PS3 Problems

This is the following statement from Sony regarding the PS3 problems:
We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

Errors 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.

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.

As mentioned above, Please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologise for any inconvenience caused.

By the looks of things you can still play games on the system its just that you can't go online with the machine other wise these problems happen. Will let everyone know when things are all sorted with it.

It's all fixed now

Thank God for that then, Thanks for the info mate

What made me laugh with Sony is that claimed to have fixed the problem which they never actually did, they didn't do anything all that happened is that after so called extra day on the machine passed the PS3 corrected it self. Instead of saying at the time the 2nd march it said the 1st of march which is what happened on my machine and i just corrected the date. What i would like to know is that won't this happen again 2014, that's given the case that PS3 is still around.

Don't forget about the subliminal marketing ploy of Sony saying that all the new slim PS3's are not affected (so buy one a new slim PS3 and everything will be fine), but that could just be me being cynical.