The title may be glib, but the PlayStation Network issue that struck last night and has yet to be remedied is a serious problem for those gamers with older ("fat") PS3s. Not only is the network down, preventing users from logging in to online gameplay, the bug is also affecting the ability to load many offline games and has corrupted some user data. Rumors are circulating that the bug is related to improper handling of leap years. Sony has recommended that gamers leave their older PS3s off until this bug has been fixed. Updates on the situtation can be found on Engadget.
The question here is, how could this kind of bug have made it past Sony's quality control? This problem appears to be similar to what happened to Microsoft's Zunes in 2008. For such a foreseeable issue, it is disappointing that not only was Sony unable to prevent the bug from affecting gamers in the first place, but also that it is taking so long to release a fix. Get on with it, please, as my forecast calls for... Heavy Rain. (The pun, much like the PSN bug, was both foreseeable and permitted despite widespread disapproval.)
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