WARNING: PSN Issues Feb. 28th : Resolved

[Zombie Fred]

Thanks for the head up Gene. Hopefully after the day is over that it might fix itself on the problems.

[TheSelfishGene]

Thanks for the head up Gene. Hopefully after the day is over that it might fix itself on the problems.

No worries. If you have an old model it seems to be inevitable. Once I read this I went ahead and booted mine up to see what was effected. I was just careful to not try any games that I've paid for DLC for.

[Darkmoon]

Well, I never managed to get the DLC for Heavy Rain. It was actually the whole trying to do so that ended up making it go pfffft. Couldn't care less about the trophies. Just wanna be able to play it once the kids are in bed, but I'll watch TV and paint instead if I can't.

Edit: Interesting note; not only does manually correcting the time not help, the time doesn't move forwards if the PS3 is shut down.

[Guest]

Even though I own a slim ps3, I heard of trophy achievements being unable to obtain after doing the requirements to obtain it. Though some say that slim isn't affected but hey it still has psn in it after all like the fat ps3.

[Zombie Fred]

*Loads up PS3, thinking it will be fine. Downloading updates for the game, thinking that doing this is a good sign and should be safe. Resets the console after update is installed. Loads Heavy rain, the error appears!*

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

EDIT: 199-bloody-8?!

[Alexia_Ashford]

Well, Gareth's PS3 is bricked. I haven't put my PS3 on in over a month now, so I'm not going to turn it on and risk it being bricked and my save data cocked up. I'll wait till I know there's a definite solution.

This further confirms my strong belief that Sony are incompetent and their customer service is a load of sh*t, after experiences with them with their VAIO support.

[Vector]

http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-Network/PSN-Connection-issues-error-8001050F/td-p/10303803

They seem to be much more involved in this thread. Here's the most recent post:


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 playback 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 one of the above listed models, 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 the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologise for any inconvenience caused.


EDIT: Now this same post has been posted on the US PlayStation Blog:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/latest-info-on-playstation-network-status/

[Jill's Boob]

^It's also reflected on the US PS Blog site. I wonder if Sony is going beyond just their websites to spread the word? Nah, they're probably just allowing other media sites to regurgitate the info and thus disseminate the message en masse.

Loads up PS3, thinking it will be fine

So, what exactly in the previous 49 posts (to yours) led you to believe this?

This further confirms my strong belief that Sony are incompetent and their customer service is a load of sh*t

Surely your individual experience, out of billions of Sony consumers, is enough to pass judgment on a company that's only been in business since 1946. It sucks to have something not working at the moment, but a PS3 or a PC are not life sustaining.

[Vector]

Jeff Rubenstein of the PlayStation Blog offers a...nonchalant response:

http://twitter.com/jeffrubenstein/status/9833822785

Summary: PS3 slim is good to go, older models should be fine within 24 hrs. Leave em off until then.

[Dark_Chris]

I have 80GB PS3 and don't have any problems

[Sonicboy 101]

Wow... and my old PS3 got the YLOD about 2 weeks ago, thankfully we got a Slim.

Timing couldn't have been better.

[Alexia_Ashford]

Surely your individual experience, out of billions of Sony consumers, is enough to pass judgment on a company that's only been in business since 1946. It sucks to have something not working at the moment, but a PS3 or a PC are not life sustaining.

There are many factors to a successful business, such as a strong product and a strong brand. Sony is a very strong brand. The fact it's been in business since 1946 doesn't give it an automatic right to never be criticized. I've known businesses to go bust who've been in business a lot longer than that. It doesn't mean the customer service has to be good; customer service in most businesses are poor. I have every right to pass judgement on a company based on my personal experience. The terrible service I've recieved in the past from them, on top of the fact that they're the only company ever which I recall bricking consoles worldwide in a matter of days.. Yeah. That's more than enough for me to pass judgement on them.

Again, it's nothing to do with the fact that it's a "crisis" or "life-sustaining". These are two products (VAIO and PS3) which Sony sell to customers. You expect a service and you, most of all, expect your product to work. At the moment, I get neither of these and I've spent enough on it (collectively around £1200). When I am spending that much on a product from a company, I expect top of the line stuff, and service. Not an automated phone line where I speak to a robot, only to cut me off with no option of speaking to a human being, and to speak to a human being I have to call a premium rate phone number to pay yet even more for a product I've already paid £900 on. I've not recieved the service that kind of money warrants, therefore I have a right to criticize the service I have received from said company.

[REmaster]

It's not the of the world by any stretch, but it is damned annoying. With the ammount of cash I've poured into the console, games and accessories I feel I have a certain right to be pissed off that for now I have the worlds most expensive pile of paperweights. Hopefully it'll be fixed, because I can't easily afford one of the brand new ones I"d have to buy.

Yea I've also bought ALOT of accessories. I purchased the Heavy Rain theme a few days ago, now it's gone. And people wonder why I like hard copies over dlc

[Sephiroth]

Well it's finaly happend to me I tryed to log into my PSN but the error had came up so I've felt my PS3 alone I really hope the fact I tryed to get online will not mess my PS3 up but and I did not know about this lockdown problem until about 4 hours back and I went and change the time and date and it worked fine no error came up for that but know im worried I may have messed my PS3 up.

[Zombie Fred]

So, what exactly in the previous 49 posts (to yours) led you to believe this?

Because specific PS3 old models don't have the problem, while a majority do (Depending on the model when released, mine was pretty much one of the later stages of the PS3 model before Slim released). Excellent detective skills you have there