fuck.

i was gonna jump on black ops too.

*jumps on xbl*

i figured it would be funny to see all the ps3 balljockers come defend it. seriously, how often does it go down? i've NEVER had a problem with XBL. NEVER.

>fuck.
>
>i was gonna jump on black ops too.
>
>*jumps on xbl*

this is getting on my nerves.

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going down because of the Amazon servers going to shit, or is this some unrelated bullshit?

I want the fuckin Tested podcast already.

I don't like when my damn podcast are out of date since I have a schedule for them!

*edit* just checked on twitter and you have to manually download it from here:http://media.tested.com/podcast/thisisonlyatest-62-20110421.mp3


Nothing to do with Amazon but PSN being down is some bullshit on a long weekend ovr here

I lol'd @ it when I was at work, then before leaving out read the update that shit'll be out for a day or two.

:(

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ;O

Damn mayne, we gotta get up on PSN whenever it comes back

I didn't know PSN was down until PI said something on fb.

what point are they thinking they are going to make? why do they believe that Sony will suddenly move to an open platform because of them being dicks to the millions of PSN customers? A proprietary piece of hardware that never sold itself as open platform isn't. Fucking hack your life for buying that shit and expecting something different. This anon guys also buy Ford Fiestas and then get pissed when they aren't Mustangs?

>what point are they thinking they are going to make? why do
>they believe that Sony will suddenly move to an open platform
>because of them being dicks to the millions of PSN customers?
>A proprietary piece of hardware that never sold itself as open
>platform isn't. Fucking hack your life for buying that shit
>and expecting something different. This anon guys also buy
>Ford Fiestas and then get pissed when they aren't Mustangs?

LOL @ Fiestas

smh @ anon.

ugh.

damn, this dude gave $10K to the EFF?

dude is kinda my hero.

While it could be the case that other Anons are acting by themselves," reads a statement on the Anonymous news site, "AnonOps was not related to this incident and does not take responsibility for whatever has happened."

An alternate possibility, suggests the statement, is that Sony is using Anonymous' previous attacks as a scapegoat "to distract users from the fact that the outage is actually an internal problem with the company's servers."

so yeah, if Sony took it down because of those attacks, it is still their fault.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNk6CCTWu8M#t=00m24s

The week after I get laid off and need something to make me smile every once in a while...this happens lol.

On the bright side, I've been crazy productive on this getting a job hustle lol

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

working on an Easter smash trophy this evening. :)

...and ironically this PSN outage has messed up the PSN minigames in there too, I mean WTF?!

Do that and cancel the other messages until you get to Netflix page. I was able to watch movies all night.

it says it can't communicate with psn when I try to start watching a movie.


although...I haven't watched netflix on my ps3 in forever, so i'm thinking it may to refresh the authorization or something.

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it can't be as simple as that. and by simple I mean $50/yr = more firewalls, network security personell, etc.

did Sony bring this on themselves with that whole GeoHot situation?

Could Anon do the same to XBL if they wanted to?

Why now? both services have been up and running for at least 5 years.

Anybody care to speculate?

and hit it hard *pause*

they went in *pause*

deep *pause*

I need to be comped as a Plus member. Sony's silence is deafening.

Like Infamous, Assasins Creed etc.

Or give us a free year of PS+.

They are weighing what to give to appease customers.

They are looking quote foolish right now.

*passes out

I really regret selling my 360 last August now lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xKV9BFEEXQ

Or read a book.

I got PLENTY of offline games.

Not that serious.

:)

as a multimedia hub for the bedroom or purchasing an apple tv. The mini is already in the bedroom at my desk. I just need to get the appropriate cables to connect to the HDTV. I think the mini has a mini DVI connection. I bought this mini about a year and a half ago. Its a dual core Intel mini. Right now it's hooked up to my monitor via mini DVI to VGA. The plan is to use the mini as a media center and kick the PS3 to living room once my brother's TV comes in. He gave me his 50 inch beast when he upgraded his living room. Aw yeah.

Dude got issues.

that nigga acting a fool but his grip on the PS3 was tighter denna mugg.

(the R. Kelly one is the GOAT)

paying doesn't make your shit any safer.

