PlayStation Network Goes Down; PS3 Titles Not Working [2 UPDATES]
If you’re trying to get onto PlayStation Network as of right now, sorry, it’s down. Many users of PSN have confirmed that the network is currently unavailable, with them receiving a 8001050F error message. That’s not all, many more issues have appeared, leaving PlayStation Network users are less than thrilled, voicing their frustration on forums around the ‘net.
The date on your PSN clock has also apparently changed as well, to December 31st. The time has also been mixed up as well. This is probably due to the fact that there is no network access whatsoever. Users have also reported that games are not working, because trophy access is unresponsive. If you try to play a PS3 or PSN title, the game will give you this message:
Registration of the trophy information could not be completed.
The game will quit.
(8001050F)
Purchased PSN titles are not working as well, and some are reporting of copyright issues. Demos however, are working fine.
We’ll bring you more on this network error as soon as more news hits.
Thanks LpSquall for the tip!
[UPDATE]
Sony has officially responded to the problems users are experiencing with PlayStation Network.
“We’re aware that many of you are having problems connecting to PSN, and yes, we’re looking into it. Stay tuned for updates.”
[UPDATE #2]
It seems as though owners of 120GB/250GB “slim” PS3 model are able to connect to the PlayStation Network. The problem appears to be isolated to the original “fat” PS3 models.
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February 28th, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Weird, but I didn’t turn my ps3 on today so I didn’t know something was wrong. Now I will go and test it out.
February 28th, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Jepp, I`ve got that problem, and it seems that all my Bioshock 2 trophy`s are gone!
my date is 1.1 and the clock is 01:15 and that is in Norwegian time zone.
and this made my day Sucky!
February 28th, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Well, good to know it’s not just me! One problem I’m having that I wonder if any of you are: My store bought themes are now “Corrupted Data.” Anyone else having this issue?
February 28th, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Pretty strange I’ve been signed in for a few hours, playing MAG right now with no problems
February 28th, 2010 at 8:34 PM
I am having the same issues right now to and have been for a few hours
February 28th, 2010 at 8:39 PM
this sucks i come home at lunch to mw2 and this arrrrrrrrhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 28th, 2010 at 8:40 PM
nothing downloaded from the store that needs to verify you’re the licence owner is working – the network is completely down so your ps3 can’t confirm the licence .
the blog and forums are having scheduled maintenance today apparently until 10pm pacific time so this is probably related .
I see some rumours about a ps3 virus on the web , hopefully people are smart enough to not believe them
I was on playing god of war , just finished and quit when I was signed out and the errors started , as errors go this is probably the biggest , most widespread in psn history —- let’s hope it means a new firmware update is coming soon with this 3-D patch and other things that are needed on ps3 ( better browser , easier setup for younger users , more search and sorting functionality for music , videos and photos , more printer compatibility are top of my list )
February 28th, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Yeah, my dynamic themes are corrupted data. Hopefully they’re fixed afterwards, don’t wanna buy them again. Even if it’s only two. Principle of the matter.
February 28th, 2010 at 8:48 PM
wish i would have found out sooner the network was down thought something was wrong with my ps3 so i formatted system then find this out, FML
February 28th, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Weird. I can connect fine. I didn’t try to play a game though.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:09 PM
I was playing GoWII from the Collection… and finished the game, but didn’t earn the remainder of the trophies!
Weird… wonder if the error has anything to do with it. I’ll go through the game again anyway so not a huge deal!
February 28th, 2010 at 9:16 PM
See, people, THIS is precisely what happens when you try to play GOWIII before it’s official release!
February 28th, 2010 at 9:16 PM
wow, some of yous seem like this is y2k all over again lolol…. of course theyre not going to make you pay for the dynamic themes… its in your d/l list first off…so its not going anywhere… ive been at work all day so this isnt affecting me but come 11 tonight it BETTER be working lolol… if not…oh well, ill make 1 of my ps3 ho’s strip on cam 4 me lolololol….heyy…entertainments entertainment..and its raining so im not goin out tonight!
