I know I already shouted it but wanted to post anyway 
So it turns out that Sony has a massive problem with the PS3, seems to be a version problem as all the slim versions don't have the issue.
When I turned on my PS3 I got an error message (8001050F) and I googled it since nothing I did made it work and I came upon this thread:
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26690041&page=22 (The most fun reply I saw in this thread was from a guy who appears to be an official from Sony (Not sure if he is) but he actually told people to wait a few days yeah.. that's what you should tell your customers.. won't make you unpopular at all....)
It turns out that all PS3s from Australia to the Middle East to the US are having these problems. Normally I wouldn't think it's a big issue, except for the fact that the achievement system in PS3 needs to sync with the server for a trophy update when you launch some games, and since it's unable to sync it shuts down the game and appears to delete the already gathered trophies.
It's rumored to be due to a date error since most systems appear to reset to 1/1 2000.. I wonder what's special about Feb 28th
Some also say that it's due to Sony having launched a redesigned PS3 website during the weekend.. but I doubt that since people who have never even connected their PS3 to the internet are having these problems.
For now all they can do is follow Sony PS twitter http://twitter.com/sonyplaystation and hope they come up witha solution
So it turns out that Sony has a massive problem with the PS3, seems to be a version problem as all the slim versions don't have the issue.
When I turned on my PS3 I got an error message (8001050F) and I googled it since nothing I did made it work and I came upon this thread:
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26690041&page=22 (The most fun reply I saw in this thread was from a guy who appears to be an official from Sony (Not sure if he is) but he actually told people to wait a few days
yeah.. that's what you should tell your customers.. won't make you unpopular at all....)It turns out that all PS3s from Australia to the Middle East to the US are having these problems. Normally I wouldn't think it's a big issue, except for the fact that the achievement system in PS3 needs to sync with the server for a trophy update when you launch some games, and since it's unable to sync it shuts down the game and appears to delete the already gathered trophies.
It's rumored to be due to a date error since most systems appear to reset to 1/1 2000.. I wonder what's special about Feb 28th
Some also say that it's due to Sony having launched a redesigned PS3 website during the weekend.. but I doubt that since people who have never even connected their PS3 to the internet are having these problems.
For now all they can do is follow Sony PS twitter http://twitter.com/sonyplaystation and hope they come up witha solution
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I would've hated that as well 
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