The Great 2011 PSN Outage Megathread Post 1 updated

Mayo_Boy · 23-04-2011 7:48pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The answer to the eternal Xbox / PS debate?

Get both

I'd seriously consider changing to an xbox with all this crap going on but im not gonna.
Dear xbox live,

Why cant you be free of charge.

Yours sincerely,
A pissed off ps3 owner

:P

Glico Man · 23-04-2011 7:59pm

I'm using this as a way to get back into all the single player games I've forgotten (Batman, Borderlands, Uncharted etc) so it's not really affecting me at all tbh

Must also finally finish off ME2 this weekend

Suspiria79 · 23-04-2011 9:48pm

I'm enjoying some intense fighting on MW2 on the xbox. I do have a PS3 and was playing uncharted 2 online all the time. But there is a new gun in town. Especially with the balls-up of PSN.

Azure_sky · 23-04-2011 9:55pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu-vdhgkC6o

Notorious97 · 23-04-2011 10:55pm

lol the hitler vids are gas

keithc83 · 23-04-2011 11:19pm

Definitely one of the better Downfall vids that one. Good find! lol

Washington Irving · 23-04-2011 11:26pm

Notorious97 wrote: »

lol the hitler vids are gas

Genius.

Will I Amnt · 23-04-2011 11:44pm

This is taking the piss,turned on the xbox for the first time this year,only got halo3,gow2 and medal of honour,all terrible multiplayer.
Hurry the **** up and get this sorted

Helix · 24-04-2011 2:15am

the issue was an external one, there was a security issue that was noted by sony so they turned off access to psn to plug the holes. the only side of it that's up for debate is how far the security breach actually got, there were some reports saying credit card and personal information may have been compromised, but sony are saying thats not the case

F1ngers · 24-04-2011 4:34am

Update:

We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.

We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/04/24/latest-update-for-psnqriocity-services/

Colibri · 24-04-2011 9:30am

cambo2008 wrote: »

This is taking the piss,turned on the xbox for the first time this year,only got halo3,gow2 and medal of honour,all terrible multiplayer.
Hurry the **** up and get this sorted

Seriously?

You're getting this service for free.

The service has been running for 5 years constantly with barely any outages.

It's down for two days and you're pissed off?

Kells... · 24-04-2011 10:05am

Ya mean it's been down for 3 days

Colibri · 24-04-2011 10:09am

Three, then

Still though, my point still stands!

Sephiroth_dude · 24-04-2011 10:25am

Probobly down for a few wks so is it?

Kells... · 24-04-2011 10:28am

I don't really mind at this stage it's not like your gonna die by not playing it.

Grayditch · 24-04-2011 10:38am

It's not their fault anyway. You don't stand outside the bakery while the guy is fixing up his shop, after vandals wrecked it going, 'Where's me eeeeccclllaaaiiirrss'.

Leeg17 · 24-04-2011 10:38am

Grayditch wrote: »

It's not their fault anyway. You don't stand outside the bakery while the guy is fixing up his shop, after vandals wrecked it going, 'Where's me eeeeccclllaaaiiirrss'.

Hey speak for yourself Gray

Azure_sky · 24-04-2011 11:06am

stephendevlin wrote: »

Its free ffs. P.S. look outside... theres a big yellow thing there now where the clouds used to be! I was pissed off too but complaining aint gonna get you anywhere.

Minstrel27 · 24-04-2011 11:39am

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

Its times like this that I wish I had an xbox:rolleyes:

Who doesn't have both in this modern day?

Azure_sky · 24-04-2011 11:48am

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Who doesn't have both in this modern day?

I don't. Never saw much point. Apart from a few exclusives and the online services and downloadable games there's no real differences in the ports. You'd have to be a uber nerd to notice any difference in the two different versions of SSFIV. It's not like the days of the Snes and Megadrive.

The Sparrow · 24-04-2011 11:56am

This has probably been said before, but PSN ain't free. The PS3 was sold with PSN as a feature and many ppl bought the console over and Xbox because of that. It has never been free. But unlike MS, Sony included the price of PSN in the price of the console and games.

Kells... · 24-04-2011 11:57am

So your saying Prices for PS3 games are more than 360 games?

WolfForager · 24-04-2011 11:57am

The Sparrow wrote: »

This has probably been said before, but PSN ain't free. The PS3 was sold with PSN as a feature and many ppl bought the console over and Xbox because of that. It has never been free. But unlike MS, Sony included the price of PSN in the price of the console and games.

That's weird, Sony advertise the PSN as a free service....

Sony must be wrong!!!

The Sparrow · 24-04-2011 12:03pm

TroutFisher wrote: »

So your saying Prices for PS3 games are more than 360 games?