XBL could get attacked tomorrow and cats would be just as salty. The difference is I don't have to pay to play online multiplayer so I'm not nearly as pissed off as they'd be if XBL went down.

yep still functional

*checks modern warfare 2 on live*

yep still functional

is above the 360s lol

>paying doesn't make your shit any safer.

Like lets not fool ourselves and think the 60 bucks a year is going towards security, but at this point Sony is fucking up superbad.

y'all niggas ain't got both systems yet?

as it stands, i got a red ringed xbox and a ps3 with no online connection, and i'm THIS close to actually turning my Wii on.

>as it stands, i got a red ringed xbox and a ps3 with no online
>connection, and i'm THIS close to actually turning my Wii on.

I actually turned on my PS-2- because of this BS, and I'm playing PS1 games.

and it's grossly inaccurate.

>fuck.
>
>i was gonna jump on black ops too.
>
>*jumps on xbl*

Imagine my 'excitement' when I came across this PSN issue Saturday...

I have been so off the scene lately, it ain't even funny. Moving into a house solo is jokeless. As of Saturday, I had FINALLY moved into my first house, unpacked everything except old game systems and random stupid stuff that isn't getting unpacked ever (my CDs and old VHS tapes for instance..VHS = wrestling, old shows, & poan), broken down wardrobe boxes and alla dat. All of my appliances have been delivered and are function. My new TV (55" Panny Plasma 3D 1080) is FINALLY up and running AND on a stand that I don't love but I'm over it..Craigslist is my friend damnit...hell, I even threatened wack ass Comcast enough to get them out there on a HOLIDAY SATURDAY after they hit me with a a no-call/no-show combo the Thursday night before Good Friday. You know I was Super Saiyan hot at the house Thursday night with no innanet or cable after waiting all evening for them lames. Can't watch the game, can't work, can't get the new Prodigy, can't write long ass posts on OKP, nothing!

Anyway, its now Saturday at 2 PM and my 55" Panny Plasma 3D joint is looking lovely with the Bulls game on. I can't wait to see how a calibration and window treatments make that thing shine. Its already a beast at night...moving on...my washer has been hiked up to the third floor (townhome..hey, its still a house). My cable and innanet is up and runnin. The Bulls almost pulled a comeback to complete the sweep with Rose limpin. I got stuff to do still, but for now, I'm chillin. This is finally starting to feel like my damn house and its on. Now its time to play some Skreet Fighter or Fight Night, which I waited to play until this very moment of bliss. I go to turn on the PS-triple and setup my new 20 Megawhatever, fast as hell, wireless innanet connection. Playstation Network is down..what!? Awwwww!

I go to my laptop and get online only to find clouds of clowns, seas of Gs...all pissed off at PSN being down and Sony copping pleas. They almost got it back up and running. Riiight. And it had been down since Wednesday!? Wow.

Meanwhile, my dead ass XBox sits downstairs in its OG box with a stack of (decent) games in another taped up box and a slew of spare cables around it. Maybe 90 bones to get it replaced ain't so bad, and the pros (this for the radio, duke?) would love that Kinnect, wouldn't they? Ahhh...what a rush!

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I'm tempted to renew my Xbox Live membership. Sadly the only decent online game I have is MW2, which I can't really go back to after BC2.

Just downloaded Crysis 2 though on my little M11xR2, surprised at how well it runs. Hopefully it'll keep me occupied until PSN is back up. If not, I've still got a copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat laying around somewhere.

I'm not swiping a damn thing.

People allegedly used custom firmware modifications to steal PSN content.

I just wonder how much content was stolen to warrant a PSN shutdown.

Clearly you're fine with that.

>Clearly you're fine with that.

Cause the Anon attacks were against their webservers. Like B9 said it's a possibility they would have taken everything down to make it stronger against DOS attacks, but a week? It's gotta be a bigger deal. Only think I case think of...actual theft:

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/04/playstation-services-offline-a.html

"One suggestion, put forward on Reddit by a moderator of PlayStation hacking site PSX-Scene.com who goes by the name chesh420, suggests that Sony has taken its servers offline to prevent "extreme piracy of PSN content".

He claims that a piece of unofficial firmware, known as Rebug, allows users to gain access to the private PlayStation developer network. This also allows users to purchase games and other content for free using fake credit card numbers, since Sony doesn't check the authenticity of the numbers on the private network. He suggests Sony has shut down the PSN servers to secure them against this exploit.

