Sony tells PlayStation 3 owners not to use consoles

By Heidi Blake Published: 7:30AM GMT 02 March 2010

Sony has warned PS3 owners not to make make use of of their console until it issues a bug fix. PS3 Slim users are unblushing by the complement time glitch that has left consoles unplayable

The bug, that causes the consoles to pile-up and freeze, is the majority critical on jot down for the PS3, that has been blighted by fewer technical faults than the Xbox 360 done by Microsoft.

Players found themselves rught away logged out of the online PlayStation Network when they proposed the system, and faced blunder messages when they attempted to launch offline games.

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The Japanese wiring manufacturer pronounced the ultimate "Slim" versions of the PS3 were assumingly unblushing by the problem, believed to branch from a bug in the complement clock.

In a little cases the date on the console was incidentally reset to Jan 1 2000 and users were incompetent to reset it. Some found themselves incompetent to fool around let videos downloaded from the PlayStation store.

Sony apologised for the nuisance caused and pronounced it hoped to finalise the bug inside of twenty-four hours. "In the meantime, if you have a indication alternative than the new slim PS3, we suggest that you do not make make use of of your PS3 system, as you do so might outcome in errors in a little functionality, such as recording performed trophies, and not being means to revive sure data," a blog on the association website said.

There was drawn out disappointment between PlayStation users on online forums about the probable loss of interpretation together with trophies warranted in games.

The PlayStation 3 is executive to Sonys consumer wiring strategy, and the the technical error will come as an embarrassment.

The manufacturer voiced a check to the recover of the renouned Gran Turismo diversion of the PS3 last month and pronounced a new motion-sensing controller was being behind until the autumn.

Sony has sole some-more than 28m PS3s, trailing the some-more than 39m Xbox 360s and some-more than 67m Nintendo Wiis. Microsoft paid $1bn for the costs of repairs to the Xbox 360 consoles following error well known as the "Red Ring of Death".