- follow along: Sony announced today that the Sony Computer Entertainment subsidiary will change its name to SNE Platform (or "SNEP"), and then transfer its video game operations to a new subsidiary, named -- surprise! -- Sony Computer Entertainment. On April 1, SNEP, which will be primarily operating Sony's network services and business as a wholly-owned subsidiary, will merge with Sony, and then promptly dissolve into the parent company. Since Sony already owns all shares of SNEP, there's not going to be any market action (issuance of new shares, share capital increases or cash payments) upon the merger.
So, wait, what's happening? Essentially, Sony is moving its network business out from under the gaming wing and bringing it up to the parent company level. This is a different path than the one laid out a year ago, which suggested SCE, as then operator of the network business (think: PSN), would begin to play a larger role in the unification of the company as it pertains to an online strategy. Instead, the "new" Sony Computer Entertainment will have a slightly more narrow focus, "mainly consisting of the planning, development, manufacturing and sales of home-use/portable game consoles and software," according to the reorganization announcement; and Sony Online Service, including the proposed expansion of PSN IDs to non-gaming Sony devices, will seemingly be handled by a new division (but possibly the same personnel) within the Sony parent company.
Though listed as the "Representative Director" of the short-lived SNEP subsidiary, Kaz Hirai will presumably remain in charge of the PlayStation division now and after the April 1 merger. Sub-divisions SCEA and SCEE are unaffected by the reorganziation.
I was just wondering if preparations for all of this moving bits about has anything to do with it.
Was wondering why I couldnt sign in and the date was wrong! Sort it out Sony.
Hmmm, reading about this, some are reporting that it's a bug in the firmware on the fat models - instead of going from 28th Feb it's going to the 29th, and then that's fecking everything.
That must be bullshit however, because mine is working perfectly with a date of 1st March 2010!
Oh my god:
One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
"Im so pissed off right now I had to put some fecking pants on"
One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
"Im so pissed off right now I had to put some fecking pants on"
wtf? 
That's the best thing I've seen in ages.
Friend of mine's fat PS3 has no issues
mine is fecked up as well
I knew I shouldn't buy this piece of holy crap balls console.
I hope sony somehow bricked all of them and have to replace them. Would be funny as feck.
I knew I shouldn't buy this piece of holy crap balls console.
I hope sony somehow bricked all of them and have to replace them. Would be funny as feck.
GTAIV is working for me, although the games I have downloaded from the PSN don't work at all.
Some games will work as they don't depend on this aspect of the PS3 that is causing the problem. MW2 won't work for anyone, even those who have never ever signed up to the PSN in the first place, supposedly.
hehe
Hehe. Does this mean though, that downloads on the PSN will work faster for me now till all the Phat users get sorted out?
Not working for me. Can't log on nor play any games
This better be fixed soon.
This better be fixed soon.
Told you it wasn't bullshit.
I didn't say you said it was bullshit!
You said it was bullshit last night and then went offline before I explained. Anyway, I'm in college all day, I hope it's fixed by the time I get home.
I was referring to something else you said about this, not this itself.
Oh wow. Clear your throat you maniac. At first it was funny, then it was just annoying. (I know it wasn't you Ixion
)Anyway, I don't own a PS3 or a 360 for this very reason. Presumably someone's borked up maintenance on their servers and, due to the overbearing propriety limitations they've built into that junk, the PS3's decided that someone's divided by 0 and simply giving up is a good idea.
In all honesty, I don't see why people even use consoles any more when PC's are the better platform. No, I'm not trolling - PC has a better control system, more use and so on.
Don't wanna alert anyone but word has it that Sony are warning of possible data loss, I'll see if I can find a good source for it. No idea whether that means data loss as in online profiles (stuff they'd store on their servers) or having to reset PS3's to a couple of days ago. Presumably the former, if they must.
So a network issue is preventing people using their PS3s offline too? That's slightly worrying if true, if consoles can be completely disabled online. Networks are going to feck up from time to time but I would expect to be able to use the console offline. There is peac of mind in knowing that my NES will still run, even if the whole internet died tomorrow.
Not working for me. Can't log on nor play any games
This better be fixed soon.
From what I can currently gather, this is a problem with the system clock on certain models - not the OS clock, but the battery backed up one, and it has a bug in (for some reason it thinks that it's a leap year) it making the firmware chuck a spazzer (because it's not a valid date). If it is a hardware bug, then it gets very interesting.
Thankfully, you don't need to log into PSN to do a system firmware update, so maybe they can fix it quite easily, or everyone just waits until tomorrow where it will move back to a valid date again.
What does that mean? Will I lose my save games? Trophies?
It's a bit silly you can't even play offline games, too.
I'm going to buy a Snes and replay Super Metroid.
It seems it's not a network error as such, thus that the OS and the PSN are detecting an invalid system clock date (29th Feb 2010) on certain systems and thus telling it to go feck itself.
I wonder where Sony source their system clocks from......
Another little tidbit, this little episode is now becoming known as "The Apocalyps3". Might make some of you guys smile, I dunno.
Can Sony not just release an update telling the PS3 it is the first of March?
It's scary we rely so much in technology when it can be so easily fecked.
It's scary we rely so much in technology when it can be so easily fecked.
I'd just turn it off until more news is incoming. The weird thing is that mine doesn't have this issue - maybe the system clock supplier was changed. Who knows. Mine's a CECHC just like yours.
If what I'm saying is the case, they just need to patch the firmware so that it ignores this specific invalid date instead of chucking a spazzer over it.
Ours is exactly the same model I think, which makes this all the more confusing.
This coincided with the time I stopped playing last night. I bet when I get home it will work again.
Mine is a CECH03
I'm gonna guess that if, like Weaste says, the problem lies on the battery's memory then the problem will actually lie in Sony telling the PS3 that it's the first.
The "fix" would be to tell the battery that it's the first of March which isn't really that simple, as battery memory is quite complex.
If no one can connect to the servers then how do you get it fixed?
You can connect to the update server without being signed in.
Ah right ok.