These claims have not been verified, but New Scientist has seen instructions on PlayStation hacking forums for using the Rebug firmware to download free content, suggesting that the exploit is indeed possible.

Sony's lack of details on the cause of the outage has also lead to speculation that attackers may have gained access to users' credit card details. Sony spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka told PC World that the company hadn't yet determined whether such details have been compromised."

"well it was free so i'm not mad"

no. you should be.
free online was what you guys were touting when you bought it.
IT'S FREE ONLINE. ENJOY PAYING 50 BUCKS A MONTH, TRASHBOX360 FANBOYZ. LULZ.
now that the free online is down indefinitely, you try to blow it off?
i thought that was a bullet point in your reason for purchasing it.

nope.

hold these corporations accountable.
you can talk shit about the RROD but there was enough public uproar to force M$ to do something about it.

luckily i don't even fucks with my ps3 that much or i'd be pissed. i'm generally on my pc and 360 but my roommate is fucked.

blame the hackers all you want.
but the onus is on sony to make sure their servers are secure.

if yall niggas don't get a free month of psn+ or a free game out of this, i'd be pissed.

And M$ fanboys are acting like its already the
same thing

M$ had an ENTIRE RUN OF MACHINES that they sold that
were BROKEN.

I actually don't give a fuck, since I don't really
play games like that, but still





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only thing is M$ handled it way better.
3 year RROD warranty better.

>only thing is M$ handled it way better.
>3 year RROD warranty better.


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>if yall niggas don't get a free month of psn+ or a free game
>out of this, i'd be pissed.

but make no bones about it, I ain't happy about this. I only own like 5 PS3 games and all of them have some PSN-related part of it...even if I had time to play, I just can't really do what I'd like.

actually, on Friday, when I was firing up all these old games that quickly became boring but each had a ton of version updates that had to be installed (and were). If the games could connect to the developers servers for the updates, what is the strategic advantage for Sony to have their network host multiplayer? Shouldn't the actual developers host, thereby taking full responsibility for the sort of hacks and security issues that have destroyed the playablity of games like Modern Warfare? They could also implement far more control over security and glitch updates than putting PSN in the middle of everything.

I'm sure there is a very blunt reason this isn't the case, but it made sense to me at the time.

>I'm sure there is a very blunt reason this isn't the case, but
>it made sense to me at the time.

I mean right now for 95% of all online games one of the consoles serves as the server anyway for the actual gameplay; outside of matchmaking, basic communication connectivity and feeding minor info (achievements! scores!) to a mother brain a PSN or Xbox Live isn't needed. But PSN/Xbox Live serves to peddle you products *shrug*.

It's imho one of the biggest things we allowed the companies to take away from us. Ten years ago a company would release a game, fans would throw up their OWN computers as servers, and a community would live on until the last person decided to take theirs off line...there's still hella QUAKE servers alive. We won't even get into the developers being able to easily patch and continually upgrade their product easily. We've pretty much given up all our power just to be able to cross chat and have achievements.

There is NO reason for PSN to be down outside of Sony protecting their own ass. When Modern Warfare 1, one of their most popular games, became hack central, they didn't give a fuck.

Second someone figured out a way to get a free games tho, they shut that bitch down for a week plus, lol.

Free or not you play for games with online multiplayer and you go a week with out that shit?! There isn't even an ETA on when it will be up and no info whatsoever.

I'm on my 9th 360 and won't argue they should have stepped their game up waaaay before that but if Live went down I was well informed. PSN has gotten a lot of money from me and the least they could do is keep me informed.

I better get some free stuff out of this.

I've got Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2, Tomb Raider Trilogy and Red Dead to finish. I will manage this PSN downtime.

My only legit complaint is that I've got $200K worth of Uncharted 2 money that cannot be redeemed at the present time.

bullshit
i'm enjoying my games like nothing happened, lol

email was sent this past saturday, which almost pissed me off enough to delete it seeing how they just blindly sent that shit with no PS Home to check out, but then realized that as I have PS3 fired up thru a HDMI capture card installed on my PC... I can easily take screenshot & reply back to them sons of bitches w/screenshot of their shit being down:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2rr4dxt.png

YEA I SEE WHAT'S NEW IN PLAYSTATION HOME, A BIG PILE OF FUCKING NOTHING!!

