There’s some amazing PS3 news being reported out there today, with numerous owners of the older, fatter model of Sony’s malformed shit-biscuit tin reporting the error message 8001050F – which means SYSTEM SELF-DESTRUCT.

The error message also seems to mean “don’t connect to PlayStation Network and corrupt all Trophy data”, rendering the PS3 useless (more useless) both online AND offline. It is as if the LORD ALMIGHTY has waved a finger and eradicated all disease from the face of the planet.

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It would appear all older 60GB fat PS3s are exploding and corrupting data when games are booting up on a network-connected system, basically. Enjoy the ultimate tech-support nightmare unfold live, by reading Sony’s PS blog and its PlayStation Twitter page. It’s OK, you don’t have to sign up to just read it.

LINKS OF MERRIMENT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD:

Eurogamer
MCV
Gizmodo
Kotaku
Spong
Cnet
NeoGAF
EU PlayStation Forum
Joystiq