February 28th, 2010 at 9:17 PM
if you go into your Themes, a lot of them will say “Corrupted Data” too which I see Torankusu has noticed, but don’t worry man, since you bought them they will always be listed in your “Downloads List” for your PSN Account…I hope they can fix this issue quickly. I also wonder if it is somehow related to the newly updated Playstation Website for the US.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:21 PM
I was FINALLY going to get a chance to start Heavy Rain, and now this. So upsetting.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Double Post
>_<
February 28th, 2010 at 9:27 PM
Thank God it’s not just me. I was thinking my PS3 was getting near the stage of YLOD. Too bad I can’t play Dante’s Inferno or the Street Fighter 2 game I got two days ago.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Yea i was about to freak out haha… i was about ready to sell my playstation on ebay, good thing i seen this article
February 28th, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Ok, since this little screw up by PSN. I havent gotten 3 really hard trophies for Dantes Inferno to show that I have beaten the game >:(
February 28th, 2010 at 9:38 PM
it happened to me earlier today called sony and they told me to have it sent it,
so just restored the original settings so they cant get access to my info for psn and now i found out this….damn i am F’ing pissed
@ legend yeah it corrupted my themes also
plus so many games dont let you copy your data to a flash drive for this kind of issues that should be on the boxes also
February 28th, 2010 at 9:43 PM
I don;t know whats more sad, the fact I can’t go online and scream and yell at some guy playing Madden or the fact I can see that I’m hooked on playing vid’s and should do something else-LOL
February 28th, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Didn’t try to play any games but earlier i was gonna watch some netflix and i kept getting the message that i had to register my system so i logged on to netflix and it said my ps3 was registered. then i saw this article, might be related.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:44 PM
u cant copy ur data on some games to a flash drive but u can transfer that data to a new ps3 so it all works out @ binary
February 28th, 2010 at 9:47 PM
the other ps3 in my house just checked it and it works fine the difference between the two is the main ps3 had the mag dynamic theme running when i update a game and then after it updated it was giving me the message error and all dynamic themes were corrupted….
@mikey11 i wish i could do something else i just broke some bones and i really cant go anywhere my ps3 was my only sanity well that is out the window hope they fix it fast
@speCtR if i tried to copy it says it is not allowed heavy rain is one of them
February 28th, 2010 at 9:51 PM
I’ve heard that it’s only fat PS3’s with the problem. Not sure though…because my friend and I only have 60gb’s that don’t play games. Though I can play Valkyria Chronicles because it has no trophies
February 28th, 2010 at 9:55 PM
gotta be the way the hardware is set up – system seems to have tripped up on the wrong leap year – as if the ps3 is set up to recognise a 2010 as a leap year. seemed to happen around midnight.
Monumental botch up – BIG TROUBLE IF THIS CAN’T BE REPAIRED BY A DOWNLOAD…..
Will SONY be the next Jap company to suffer just like toyota’s brakes?
February 28th, 2010 at 9:57 PM
IM PISSED! Supposed to be playin some tiger right now. got my buddies waitin on me, but my station has been messed up for hours. i created an account here just so i could vent my frustration. at least i know whats going on now… kinda.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:06 PM
I should have known this was gonna happen to me when I tried to sync my Borderlands trophies and I got that error, I didn’t think mch about it until my console froze and when I started it back up I got that error when i tried signing back in.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:19 PM
is it G1 ps3 that are having this issue mine is a G1 fat 80gb updated to a 320gb HD but the 250 GB ps3 is working fine i wonder if its the new layout and the old system thats having issues
February 28th, 2010 at 10:20 PM
I am pissed as well, I spent the last day playing the first Bioshock on Survivor, beat it without using the vita chambers to respawn you when you die. Finally completed it last night around 3am, was in the middle of finishing up my last 3 trophies, and the game kept freezing, so I rebooted and went to look at tropies again and they were gone…………On top of that I said F it, I am gona put that on hold cause I was so pissed, and I popped in Dragon Age……which is a long game, and it gave me the error message that could not sync trophies …..and it wiped those trophies out too…..and said the game will now quit.
Now my question is, if I synced those trophies on Dragon age waaaaaay prior to this, will they come back when the problem is fixed? Anyone hear anything?
February 28th, 2010 at 10:21 PM
Today in the morning I turned on my PS3 just to check something quick on the net before getting out of bed. I was able to sign in, but it seemed like I had no friends at all. Finding this odd I went on to check out the PlayStation store and everything seemed fine. In the end I simply convinced myself that all those, like 15, friends that I had were all silenced and erased from history by some secret service, probably from Cuba, and I went on with my day. I wonder if simply turning off your internet connectivity, in network settings, as to imply that you simply just don’t own the internet will just fix the problem of playing disc games.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:21 PM
my date is set to 1999 and my themes that I payed money for are “corrupted data”. I also completed a new challenge in CellFactor:PsychoKinetic wars and got a message saying “purchase the full game to continue” after I had already purchased the game
and I can’t log in to PSN!!!
February 28th, 2010 at 10:24 PM
So Fyi don’t put in any of your games that do have trophies………cause your system just wipes them from your trophie list, Sony better come up with some serious payback for this garbage, or thats where the PS3 is going, and I will dust off the Xbox 360.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Catastrophic earthquakes…PS3 errors everywhere….yup…the coming of God of War 3 is near. XD
And by the way PSLS…if you can somehow find that Gamestop commercial for the God of War 3 pre-order skin…that would be amazing. Funniest Gamestop commercial I’ve seen in a long time haha.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:39 PM
Netflix is also not working with the network down. I just put in the cd and it wouldn’t connect to Netflix… I didn’t know it was associated with the PSN at all.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:42 PM
so i was playin gta4 when all this was happenin… completed last mission… under the 30 hour mark… got neither trophy!!! in fact all my gta trophies are gone. when things are fixed am i gonna have to play through it again?