>http://i55.tinypic.com/2rr4dxt.png

aka my future Latina concubine

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/multiplayer-debut-uncharted-3/712966

But I probably will just because I can play it in 3d.

get it fixed or get a new one.

Im going to wait honestly for the next gen to be announced which I assume is happening next year at the 2012 E3

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PLAYSTATION®NETWORK STATUS UPDATE

Tokyo, April 26, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that the PlayStation®Network for the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system has had it's most successful week ever as it becomes a worldwide talking point.

The PlayStation®Network has been one of the most discussed topics in recent days through stories on television and a high volume of discussion on the social networking website Twitter.

Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the new head of misdirection for SCEI, stated: "There are no problems with the Playstation®Network for the PlayStation®3 system".

"In fact, the public discussion surrounding the Playstation®Network for the PlayStation®3 system just goes to show how much people want to use it, showing what a successful problem," he added.

"The whole idea of the Playstation®Network is to allow gamers to connect - not to play games, like some people have said this week - and no event has done it like this. Everyone is joining together to express their want for the Playstation®Network™!"

SCEI requests users who want to use the Playstation®Network for the PlayStation®3 system and Playstation®Portable™ Console®™² remain patient as they will be updated after a period of time before the end of days happens and all life in the universe is consumed.

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Your passwords, email and MAYBE credit card info could have been stolen about a week ago, and Sony is just NOW telling its customers this?

That's awful and sad.

>Your passwords, email and MAYBE credit card info could have
>been stolen about a week ago, and Sony is just NOW telling its
>customers this?
>
>That's awful and sad.

its not awful and sad, it's just downright WRONG.

Love the PS3 but I can't believe how badly Sony is fucking up from a PR standpoint.

This shit is crazy.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/sony-provides-psn-update-confirms-a-compromise-of-personal-inf/

and to think I was actually debating making the PS3 plunge some time in the near future...

that shit is fucked up. if my cc info is compromised online, im cancelling that shit right away. but SIX days after the fact?! thats some bullshit

,

I sold my 360 too soon. #fml

*weeps as I hold my sixaxis*

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*boots up 360 Slim* lol

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And refunding those that bought it. Fuck all this dumb shit...

>And refunding those that bought it. Fuck all this dumb
>shit...

i mean if the security hole was that bad, there's bound to be another.

I created my character during the first night PSN went down, thinking it'll be back up the next day. It doesn't affect me that much since I can play that offline, and I don't mess with online multiplayer that much in general, but the stolen information is troubling. The hackers are assholes for what they did but Sony fucked up big time by having shitty security.

being on their NINTH xbox.......
i haven't had online play in 3 days, who gives a fuck
i've still played games in that span and watched netflix
the only thing about this that MIGHT make me mad is the credit card shit
but so far i'm cool
this shit has basically had ZERO impact on my gaming
compare that to a xbox breaking every 3 weeks....
i'm cool
if this is a #EPICFAIL you have to deal with from Sony then i'll take it
not having a free service for a couple days, i'll survive

that's more important to me than a RRoD (which I have experienced and IS some BS...)

>the only thing about this that MIGHT make me mad is the credit
>card shit

Nigga glossed over that shit right quick

(I'm a PS3 guy and ain't that mad either but still)

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Shit happens.

My thing is that they knew about it and didn't say anything until almost a week later.

Like the whole 'Thank god for my Xbox!' is a bit extra.

At the same time, how are they going to stop you from accessing features you paid for.
Like I said above, it's not as if you NEED psn to get online; it's why people are still rocking Netflix and getting game updates.

If Sony/Microsoft makes a portal MANDATORY to access the features of your game(which they have no involvement in), they better make sure that shit is up pretty much 24-7. Having them shut it down for a week because of their messup (cause it's not as if there aren't hella hackers trying to get other companies credit card info right about now), with no word...considering motherfuckers credit card info might be out there? Inexcusable.

And y'all are like 'Oh well, ill just play the singleplayer, thanks Sony!' There are plenty of games that are pretty much all multiplayer, just cause you happen to don't play them doesn't mean it's all good. Fuck that.

And yeah it's 'FREE' but it's still ultimately a service you paid for: by buying the PS3 and by buying the software.

