[PS3] Official PSN discussion thread

[spiker]

Anyone who was wishing for a revenge hack-attack got theirs today. AnonOps website has been attacked in what this article describes as a "hacktivist coup d'etat".

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/5/9/anonymous-civil-war-anonops-sites-are-hacked/

 

[Sean]

does anyone here except Twigg use Playstation + ?

also, what exactly does that give you?

 

[KNUBB]

Hacker civil war commencing

 

[KNUBB]

does anyone here except Twigg use Playstation + ?

also, what exactly does that give you?

I had it, but I took my card off the PSN before any of this went down and my subscription ran out, but PS+ gives you access to betas, they give you a PSN content in every update, discounts all over the store, .etc

 

[PP]

What does that have to do with what I said?



The value of PSN isn't monetary in this sense. People don't want to be reimbursed for it, they just want the product they paid for. Saying it isn't a big deal because you don't pay extra for the service is just very off-base. It's a big deal whether you've paid extra for it or not.

If there is no monetary value then why are people requesting reimbursement!?

 

[PP]

go to IGN.com and check out their IS PSN+ worth it segments. I have it and its worth it.

 

[Twigg4075]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...network-qriocity-service-by-end-of-month.html

3 more weeks?

You do realize that article is dated May 2nd? And it doesn't say anything that has been said for about a week already. Sony has already said that it expects most of it's PSN (online gaming) features to be up this week and some other things (PS store) to be up later.

 

[Primetime]

If there is no monetary value then why are people requesting reimbursement!?

I haven't seen anybody in this thread talk about reimbursement unless it was for a subscription they paid for extra.

 

[PP]

I haven't seen anybody in this thread talk about reimbursement unless it was for a subscription they paid for extra.

It is somewhere. I am not going back through the thread though.

 

[Twigg4075]

does anyone here except Twigg use Playstation + ?

also, what exactly does that give you?

There are a ton of people on my friends list that have it. I know padman has it but without the list in front of me I can't remember who else.

You get auto-downloads of game updates/patches. Most people, myself included, think updates for PS3 games are a joke and take fucking forever. Sop it's nice that the system automatically does this while your PS3 is in sleep mode. When you turn it on you get a message of what games were patched.

Most importantly you get free and discounted games. Every week you get some free game, whether it's Stacking or Sonic the Hedgehog. You also get discounts on tons of shit. I think the discounts are minimum 25%. When Dungeon Hunter came out I got it for about $10 when others paid $13 or $14.

 

[MrBill]

Until about 2 years ago the PSN was relatively unknown and a joke. With Sony selling the PS3 at a loss I am pretty sure most of the operating costs is either coming from software or out of pocket.

Sony has been turning a profit on the PS3 since July '10 if I remember correctly. They might have built a higher contributing percentage into the software but they are not doing it out of pocket. I write business cases as part of my job responsibilities and our customers pay for everything, even what they think is free.

 

[SethMode]

There are some serious hard headed people in this thread. Just because online gaming through PSN is "free" (although MrBill nailed exactly how "free" the service is perfectly) doesn't mean there is nothing to feel upset about or even want reimbursement for. They had a security breach in which many people could have or did have their identities exposed. Now, you can say "Oh well this could happen anywhere" and while you would be right, this is the PSN thread and it is happening to PSN. I'm not going to hypothetically say "Well, my identity could have been stolen, but hey, that could have happened at Amazon too so oh well." That logic makes no sense.

And as far as "understanding" how IT stuff works, come off of it man. If Sony had ANY clue what they were doing they would stop throwing out dates when things will be back up, and then not meeting them. It's funny to me that Knubb claims he's being "logical" and that he's the only one being "logical" in this thread. Give me a break. Sony is basically on fire right now and have seemingly no way of containing the blaze. You're acting like it's all good because sometimes these things happen? I'd wager 99% of Sony's employee's would disagree with you. And that's just thinking about it from a technical standpoint, and not even touching the PR shitstorm they have created for themselves.

All of that said, if they find a way for me to unlock Portal 2 for the PC while they figure this shit out, we're all good as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Primetime]

It is somewhere. I am not going back through the thread though.

I searched reimbursement through the thread and found one post about MLB.tv and Netflix extras. Either way, it has nothing to do with what I said about Knubb's post. It's a built-in feature that people did in fact pay for, and people are upset about it as they should be. It's like buying The Show and getting a version without RTTS in it and saying it's not a big deal cuz you didn't pay extra for it. Just sounds retarded.

 

[PP]

I searched reimbursement through the thread and found one post about MLB.tv and Netflix extras. Either way, it has nothing to do with what I said about Knubb's post. It's a built-in feature that people did in fact pay for, and people are upset about it as they should be. It's like buying The Show and getting a version without RTTS in it and saying it's not a big deal cuz you didn't pay extra for it. Just sounds retarded.

You mean buying a game with broken game modes? That doesn't happen all the time..

 

[Primetime]

You mean buying a game with broken game modes? That doesn't happen all the time..

No. Show me one game that promises a game mode in the finished product that just simply isn't included....please.

 

[SethMode]

Is PP's sole purpose in this thread to bounce around groaning any post that even slightly takes issue with Sony's handling of this? It's really starting to look pretty lame.

 

[Primetime]

Is PP's sole purpose in this thread to bounce around groaning any post that even slightly takes issue with Sony's handling of this? It's really starting to look pretty lame.

Funny thing is...I haven't even so much as mentioned anything about the way Sony is handling this.

 

[killgod]

Is PP's sole purpose in this thread to bounce around groaning any post that even slightly takes issue with Sony's handling of this? It's really starting to look pretty lame.

Don't worry, he doesn't care and he isn't mad about it. Just wait for him to remind us for the 3rd time....

 

[Scikotic]

Is PP's sole purpose in this thread to bounce around groaning any post that even slightly takes issue with Sony's handling of this? It's really starting to look pretty lame.

He's more persistent than a raging case of herpes.

 

[Scikotic]

Im not even sure why PP is such a PS3 fanboy. The only color they come in is black....