February 28th, 2010 at 10:46 PM
@Devastator II
I don’t think the trophies are gone for good. I just went to PS3 Trophy Card site to get an update and it was able to do it with no problem. I still got Dante’s Inferno’s platinum trophy even though it disappeared from my trophy list.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:49 PM
when does any one think it will be up and running like a d/a i reset my ps3 back to orignal settings doin so lossing my freinds and i still cant log on then i learned it was sonys screw up what a great day
February 28th, 2010 at 10:52 PM
@ muddslanger i did the same thing after talking to a rep at sony this AM then i see this wtf??
February 28th, 2010 at 11:00 PM
Just to let everyone know who is worried about their trophies or purchases, you shouldn’t have to worry because everything will still be saved to your PSN account…whenever you sync your trophies they are saved onto Sony’s servers so they are backed up somewhere besides your PS3. The only ones you might have issue with are the ones that you earned after the crash…And for purchased content, like themes, those should be fine too since they are all saved in your “Downloads List” for your account, which is also backed up on Sony’s end.
February 28th, 2010 at 11:02 PM
they dont back up tv or movies you buy which kind of sucks
February 28th, 2010 at 11:03 PM
oh and not to mention in restoring my ps3 i was working on my second prestige in cod mw2 now i begin over a rank one that just makes this day freakin great
February 28th, 2010 at 11:15 PM
@ muddslanger no u dont i had my ps3 crash the online data is registered and saved to psn thats why they have the leaderboards u dont lost any of that trust me i’d b pissed if it did im lvl 60 on 2nd prestige
February 28th, 2010 at 11:17 PM
even thoe i started a new account cause when i restored it i lost my old gamer tag and my downloaded game
February 28th, 2010 at 11:17 PM
if u remember the information u put in to log in just re-enter and u get ur online data back
February 28th, 2010 at 11:18 PM
do u remember the information u used to log in?
February 28th, 2010 at 11:23 PM
my 60gig, well it was a 60 until i upgraded it to a 320 is working just fine. has been all night playing mag and loving it
February 28th, 2010 at 11:31 PM
This is probably the most comments I’ve seen for a news headline, I was reading a few comments and I started scrolling down and I was like Hot Damn!
February 28th, 2010 at 11:39 PM
My Bioshock 2 Trophies are on the card, but ALL of my Bioshock tropies were never updated……worse case scenario is I have to unlock all the trophies again….lame but atleast I did not lose anything else.
February 28th, 2010 at 11:40 PM
unacceptable for a billion dollar industry and said industry leader in Sony. Very upset with this, hopefully they find some way to appease the loyal customers…or else i’m also dusting off my xbox 360.
February 28th, 2010 at 11:52 PM
just tried to play borderlands. it says the dlc’s are not installed on the system AND my borderlands trophies are not showing up. :/
February 28th, 2010 at 11:53 PM
yeah this s*** made me crazy…. i was so pissed that it just took me offline and i cant sign back in. i was about to join my friends party for mw2 and it kicked me off so i thought it was my router but i had never seen anything like this before so i told my mom and she thinks it has a virus so i cant play online anymore with it, till i can prove it has none… so sony i believe you should do a great update or something
February 28th, 2010 at 11:58 PM
Oh my God, this better not affect my 60GB model baby as to not work anymore. I’ve waited 3 years for God of War III and I bought a whole new T.V. JUST FOR the game. Please fix this soon.
February 28th, 2010 at 11:59 PM
Yeah…damn slims…I will miss my backwards compatibility….at least I still have my warranty from best buy. =)
March 1st, 2010 at 12:02 AM
Im in california. Was playing ssf2dh remix online from about 1pm to 2pm. Went out to, came home around 6:30pm and tried logging in at 7pm. Got the error code. I said F it ill play single player for a while and warm up a little… got the error code. I then noticed the date was 12/31/1999 and the time was about 3:30pm. Thought maybe there was a power outtage and it reset the system and some files got corrupt. I texted a few friends and all except for one with a slim had the same issues. I said screw it so i popped in heavy rain… same error code. Tried MW2.. same issue about trophy sync. Popped in Uncharted 2 and that game loaded up fine. None of my purchased games from psn work even with the wifi turned of..
My question is what the hell do trophies or or the psn being down have to do with me playing games that i purchased online, that are on my hard drive? Worse is that even single player disc games are having issues as well. Basically to my understanding so far is that if the psn is down, so are my purchased games? That makes absolutely no sense at all and sony better start explaining more thouroughly and fix this instead of a simple “were looking into it”.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:07 AM
Wow.
