The Great 2011 PSN Outage Megathread Post 1 updated

Meglamonia · 22-04-2011 4:33pm

horsebox09 wrote: »

If this is the work of hackers looking to p!ss off Sony, personally I think a better way of going about it would be to make everything on the PSN Store €0.00, let the looting begin :pac:

If that ever happened

Suspiria79 · 22-04-2011 4:51pm

Just tried to sign in after a few days getting lost in xbox live and being happy. No chance of getting on. Tried to sly on then by using the playstation store and it then says undergoing maintenance. The plebs.

Varik · 22-04-2011 4:53pm

horsebox09 wrote: »

If this is the work of hackers looking to p!ss off Sony, personally I think a better way of going about it would be to make everything on the PSN Store €0.00, let the looting begin :pac:

Meglamonia wrote: »

If that ever happened

They would just undo the activation for the game/DLC.

It's far more likely to be the cloud failure that's affecting those other sites.

Meglamonia · 22-04-2011 4:55pm

Varik wrote: »

They would just undo the activation for the game/DLC.

It's far more likely to be the cloud failure that's affecting those other sites.

Buzzkill

Nodferatu · 22-04-2011 7:51pm

anyone for a few games of portal 2 co-op then when its back up and running?? my PSN ID is: Nodferatu1

tommy21 · 22-04-2011 9:49pm

Still down what a joke.

The Freeman · 22-04-2011 10:06pm

getting withdrawal symptoms from not playing BC2:mad: online!

Washington Irving · 22-04-2011 10:32pm

Doesn't look like its gonna back tomorrow either:
http://twitter.com/#!/PlayStationEU

No new information to update you with I'm afraid. We'll post here over the weekend with any developments. blog.eu.playstation.com/

keithc83 · 22-04-2011 10:52pm

Yeah sure does look like that Saul-Goode9. Could even be out til after Sunday. I don't think Sony know what the problem is yet which is crazy.

Stuxnet · 22-04-2011 10:57pm

http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/04/22/psn-review-go-outside-and-live-your-life/

BArra · 22-04-2011 11:48pm

has their been some kind of revenge attack from a hacker group over sonys recent....exploits..?

phant0m · 22-04-2011 11:53pm

Notorious97 · 22-04-2011 11:58pm

thisis a pain in the balls!! the one weekend i have nothing to do what so ever and this happens!

Thanks alot Sony, go fu*k yourselves!

Varik · 23-04-2011 8:19am

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/22/update-on-playstation-network-qriocity-services/

An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.

Predator_ · 23-04-2011 9:46am

Notorious97 wrote: »

thisis a pain in the balls!! the one weekend i have nothing to do what so ever and this happens!

Thanks alot Sony, go fu*k yourselves!

Blame hackers not Sony

Minstrel27 · 23-04-2011 11:44am

Predator_ wrote: »

Blame hackers not Sony

I will portion anger at the company that wont tell its customers what is going on until hours after it starts. I hope Playstation Plus customers can see what a sham this whole thing is and cancel.

IngazZagni · 23-04-2011 11:58am

Minstrel27 wrote: »

I will portion anger at the company that wont tell its customers what is going on until hours after it starts. I hope Playstation Plus customers can see what a sham this whole thing is and cancel.

In fairness, do you expect them to say minutes after an attack exactly what happened? Even they didn't know what was happening hence why they had to shut the system off without notice. They told us on Thursday that it may take days which suggests that it was a serious incident.

Obviously it's not ideal and someone shouldn't be able to do this.

I always felt the PS3 having Linux capabilities and the recent Portal 2 PS3/PC interconnectivity meant it would be far more open to an attack than the enclosed Xbox Live platform but that's just me and my limited knowledge. I also think that's part of the reason Linux was removed from the slim.

Anyway this will all be forgotten about soon as people enjoy kickass games that will be released soon.

Azure_sky · 23-04-2011 12:23pm

I can't believe this is still going on, and at the long Easter weekend too. MS must be p!ssing themselves. Sony should give us a free PSN voucher or something.

Magill · 23-04-2011 1:02pm

Azure_sky wrote: »

I can't believe this is still going on, and at the long Easter weekend too. MS must be p!ssing themselves. Sony should give us a free PSN voucher or something.

Why ? its a free service...

BArra · 23-04-2011 1:19pm

the ps3 isnt a free console though is it, its online aspect is part of the package

dieing to play bfbc2 but what can you do if zee hackers made bits of sonys network

AIR-AUSSIE · 23-04-2011 1:22pm

BArra wrote: »

the ps3 isnt a free console though is it, its online aspect is part of the package

+1

Azure_sky · 23-04-2011 1:36pm

Magill wrote: »

Why ? its a free service...

And this "free" service is part of the incentive why many people choose a PS3 over an Xbox 360. So Sony made money based on this service being reliable and functional. I don't own a PS3, I own an Xbox 360 so apart from not being able to activate my U.S. PSN games I'm not affected nearly as much as PS3 owners.

I can never understand how consumers defend the big corporations when they are losing out because of their incompetence etc.

WolfForager · 23-04-2011 2:02pm

Am i the only person who doesn't care if Sony "lied" to me? So what if it's down because of external extrusion as opposed to maintenance? The fact is that it's down and i can't play my games online, knowledge of why it's down doesn't really factor into it at all.

AIR-AUSSIE · 23-04-2011 2:05pm

WolfForager wrote: »

Am i the only person who doesn't care if Sony "lied" to me? So what if it's down because of external extrusion as opposed to maintenance? The fact is that it's down and i can't play my games online, knowledge of why it's down doesn't really factor into it at all.