Nope. I'm saying that they use a cut of all of that to fund PSN. And a PS3 is more expensive that a 360.

WolfForager wrote: »

That's weird, Sony advertise the PSN as a free service....

Sony must be wrong!!!

That's just marketing nonsense. That's like them saying the controller that you get with the PS3 is free. It ain't. Like PSN it is included in the price.

Do you think Sony are a charity providing PSN for free? We don't have to pay for PSN with a monthly subscription like Xbox Live but that doesn't mean it is free. It is just funded differently.

A-Trak · 24-04-2011 12:10pm

The first time I bought a multiplatorm release, (Portal2) on PS3 over xbox as it's the far superior version and also comes with a code to activate a free version over steam for my mac, (Which also gets very little gaming use.)

And I can't activate the steam version or play co-op as the PSN is down

you get what you pay for I suppose.

What I will say in defence of Sony in this instance is they're commendably honest in their time frames for a fix. They publicly said could be 48 hours before it's back up. A lot of other companies use ambiguous terms such as shortly and ASAP, which just lead to further frustration.

Will I Amnt · 24-04-2011 12:23pm

Colibri wrote: »

Seriously?

You're getting this service for free.

The service has been running for 5 years constantly with barely any outages.

It's down for two days and you're pissed off?

Yea I'm pissed off,I've a free bank holiday weekend to myself that I don't get too often,who are you to tell me I shouldn't be pissed off??it's more to do with the timing than how long it's down.
I paid good money for any games I have and multiplayer is the only use I'm getting out of them so get back on you're high horse and toddle on.

Colibri · 24-04-2011 12:28pm

cambo2008 wrote: »

Yea I'm pissed off,I've a free bank holiday weekend to myself that I don't get too often,who are you to tell me I shouldn't be pissed off??it's more to do with the timing than how long it's down.
I paid good money for any games I have and multiplayer is the only use I'm getting out of them so get back on you're high horse and toddle on.

So do many other people. I'm not saying you shouldn't be pissed off but come off it now, it's a bit silly.

Why don't you play the SP campaigns on higher difficulties, or set challenges? Trophy hunt? MP isn't the only aspect of gaming. I'm not on a high horse - PSN is down for me also, as for the rest of the world too.

I'm just not pissed at Sony - it isn't their fault.

Will I Amnt · 24-04-2011 12:30pm

Grayditch wrote: »

It's not their fault anyway. You don't stand outside the bakery while the guy is fixing up his shop, after vandals wrecked it going, 'Where's me eeeeccclllaaaiiirrss'.

Would you be as understanding if it was a bank and it was your money you couldn't get to??

Will I Amnt · 24-04-2011 12:37pm

Colibri wrote: »

So do many other people. I'm not saying you shouldn't be pissed off but come off it now, it's a bit silly.

Why don't you play the SP campaigns on higher difficulties, or set challenges? Trophy hunt? MP isn't the only aspect of gaming. I'm not on a high horse - PSN is down for me also, as for the rest of the world too.

I'm just not pissed at Sony - it isn't their fault.

I'm pissed off at the whole situation not Sony,my ps3 is dying a death at the moment and it will only play certain games,no sp I could be bothered with,just bored that's all

Beefy78 · 24-04-2011 12:51pm

Personally I'm enjoying the chance to play some single player stuff that I'd been putting to one side for a while. Playing through Undead Nightmares at the minute. If I finish that then there's plenty more where that came from.

An outage like this was always a possibility. Just another reason why I think SP should always be at the heart of gaming.

Leeg17 · 24-04-2011 1:12pm

http://www.psu.com/PSN-hackers-attacked-Admin-Dev-accounts,-services-returning-in-a-day-or-two,-SCEE-source-claims--a011425-p0.php

Desire. · 24-04-2011 1:16pm

The Sparrow wrote: »

Sony included the price of PSN in the price of the console and games.

No, they didn't actually.

Grayditch · 24-04-2011 1:28pm

cambo2008 wrote: »

Would you be as understanding if it was a bank and it was your money you couldn't get to??

Oh lol.

Will I Amnt · 24-04-2011 2:07pm

Grayditch wrote: »

Oh lol.

Has as much to do with playstation as a cake shop

keithc83 · 24-04-2011 2:16pm

Leeg17 wrote: »

http://www.psu.com/PSN-hackers-attacked-Admin-Dev-accounts,-services-returning-in-a-day-or-two,-SCEE-source-claims--a011425-p0.php

Cheers for that Leeg17. Looks like the problem was far more serious than first thought! Its given me a chance to try out games i have not played in a while and i intend to pick up a couple more great sp games for any future cases where this happens.

