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Sony to bring back PSN this week, already running in Japan?
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article published on 2 May, 2011
Sony announced earlier today that they will slowly be bringing back the PlayStation Network and Qriocity over the next week, and some unconfirmed reports already have the service up-and-running in Japan.
The company will also be ramping up security on the network in response to the largest security breach in the company's history, with personal info (and possibly but not likely credit ... [ read the full article ]
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2. May 2011 @ 01:23 |
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that is pretty sad that it's only 30 days of free premium. If anything they should give it for at least a year..
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shortybob
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2. May 2011 @ 01:32 |
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I'm waiting for the guy to do it again just to send the middle finger to Sueny for only giving out that bull after the magnitude of their f*** up.
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brockie
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2. May 2011 @ 01:37 |
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most people are over it not bothered about anything free just want the service back up. Sony will be on PSN like hawks now hope they catch the nob who did it.
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2. May 2011 @ 02:08 |
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I don't see the need for sony to be giving free stuff. Unless you paid for PSN+ or have proof that your CC was stolen, I don't see the need. 2 Weeks of no gaming, seriously? some of you cant survive 2 weeks? SOme of you are spoiled, greedy brats. If you want PSN+, get a job, and pay for it.
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Wolferane88
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2. May 2011 @ 02:36 |
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Well i agree with some people here i meanit isnt rea lly necessary for sony to be givin out free PSN +, but hey the server has been down for a while and i guess this is some stunt to get the loyal 24/7 gamers back on their side....(as if anyone wants to switch from free online gameplay to Xbox)
Sony should have been prpared for such things though...i mean cmon its not like they havnt noticed the amount of hackers on CODMW2 its was practically a timebomb waitin to happen....as for that who the edited for content hacks SONY i mean damn have the hackers forgotten Banjoe Kazoie and Crash Bandicoot??? without sony they would have to spend hours in a library playin runscape... give sony a break..get a life and or job and stop edited for content with everybodys entertainment..........................
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2. May 2011 @ 04:35 |
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I think customers have a right to bitch because when you make a purchase based on certain services offered and then such services vanish because of irresponsibility it is at least irritating for the customer and I think there should be compensation for there downtime. Sony talks and advertises it's benefits in the commercials about free unlimited psn and I'm sure it is one of the main reasons why before this sony edited for content up many customers chose them over, xbox and on live... so now I'm sure many customers are feeling mislead and gypped. and no doubt this hack is gonna effect future would be customers. I mean remember http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/04/21/sony_says_50_million_ps3s_shipped I'm sure a main selling point for them was the free online gameplay. All consoles pretty much have the same games and I dont think the ps3 exclusives are responsible for all it's customers. I looked at what psn plus offers and personally I dont think it's enough. I feel like psn plus is weak, which is why I wasn't a psn plus subscriber before. I feel like sony needs to give all it's ps3 customers regardless if they used there cc's or not something that's the equivalent of an apology in the form of a blowjob. At least open the playstation store and give the customers unlimited free add-ons to all games for 30 days. Because wtf, for a lot of people it's way past the return period for there ps3 and I'm sure sony is gonna have to beg or do some kind of promotions for ps3 customers to overlook this disaster when considering buying the ps4. Nobody wants to waste money on a ferrari if it occasionally stops running.
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2. May 2011 @ 04:47 |
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Originally posted by Javaman2:
Originally posted by Edipus:
"If they did this it may not have happened", is like telling a rape victim that if they didn't dress so provocatively it may not have happened to them, either. That's an extreme example but it still shows how wrong it is to blame a victim in an ordeal.
Sadly you chose the worst possible example.
Statistics show that women who are covered up properly are a lot less likely to be given a second look let alone raped.
If you dress inappropriately, you will be treated inappropriately.
If Sony's security is inadequate, it will be taken advantage of. Same thing.
How is sony a victim? They get to implement Orwellian security measures in the interest of creating the security that should have been there to start with, and could have been done with a lot less than what they already had. The people who have to go 10 days without a debit/CC card are all victims, and if there is any identity theft or CC fraud, then those will be victims as well...and it is unlikely that many of them will be able to prove that this breach had anything to do with it.
If sony wanted to secure these things, they could have done so easily, and quite a while ago...but they didn't because they really don't care...it isn't their data.
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baxter00
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2. May 2011 @ 07:17 |
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Personally, I would prefer Phony give me a free month of Netflix instead of Playstation Plus. I use my PS3 mostly as a streaming device, and that's where I was inconvenienced. But, Phony doesn't give two s*its about its customers, they think as long as they can give something away, they'll come back. Phony's the drug dealer, and Playstation Network is the crack. Guess that means PS3 is the pipe. And I have the fat PS3....hhmmm.....
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plazma247
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2. May 2011 @ 08:37 |
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Well its not looking good for s0ny at all, it appears the CC numbers may have really been lifted and decrypted..
A friend of mines daughter who was resisted and had her cc number on psn has had a number of transactions appear on her card since the hack... this is already being investigated by the card issuer.. but i read more and more reports of people saying the cc numbers have been sold already and now by word of mouth !
If i hear any more i will post back, but psn's return on not this news is not good news for s0ny...
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2. May 2011 @ 08:51 |
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Originally posted by Demonlegonddavid:
U people just need to get over it thay did not ask for this to happen it just happened. Sony is being nice enough to give u 30 days of psn+ for free and thay dont have to
Actually, Sony did ask for this to happen...first they asked for the Anonymous attack by going after graf and geohot, then they asked for the deep attack by calling the Anonymous attacks, "an inconvenience".
Sony can shove their PSN+ and their "free" content...I highly doubt sony is going to give away anything that they have to pay a developer for, so that leaves stuff that is essentially advertising (like the free month of PSN+). I bet they will also be "giving away" free 1-month trials of netflix (the same ones that netflix gives for free anyway).
There is only one thing that I would actually be willing to buy from the PSN, and it isn't released yet. On top of that, I think I would rather give money to terrorists than Sony at this point, and on top of that, I would have to drive to the store and buy a PSN card because there is no way in h**l that I can trust sony with a credit card number...and on top of all that, I still couldn't buy anything on there because the TOS says that Sony can block me from redownloading or even from using content that is already downloaded...so that isn't a purchase or even a lease...it is a rental.
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phade3
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2. May 2011 @ 08:54 |
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Originally posted by dude845:
that is pretty sad that it's only 30 days of free premium. If anything they should give it for at least a year..
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phade3
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2. May 2011 @ 08:59 |
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The 30 day free offer is nice but Sony must keep in mind that millions of PSN users will now have to sort through their financial records and determine if their information was compromised and then take the necessary steps to protect themselves !
The 3 major credit reporting bureau's offer 1 free credit report per year so Sony should at least offer to pay for anyone who may have already gotten a report this year !
They could also work with the FTC and other agencies to help with fraud and id theft alerts !
Sony's stubborness is still in effect !
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