Sony PlayStation 3

In my case, my wife uses vidzone a lot. So many many times you will see shameful songs playing in my profile...

Load of rubbish! It's you and you know it ;)

Create a profile for her instead of using your wife as an excuse for your taste in music. Anyway, don't be ashamed of it. You like what you like.
 
Load of rubbish! It's you and you know it ;)

Create a profile for her instead of using your wife as an excuse for your taste in music. Anyway, don't be ashamed of it. You like what you like.

Oh, I get what you're up to. But if you want your wife to talk about Shakira and Beyoncé with my wife, you could have asked straight.

PS: I'll let vidzone open all night playing the full discography of Judas Priest just to clean my name.
 
Haha... I'm talking more about those music videos with erm... how to put this... dubious content. You know the obvious ones, usually a clubbing anthem or a 80's track remixed and the video is just women in little clothing bouncing around. THAT kind of shame.
 
Haha... I'm talking more about those music videos with erm... how to put this... dubious content. You know the obvious ones, usually a clubbing anthem or a 80's track remixed and the video is just women in little clothing bouncing around. THAT kind of shame.

I have no shame!
 
‘Heads-Up’ PlayStation Store Update (25th February 2010)

Hello all and welcome to another ‘Heads Up’ store update.

I’m afraid Mike can’t be with you this week as he’s having some much needed time off, but normal service will be resumed at the start of March.

In the meantime, if you loved last week’s update we’re continuing strong this week with the launch of the highly anticipated FIFA Ultimate Team 10, which sees you trading players and managing your chosen squad to victory on the pitch.

We’ve got W!Games‘ quirky, turn-based strategy, Greed Corp for you to enjoy and for all you demon slayers out there, a demo featuring one whole dungeon from Vigil Games‘ apocalyptic hack & slash, Darksiders.

Relentless bring us the latest episode of Blue Toad Murder Files, The Mystery of the Concealing Flame and better yet, it’s absolutely free (but you will need to own at least the first episode to play). If you’re still playing catch up in Little Riddle, there’s never been a better time to get involved.

As if that weren’t enough we’ve got new content for all our favourites, including a new styling pack for the BAFTA nominated EyePet and some old favourites return to Uncharted 2 via the new Drake’s Fortune Multiplayer pack, with skins and locations from Nathan Drake’s first adventure. White Knight Chronicles invades LittleBigPlanet in the form of a new costume kit and Borderlands turns things up to 11 with its third add-on, The Secret Armoury of General Knoxx, which brings new challenges and a newly raised level cap.

On the PSP front we’ve got a whole host of titles for you, including the launch of echoshift - the sequel to last year’s mind (and perspective) bending puzzle game, echochrome, and from tomorrow you’ll be able to go to hell without leaving the house, as we make the brand new PSP version of Dante’s Inferno available for download from the 26th.

That’s all for this week – I’ll do my best to field some of your comments but apologies if they’re not up to the high standard set by Mr. Kebby. I know he’ll be reading them with interest so please do make yourself heard.

Until next time guys, enjoy the update!

PlayStation Store via PS3
Special Offers

(Available until the 4th of March)

* Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (was – £11.99/€14.99 now – £5.49/€6.99)
* Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD (was – £11.99/€14.99 now – £5.49/€6.99)
* Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood – Old West Map Pack (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
* Tom Clancy’s End War Faction Elite Pack (was – £3.19/€3.99 now – £1.59/€1.99)
* Shaun White Snowboarding The Glamour Pack (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.39/€2.99
* Brothers In Arms® D-Day (PSP) (was – £15.99/€19.99 now – £7.99/€9.99)
* Prince of Persia: Revelations (PSP) (was – £15.99/€19.99 now – £7.99/€9.99)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PSP) (was – £15.99/€19.99 now – £7.99/€9.99)
* Lilo and Stitch: Trouble in Paradise (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)
* Bug’s Life (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)

minis month

(Available until the 4th of March)

* Tetris (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Sudoku (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Bowling 3D (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Yetisports Pengu Throw (was – £2.49/€2.99 now – £1.74/€1.99)
* Red Bull X-Fighters (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Let’s Golf (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.49/€2.99)
* Stand O’Food (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Spot the Differences (was – £2.49/€2.99 now – £1.24/€1.49)

Downloadable Games

* Greed Corp (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales
Demos (free)

* Darksiders Demo Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: Not available in Germany, Portugal, Russian Federation and UAE
minis

* Age of Zombies (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: All locales
Add-On Game Content

* FIFA Ultimate Team 10 Trial (free)
* FIFA Ultimate Team 10 (£3.99/€4.99)

Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales

Please note: FIFA Ultimate Team 10 is available in five languages across all locales – English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

* Uncharted 2 Drake’s Fortune Skin and Map Pack (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: All locales

* Blue Toad Murder Files – Episode 3: The Mystery of the Concealing Flame (free) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand.