I guess I dont mind the PSN being down for a couple of hours… Im just pissed that I made the mistake of booting up Borderlands and happened to lose all my trophies for that game, INCLUDING the platinum I just got last night.
Awesome.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:11 AM
It’s still possible that you’ll get your trophies back. Sony is probably looking to get it fixed as soon as possible.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:22 AM
wow why the hell do we have to be logged in to play a fricken single player game? thats real cool playstation. That makes no damn sense.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:28 AM
Hm, i have an 80 GB backwards compatible ps3 with this exact problem, and i have one friend with a 120GB Slim, and another with a 160GB Fat ps3.. they both say there’s are working fine.. maybe it’s just backwards compatible PS3s??
March 1st, 2010 at 12:28 AM
Mine is getting these messages, has since i tried playing this afternoon. Heavy Rain doesnt work, playstation network doesnt work, cant sign in at all, as well as netflix. Havent tried any other games but this sucks really bad, just picked up Heavy Rain last night for the whole $65 bucks and cant even play it. I hope they figure this out soon.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:30 AM
oh well lets go buy an x-box. At least we can play the games we spend our money on
March 1st, 2010 at 12:31 AM
holy crap. fix this now.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:31 AM
@mischief805 yeah sony says its a problem with the original fats the newer ones are working fine i have a fat 120 in one of the other rooms and it works fine but my original fat w/ BC and it is a brick right now
they should do a new commercial where they pitch the original PS3’s as it does everything as well as time travel
March 1st, 2010 at 12:31 AM
wow…Draco actually makes a valid point…
March 1st, 2010 at 12:46 AM
I guess I won’t boot my PS3 up for a couple days. No big deal.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:57 AM
Ya same for me modern warfare 2 doesn’t load, and all my add-on’s for LBP don’t work. if this doesn’t get fixed soon, then I’m switching to Xbox
March 1st, 2010 at 1:23 AM
lol this really sucks! cant get on psn i tryed everything and no luck !what the hell is going on with network and how long is this gonna take? im really pissed!
March 1st, 2010 at 1:26 AM
God this is way worse than y2k I haven’t turn on my ps3 luckly I checked psls(thanks). Im dying to play heavy rain I just bought it too ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh imma have to wait till tomarrow… I hope
March 1st, 2010 at 1:42 AM
My 80gb (non BC) PS3 is working fine. I turned it on after I heard it about the problem.
March 1st, 2010 at 1:51 AM
you need to bypass the firmware i got my 40gb to work just fine by taking the custom frimware off my psp and switching to my ps3 and it works perfect
March 1st, 2010 at 1:52 AM
well good 4 u.. lucky mother f-er my 80gb is still not working…do u think sony will apologize to my 9 year old daughter for having to go to bed early thinking she broke daddy’s ps3…no i dont think so..we should get a free game or something…i bet xbox isn’t having any problems….
March 1st, 2010 at 1:57 AM
I swear to God, I better get some free s*** for this.
Hopefully my new trophies will reappear when this bug gets fixed. Maiden Astraea ain’t gonna kill herself again… at least not in this playthrough…
March 1st, 2010 at 1:59 AM
Why would you let your 9-year-old daughter think she broke something on your ps3?
March 1st, 2010 at 2:01 AM
b/c i thought see did….
March 1st, 2010 at 2:02 AM
The weird thing is, my PS3 isn’t even hooked up to the internet. Hasn’t been for weeks. Still getting that “registration of trophy” crap. This has all the ugly signs of some Y2K like bug. Way to go Sony.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:02 AM
My Netflix wasn’t working either but I found a fix.
The PSN crash/bug has made the effected PS3 revert back to an old system date. Manually change this by going Settings>Date and Time Settings>Date and Time>Set Manually. Now the PS3 can sync up with Netflix servers. If that doesn’t work re-register your PS3 with Netflix by going Video>BD Data Utility>Triangle Button>Delete and then insert your Netflix disk and re-register your PS3 at Netflix.com/PS3
Worked for me. Hope it helps someone.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:03 AM
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March 1st, 2010 at 2:04 AM
Draco, you must be on acid or something.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:05 AM
yeah, i lost my borderlands plat and some other trophies too. really pissed off about this. what i don’t understand is how something like this even happened.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:06 AM
Here here, Rudrick. I just got Heavy Rain today too, thank God I didn’t throw it in. All the trophies I could’ve gotten, I would’ve gone berserk.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:10 AM
guy its an easy fix just back down your ps3 to 3.10 or 5.44 custom very easy
March 1st, 2010 at 2:13 AM
Well guys, I’m not as pissed as many of you, but still I’m a little infuriated, reading around the net, I’ve discovered every BC console is getting f*ked up by this glitch, mine is 60g first gen and guess what…I’m f*cked up!!! Why sony, why can’t solve this problem yet, what about your customers, people who got loyal to the brand, (next comment is a joke) do you want us to throw our BC consoles and get slims, because I’m not doing it! (joke finished); but seriously, I want an answer and I want it now, I want my ps3 fixed and I want it fixed NOW! Well at least I can still play sf4 ok…
March 1st, 2010 at 2:35 AM
It may sound silly, but i’ve been suspecting that Sony have been putting codes into updates that trigger the YLOD in the fat launch PS3s and various other malfunctions! My reasoning- myself and my friends have all had launch PS3’s. Within a cpl of weeks timespan, EVERY one of them YLOD’d (since fw 3.15- that i was forced to download even though i don’t give a s*** about stupid mini games).
