Sony Issues Statement Regarding Broken PS3s

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If you own an older PS3, by older I mean a non PS3 Slim, then you may want to listen up. All day today, people have been complaining about an error that causes them to not be able to play games on their older PS3's. The error, dubbed 8001050F, prevents you from playing games on the console, can possibly screw with trophies, and all around leaves a bad taste in your mouth. According to Sony, if you own an older PS3 you should NOT play it for the next 24 hours. The main reason for this is due to trophies possibly being lost, but I don't know how much credit I put into that. Regardless, I'll be on my 360 tonight. Check out the full version of Sony's response. The fix is supposed to happen over the next 24 hours. The problem itself has to do with the internal clock in the system.

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 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 check either the PlayStation blog (blog.us.playstation.com) or PlayStation.com.