PS3 lockouts

PS3 lockouts#187473

By cap-dude - 01 Mar 10, 17:02

- 01 Mar 10, 17:02#187473

Turns out that some PS3's are causing serious lock-outs.

The story came overnight as we transitioned from February to March. Apparently some issue to do with a leap year (even though it's not a leap year, last year was) Causing some PS3's to basically become unplayable.

Full Story.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/s ... sands.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There's been talk about re-calls and everything.

Re: PS3 lockouts#187489

By emma - 01 Mar 10, 19:06

- 01 Mar 10, 19:06#187489

Ugh. This SUCKS. Tried to play Heavy Rain this morning, got the error message everyone's getting, then went online and found out it was everywhere... Now we can't even play some games offline!
This is HUGE.
I really hope recalls aren't necessary. It would take an age to sort it all out, and FFXIII comes out really soon, and that's the game I bought my PS3 for in the first place - typical, lol. Hopefully it'll sort itself out, or Sony can patch it.

Re: PS3 lockouts#187494

By Gaz - 01 Mar 10, 19:15

- 01 Mar 10, 19:15#187494

yeh same here can't sign in to PSN?

seams to work ok other than that though.

Re: PS3 lockouts#187499

By cap-dude - 01 Mar 10, 19:41

- 01 Mar 10, 19:41#187499

I can sign in just fine. Oh wait, thats because I have an xbox.

Xbox win!

Re: PS3 lockouts#187506

By Gaz - 01 Mar 10, 20:03

- 01 Mar 10, 20:03#187506

cap-dude wrote:I can sign in just fine. Oh wait, thats because I have an xbox.

Xbox win!

Re: PS3 lockouts#187509

By texasmr2 - 01 Mar 10, 20:08

- 01 Mar 10, 20:08#187509

Gaz wrote:
cap-dude wrote:I can sign in just fine. Oh wait, thats because I have an xbox.

Xbox win!

After having both the PS1 and PS2 and playing the Xbox I agree, PS for the win hands down.

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Re: PS3 lockouts#187511

By 7UpJordan - 01 Mar 10, 20:11

- 01 Mar 10, 20:11#187511

texasmr2 wrote:
Gaz wrote:
cap-dude wrote:I can sign in just fine. Oh wait, thats because I have an xbox.

Xbox win!

After having both the PS1 and PS2 and playing the Xbox I agree, PS for the win hands down.

They don't build consoles like they used to, I've got a NES (the original Nintendo) that's just as old as me and still works fine.

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Re: PS3 lockouts#187518

By cap-dude - 01 Mar 10, 20:35

- 01 Mar 10, 20:35#187518

7UpJordan wrote:
texasmr2 wrote:
Gaz wrote:
cap-dude wrote:I can sign in just fine. Oh wait, thats because I have an xbox.

Xbox win!

After having both the PS1 and PS2 and playing the Xbox I agree, PS for the win hands down.
They don't build consoles like they used to, I've got a NES (the original Nintendo) that's just as old as me and still works fine.

Didn't the NES used to freeze when removed the controller

Good ol days. I still love play the SNES and SegaMegaDrive

Re: PS3 lockouts#187539

By suitcase - 02 Mar 10, 00:01

- 02 Mar 10, 00:01#187539

cap-dude wrote:I can sign in just fine. Oh wait, thats because I have an xbox.

Xbox win!

Re: PS3 lockouts#187546

By bud - 02 Mar 10, 01:17

- 02 Mar 10, 01:17#187546

wondered why i couldnt sign onto the network. I was blaming my ISP, my apologies Telstra lol

Re: PS3 lockouts#187550

By scotty - 02 Mar 10, 01:40

- 02 Mar 10, 01:40#187550

xbox win? Didn't xbox live feck up for an entire week one time or something? Not to mention RROD!

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Re: PS3 lockouts#187562

By LifeW12 - 02 Mar 10, 08:20

- 02 Mar 10, 08:20#187562

cap-dude wrote:Turns out that some PS3's are causing serious lock-outs.

The story came overnight as we transitioned from February to March. Apparently some issue to do with a leap year (even though it's not a leap year, last year was) Causing some PS3's to basically become unplayable.

Full Story.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/s ... sands.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There's been talk about re-calls and everything.

That's why I prefer PC

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Re: PS3 lockouts#187657

By suitcase - 03 Mar 10, 01:34

- 03 Mar 10, 01:34#187657

scotty wrote:xbox win? Didn't xbox live feck up for an entire week one time or something? Not to mention RROD!

You're probably right but I have no idea because I don't use Xbox Live.
RROD?

Re: PS3 lockouts#187910

By myownalias - 05 Mar 10, 06:05

- 05 Mar 10, 06:05#187910

This is great news considering I just bought a PS3

being delivered on Tuesday, although I'm not surprised, Sony f**ked it up again!!!

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Re: PS3 lockouts#187914

By stonemonkey - 05 Mar 10, 07:09

- 05 Mar 10, 07:09#187914

myownalias wrote:This is great news considering I just bought a PS3 being delivered on Tuesday, although I'm not surprised, Sony f**ked it up again!!!

I think you should be ok, it was the older fat PS3s that were affected and only for a day or two.

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