Tens of millions of PlayStation 3s disabled by bug

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19 pointsjac_no_k5 comments

February 28th, eh? A leap year bug, perhaps?

Yes. The problem went away a few hours ago when March 1st/2nd arrived.

Yep.

> [the] internal clock functionality in the PS3 units other than the slim model, recognized the year 2010 as a leap year.

"Wonder if they picked up a book instead. ... No word if gamers have decided that as they can't play they might as well party like it's 1999."

My sentiments precisely.

I couldn't use my PS3's NetFlix integration last night.

Not everyone uses it for games. :)