Varik · 24-04-2011 2:51pm

On to the related note, with all the Anonymous reporting and PS3 hacking site giving them so much praise for messing with Sony, it seems they have broken a few too many of Googles Adsense rules. Adsense being the service that give many site ads to put on their site and a good income from targeted ads. Boards uses it as well or did i saw some presentation a good while ago so maybe that has changed.

While most of those scene sites have gotten close to breaking the adsense rules before they now have gone too far and Google has given them a permanent ban, so they now have lost a large income that they'll never get back.

Desire. · 24-04-2011 2:57pm

Varik wrote: »

While most of those scene sites have gotten close to breaking the adsense rules before they now have gone too far and Google has given them a permanent ban, so they now have lost a large income that they'll never get back.

Delighted for them to be honest.

Grayditch · 24-04-2011 2:57pm

cambo2008 wrote: »

Has as much to do with playstation as a cake shop

Maybe I just don't NEED to go on PSN as part of my life. I enjoy it, just don't neeeeeed it. That would be where the fun would stop for me.

I'm pretty sure if your money was in the bank and you couldn't get it, that could cause some actual issues worth worrying about.

I dont even known why I'm having this conversation, I hope you get sorted soon bro!

bad2dabone · 24-04-2011 3:00pm

i'm a bit peeved that i haven't gotten to play mortal kombat online yet, but i've finally had a chance to get Castlevania finished. Great game that. i've also managed to watch quite a few movies over the weekend. sweet.

Meglamonia · 24-04-2011 3:01pm

Varik wrote: »

On to the related note, with all the Anonymous reporting and PS3 hacking site giving them so much praise for messing with Sony, it seems they have broken a few too many of Googles Adsense rules. Adsense being the service that give many site ads to put on their site and a good income from targeted ads. Boards uses it as well or did i saw some presentation a good while ago so maybe that has changed.

While most of those scene sites have gotten close to breaking the adsense rules before they now have gone too far and Google has given them a permanent ban, so they now have lost a large income that they'll never get back.

I wish I knew what you were talking about..

The Sparrow · 24-04-2011 3:06pm

Desire. wrote: »

No, they didn't actually.

How do they fund it so?

FlawedGenius · 24-04-2011 3:08pm

So there saying Monday at the latest it will be back up??

Will I Amnt · 24-04-2011 3:15pm

Grayditch wrote: »

Maybe I just don't NEED to go on PSN as part of my life. I enjoy it, just don't neeeeeed it. That would be where the fun would stop for me.

I'm pretty sure if your money was in the bank and you couldn't get it, that could cause some actual issues worth worrying about.

I dont even known why I'm having this conversation, I hope you get sorted soon bro!

Don't need to,I want to,I've been working a late shift all week and the bodyclock is all over the place,I was wide awake all night nothing on telly,bored.
My situation is obviously different from yours so stop making bull**** assumptions.

Grayditch · 24-04-2011 3:15pm

I spend 3 months on a Little Big Planet 2 level and the day I finish and go to upload, PSN goes down. :rolleyes:

Grayditch · 24-04-2011 3:17pm

cambo2008 wrote: »

Don't need to,I want to,I've been working a late shift all week and the bodyclock is all over the place,I was wide awake all night nothing on telly,bored.
My situation is obviously different from yours so stop making bull**** assumptions.

Fingers crossed for ya, chief.

Sephiroth_dude · 24-04-2011 3:21pm

FlawedGenius wrote: »

So there saying Monday at the latest it will be back up??

Where did you see that?

Will I Amnt · 24-04-2011 3:23pm

Grayditch wrote: »

Fingers crossed for ya, chief.

Wow,witty and smart,wish I could be like you

Desire. · 24-04-2011 3:28pm

The Sparrow wrote: »

How do they fund it so?

Out of their pockets. Sony were making a massive loss on every PS3 sold when it came out, and have been making a loss until last year. (Not sure if they profit now or not). The cost of assembling a PS3 was much greater then the selling price, so Sony were not charging extra for the PSN, they were already selling at a great loss.

FlawedGenius · 24-04-2011 3:42pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Where did you see that?

The link on the previous page.. They also said it would only be 48 hrs at first. I doubt theyd say its going to be back up on Monday if they didnt think theres a good chance it will be.

The Sparrow · 24-04-2011 3:43pm

Desire. wrote: »

Out of their pockets. Sony were making a massive loss on every PS3 sold when it came out, and have been making a loss until last year. (Not sure if they profit now or not). The cost of assembling a PS3 was much greater then the selling price, so Sony were not charging extra for the PSN, they were already selling at a great loss.

But they were still funding it from the sales of PS3's. It's irrelevant whether that was at a loss or not. They obviously did it with the expectation of making a profit in the future.

There is no way they haven't factored the cost of PSN into the price of their consoles etc.

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