Sony has finally restored PlayStation Network service after it was catastrophically hacked, with most of its previous functionality restored after nearly a month of downtime.
The most important points of their announcements:
The PSN’s most significant functionality has been restored (including online gaming) although certain features such as the store remain offline.
The PS3’s firmware has been given a compulsory update and users must change any passwords.
Not all regions are getting the updates and service restoration at the same time, so some areas may still have to wait some time.
The freebie “Welcome Back” package announcements are region specific and expected in the near future – the major elements are expected to be free game downloads and PSN Plus access.
Additionally, Sony claims it has instituted a wide range of security measures to prevent further disasters, although given they claimed their security was top notch and a major priority even prior to the hack, this may not do much to reassure those whose details are now in the hands of unknown hackers.
played Uncharted 2 all night 😀
This sounds like the perfect time for peopel to figure out how to hack this free stuff, keep it and the process will start all over again. I only want it back up for Demon’s Souls, I doubt Sony will give us free reign to have everything free for this PSN+ junk. Probably just the shitty or casual games that won’t do s♥♥t
Actually, PSN+ has pretty awesome stuff every other month. The infamous 2 ,Killzone 3 ,Twisted Metal and socom 4 betas were amazing.
You just have to be a member whenever all the awesome s♥♥t comes up. You see, that’s why they do it like that.
Example :
Month A
-Something awesome!
-You are not a member.
Month B
-Something shitty
-You decided to get a 3 month membership
Month C
-Something shitty, but everyone else is still enjoying month A. But not you. Enjoy your shitty casual games.
Month D
-Something good, but not awesome.
Month E
-Your membership expires
-Something fuckawesome
DAMN IT – – – SOOOONNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!
When enough people get left out of the loop, they’ll throw money at them for the 1 year so they don’t miss any of the good stuff.
If they’re gonna say “PSN is back up and running” Then
they should have put back to store along with it.
Just want to ask question: I have two accounts one US and one Japan… according to the news (read from actual PSN site), does that mean that I’m able to log in for both accounts?? and that I need to change PW for both??
and also, what is this “free stuff” they are going to give out?? I only free stuff that they are going to give out as a welcome back whatever was “Music Unlimited subscription for PS3 & PC”…
Now that it’s almost over. Lets stop bickering over who did what and just look to the future and hope this s♥♥t wont happen again.