Most of you might have known but apparently the PlayStation Network is currently in havoc mode. Lots of gamers around the world can’t sign-in to their accounts and some have had their trophy data corrupted. Also, there are issues that prevent players from accessing certain games such as Heavy Rain, where they get kicked back out to the XMB.
All of this seems to only happen on the early “phat” PS3 units and users of the slim PS3 have reported that they are connecting normally. It might be due to an internal hardware or firmware issue and maybe similar to the Microsoft Zune problems with the way it handles the leap year. I guess the safest way is to leave your PS3 turned off for now until there’s a fix to this problem. Lucky for me, I haven’t signed in today.
You can read about some official updates on the matter via Twitter.
Sony have now made a number of official responses via Twitter.
- We’re aware that many of you are having problems connecting to PSN, and yes, we’re looking into it. Stay tuned for updates.
- PSN status update: We’re narrowing down the issue and continue to work to restore service to all. Updates as soon as we have them.
- PSN status update (part 2): Readers/followers are confirming that “slim” units (120/250 GB models) are connecting normally.
Some of the errors involved (as posted on the PlayStation Blog):
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.
Update
It seems like everything is restored to normal for now. However, the date of the PS3 system might not be correct. Looks like Sony weren’t sitting around all day for nothing.
From PlayStation Twitter.
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