When millions of customers are involved, random chance means that it wouldn't be unusual for quite a few to have their shit fucked up with unrelated credit card fraud. Credit card fraud isn't exactly unusual.
Q: Will our download history/friends list/settings be affected by the PSN downtime?
A: No, they will not.
Q: Will trophies that were earned in single-player offline games during the outage be intact when the service resumes?
A: These trophies are intact and will be re-synched when the network is once again operational.
Q: Will my PS+ cloud saves be retrievable?
A: Yes, once PSN is restored.
Q: What if we have a subscription to PS3 MMOs DC Universe Online or Free Realms? Will we get compensation for that?
A: From Sony Online Entertainment: “We apologize for any inconvenience players may have experienced as a result of the recent service interruption. As a global leader in online gaming, SOE is committed to delivering stable and entertaining games for players of all ages. To thank players for their patience, we will be hosting special events across our game portfolio. We are also working on a “make good” plan for players of the PS3 versions of DC Universe Online and Free Realms. Details will be available soon on the individual game websites and forums.”
Q: Will there be a goodwill gesture for the time we haven’t been able to utilize PSN/Qriocity?
A: We are currently evaluating ways to show appreciation for your extraordinary patience as we work to get these services back online.
Unfortunately for Sony, the market is already weighing in on the PSN outage. Today, Sony shares fell 4.5 percent to 2,260 ($27.71) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It was the largest decline for the company since the tragic earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in mid-March.
On the bright side, a couple more days of this might put Sony stock in a great position to be bought cheaply on speculation of NGP success.
I'd say if anything they'd give a month of playstation plus.
I do think that's what they'll do, because while they'll be saying it's to thank people for dealing with this situation they're actually hoping it'll make people sign up once they experience just how great it is! You get cloud service and free games and it's just such a deal!
I was just thinking, a clever plan would be to orcestrate a huge fake hack on a corporation (as in a fake hacker group annoucing that they've downloaded x million customers data, etc.), but actually take nothing... just short their stock beforehand....
I'd say if anything they'd give a month of playstation plus.
I do think that's what they'll do, because while they'll be saying it's to thank people for dealing with this situation they're actually hoping it'll make people sign up once they experience just how great it is! You get cloud service and free games and it's just such a deal!
The thing that might actually get me to pay for PS+ is the fact that you can schedule update times so that they run while you sleep instead of when you just want to play your game.
How on earth can anyone say one way or the other that a fraudulent charge is related to the Sony debacle?
While there's no way to tell for each individual charge, for credit card companies it should be fairly trivial to see if the fraud statistics for the compromised PSN cards deviate in the slightest bit from what they should be using data mining and tell if there's anything untoward going on
I'd say if anything they'd give a month of playstation plus.
I do think that's what they'll do, because while they'll be saying it's to thank people for dealing with this situation they're actually hoping it'll make people sign up once they experience just how great it is! You get cloud service and free games and it's just such a deal!
The thing that might actually get me to pay for PS+ is the fact that you can schedule update times so that they run while you sleep instead of when you just want to play your game.
Couldn't you just run updates before you went to bed?
Is there any legit reason to use Linux other than pure bloodymindedness? The whole OS just seems overly complicated and the antithesis of user friendly and for what? Less compatibility than you'd get from a Windows or Mac OS.
If theres one thing I've learned from my Linux class, its that the old quote "Linux is only free if your time is worth nothing" is true. I can understand its uses, especially in the business world, but would never use it as a consumer.
I will second that. Even using something like Ubuntu can give somebody conniptions over the insane lack of common sense involved. This is about what it's like to use Linux.
Me: I wanna use this thing.
Ubuntu: Sorry, you need to activate this obscure thing.
Me: Um, help on obscure thing.
Ubuntu: Nope.
Me: (obscure command isn't even remotely linked to the function)
Ubuntu: Hahaha!
Me: Run thing...
Ubuntu: Nope, you still have to install it.
Me: INSTALL THING.
Ubuntu: Sorry, you don't have the right library installed.
Me: FFFFFFFFFFFF.......!!!! (install library)
Ubuntu: The library isn't here. You have to go on the internet.
Me: (piece of shit deleted)
God damn, it's like you've got a camera in my home. I set up a dual boot of Ubuntu and Win7 on my laptop, and spent a day trying to find and install drivers for my wireless card, and finally just fucking gave up. I still haven't taken it off yet, but I haven't touched it since that day.
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Had the fright of my life when I saw a charge to my card tht I had no idea about.
Turns out it was something charged late because of the long weekend.
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I was just thinking, a clever plan would be to orcestrate a huge fake hack on a corporation (as in a fake hacker group annoucing that they've downloaded x million customers data, etc.), but actually take nothing... just short their stock beforehand....
So do you need the 3 digit security code to make a purchase on itunes? I just noticed the $1 ping on my card balance. Did Sony lie about not having that compromised or is it actually possible to try through all 999 security code options on itunes.
how many of these do we need to have before folks agree that maybe, possibly card info was compromised
You mean the security code information for each card that Sony explicitly said wasn't taken?
glad to see you're maintaining your trust in a reliable, forthcoming corporation
....did you never use PSN? I've been using it since the day I got my PS3, with my credit card. It is impossible for them to have the 3 digit security code on your card because they never ask for it, ever. I would recommend educating yourself about a situation before you strut into a thread and begin making snarky comments.