* LittleBigPlanet
o White Knight Chronicles Costume Kit (£4.79/€5.99)
o Black Knight Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
o Dragon Knight Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
o Leonard Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
o White Knight Costume (£1.59/€1.99)

(contains the following costumes which are also sold separately)

Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

* Borderlands – The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (£5.49/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locales

* Dante’s Inferno – Animated Feature Dante Costume (£1.59/€1.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: Not available in Russian Federation

* EyePet Fairy Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales

MX vs ATV: Reflex

* Track Pack 1 (£3.19/€3.99)
* Track Pack 2 (£3.19/€3.99)

Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: Not available in Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and UAE

* Ferrari Challenge
o Riviera + 5 Car Pack (£4.79/€5.99)

(contains the following content which is also sold separately)
o Riviera Track (£3.19/€3.99)
o Additional Car – GTO (£1.59/€1.99)
o Additional Car – Ferrari 365 GTS (£1.59/€1.99)
o Additional Car – Ferrari 430 Spider (£1.59/€1.99)
o Additional Car – Ferrari 512m 94 (£1.59/€1.99)
o Additional Car – F50 GT (£1.59/€1.99)

Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: Not available in Italy

* Valkyria Chronicles – Challenge of the Edy Detachment (£3.19/€3.99)

Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: All locales

* Rock Band
o Distracted by KSM (£0.99/€1.49)
o Just for Tonight by One Night Only (£0.99/€1.49)
o The Dope Show by Marilyn Manson (£0.99/€1.49)
o The Who Super Bowl S-Mashup by The Who (£0.99/€1.49)
o Walking on the Moon by The Police (£0.99/€1.49)
o HIM Track Pack 01 (£2.49/€3.99)

(contains the following tracks which are also sold separately)
o Heartkiller (£0.99/€1.49)
o Ode to Solitude (£0.99/€1.49)
o Wings of a Butterfly (£0.99/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and UAE

* Guitar Hero 5
o Third Eye Blind Track Pack (£4.39/€5.49)

(contains the following tracks which are also sold separately)
o Can You Take Me (£1.59/€1.99)
o Losing A Whole Year (£1.59/€1.99)
o Never Let You Go (£1.59/€1.99)

Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates
Videos (free)

* Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Announcement Trailer
* Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 Year One Vignette

Premium Themes

* 3D Abstracts Theme (£1.19/€1.49)
* World’s End Theme (£1.19/€1.49)

Themes (free)

* Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Theme 2

PlayStation Store via PSP and Media Go
Special Offers (also available via the PS3 store)

(Available until the 4th of March)

* Brothers In Arms D-Day (PSP) (was – £15.99/€19.99 now – £7.99/€9.99)
* Prince of Persia: Revelations (PSP) (was – £15.99/€19.99 now – £7.99/€9.99)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PSP) (was – £15.99/€19.99 now – £7.99/€9.99)
* Lilo and Stitch: Trouble in Paradise (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)
* Bug’s Life (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)

minis month

(Available until the 4th of March)

* Tetris (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Sudoku (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Bowling 3D (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Yetisports Pengu Throw (was – £2.49/€2.99 now – £1.74/€1.99)
* Red Bull X-Fighters (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Let’s Golf (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.49/€2.99)
* Stand O’Food (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.49/€3.99)
* Spot the Differences (was – £2.49/€2.99 now – £1.24/€1.49)

Downloadable Games (also available via the PS3 store)

* Dante’s Inferno (£31.99/€39.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locales

Please note: Dante’s Inferno will be available from the 26th February.

