[PS3] Official PSN discussion thread

[Colonel Angus]

They should satire this whole thing in an episode of South Park.

 

[EmpireWF]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20060227-260.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

Says a potential 3rd hacking attack, this time against Sony.com may go down Friday (today)

What the hell did the company do to piss someone off this much?

 

[padman59]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20060227-260.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

Says a potential 3rd hacking attack, this time against Sony.com may go down Friday (today)

What the hell did the company do to piss someone off this much?

As far as I'm concerned, these guys are a bunch of douchebags who happen to be computer savvy. This shit ultimately affects PS3 owners and SOE users the most with the downtime and grief over identity and credit card theft.

 

[Colonel Angus]

I'm pretty much ready to sell my PS3 shit buy an Xbox and be done with all this BS. And then I'll be buying a SAMSUNG Bluray player.

 

[Prodigal Son]

I don't understand why not have both systems if you can afford it?

 

[Colonel Angus]

I'm not that big of a gamer. I had both for a while when I bought my xbox last fall but when I started police academy it just collected dust. I was running out of money so I sold it. I play shooters and sports games that's about it. It's tough for me to choose between the two since I've had both though.

 

[padman59]

I don't understand why not have both systems if you can afford it?

I would if I could. However, I'd build a new gaming PC before I invest in a 360 since I already have a decent library of games through Steam.

If this whole PSN outage has done one thing, it's made me rediscover some of the games I had all but forgotten on my PC.

 

[Spidey]

Week from hell here. So as I mentioned after the incident I had with charges trying to be made to my credit card and my google account being breached, I purchased LastPass and switched all my passwords.

Guess who got hacked yesterday. Thats right, LastPass. Unreal. They seem to be handling it well though. Doesn't sound like much was taken and they have taken measures to keep users secure.

And as if that weren't enough, we fired an IT guy at work this week cause he got caught snooping around in the HR database. I called up my insurance company yesterday evening and added identity insurance to my renters insurance.

I don't know what I did to piss off the gods but the chance of this happening once to someone is relatively small. 3 times in one week here. It's like a cruel joke.

 

[Twigg4075]

Wow, that is some grade A bullshit.

Ok, so I was listening to the CAGcast and the Joystiq podcast earlier and BOTH confirmed that Xbox Live was COMPLETELY DOWN for a week at the end of 2007 into 2008 (although Chris Grant from Joystiq misspoke and said 2006 into 2007), and was sluggish, spotty and just plain crappy for an additional week after that. I remember not being able to get on for a week yet there are people on this site that swear it was never out at all.

Now I know that PSN being down for this long because of hackers and Live being down from overwhelming traffic on the service are two different things, but I wanted to point that out to 360 nut huggers like Maynard.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

We will be offering PSN users the opportunity to select two PS3 games from a list of five, as well as offering PSP users the opportunity to choose two games from a list of four. We will let you know exactly what games are available very soon.

any guess what the list of games to choose from could be? i hope they are good ones and not some crappy ones that have been there from launch.

edit - there has been no clarification as to wether they will be actual PS3 games or PSN games ... my guess would be the latter

 

[Twigg4075]

any guess what the list of games to choose from could be? i hope they are good ones and not some crappy ones that have been there from launch.

edit - there has been no clarification as to wether they will be actual PS3 games or PSN games ... my guess would be the latter

I don't know where you got that blurb from but I just saw this article on Giant Bomb...
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-europe-to-offer-select-ps3-psp-games-when-psns-back-online/3145/

It's Europe only for now. Hopefully we get the same deal. I would love for one of the games to be Outland but I doubt it. I just found out that Housemarque makes it and I love Stardust and Dead Nation.

 

[Maynard]

Wow, that is some grade A bullshit.

Ok, so I was listening to the CAGcast and the Joystiq podcast earlier and BOTH confirmed that Xbox Live was COMPLETELY DOWN for a week at the end of 2007 into 2008 (although Chris Grant from Joystiq misspoke and said 2006 into 2007), and was sluggish, spotty and just plain crappy for an additional week after that. I remember not being able to get on for a week yet there are people on this site that swear it was never out at all.

Now I know that PSN being down for this long because of hackers and Live being down from overwhelming traffic on the service are two different things, but I wanted to point that out to 360 nut huggers like Maynard.

the only nuthuggers are certain ps3 owners. i guess i would be bitter if i couldnt play games online either

i dont care what joystick or cagcast says...my XBL was never done for a week. funny how no other die hard gamers recall it being down. Sluggish for a few days? yes it was...but never down. Even still...who cares?

if your bent on comparing...did it ever go down for weeks and expose 24 million users to identity theft and credit card fraud? i think not

 

[Maynard]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1166503p1.html

 

[hackett]

the only nuthuggers are certain ps3 owners. i guess i would be bitter if i couldnt play games online either

i dont care what joystick or cagcast says...my XBL was never done for a week. funny how no other die hard gamers recall it being down. Sluggish for a few days? yes it was...but never down. Even still...who cares?

if your bent on comparing...did it ever go down for weeks and expose 24 million users to identity theft and credit card fraud? i think not

You could be catergorized as a "certain" ps3 owner. Just sayin.

 

[hackett]

PP you are already in a category all of your own.

 

[Maynard]

You could be catergorized as a "certain" ps3 owner. Just sayin.

not as it relates to the context of this discussion. just sayin

 

[hackett]

not as it relates to the context of this discussion. just sayin

Noted

 

[padman59]

Looks like PSN won't be restored this weekend.

As you may know, we’ve begun the process of restoring the service through internal testing of the new system. We’re still working to confirm the security of the network infrastructure, as well as working with a variety of outside entities to confirm with them of the security of the system. Verifying the system security is vital for the process of restoration. Additional comprehensive system checks and testing are still required, and we must complete that process before bringing the systems online.

As you’ve heard us say, our utmost priorities are the security of the network and ensuring your data is safe. We won’t restore the services until we can test the system’s strength in these respects.

When we held the press conference in Japan last week, based on what we knew, we expected to have the services online within a week. We were unaware of the extent of the attack on Sony Online Entertainment servers, and we are taking this opportunity to conduct further testing of the incredibly complex system. We know many of you are wanting to play games online, chat with your friends and enjoy all of the services PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have to offer, and trust me when I say we’re doing everything we can to make it happen. We will update you with more information as soon as we have it. We apologize for the delay and inconvenience of this network outage.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/06/service-restoration-update/

 

[MrBill]

the only nuthuggers are certain ps3 owners. i guess i would be bitter if i couldnt play games online either

i dont care what joystick or cagcast says...my XBL was never done for a week. funny how no other die hard gamers recall it being down. Sluggish for a few days? yes it was...but never down. Even still...who cares?

if your bent on comparing...did it ever go down for weeks and expose 24 million users to identity theft and credit card fraud? i think not

I'm pretty sure it was Christmas '07 and starting that day through a day or so after New Years that XBL was sporadically available. Some people had more trouble than others but it was pretty much a week that the service was not working correctly. In Microsoft's defense, it was because so many people were trying to use it and crashed the system as opposed to letting themselves be hacked and having to bring the whole network down.

 

[JayDizzle]