PlayStation Network down, so are lots of PS3s (update)

It's unclear exactly what's going on at the moment, but it appears that the PlayStation Network is down and causing a whole host of related problems for PS3 systems, including 8001050F error codes, game crashes, corrupted trophy info, and even the complete inability to launch certain titles. There's no ETA on when things will get back to normal -- looks like it's gonna be a Blu-ray kind of evening for PS3 owners out there.

Update: Sony's tweeted that it's "looking into it," and our boys at Joy say that owners of original PS3s are seeing their clocks reset and even data loss in some cases. We'll keep you updated.

Update 2: Given that issues started to appear as February 28th became March 1st, it's being speculated that the PSN woes are related to an improper handling of leap years. Similar to the issue that bricked those Zunes back in 2008. Sorry, manually setting your date doesn't help, we tried.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[lividmonkey Posted Mar 1st 2010 1:23PM]

Anyone else think that this is just a ploy to make everyone get a slim and get rid of their so-called "phats?" And BTW, they prefer "big-boned" over phat. I call mine chunky.

[LowSky Posted Mar 1st 2010 1:26PM]

Why didn''t this issue happen in 2007 or 2009? They too were not leap years?

[Raffi256 Posted Mar 1st 2010 1:47PM]

@LowSky

We don't know anything about how it calculates leap year, or if that's even the problem (although it seems timely). It could be because its the first even numbered year that isn't leap year for the PS3.

[DMurray Posted Mar 1st 2010 2:52PM]

I'm running an 80gb fattie, currently playing Heavy Rain on 3/1/2010. I see no problems.

[techslip Posted Mar 1st 2010 2:55PM]

Well time to whip out the Monopoly board game. Going to pwn some n00bs and take some hotels! Who's with me?!
http://www.techslip.net

[markszczygiel Posted Mar 1st 2010 2:55PM]

What a disaster!

- Mark Szczygiel

[acole Posted Mar 1st 2010 2:58PM]

is anyones trophy's disappearing as you play?

[harybutts Posted Mar 1st 2010 5:06PM]

First my Toyota, now the playstation...japan is fucking with me

[computermilk Posted Mar 1st 2010 5:06PM]

" looks like it's gonna be a Blu-ray kind of evening for PS3 owners out there."

Cool that's all i used my dust collecting PS3 for anyway.

[ackthbbft Posted Mar 1st 2010 5:30PM]

Wonderful, I turned on my 60GB PS3 this morning via Remote Play on my PSP, and I seem to remember seeing a PSN error message.

I had noticed that the clock was about 12 hours off yesterday after playing a bit of InFamous, and told it to do a network update on the clock.

I'll have to check the SKU on the back, now. All I gotta say is, if they have to repair or replace it, I damn well better get the same model back, because I bought the older 60GB model specifically for the PS2 compatibility.

[Shadowling Posted Mar 1st 2010 6:52PM]

I just updated the time on my PS3 via the internet and it connects to PSN now. I have one of the fat ones that wasn't working this morning. It gave me an error and didn't have my Sackboy Dynamic Theme. It got corrupted and I had to redownload it. It's all working fine for me now. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to really play anything though. Don't want to have my stuff corrupted, but it looks ok to me now.

[zwich Posted Mar 1st 2010 7:05PM]

WORKING!! ::SWEEET MW2!!!!!!!!

[LaputanMachine Posted Mar 1st 2010 11:19PM]

Am I the only who doesn't connect their PS3 to the net?

Hello *waves from faraway island*