Coincidence? Too much to be ignored if you ask me! I say that i suspect its bad code, because once the YLOD appears, the PS3 stops working. But once the hairdryer comes out, its fine again for a few weeks. Now forgive me if im wrong here, but when things tend to stop working, they stop working because of something broken. So why should heating it up slightly kickstart it into life again? That’s because i think that these PS3s are NOT broken at all in the first place, but are made to shut down by bad code.
I may be wrong here, but if I am, I would love to see Sony prove me wrong!
March 1st, 2010 at 2:40 AM
@lord_nicon86
Btw, you’re a bit of a p**** for sending your daughter to bed thinking she broke your PS3 because you had trouble getting on to PSN! Can only imagine the s*** a t*** like you puts his family thru when your drunk and have had a bad day. Did Mommy not breastfeed you enough during your teen years you pathetic excuse for a man/father!
I think it’s YOU who needs to apologise to your daughter not Sony! And that statement alone proves that your a p****, cos your basically blaming Sony for your pathetic parental skills!
March 1st, 2010 at 2:47 AM
WOW people really are over exaggerating…i bet half of them are Xbots try to bash ps3 one way or an other.
I hear there are some bricking but i find it hard to believe that can happen from Psn issues.Maybe people messing up with their ps3 to fix it and then they’re the ones that bricking it.
You don’t lose your trophies,when this is all over and fixed when you sign up again your trophies will be back since they were already uploaded to your PSN account.
Advice leave the console OFF for a few days until Sony updates with a fix….and don’t mess up with it.
i have a 60GB launch Ps3 with BC and it works just fine…the only issue is i cannot sync trophies.
March 1st, 2010 at 3:13 AM
Wow. Lots of new comments. I haven’t seen everybody really mention versions yet though. At least not enough to get a pattern. I have a ‘fat’ 80gb with version 3.15 and i’ve been watching netflix all day. date is normal. I can’t connect to the psn but no major issues otherwise. Anybody else have a ‘fat’ with 3.15 that isn’t having problems?
March 1st, 2010 at 3:15 AM
i would like 2 know when will be able 2 sign back on cuz this really sucks
March 1st, 2010 at 3:24 AM
ok Draco has gone off the deep end without vidgeo games…some dude is beating his daughter…what else does SONY want from us?
March 1st, 2010 at 3:30 AM
weeelllll time to get out the super nintendo?
March 1st, 2010 at 3:43 AM
It should be fixed within a couple hours.
March 1st, 2010 at 3:44 AM
@hack-one. how do i reupdate to 3.10
March 1st, 2010 at 4:01 AM
Fat 80gb Vr 3.15 All fine, time,date etc all fine! PSN fine…. Hope it stays tht way too!
March 1st, 2010 at 4:43 AM
so i have the same problem and i can’t connect to the network but then i randomly decided to play marvel vs capcom 2 and it downloaded an update. wasn’t connected to playstation network so i don’t understand that.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:11 AM
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March 1st, 2010 at 5:39 AM
@ff-abell
You can’t revert back to a former firmware model- well not legally anyway!
March 1st, 2010 at 6:13 AM
Hmmmmm, I bought Heavy Rain last night. Went home put it in my 60gig and got the error 8001050F.
Placed Heavy Rain in my sons 60gig ( I have 2 ps3’s) and I sighned into ps network and played Heavy Rain just fine.
Why is one FAT PS3 working and one is not??????? There must be more to this than model #s!
March 1st, 2010 at 6:22 AM
Damn this is some nasty stuff.
I have 3 PS3s in my home right now (don’t ask….I’m nuts) and the two slims (one 120 one 250) have had no problems. I can connect to PSN, download games, sync my trophies and play any game in either system.
After reading all this I’m not going to turn on my Fat 80GB model until this blows over.
I read somewhere that all BC models are affected….not a good sign if that’s true.
Hope it gets better for everyone soon because this is a major screw up.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:18 AM
QFT
@lord_nicon86
Btw, you’re a bit of a p**** for sending your daughter to bed thinking she broke your PS3 because you had trouble getting on to PSN! Can only imagine the s*** a t*** like you puts his family thru when your drunk and have had a bad day. Did Mommy not breastfeed you enough during your teen years you pathetic excuse for a man/father!
