If U didn’t come 2 party, don’t bother knockin’ on my door
…because, well, according to my PS3 this afternoon, it’s 12/31/1999.
It seems there’s a glitch out there that’s causing early-gen “fat” PS3s to go a little wacky today. Something to do with the clock/calendar chip, causing problems connecting to the playstation network and in some cases, corrupting downloaded content and trophy records.
So far, it doesn’t seem like it’s RRoD serious, and ought to be fixed up no problem with a firmware update, though Sony’s official advice, stating that “In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system…”, seems a little ominous.
Luckily, I finished up my first playthough of Dragon Age: Origins on Saturday. There’ll be hell to pay, however, if this doesn’t get sorted out by 3/10, when Final Fantasy XIII comes out.
Until then, however, there are books, and y’know, going outside.
update: changed the title, because, y’know, why bother being direct when oblique is available. Also, according to the experts on the internets, things are maybe back to normal; apparently a code error in the fat ps3s told it that 2010 was a leap year, and when confronted with the fact that it wasn’t, it got cranky.
