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‘Connection Failure’ for PlayStation Users
By HIROKO TABUCHI
There’s news of another glitch from Japan, and this time it’s from Sony.

A “connection failure” is preventing users of Sony’s PlayStation game consoles worldwide from getting access to the PlayStation Network, which offers video-game and movie downloads, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said today.

Users logging in today were greeted with a blank screen and the message, “Error 8001050F.” Some games could not be played even when the console was taken offline, several users in Tokyo said.

“Know that we have narrowed down the issue and have engineers working to restore service even as you read this,” Sony said early today in a post on its gaming blog. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.”

It was unclear what caused the connection failure. The timing of the bug — which appeared as the date changed from February 28 to March 1 — prompted speculation on some game sites that a problem lay with the system clock. The glitch appeared to cause the date on PlayStation console to reset to Jan. 1, 2000.

It was also unclear whether the bug would eventually fix itself or could be fixed by downloading a firmware upgrade, or whether Sony might need to send replacement hardware.

On its blog, Sony said newer, slimmer versions of the PlayStation 3, which went on sale in September 2009, appeared to be unaffected by the glitch.

The glitch comes as an embarrassment for Sony, which has made the PlayStation Network a core part of a strategy to better integrate the company’s gadgets with online content and services.

Launched in late 2006 with Sony’s PlayStation 3 console, the network originally let users download gaming titles and play multiplayer games. It added a video download service of TV shows and movies in 2008. Earlier this year, the company said it would open the network to Sony computers, Bravia TV sets and Blu-ray disc players, enabling them stream hundreds of movies.

Sony’s chief executive, Howard Stringer, has said that Sony eventually hopes to build on the PlayStation Network to offer content like video games, movies, music, apps and digital books on Sony gadgets. The network, he said, won’t just set it apart from gaming rivals like Microsoft and Nintendo — it will also help Sony play catch up with companies like Apple, whose popular iTunes store has spurred sales of its digital-music players.

But today’s glitch shows that as its networks grows bigger, Sony will have to contend with software glitches that threaten to bring down the whole system, analysts said. The network has about 33 million registered accounts, Sony said in November.

“It’s very embarrassing such a simple issue can have such a big impact,” said David Gibson, head of research at Macquarie Securities in Tokyo. “Hopefully, it will be easily fixed with a system update.”


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when i loaded MW2 this popped up: REGISTRATION OF THE TROPHY IMFORMATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETE THE GAME WILL QUIT (8001050F)
BYPASS
ok heres how to bypass it: its simple as the game is loading keep pressing start then u should bypass it