A software error prevented users of some Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles worldwide from gaining access to the PlayStation Network, which offers downloads of video games and movies, the company said Monday. Users trying to log in had received a cryptic error message. Some games could not be played even when the console was taken offline, Sony said the network had been restored by late Monday in the United States, over 24 hours since the first connection problems were reported.
Sony Corp. (SNE) said Tuesday it has repaired a software glitch with its PlayStation 3 that had prevented some users from accessing its PlayStation Network for more than 24 hours.
In a post on its PlayStation blog, Sony said the problem stemmed from the internal clock on some of its older PS3 consoles. The clock on affected models incorrectly recognized 2010 as a leap year, calling into mind the “Y2K” type of calendar change software problems feared at the turn of the century.
