It’s Y2K all over again! If you’re a Playstation 3 owner, that is.
PS3 owners worldwide who logged on to the Playstation Network today found they couldn’t access online gaming and they’d lost all trophies and badges they’d won through endless hours of thumb-cramping button mashing. PlayStation scrambled to find the cause of the problem as gamers around the world fretted over their lost easter eggs.
Turns out it was all a Y2K leftover, combined with some Leap Year fun. Apparently, the internal clocks on all PS3s were programmed with 2010 as a leap year. Oops! According to the Playstation Blog, “internal clock functionality recognized the year 2010 as a leap year. Having the internal clock date change from February 29 to March 1 (both GMT), we have verified that the symptoms are now resolved and that users are able to use their PS3 normally.”
So never fear, fellow gamers! Your ability to kill pixels controlled by people in faraway lands has been reinstated! But you may have to hunt down those easter eggs again…