Calendar Bug Disables Older PlayStation 3 Models

JohnWilliams writes "The Sony PlayStation Network appears to be inaccessible to older ('phat') PS3 units. Players cannot play games that require a connection, even in single-player, offline mode, e.g. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Also, the system date resets to January 1, 2000. Sony is 'looking into it.' Speculation abounds that it is a bug related to 2010 being incorrectly flagged as a leap year. The newer PS3 Slim models seem to be working properly."

y2k anyone ?

[Anonymous Coward]

I for one, welcome our y2k10 playstation overlords.

Microsoft has to love this

[tsotha]

Oh, man, the party is at Balmer's house tonight.

I Told You All!

[sysusr]

When I said the Millennium Bug would strike again, you all thought I was crazy! Who's laughing now?

Re:HA!

[dangitman]

The only reason I can see a video game not working because of mis-matched dates is because of DRM,

Well, if that's the only reason you can think of, you're not thinking very hard, are you?

Sony timer

[reybrujo]

It is not a bug, it is the Sony timer [wikipedia.org].

Re:HA!

[The Mighty Buzzard]

No, the reason you shouldn't sue is that suing someone because they pissed you off makes you an asshat.

Re:HA!

[The Mighty Buzzard]

Give the guy a break, he could just be stupid.

Or he could be following the longstanding tradition of not knowing what the hell you're talking about when bitching on the Internet.

Re:Microsoft has to love this

[V!NCENT]

The party headed over to Nintendo for his Xbox360 got a red ring of death...

Okey, next...

Re:HA!

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

You must be the sort of dissatisfied customer that every company dreams about: Rants angrily on the internet and purchases $2K worth of product...

Re:Microsoft has to love this

[InsertWittyNameHere]

RSVP and BYOC - (Bring Your Own Chair)