Written by John Scalzo  on March 02, 2010

Special: Poor Sony, they'll never live this down.

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The PlayStation 3 leap year bug (AKA the ApocalyPS3) has been resolved. Although not by Sony, because they just waited for the system's internal clock to turn over and fix the problem itself while they were supposed to be "working on a fix".

As comedy is next to tragedy, the Internet was ablaze with fans and fanboys alike "taking the piss out of Sony", as the British would say, while we waited for a fix for the problem.

Now that the ApocalyPS3 was averted, we've collected some of the funniest quotes and comments from the day, which you can find below. And if we missed any great ones, feel free to post them in the comments as this article will be updated throughout the day.

Enjoy...

"PS3 fanboys, welcome to your RROD"
- Fark headline

"Hopefully, within the next few hours, we'll get the official skinny on what exactly caused this crap to happen. My guess is that it's all connected to how terrible the film adaptation of "Lawnmower Man" was."
- Brad Nicholson, Destructoid

"Even Sony's embarrassed about the scores Heavy Rain has been getting. Somewhat extreme response, though..."
- RAMRaider's (RAMRaiderBlog) Twitter status

Hitler on the PS3's downfall...



"To be fair, I've been telling people not to bother switching on their PS3 consoles for years now."
- RAMRaider's (RAMRaiderBlog) Twitter status

"PS3s should be working now. Older models thought 2010 was a leap year. Who knew Y2K would be 122 months late?"
- Stephen Totilo's Twitter status

"Thanks to John Locke for turning Sony's wheel and fixing the PS3 problem."
- Matthew Green's (PressTheButtons) Twitter status

"Jesus3:
It
Only
Does
Self Resurrection."
- Gieson Cacho, A + E Interactive

"So in others words, you guys didnt do anything and it fixed itself. It only does everything."
- PlayStation.Blog user Cloudius12

"No Joystiq staffers lost any of their hard-earned Trophy data, but we're an awfully small sample group for a problem that affected every living being on Earth."
- Griffin McElroy, Joystiq

"Due to an internal clock issue, the PS3 was sent back in time to 1999 for exactly one day. During that day it successfully killed the Dreamcast, guaranteeing the success of the Playstation 2 and ensuring it's own existence."
- NeoGAF user Zombie James

"We nerds don't get cock blocked. We get clock blocked."
- Joystiq user Markez

And finally, what really sums the whole thing up...

"You have earned a trophy.
Survive The ApocalyPS3"
- Wired Game|Life

Thanks for all the laughs Sony! You know we still love you!