No this is not an April Fool’s joke, but it’s the truth!
Well half-truth anyway …
It seems that on March 1st last month, many of the original (non-Slim) Playstation 3 models worldwide were experiencing errors related to their internal system clock.
The main reported error it seems was from inability to connect to the Playstation Network.
The error code displayed was typically 8001050F, and affected users were unable to sign in, play games, use dynamic themes and view/sync trophies.
However it was found the cause of the problem was unrelated to the Playstation Network itself, since even users who had never been online also had problems playing installed offline games.
One indicator of what the issue was when users noted that the console’s clock had gone back to December 31, 1999.
Thus as you can see, Sony did sent some of their customers back in time … so what I told you was the truth, of sorts! Hahaha.
I do wish however there was a time machine eh. That would be fun poking and changing the timeline.
Sony stated that the affected models incorrectly identified 2010 as a leap year. However, for most users, the hardware’s operating system clock (updated from the internet mainly and not associated with the internal clock) needed to be updated manually or by resyncing it via the internet.
The event was nicknamed the ApocalyPS3, a play on the word Apocalypse.
