"Sony said a bug with the console clock was responsible for the serious technical glitch, which has left thousands of PS3 owners unable to connect to the PlayStation Network.
It has warned PS3 owners not to use their games console until it has issued a fix to resolve the problem."
"As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today," said Sony in a statement. "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.
"We are doing our best to resolve the issue and apologise for any inconvenience caused."
"The glitch first came to light overnight, as the internal clock and calendar on the PlayStation 3 switched from February to March. Many PS3 owner reported that their console clock had reset itself to Dec 31, 1999 or Jan 1, 2000.
Others said that they had been unable to access or play content downloaded from the PlayStation Network and, in some instances, discovered that their trophy and achievement data had been corrupted or deleted.
It is not yet clear whether the patch will reinstate or fix this trophy data."
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