On Tuesday, Sony Crop. announced that it has managed to repair a software problem with its PlayStation3 gaming console that had prevented some players from accessing its PlayStation Network for over 24 hours.

In a post on the official PlayStation blog, Sony shared that the glitch had been a direct result of the internal clock on some of its older consoles. The clock had led to the models erroneously recognizing 2010 as a leap year, calling into mind the "Y2K" type calendar change software issues featured at the turn of the century.

Sony had been issuing warnings to customers to stop using their PS3 consoles as there had been some instances where turning the game on would result in the loss of saved data like trophies and/or accomplishments earned through the game.

The problems with the PlayStation Network, which currently has a registered user base of over 40 million, and lets online game play as well as access to movies, TV shows and other similar content, have come at a time when the company is trying to model the PSN with an online media platform, which would be accessible across a wide variety of devices.