I don't get how we grew to be cool with fucked by the large corporate dick as customers. It's a pattern that spreads beyond videogames

I wouldn't be cool with that shit.

impacted is pretty low
plus most credit cards have some type of security built in for this anyway
some niggas from russia tried to body my card a few yrs ago
bank had that shit on lock in like 5 seconds
before i even knew actually
niggas already had the new card in the mail and everything by the time i found out my shit was compromised

Not let's talk about how many accounts your bank is responsible for vs. Sony.

The xblock owners are just blowing off steam because they have to keep repurchasing systems every 6 months while paying for online multiplayer.

or RRODs so quit bringing it up to justify your purchase or non-purchase. Also the fact that you don't play online means nothing since your credit card info might be compromised. This is part of what you plopped your money down for when you bought the system so it's okay to not feel a portion of the experience not working.

I have a 360, was planning on getting a PS3 sometime in the next six months (Twisted Metal.) I was in Best Buy this weekend and came damn close to walking out of the store with a PS3 but I thought I'd wait and see what's going on with the PSN outage first. I don't know if I'm comfortable owning one now, I really hope this gets resolved and no one gets affected by this too bad. I remember how much I freaked out when my Gawker comment account got hacked, and the worst that came form that was my friends on FB got some spam message sent to them that night. I can't imagine how nerve racking it is to know that someone MAY have accessed your CC info last week and you're just now being informed.

I'm not in "Thank Jeezus for my 360" mode because for all I know, XBL could be this vulnerable too. If there's any good that comes from this, it's that MS, Sony and (to the extent they'd even be vulnerable to this) Nintendo step up their online security for the future.

look, I don't care about multiplayer outages -- I'll have a chuckle at Sony, but the extent to which people freak out over it is over the top.

but coming out and announcing there was a massive data leak of all the info they stored a week after the fact? that would freak me out, and doesn't instill confidence in the Sony online service (which I already wasn't that confident in anyway due to their host of minor issues they've had so far).

anyway, I don't consider myself a fanboy, but as a person who plays probably ~50% of my games online, I'd just be lying if I didn't say I was very happy with the service Microsoft provides.

I owned an X360 first
and bought a PS3 only because of GT5 and the fact that I wanted to play certain games online against PS3 owners. So, yeah... this sucks for me, as the reason I bought the console ain't working.

But it ain't like owning a 360 has anything to do with some jabroni deciding to Koch some shit from Sony.

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Unfortunately, due to the outage on PlayStation® Network, Hulu Plus subscribers cannot currently access the application on the PS3™. We understand this is frustrating, and we are looking forward to Sony restoring access to the application as soon as possible. In the meantime, we’d like to offer you a 1-week credit toward your Hulu Plus subscription. In order to automatically redeem your credit, please click here at any time within the next two weeks.

You can still continue to watch your favorite shows on many other devices -- the full list of devices is available here. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact us directly. We're happy to help however we can.

Many thanks,
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1 week is $2 by their math.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/28/hulu-plus-hits-xbox-live-tomorrow-and-the-first-week-is-free/

I'm definitely gonna wanna watch the office on Hulu over the weekend so it being on 360 now works out perfectly.

It takes away the best things about Hulu on PS3. First, there's no auto play so you have to select a new ep of whatever show you're watching every. single. time. That is beyond annoying. You also can't browe while watching a video. Without that it's no diff from Netflix. In fact, it basically is Netflix with commercials on 360.

I need PSN back, ASAP.

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on Hulu for 360 than Hulu for PS3. Auto-play and multitasking are the two big things that make the app worthwhile compared to Netflix.


Even my girl saw that shit and was like, "damn, no auto-play?"

For Netflix, 360 is better with the most recent update. Before that, PS3 was, and back when you had to use the disc, 360 was wayyy better.

I really wanted to do a comparison when I checked out the xbox 360 app BUT THE FUCKING PSN IS DOWN so I'll have to take your word for it.

the multiple button presses to get an ep started did piss me off though.

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needs to get fucking slapped with the axis.

This isn't a fucking Xbox360 post you lame fucks, what the fuck does it have to do with ANYTHING.

The comparison is as if your gotdamn house is on fire and you telling a Japanese cat 'AT LEAST MY HOUSE AINT WASH AWAY. YOUR SITUATION WORSE."

