PSN may be down until May 31st

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Sony has clarified that the PlayStation Network will not be fully operational until May 31, according to media reports.

Talking to financial website Bloomberg, Sony spokesman Shigenori Yoshida said that the company is "uncertain" as to when individual services will be restored for the PlayStation 3 and PSP.

He noted that the plan is for all services to be fully restored by May 31, nearly six weeks after the network was taken down.

Some PSN services were meant to have relaunched over the past weekend, but Sony was forced to further delay the return following a new security breach.

Elsewhere, Nick Caplin, head of communications at SCEE, said that in light of the identity theft protection being offered to PSN users in North America, users in the SCEE region will also be provided with a similar service, although he noted that this is a "very complicated process".

He revealed in a PlayStation Blog post that EU gamers will be offered four free games as part of the Welcome Back programme. PS3 users will be able to choose two games from a list of five, while PSP users will be granted two games from a list of four.

["Very complicated process, huh?"....Okay...

I dont Believe you,.. but "okay"

As much as I dislike Anonymous, I have to hand it to them.. If their goal from stealing this information was to make Sony lose revenue and reputation..

They Succeeded.

Strange thing is, I also believe that by May 31st or whatever date they actually bring everything back online as it was originally, all PSN customers will hold no more animosity towards Sony.

I know I can really only speak for myself here, but.. Ah, who gives a crap..I can speak for all of Humanity too ]

yeah right who wants a ps3 cheap i sick of it joking it is making a good paper wieght here

well i found this video you can believe him if u like or not its ur choice.

False hope is better than no hope at all lol

Also, I dont expect that guy to give any PSN cards away either..


I wouldnt ..

i know right he most likely would say he has them to get subs or something. but watever if it happens it happens. i just wanted to see whats up with psn when its up.

Now they are making PSN identical to XBL? mmmm i have to see this for myself when PSN goes Online again

lol psn be up saturday this guy going have to get psn cards xD

lolz Vicky you sure? Sony continues to lie to us.

he have gives cards away since psn ill not be up :p

ok,but he is giving psn card, when it comes up, how can we know for sure psn will be up on 31st. I mean really,I would love a $20 or $50 card. There is some games I want from the store,if it ever gets up.

Rhonda, you sound like a hypocrite.

You keep bashing Sony, but you love their PS3?...-_-

What do you think would happen if they revived PSN right now with those hack-happy, ass-clowns Anonymous still on the prowl?

Okay, ill put it in a more simpler way so anyone can understand..[well, not everyone might get this] ( -_-)..

(this actually is directed at all people who have Rhonda's line of thinking..of which there are many)

Figuratively speaking, You live in a house with 10 other people.

One by one, these people walk out of the front door of the house only to be shot in the head by a sniper perched on the rooftop of a building across the street from your house.

Outside the window you can see the people who got shot...just chillin'...just dead

You think to yourself : "Hm, if I go outside I'll just be shot too....so i guess better stay inside"

A few days pass, then a week, then almost 1 month.

You think to yourself again "Hm, Its been nearly a month. That sniper cant POSSIBLY still be on that building..he HAS to have better things to do.."

There is a Metal Helmet in the closet that could easily protect your head, but you are confident enough the sniper isn't on the adjacent roof so you don't even bother putting it on.

You walk outside the front door.

You get your head blown off.



(In case that was too vague, the "Helmet" is the new PSN system that Sony is developing. Sony knows full well that the Hackers aka "the sniper" is still out there.. with no life and nothing else to do... just waiting for the chance to start hacking PSN again so he can steal your credit card information aka "shoot you in the head"

and yes, Unfortunately redesigning a security system for a global network system so that it is flawless might take a little bit longer than simply putting on a "helmet")

YEAH DUMDUM I GET YOU BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO TALK LIKE THAT! You sound like a red neck, dork. Anyway back to what i have been saying in your simple terms you will understand. Snipers (hackers) will alway be there. You cant stop that it is a passion to break into something.I know it is hard to believe it, but sony has done nothing but lie to us a few days turned into a month. Now a month and a half if we are not up by 31st. I have lost faith in sony. As for my ps3, it sits under my tv collecting dust. I am so bord of my old games. Broke this month. So cant buy new ones to play, oh well.

I liked your scenario NiGHTS. You're suppose to counter-snipe the snipers. Too bad Sony's scope is a 2x.

True!

Sony should be in the process of getting some hackers from Korea or Japan.

Its embarrassing that they didnt already have counter-hackers of their own. >_>..

Those Anon-Hackers will just be accumulations on Sony's KILLSTREAK eventually

there hackers on the internet they dont shut that down for weeks ><

..Huh?..

I know really, hackers hack google aol bing and alot of other websites. And guess what, they get paid to do so. They paid really good too. So why the net not closed down. In about 15secs people can hack your bank acct. and have it all over the world in less time. Why isnt your bank closed do to hacking? Because sony just scared people gonna sue them, for all this mess. They think a month of plus gonna make up for the lose of all that info. H*ll no sony needs to stop lying and put psn up. As for the 31st hum.. they just giving fasle hope.

@ christmas

Lol there many hackers on internet hacking 2 to 3 thousands programs. They dont shut down the internet. Sony dont give two shit about there customer! Only reason psn when down because there was a way to get free games on the psn store. If think Sony care about you try to call for refund or when ps3 breaks. They dont give two shits about there customer. Hell Sony sells you credit card info to third party it saids so in the ToS. So so care about you yeah right :/

rhondatommy wrote:I know really, hackers hack google aol bing and alot of other websites. And guess what, they get paid to do so. They paid really good too. So why the net not closed down. In about 15secs people can hack your bank acct. and have it all over the world in less time. Why isnt your bank closed do to hacking? Because sony just scared people gonna sue them, for all this mess. They think a month of plus gonna make up for the lose of all that info. H*ll no sony needs to stop lying and put psn up. As for the 31st hum.. they just giving fasle hope.

I never heard of a Network like AOL or Google paying a organization of Hackers to hack them before.

You might want to explain your thoughts more clearly.

Wth christmas you dont understand that. You really dont get it, wow. MONEY FOR HACKING OMG REALLY Really who needs help with that,lolz. Back to topic anyone hear that 31st is projection date not set date. And some say on ps blog it may really be june, before psn is up. And the store may take another month. I hate that. I just wish they would hurry up,and get game share up.

oh look psn still down no miracle on 34 st. :p

Trophy Unlocked: What is this PSN you speak of?

Just eyes @pyro. DUDE!!!!! Back to topic a light of hope i heard psn maybe up before 31st. It may just be a rumor, but i hope not. I want to kick some guys ass on lost plant 2. I hate not being able to play it, while psn down.