OH NOES!

OMG THE PS3 IS DOWN! GUYS IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Yes. The PS3 is currently throwing a fit, apparently. It's got itself confused, thinking today is February 29th, when in fact it's March 1st, resetting its internal clock to NYE 1999, preventing people from logging into PSN, preventing people from accessing games, erasing trophies from the server, and other lovely things.

Sony are aware, and are in the process of fixing it. Best thing for people to do in the meantime is be patient and do something else until Sony provide an update proclaiming it to be fixed. Go read a book, leave the house, dust off the old PS2 if you must get a gaming fix, do whatever. Don't, for the love of god, do what half the PlayStation community seems to have done on the PS Blog.

Cry, and whine, and bitch.

What is it with gamers these days? Does everyone just have an overinflated sense of self-worth, that every game company must do exactly as they say and any deviation from their plan is deemed unholy and wrong, a bad business decision that proves they just screw over the consumer?

I touched on this in my Sonic 4 post, and I've also heard the Square fanboys kicking off when Yoshinori Kitase "vaguely" denied there'd be no FF7 remake (he actually said it's "highly unlikely", which sounds like a no to me), claiming that they should make one anyway, even if it takes 10 billion years. Now it's this.

People are actually demanding compensation for a glitch that, in all probability, may only last one day. ONE DAY. OMG I CAN'T GO ONE DAY WITHOUT MY PRECIOUS PLAYSTATION3! SONY GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK OR I WILL SUE!

Ugh. Just turn it off. You know how to do that, right? Seriously, if you can't go one day without the console, seek professional help. That, I believe, is called an addiction. And addictions are harmful.

I can understand some people's annoyance if they'd bought a couple of new games yesterday or something, but they're the only ones I feel sorry for, since I know how great it is to put a new game in the system and boot it up for the first time, and they have to miss out on that for a while. Well, I also feel sorry for anyone who may potentially lose data out of all of this, but with a bit of luck that won't happen.

Sony don't owe anybody money. If this glitch ends up bricking the console, then sure, free replacements PS3s all round, but right now, that seems unlikely. Sony have said they're working on it, and it will be fixed eventually.

But this has brought with it conspiracy theories. "Sony have done this deliberately to force people into buying the new slim model!" But of course! Brilliant business sense there, forcing people to re-buy something just because a new variation's been made. Remember when the PSOne and PS2 Slim came out and Sony came round to people's houses in the night, stole their original consoles, forcing people to buy the new ones?

Yes, it's frustrating, and no, it shouldn't happen, but it's technology, it's unpredictable. All you can do is wait and be patient until Sony have announced something official. The problem is still ongoing, after all. If they announce the consoles are now bricked, then commence rioting. For now, sit tight, children. Your prayers may yet be answered.

After all, do you want to be like Hitler?