Japanese cat look at you like "Nigga Prease. Your house is on fire."

is irrelevant?

if I was a Comcast customer and they took down ESPN for a week while DirecTV customers were watching the NBA playoffs on their couch the whole time, HELL YEAH I'd be thinking about canceling my shit and switching to DirecTV.

I mean, you have plenty of dudes in here that own both X360 + PS3 and when multi-platform games drop they have to make the decision which console to cop on. if one of those consoles is online, and the other isn't -- you don't think that's a salient point to consider before making the decision?

I mean, sucks for PSN users and I've had unplayable games on XBL due to server issues, I know it's a bitch and nothing's perfect, but online gaming has become a central component of most gamers' playing time, Sony's gonna have to take their lumps when they fuck up this bad.

and the argument is selling and price points of the consoles?


Really?

sucks to be a PSN user right now, whereas millions of people on XBL are still playing CoD uninterrupted, presumably with their personal details uncompromised ---> that's just bad bad bad for Sony's rep, I really think that's just factual, unbiased observation.

what is your point again?

Which still has nothing to do with XBL subscribers.

which is ridiculous considering how volnureble window pcs to viruses and Trojans. Some asshole just decided to attack Sony at our expense. Literally. So miss me with this Xbox vs PS3 nonsense.

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and overall PSN has had a whole host of issues that I've seen people report that I've never (or rarely) experienced on XBL.

I'm assuming this added quality of service comes along with the $50/yr annual subscription I pay, and as long as it stays that way, I'm going to stay happy to keep paying that $50/yr (or is it $60 now?). PC security issues seem pretty irrelevant to a tightly controlled, top-down content delivery system unique to the X360 platform that Microsoft has created with XBL.

Hell, one of the OKP's on my list got account jacked recently,

But to have a security breach that you have to take the whole system down for a week plus is just plain shoddy ass security PERIOD. NO EXCUSE. It's inexcusable for a corporation as large (and experienced, lets not forget Everquest) as Sony to leave credit card numbers out there in the dust.

It will serve as a wakeup call to all three that there's more work then putting in microtransactions to nickle and dime us with and charging in credit cards.

is that really a M$ security problem, or a user problem?

I don't know the details, but I've gotten the messages "check out this website and get free points!" I ignore those messages and haven't had any problems, maybe missed out on some free points in the process, too who knows? lol.

I really was debating a PS3 over the summer. in all honesty, this PSN seals the "pass" on that debate. call that fanboyism if you like, whatevs.

dumbass.

Maybe I misread him but he gave me the impression that the xbox could never get hit up.

That said I'm pissed off at Sony right now. Their silence on the matter for a week was disgraceful. If my bank were to find out about a breach in my account I would have been notified immediately. The fact that sensitive information was compromised and Sony sat on the matter for this long is disgraceful. I don't know how anyone takes delight in this situation.

the security of xbox live is pretty stupid tho

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwn4R_GexLM

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwn4R_GexLM

GODDAMN niggas be mad at each other

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On the verge of getting an XBOX 360 slim.

What's crazy tho is we got 4 PS3s in the house and only 2 360s lol.

LOL, how many kids do you even have?

i mean he has to be. If you compare games to him he has played every fucking game ever made on the damn 360. Every post for a new game he is in there like Yo Im getting one for the ps3 and one for the 360, and dont let there be a fucking wii version.

>Every post for a new game he is in there like Yo Im getting one for
>the ps3 and one for the 360

Lach's family at dinner:

KID: "May I be excused?"

LACH: "Wait. Did you win a ranked match on EVERY versus map on Gears Of War?"

KID: "But Dad?! It's hard! And the controller is out of batt.."

LACH: "No butts! We got 4 charged controllers downstairs. Don't leave the table until you've got the acheivement!"

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

They both have their own PS3s but that was via their grandparents. All them rascals play is Little Big Planet online really so they're extra salty right now saying "I can't connect to Community!" lol.

PSN stores passwords in plain text?

Q: Was my personal data encrypted?
A: All of the data was protected, and access was restricted both physically and through the perimeter and security of the network. The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken. The personal data table, which is a separate data set, was not encrypted, but was, of course, behind a very sophisticated security system that was breached in a malicious attack.

from skimming the alleged chat logs of the hackers, it doesn't look like it was too sophisticated.

