A recent fault associated with the old style (2006 model) PlayStation 3 has been fixed by Sony. The clock bug which has prevented owners of PlayStation 3 from using the games online network was caused by machines that “recognised the year 2010 as a leap year”.
Although the problem did not affect the newer slim models, many PS3 owners chose to heed Sony’s advice to stop using their games console until the problem, which reminds one of the millenium bug, was resolved.
A statement released by Sony PlayStation 3 on 02 March 2010 confirms that normal network service has been restored for all PS3 users. However, “if the time displayed on the XMB (XrossMediaBar) is still incorrect, users can go to Settings to adjust time settings manually or via the Internet”.
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Are you worried that as technology advances, bugs such as these will become more common and generally unavoidable?
It is unavoidable because bug is mostly a normal problem of technology. Besides, nothing would be perfect, in one way or another, there will be a problem that will arise, may not now but will soon have 🙂 Anyway, thanks for giving us this story. Now, my brother can I won’t get pi**ed anymore with our PS3.
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PS3 has many complications if your not used to troubleshoot the console it is very hard for you to deal with it but you’ve provided the right tool for us to know regarding troubleshooting. This is one major thing that you’ve shared.
This would come in handy. Thanks for sharing!
I have seen everyone talk about this a lot before. All electronics have a problem sometime or another. It’s just a good thing that this problem can be fixed.
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Thank you for taking the time to write this blog. It was interesting to say the least.
Thanks for the comments guys.
Microsoft is at it again with their bugs…
Oh wait…this ISN’T Microsoft…hmmm…at least Microsoft can get their online gaming right!!
Lol
I think that it’s a nomal problem for new innovation like playstation 3 network. In the future sony must upgrade playstation system better today.
Very interesting! How was all owners of the pre 2010 models informed of this problem? Has there been a campaign completed to inform people of the correction and how to reset their settings? Where was the announcement made?
Bug is one of the major problem new technologies used to have, but it now depend on the ability of the company to resolved the issue fast and provide the easy method for users to resolved.
As technology advances, bugs should become avoidable and easy to fix. We should move forward and not backward.
just what i need for my playstation.
It is really a Good thing that I did not immediately upgraded to the latest. This is one of the reason why I hate new versions, they are usually full of bugs.
Well, it’s the first time that I hear that the Playstation 3 had such a serious bug. Now, I am happy that Sony solved this issue and it does seem that they care about their customers, but the point that you raise here really is concerning. It’s reasonable that the more complicated technology is (and I assume that the Sony Playstation 3 is very complicated) there is a higher risk of technical problems and numerous bugs – that’s just the way it is.. However, there are so many gamers that wouldn’t mind about those issues since the Sony 3 is so fun to play with! I hope to get it soon enough 🙂
That clock bug really messed my PS3 up.
Finally the DNS problems I had with my PS3 connected to my network has been resolved.
Linksys wireless router I have works perfectly for other devices (like laptop, Xbox 360, TiVo). My wireless network is configured to not broadcast the SID and WEP key. After manually entering the network settings on my PS3, I had the opportunity to obtain an ip address of my router, I could open the configureation in my router, but the Internet connection will be some kind of error DNS.
The way it was resolved for me (and I know someone else mentioned in a post other here), was to enter the DNS server addresses manually in the PS3 network settings and DNS server usage of tetertiary My ISP, either primary or secondary DNS server. Voila … I am updating the software of PS3, as I write this ….
.. Incidentally, this also fixed the same problem I had with my PSP ..
I am happy that Sony solved this issue and it does seem that they care about their customers, but the point that you raise here really is concerning. It’s reasonable that the more complicated technology is (and I assume that the Sony Playstation 3 is very complicated) there is a higher risk of technical problems and numerous bugs
Bugs can sometimes be a problem, but the good thing is that Sony was able to resolve the bug problem on their Play Stations. I have not heard of another bug problem so I guess everything is going OK?
Even if technology doesn’t advance, bugs will still exist. Rather than bugs becoming unavoidable, I think programmers and developers should watch out for newer and more complex bugs than they’ve encountered before. As for the good news that Sony has fixed that annoying clock bug, all I can say is: Finally!
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After you spend a couple of hundred bucks on a gaming system, you never anticipate to get problems with the equipment for a long time. However, in spite of the substantial price tag you need to understand that at some point you are likely to deal with Playstation 3 problems.
Bugs are definitely unavoidable. Companies nowadays can’t even guarantee that there products will be bugs-free upon release. I guess as long as they come up with updates and patches, we should be okay.