I think it’s YOU who needs to apologise to your daughter not Sony! And that statement alone proves that your a p****, cos your basically blaming Sony for your pathetic parental skills!
March 1st, 2010 at 7:42 AM
who’s the moron with 3 PS3’s that’s just silly. and un-necessary. talk about having some expendable income. that or you are just terrible with your financial decisions.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:43 AM
lord_nicon…it must get lonely in your doublewide beating your daughter…
March 1st, 2010 at 8:16 AM
losing your bioshock 2 trophies isnt that bad
try losing 110 hours of demons souls and all its trophies ng++
which is my problem as we speak
March 1st, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Might be old news, but thanks to a certain hardware/software guru, and from various of sources on efnet they are able to at least give the letdown why this problem is happening. Quoted.
Well the gist is that the ARM SYSCON CPU that is used to power up the front panel of the ps3, it is responsible for doing things like sleep mode, eject, RTC etc. Is an old batch that sony picked up from the shelf like other manufacturers that has that calendar year bug regarding feburary 29th on certain periods.
So in other words the front system panel ARM CPU RTC is saying its Feb 29th, while your ps3 console is saying its March 1st. Causing the ps3 system clock and the real time clock to desync, messing up security measures like Digital Rights management software and sometimes games that relies on clocks for whatever reason. As well as signing up to the playstation network… This CPU is always on even when your PS3 isn’t plugged
This problem is also happening with various of developemtn Ps3 models, particulary the ones that has the emotion engine cpu/gpu for ps2 dev.
This is the one of the same type of CPUs that is powering up mobile devices like zune and blackberries, they have been affected with this bug, so they done some software patches. A syscon update can also fix this problem
The Slims ps3s aren’t affected because they use a newer up to date revision on the syscon cpu that fixes this bug.
A quick way to fix this is to remove the RTC battery for at least 5-10 min and plug it back in, you will see the date and time reset, and voila… Or wait 11 hours i guess for this problem to mysteriously clear? FW update might be possible but because the DRM is screwy and updates rely on that, could work against it..
One miscalculation and ruin everything :>
March 1st, 2010 at 9:20 AM
[...] (rumor), PlayStation Network had been hacked. And they are working on it as we speak. Read this. And keep an eye on N4G and SONY's PlayStation twitter for the latest news (no, I'm not spamming)! [...]
March 1st, 2010 at 9:21 AM
My 80GB fat that I bought in June of 2009 is working fine. I don’t have it connected to the internet, and I just checked the date and it’s 3/1. Flow works okay, as does Bioshock.
March 1st, 2010 at 9:22 AM
[...] PlayStation Network Goes Down; PS3 Titles Not Working. It’s bad for sure. Looks like I lost one set of trophies and my Brutal Legend save date may be corrupted. If you have a slim, it looks like you are okay though. [...]
March 1st, 2010 at 9:30 AM
god bless sky! It screwed up and cut off the connection giving me the time I needed to disconnect from the PSN in time for this not cause too much trouble. Hopefully this means my trophies will remain intact intill sony can work out what’s going on.
March 1st, 2010 at 10:01 AM
if it was hacked why are certain systems not working wouldnt that make it not work for everyone?
March 1st, 2010 at 10:13 AM
wait is anyone else finding it strange that the only PS3’s not effected are the brand new PS3 slims? Strange it’s almost as if someone wants us to buy a brand new console! But who would have anything to gain from that? Nobody I can think of, certianly not sony!
March 1st, 2010 at 10:16 AM
how much longer will this take if they dont hurry i guess its 360 time damn i love my ps3 online
March 1st, 2010 at 10:27 AM
1st Toyota now Sony
Thats 4 on my friends list gone now 
Hope theres a fix!! My 80gb FAT is still fine & on 24/7 almost! M8s just went mental (saves corrupt trophies gone etc)
March 1st, 2010 at 10:42 AM
so my 60gb 3 isnt working but my bros new slim is working fine…wtf!
March 1st, 2010 at 10:43 AM
My ps3 works fine and its the 80gb model without backwards compatablity
March 1st, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Just to clarify, the last(3rd) gen of phats(80 & 160gb’s) aren’t affected…anything before that(1st-2ndGen phats) are experiencing this problem.
Affected: 20gb,40gb,60gb,80gb Phats 1st-2nd Gen
Un-Affected:40gb,80gb,160gb phats(3rd gen) and 120&250gb Slims
This is obviously a hardware issue………
March 1st, 2010 at 10:52 AM
i have a ps3 80gb without backwards compatibility. It has not been working since yesterday morning, but i called my friend who bought his 3 days before me and his is working fine. Im so pissed off, i laughed at my bro cause he has had the red ring of death on his 360 but it wasnt much to go buy a new 360. Sony better fix soon cause i dont like having a 300 dollar paper weight.