* Echoshift (£11.99/€16.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales

* Pro Cycling 2009 – Tour De France (£23.99/€29.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: Not available in Russia Federation

* Valhalla Knights 2 (£15.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Australia and UK only (more territories coming soon)

* Williams Pinball Classics (£11.99/€14.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales

* Dungeon Explorer (£8.69/€10.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal and Russian Federation

* Desi Adda: Games of India (£7.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: Only available in Saudi Arabia and UK
Demo (also available via the PS3 store) (free)

* The Eye Of Judgment Legends Demo Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: All locales
minis (also available via the PS3 store)

* Age of Zombies (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: All locales
Add-On Game Content (also available via the PS3 store)

* Echoshift -Desert Level Pack (free) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales

* BUZZ! Quiz World – Comedy Movies Quiz (£3.19/€3.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Czech Republic, Greece and Russian Federation
 
Yes. I too had the same problem. I was discussing it in the Heavy Rain thread. Thank God its a widespread problem relating to the PSN and its not just my own console which has gone tits up. What I find REALLY strange though is that any game which supports trophies cannot be played even OFFLINE. Usually if the PSN is down you can still play your games offline but this isn't the case this time and it applies to both disc based titles and downloadable ones. Furthermore all Dynamic Themes fail to work and the clock has been reset to New Year's Eve 1999 (Y2K Revenge Act :LOL:). However the large majority of new PS3 Slim's (120GB or 250GB) remain mostly unaffected. What are Sony up to?
 
I've got an invite to a closed First Play beta this week, will report back.
 
oohhh 'first play'. I thought you were saying a first play of a game.

-

Did you sign up for a chance to get that or was this a random thing again?
 
I registered to the site when it was announced, that's all.
 
This is from the official playstation forums - sorry for the long post but it seems to be pretty helpful stuff:

Here's what's going on right now: something with the PS3's internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3's clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?

-If you have a Slim PS3, you're good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
-If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged.

What does this bug mean?

-If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?

-You can't. Even if you don't sign into PSN, it won't help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?

-Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 8pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves...maybe.

-If that doesn't work, we'll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?

Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They'll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they'll be fine if you've synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?

It's probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine.
 
Thanks for that airjoca. I just ordered a new PlayStation 3 Slim 250GB from ShopTo for only £243.85. :)
 
The email I got mentioned that another preview episode will be done.
 
Uh oh...

What Sony doesn't want you to know about 8001050F: (Secrets of error 8001050F)

I have been reading all the responses and claims people have been making about the error all over the internet

What people have managed to establish so far is the following:

The PS3 has two clocks
A system clock
And a OS clock

When you boot your PS3 up, the system clock says (or should say), "Its March 01 2010, set yourself as March 01 2010 mr OS"
The system clock is always running and never stops, even when your PS3 is off, it has a backup battery and recharges when your PS3 is on
Basically, it runs 24/7 counting upwards
The clock can not be altered by software or by hacking it and it only counts upwards
NOW, the system clock thinks theres a Feb 29th, so instead of rolling over to March 1st, it went over to Feb 29th and now when it tries to compare the system clock with the OS clock when you load your PS3 up, the OS clock thinks, "woooooaaahh, **bleep** is going on here" and it sets it to 1999

PS3 models affected:

CECHA01 - affected
CECHE01 - affected
CECHG01 - affected
CECHH01 - affected
CECHK01 - affected
CECHL01 - not affected
CECHP01 - not affected

Now, theres two solutions:

A. Kill the system clock so it restarts (you do this by taking the battery out in your PS3 + void your warranty)
B. Wait till March 2nd and hope that the clock fliks over to March 1st

Now the above is what everyone is talking about on the internet, but from my knowledge, I can tell you we are possibly looking at a mass recall by Sony
Why? Because as I said the system clock only counts UPWARDS and never downwards
And it is fully protected, even if Sony came to your house and done a hypervisor call on your PS3 to reset your clock, it wouldn't work
The ONLY way to reset the clock is to take out the battery, thus, voiding your warranty
Firmware update would also resolve NOTHING because its not a software issue, the software is perfect, its a hardware issue
Even if Sony worked some miracle and brought out an update, 50% of PS3 users don't even have internet access, or no internet on their PS3's, so how will they update? USB? Game disc?
The fact of the matter is Sony is in great trouble, they don't know where they are going to end up after this

So what WILLSony do?

