It seems that, so far, the only consoles affected are the older, "fat" models.
Sony was really starting to get it right it seemed. They were steadily gaining momentum in the US with titles like Heavy Rain freshly released and games like God of War III and MLB 10: The Show on the horizon, it seemed like the PS3 could finally leave third place sales in this console war in the past, but then something catastrophic happened.
Sometime on Sunday, a glitch occurred in the Playstation 3 system which set clocks back to December 31st, 1999. Many believe that this is a glitch that came packaged in the latest update, but others believe that it is related to the turnover between February and March.
The glitch doesn’t seem to be tied with the Playstation Network, as players can still browse the Playstation Store, download demos, and browse the web (if they choose to browse the web with Playstation 3’s browser). The problem comes when players try to play a game that requires they connect to the Trophy network. When players try to play a game that connects to the Trophy network, players will receive an error message and will be unable to continue to the game. included in this list of games that cannot be played right now is Sony’s heavy-hitter, Heavy Rain.
Many players have attempted to change the internal date of the PS3, either by internet, or by manually going onto console itself and switching it, but either way, when the Playstation 3 system is powered on, the date will switch back. This will occur whether the player is connected to the internet or not, which signals its a hardware issue at this point.
So how does this affect games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band? For Rock Band 2, affected consoles cannot access downloadable content, Lego Rock Band imports or even imports from the original Rock Band. People are reporting that more recent Guitar Hero games are having difficulty accessing downloadable content as well.
So what is Sony doing in terms of damage control? Well, not too much. They have instructed everyone to follow their Twitter account for the “latest updates”, but the latest update, as of now, is a Tweet from over 13 hours ago stating that PS3 Slims seem to be unaffected.
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