March 1st, 2010 at 10:58 AM
better than a $600 paper weight. :/
March 1st, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Can it really be the network…when i just recently moved out and i havent had internet for the past 3 days….have been playing my ps3 just fine til yesterday when heavy rain wont start cause of trophys but ufc starts perfectly……
March 1st, 2010 at 11:07 AM
s*** I have been waiting a week for gamefly to pull their heads out there ass and send me my games. Never takes this long, now they finally sent me an email saying they sent out my 2 games so i should have them today and my ps3 dont work, and I go in for surgery on my right arm tomorrow. cry I wont be able to play for a month now hopefully by the time im better the monkeys at sony will have fixed the problem. nobody wants a ps3 paper weight Sony.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Thats awesome, I was gunna say I never noticed this problem over the weekend, but I have a slim. Thats really bizzare.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:33 AM
@Fishcake
Now there is an explanation that I can get behind. Stuff would only be showing up as corrupted because it couldn’t be decoded properly. Not sure about the trophy thing though; are they considered protected content? I would think that could be patched as well (I would hope) if it is just a matter of converting them from being “Feb 29th” trophies to being “March 1st” trophies. Not sure if the decryption / re-encryption thing would be that simple, though…
Thanks for the info.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:51 AM
hello …
i didn’t switch my PS3 ON since Saturday night – Sunday morning (yeah, i t happens LOL), was working fine back then.
I won’t switch it on until i get a confirmation the issue is fixed.
OMG, hope no big issues …
cheers!
March 1st, 2010 at 12:07 PM
IT IS Y2K MY PS3 IS SET TO DECEMBER 31 1999 WONDER WHATS GONNA HAPPEN IN 2011 ALL THE XBOXS AR GONNA EXPLODE DREAM COME TRUE
March 1st, 2010 at 12:09 PM
The idea of something happening to the network just doesn’t add up. The network is shared with ps3 fats and slims alike, so why would it only affect the fattys? Sounds to me like a conspiracy as big as 911! Well, maybe not that big… Anyways, maybe Sony doesn’t like the chubbies, and only wants a skinny population, but maybe most of us are happy to be fat! Every think of that Sony!
March 1st, 2010 at 12:19 PM
@NoctisLucisCa
thats because people are stupid..next thing youll hear how a mans wife got an abortion by there PS3.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Kotaku has gotten official word from sony and a fix will be here within 24 hours, it is a internal hardware issue..
http://kotaku.com/5482811/ps3-error-8001050f-caused-by-clock-bug-fix-within-24-hours
March 1st, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Latest info on PlayStation Network Status
Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media
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 play back 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 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.
As mentioned above, please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologize for any inconvenience caused.
For the latest status on this situation please continue to check either the PlayStation.Blog or
March 1st, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Even the clock thing and stuff, it does not make any sence, I explain; It is ok and I buy it, if the issue is for the clock thing if only if the issue will raise at 12AM between Feb 28 – Mar 1st. But in the middle of the day??? that’s the only concern … i will buy it if that issue was effective on date changed… anyway I hope that be the real issue and not the conspiracy theory of the genocide the Fat ones!
March 1st, 2010 at 1:46 PM
This is a very popular topic so I must put in my two cents.
This is a very dumb error on Sony’s part, why couldn’t they just ironed out the leap year issues so that this wouldn’t crash. Now a lot of money is being spent on fixing this.
This could also hurt their rep and sales, as I can see now how a lot of fat out of shape Xbox loving Gamestop employees will talk the casual market out of getting a PS3 and use this problem for their cause.
So far only my themes got corrupted. My brother warned me about this so I didn’t try to play any games
March 1st, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Ohhh come on! wth! how long will this get fixed! i was almost done with heavy rain!
March 1st, 2010 at 3:14 PM
i have a fat 160gb made 10-2008 that seams to run fine.dut also have fat80gb that does not made 6-2008 only four months apart. my 80GB is B\C
March 1st, 2010 at 3:33 PM
I HAVE A 160G FAT MADE IN OCT,08 A 80G FAT MADE IN MAY,09 NO PROB WITH THEM BUT MY 80G FAT B,C, MADE IN JUNE,08 HAS ALL THE PROBS EVEN TOOK TROPHEYS AWAY LIKE I DONT OWN THE GAME AND DOWNLOADED GAMES ARE BAD BUT CAN STILL RETREIVE TROPHEYS ON ON THE OTHER 2 UNDER SAME NAME AND GAMES DOWNLOADED ARE FINE AS WELL SO EVERYTHING IS THERE ABLE TO BE GOT TO OFF PS3 THAT IS NOT EFFECTED
March 1st, 2010 at 3:52 PM
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March 1st, 2010 at 4:22 PM
xST-ANGERx this is for u….u sound like ur a a female with no kids living at ur mom and dads house still….i dont beat my kids…..i dont live in a trailer……all i want to do is kill some people on mwf2…is that to much to ask for….is n e bodies ps3 network working yet?