Easy answer, wait until 12:01AM GMT (the system clock runs in GMT no matter what timezone you are in) and hope that the system clock fliks over to March 1st
But what if it fliks over to February 30th?
Then Sony will have no choice but to do a recall, because as explained before it is unpatchable and there is no working solution unless you void your warranty
So it looks like we will all have PS3 Slims with no backwards compatibility and no linux and we will have no gaming in our living rooms for the next 3 months

All thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment

Brilliant Sony, you really outdid yourselves this time

Not to mention the hundreds of court cases they'll have to go through

Imagine if you had bought a PS3 on February 28th

And then the next day, BAM, its a useless media player

http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/P.../td-p/45315814
 
Thanks again airjoca.

What Sony doesn't want you to know about 8001050F: (Secrets of error 8001050F)

I have been reading all the responses and claims people have been making about the error all over the internet

What people have managed to establish so far is the following:

The PS3 has two clocks
A system clock
And a OS clock

When you boot your PS3 up, the system clock says (or should say), "Its March 01 2010, set yourself as March 01 2010 mr OS"
The system clock is always running and never stops, even when your PS3 is off, it has a backup battery and recharges when your PS3 is on
Basically, it runs 24/7 counting upwards
The clock can not be altered by software or by hacking it and it only counts upwards
NOW, the system clock thinks theres a Feb 29th, so instead of rolling over to March 1st, it went over to Feb 29th and now when it tries to compare the system clock with the OS clock when you load your PS3 up, the OS clock thinks, "woooooaaahh, **bleep** is going on here" and it sets it to 1999

PS3 models affected:

CECHA01 - affected
CECHE01 - affected
CECHG01 - affected
CECHH01 - affected
CECHK01 - affected
CECHL01 - not affected
CECHP01 - not affected

Now, theres two solutions:

A. Kill the system clock so it restarts (you do this by taking the battery out in your PS3 + void your warranty)
B. Wait till March 2nd and hope that the clock fliks over to March 1st

Now the above is what everyone is talking about on the internet, but from my knowledge, I can tell you we are possibly looking at a mass recall by Sony
Why? Because as I said the system clock only counts UPWARDS and never downwards
And it is fully protected, even if Sony came to your house and done a hypervisor call on your PS3 to reset your clock, it wouldn't work
The ONLY way to reset the clock is to take out the battery, thus, voiding your warranty
Firmware update would also resolve NOTHING because its not a software issue, the software is perfect, its a hardware issue
Even if Sony worked some miracle and brought out an update, 50% of PS3 users don't even have internet access, or no internet on their PS3's, so how will they update? USB? Game disc?
The fact of the matter is Sony is in great trouble, they don't know where they are going to end up after this

So what WILLSony do?

Easy answer, wait until 12:01AM GMT (the system clock runs in GMT no matter what timezone you are in) and hope that the system clock fliks over to March 1st
But what if it fliks over to February 30th?
Then Sony will have no choice but to do a recall, because as explained before it is unpatchable and there is no working solution unless you void your warranty
So it looks like we will all have PS3 Slims with no backwards compatibility and no linux and we will have no gaming in our living rooms for the next 3 months

All thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment

Brilliant Sony, you really outdid yourselves this time

Not to mention the hundreds of court cases they'll have to go through

Imagine if you had bought a PS3 on February 28th

And then the next day, BAM, its a useless media player

http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/P.../td-p/45315814

If they do a product recall, which I very much doubt they will do simply because the logistics of such an operation would be gigantic, but if they do it seems very suspicious. Why? Well I bolded the part about Linux. The recent hacking escapades by George Hotz were all done through the Other OS partition. The hack cant be completed with the new PS3 Slim's (120GB/250GB).

Also if there is a possible software solution via a firmware update e.g. 3.16 then Sony could remove the Other OS feature from original PS3's either outright or through a stealth move. Someone close to YDL (Yellow Dog Linux) mentioned about 2 weeks ago that Sony were planning to launch a firmware update that would remove the Other OS feature. Could this be leading up to it? :THINK:
 
Now that the game catalogue was starting to be impressive and thinks started to work really well for Sony... what a terrible hardware flop! Let's hope they can fix the error easily via software, because having a global recall would just kill the company, and we need both Sony and Microsoft competing in the race.
 
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