I'd like to think a company who I've paid for a service with would not lie about the status of the said service.

Corkfeen · 23-04-2011 2:06pm

Predator_ wrote: »

Blame hackers not Sony

We're completely within our rights to blame sony. They should have an infrastructure that should be secure from hackers and if hacked, the service should really be restored within a day rather than being down for nearly 3 days. It's a rather embarrassing incident for them really.

EGriff · 23-04-2011 2:11pm

Azure_sky wrote: »

I don't own a PS3, I own an Xbox 360 so apart from not being able to activate my U.S. PSN games I'm not affected nearly as much as PS3 owners.

How do you play PSN games without a PS3 ?

Varik · 23-04-2011 2:45pm

EGriff wrote: »

How do you play PSN games without a PS3 ?

PSP i would've assumed. That would explain what was meant with activation, the PS3 can put content on the psp simply when compared to just using the psps own store.

raze · 23-04-2011 2:50pm

EGriff wrote: »

How do you play PSN games without a PS3 ?

He could have an account on a flatmate's machine, perhaps?

I'm surprising myself how sanguine I am about the PSN outage - it's not like it's never going to be back, and long weekend or not there's plenty of alernatives in the big blue room with weather being what it is.

Surely users should save their ire over the network being down, and hold onto it for when we find out just how much of a rights-grab Sony will make by making changes to prevent this happening again.

Sephiroth_dude · 23-04-2011 3:00pm

They better sort it out so something like this doesn't happen again.

Meglamonia · 23-04-2011 3:09pm

WolfForager wrote: »

Am i the only person who doesn't care if Sony "lied" to me? So what if it's down because of external extrusion as opposed to maintenance? The fact is that it's down and i can't play my games online, knowledge of why it's down doesn't really factor into it at all.

Ya I'm the same tbh.

bmcc10 · 23-04-2011 3:20pm

Just read in a playstation blog that it could take up to a month to fix cause they have to rebooth the whole thing...probaly crap doh...

stephendevlin · 23-04-2011 3:22pm

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.

Leeg17 · 23-04-2011 3:25pm

bmcc10 wrote: »

Just read in a playstation blog that it could take up to a month to fix cause they have to rebooth the whole thing...probaly crap doh...

Link?

kin9pin · 23-04-2011 4:29pm

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.

Yeah, but can I shoot that yellow thing and can I do it in co-op mode??

Tommy_NDX · 23-04-2011 4:32pm

kin9pin wrote: »

Yeah, but can I shoot that yellow thing and can I do it in co-op mode??

Yes, grab a rifle and a mate and see how long it takes for the emergency response unit to show up.:p

aN.Droid · 23-04-2011 4:33pm

Status has been going from online to offline here

Maybe they are almost ready to re-launch the psn? All I want to do is link my steam account then I don't mind if it goes down again :P

johnny_ultimate · 23-04-2011 4:36pm

I find it quietly ironic that the weekend the game that truly advances the connectivity of PSN is released the whole ****ing system goes down.

The cake most certainly is a lie.

ongarite · 23-04-2011 4:43pm

The SixAxis seem to have some info, confirmed by Digital Foundry.

Seems PS3 CFW hackers broke into PS3 developer PSN and downloaded a load of stuff from PSN for free.
Seems like they got access to PSN login servers from there and deleted the servers & backups.

https://twitter.com/#!/cc_star
https://twitter.com/#!/Digital_Foundry

WolfForager · 23-04-2011 5:07pm

If you guys really wanna be kept up to date on what's happening, read the latter posts in the NeoGaf thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428229&page=29

Ban Ki Moon · 23-04-2011 5:09pm

This thread is going to die so quickly when the network gets back up!

kearneybobs · 23-04-2011 5:15pm

Um, that's usually what happens to a thread about something not working, when that something starts working.

Why would people continue to discuss the PSN downtime when it is no longer down.

Mayo_Boy · 23-04-2011 5:26pm

Is psn back up? Havent checked it today.
Wouldnt mind a COD session tonight

Desire. · 23-04-2011 5:31pm

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

Is psn back up? Havent checked it today.
Wouldnt mind a COD session tonight

Still down.

Mayo_Boy · 23-04-2011 5:34pm

Desire. wrote: »

Still down.

Ah crap!:(

Stuxnet · 23-04-2011 5:36pm

ongarite wrote: »

Seems PS3 CFW hackers broke into PS3 developer PSN and downloaded a load of stuff from PSN for free.

it's not that dramatic Im afraid.., users of rebug cfw, myself included, were able turn our retail ps3's into debug ps3's. this gave a lot of extra options in settings, one of them is to change the network you connect to, to sp-int, the ps3 dev network. the trick was then to sign up a new account, you were given access to top up your psn wallet with "fake" money - unlimited, people abused this and were downloading **** loads of stuff from psn, i have rebug installed, i've played on spint, but i can honestly say i wasnt involved in any of the "stealing"

Seems like they got access to PSN login servers from there and deleted the servers & backups.

i wouldnt believe a word of this,

sony are trying to stop people getting on with rebug cfw i'd imagine, why they havent banned people myself included i dont understand, people should have their cfw's if they want, and do what they like, but there should be no place for pirates and cheats on psn, so instaban, ...which they have failed to do

Nodferatu · 23-04-2011 6:26pm

theres always porn

Mayo_Boy · 23-04-2011 6:54pm

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

Leiva · 23-04-2011 7:02pm

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

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

Out you go , goodbye now ... Close the door behind you.

Homer · 23-04-2011 7:24pm

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

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

How very dare you :eek:

johnny_ultimate · 23-04-2011 7:27pm

The answer to the eternal Xbox / PS debate?

Get both

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