I called and did the report stolen/reissue thing for my cards ( i couldn't remember if I had used my bank's debit or credit and it was possibly both). I did the credit on the automated no problem. My debit wouldn't work so I just made them take me to a rep.
I told him after hearing the statement that the charges where all mine and basically that I was doing this to be safe... so he lectured me on things I should do to be safe. So I guess the 77 million of us who have used a credit card on Sony's network are the problem in the eyes of my shitty regional bank.
....did you never use PSN? I've been using it since the day I got my PS3, with my credit card. It is impossible for them to have the 3 digit security code on your card because they never ask for it, ever. I would recommend educating yourself about a situation before you strut into a thread and begin making snarky comments.
In my defence. Since you only ever need to enter your card details once to make purchases on PSN over the timespan that you use, I couldnt remember whether or not it needed the security code. Every other online store I use requires it so I just assumed it was the same with the PSN.
....did you never use PSN? I've been using it since the day I got my PS3, with my credit card. It is impossible for them to have the 3 digit security code on your card because they never ask for it, ever. I would recommend educating yourself about a situation before you strut into a thread and begin making snarky comments.
In my defence. Since you only ever need to enter your card details once to make purchases on PSN over the timespan that you use, I couldnt remember whether or not it needed the security code. Every other online store I use requires it so I just assumed it was the same with the PSN.
I was admonishing the pokemon master, not you, in case you misread that quote tree.
So like, at this point are the e-mails just a litmus test for people to say "Ok, now I officially would know if I were Amish"?
I think we would have a better idea of how incompetent or not incompetent Sony is in notifying people if we knew how long it takes to fire off seventy seven million emails.
Obviously since some people got the email days ago and some people are still getting them, the answer is "a long time".
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So like, at this point are the e-mails just a litmus test for people to say "Ok, now I officially would know if I were Amish"?
I think we would have a better idea of how incompetent or not incompetent Sony is in notifying people if we knew how long it takes to fire off seventy seven million emails.
Obviously since some people got the email days ago and some people are still getting them, the answer is "a long time".
Maybe they should hire one of the billion people spamming cheap viagra to help them with their mass email capacity.
I haven't gotten the email yet, but to be honest I only have a PSN account because I wanted to lock in a username since I'm still planning on buying a PS3 someday. I don't think I even logged into the account past the day I created it.
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I told him after hearing the statement that the charges where all mine and basically that I was doing this to be safe... so he lectured me on things I should do to be safe. So I guess the 77 million of us who have used a credit card on Sony's network are the problem in the eyes of my shitty regional bank.
This was me as well yesterday, although on the plus side I ended up with a dummy checking account, so I can use that online with no fear of it being stolen.
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I see what he's going for, but it's not quite patronizing enough and there's too much joke there for it to pass as a real political cartoon. Maybe instead the balloon guys could say, "Good thing we're in this balloon and not getting leaked on like our customers!!!"
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edited April 2011
If you want to get into corrections, the SONY balloon should be SONY DEFENSE FORCE.
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Think lower. What is the shittiest thing they can give people? I'm guessing Calling All Cars, a game that no longer has online play.
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On the bright side, a couple more days of this might put Sony stock in a great position to be bought cheaply on speculation of NGP success.
I do think that's what they'll do, because while they'll be saying it's to thank people for dealing with this situation they're actually hoping it'll make people sign up once they experience just how great it is! You get cloud service and free games and it's just such a deal!
The thing that might actually get me to pay for PS+ is the fact that you can schedule update times so that they run while you sleep instead of when you just want to play your game.
That'd be a thing, wouldn't it? Get people into the PSN+ door.
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I was thinking exactly this.
I'm going to guess magic, and fat sacks of damage control cash courtesy of Sony.
Couldn't you just run updates before you went to bed?
God damn, it's like you've got a camera in my home. I set up a dual boot of Ubuntu and Win7 on my laptop, and spent a day trying to find and install drivers for my wireless card, and finally just fucking gave up. I still haven't taken it off yet, but I haven't touched it since that day.
Turns out it was something charged late because of the long weekend.
The SEC won't suspect a thing.
This is Japan; it will be seppuku.
Seems fitting. :P
I told him after hearing the statement that the charges where all mine and basically that I was doing this to be safe... so he lectured me on things I should do to be safe. So I guess the 77 million of us who have used a credit card on Sony's network are the problem in the eyes of my shitty regional bank.
Way to go, Sony.
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In my defence. Since you only ever need to enter your card details once to make purchases on PSN over the timespan that you use, I couldnt remember whether or not it needed the security code. Every other online store I use requires it so I just assumed it was the same with the PSN.
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I think we would have a better idea of how incompetent or not incompetent Sony is in notifying people if we knew how long it takes to fire off seventy seven million emails.
Obviously since some people got the email days ago and some people are still getting them, the answer is "a long time".
Maybe they should hire one of the billion people spamming cheap viagra to help them with their mass email capacity.
This was me as well yesterday, although on the plus side I ended up with a dummy checking account, so I can use that online with no fear of it being stolen.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
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If not, my bad.
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To be fair, sending 77 million e-mails probably takes a little time.
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Just in case this isn't a joke, let's be clear. Sending 77 million e-mails takes absolutely no time at all.