Sony hopes to resolve APOCALYPS3 within 24 hours

Sony Computer Entertainment has issued an updated statement regarding problems with its ‘fat’ PS3 consoles, resulting in many gamers left without the ability to play games and access PSN.

“As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today,” read the official statement. “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.

“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.”

Errors brought about by the clock bug 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.

Sony was also keen to point out that all new slim PS3s are not affected and concluded by apologising for any inconvenience caused and pointed people towards the official PlayStation blogs.