March 1st, 2010 at 4:31 PM
Hey, tootergray34, don’t take what I say to heart man. I’m here like everyone else just pissed as hell. Lol and I don’t have kids or anyone to beat on, not that I would.
March 1st, 2010 at 4:33 PM
WELL GUYS…. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!!!!….
March 1st, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Wow, only one other guy agrees there’s some hackin involved. Maybe it’s good this s*** happened! I’m glad I’m not one of those dumb ass f**boxes!
March 1st, 2010 at 4:56 PM
I just wish I would have read this blog before I put a bullet in my wife’s head for “breaking my ps3″…
March 1st, 2010 at 5:01 PM
oh btw if anyone has MAG that is in SVER or needs help in a game like RE5 hook me up and we’ll get you the trophies you need my PSN ID is the same thing im using on here right now *sigh* hopefully this is fixed soon ive been hearing that it will be back and running again tomorrow morning but i cant confirm that so sorry guys ill try to as much updates as i can and let you now from there but for now all we can really do is just be patient
March 1st, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Just stating the obvious… This would never happen with Xbox Live because they’ve obviously spent the time and MONEY on securing against this type of unexceptable stuff.
@rpm1…
Don’t take your frustrations out on me, take them out on Sony, they’re the ones screwing you not me. I’d be pissed too if I lost my achievements. God know you work hard for them.
Like I said, you get what you pay for. You pay nothing and right now, YOU GOT NOTHING. Something like this was bound to happen sooner or later.
I bet they start charging now….
March 1st, 2010 at 5:16 PM
ouch sorry to here that spidy hope you and your wife is ok now ^_^
March 1st, 2010 at 5:28 PM
everything is still on your name on the psn i already went to diff ps3 and loged on my name and everything is fine all tropheys are there under the name so when they fix it all should be back all servers go down even ones you pay for so forking out money for the same thing and buying all new stuff seems a little stupid ive played xbox it still lags even though my freind paid to play my money is with sony
March 1st, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Sure and your money will be with Sony when they start charging for their service and trust me, they will charge. If you can’t scr*** up 13 cents a day, then you don’t deserve to play Xbox Live. And btw, this wasn’t just a downed server buddy.
I’ll check in with you guys after I finish a little MULTIPLAYER Modern Warfare2 on Xbox Live.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:39 PM
im playing all my games on another ps3 online or off they work fine there is no conspiracy just the ps3 with date prob not the server we all know that genious. at least its not redeye right xbox fans lol
March 1st, 2010 at 5:47 PM
hacked????
March 1st, 2010 at 5:52 PM
@ski_67
And IT BEGINS…. I knew someone would bring up the old RRoD. Frustrated so let’s find something to say about MS although Sony is the one causing you the headache.
Well, since you brought it up, MS’s RRoD issue is even more of a testament to Sony’s failure. I mean Sony should have blown MS out of the water given their lead in the console war with the PS2, their dominance and the fact that MS was a straight up rookie in the console gaming arena when they entered in 2000. That just proves that against all these odds MS has obviously done something right and Sony has done a lot wrong.
Sony had everything going for them. And to give up first place the way they did was like an NFL team being up 42-0 at the half and still losing the game…
Oops got to go, got another MULTIPLAYER match on Xbox Live coming up.
Btw…. There’s a good episode of Family Guy on tonight. Maybe you can watch that while you wait for Sony to get their heads out of their butts…
March 1st, 2010 at 6:25 PM
@gladiator007 ur a f** using this ps3 thing as an excuse to try 2 covince evryone xbox is better cause it’s not and never will be. Also evryone who is pissed jus chill it’s a glitch by an electronic bound to happen sometime so jus relax I got faith in Sony and all u should too
March 1st, 2010 at 6:41 PM
xST-ANGERx…..OMG! u have to be a female….all u r doing is nagging about my daughter having to go to bed early….today i told her i was sorry for making her going to bed thinking she broke the ps3… and now i am low as dirt come on lets be real…in the mean time post what ever u want about me…..o well……
March 1st, 2010 at 8:00 PM
my system works good now thanks resetting the network connection worked.turn it off wait 3 sec turn back on
March 1st, 2010 at 8:08 PM
mine works now
March 1st, 2010 at 8:22 PM
yup PSN fixed it it works now we can all play again
March 1st, 2010 at 9:50 PM
yea im playing mw2 right now look me up
June 11th, 2010 at 1:52 AM
[UPDATE #2]
It seems as though owners of 120GB/250GB “slim” PS3 model are able to connect to the PlayStation Network. The problem appears to be isolated to the original “fat” PS3 models.
this statement is complete bull I’ve tried both my “fat” PS3 and 250GB “slim” PS3 and they both don’t connect