But what is up with all these little babies in here crying to momma about "mr xbox owner is making fun of meeee!"

Of course we're making fun of you.

And of course we're allowed to make fun of you when terrible shit happens to a system you probably knew was terrible when you bought.

My Xbox RROD'd. Make fun of me. I knew that shit was a realistic possibility when I bought it. Yet I still did.

PSN sucks. You knew that when you bought your PS3. You bought McDonalds when you could have bought some healthy gourmet shit. And now you got diarrhea. You knew PSN was the low-budget knockoff alternative to Live. Yet you still bought it. And now it's biting you in the ass.

So don't cry when we come in here talking about 360. This is how it works. When XBOX fucks up royally, as it has many times in the past (RROD, Live price increase, peripherals), you will absolutely be able to get on our shit about it. But for now, take your lumps like a man. And honestly, good luck with your personal information. Because at the end of the day this feud isn't personal - it's just shit we do to get under each others' skin.

I HOPE YO 360 MAKES LIKE A JAPANESE POWER PLANT AND OVERHEAT TO THE POINT OF RADIATION LEAKAGE!!!

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

PlayStation Network Breach: Sony Says Credit Card Info Was Encrypted
By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, PCWorld Apr 28, 2011 5:56 AM

All we've heard so far from the PlayStation Network and Qriocity hacking debacle are bad things -- namely, that personal data, including user names, passwords, and possibly stored credit card information may have been compromised. However, here's something to ease your mind: all stored credit card info was encrypted.


Just one day after Sony revealed that personal user data may have been compromised, the company uploaded a Q&A blog post on its website. Sony's director of communications and social media, Patrick Seybold, wrote that "all of the data was protected" and that "the entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken."


Of course, what we can draw from this is not only that stored credit card info is (probably) safe, but that the non-credit card info was not encrypted. And it wasn't, as Seybold writes, "The personal data table, which is a separate data set, was not encrypted, but was, of course, behind a very sophisticated security system that was breached in a malicious attack."


Sony says there is no evidence that the (encrypted) credit card info was compromised, but of course it "cannot rule out the possibility." Sony has assured users that the three-digit security code on the back of their credit cards has not been compromised, as Sony has never requested it from anyone who has joined PSN or Qriocity.


So, that's some good news in all of the bad news, right? Still, it's a good idea to put a fraud alert on your card and watch your account for any suspicious activity (or, if you can afford it, just cancel your card and get a new one).

They're not as valuable as CC info but it'd still be an egregious error not to protect them.

they're saying they were hashed. i don't know if they're hashed on the console but i would assume the hashing function should be available to the (hardware) hackers if they are.

it's moot, though, for everyone who doesn't use the same password for PSN and their linked e-mail address if they're forcing everyone to change their passwords when it comes back up.

i'm glad that data was encrypted, but the whole situation still sucks.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

some months after the PR stink of this nightmare blows over, Sony is going to starting charging for normal PSN access in the interest of 'improving' the security of the system.

Makes no difference to me anyway because I've pretty much given up gaming about three or so months ago, but I'm upset my one purchase of an online game could possible result in me getting ganked of my ducats.

right now I'm just trying to learn how to play this junk with Move.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1164641p1.html

they just said BY that date.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

that's a rough ass estimate to keep people hopeful

$10 says they actually get their shit together on Tuesday before midnight.

if they're estimating a week....then clearly they have no fucking idea when it will be up.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

LOL

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/28/redbox-will-offer-2-per-day-videogame-rentals-nationwide-in-jun/

Redbox will offer $2 per day videogame rentals nationwide in June

By Richard Lawler posted Apr 28th 2011 6:58PM

Kiosk movie rental giant Redbox is finally officially expanding into the games category, announcing today it will offer videogames nationwide starting June 17th. The $2/day game rentals will include selections for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii (two of which even have a working online service right now). This may be old hat to some since it's been in testing at about 5,000 locations since around the same time it kicked off nationwide Blu-ray rentals, but for 21,000+ other locations there's now a whole new reason to stand behind someone that wants to check each and every title available when all you want to do is return a disc. Seriously, express return slots Redbox -- get on it.

the hate is strong

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

and it fucking sucks. The most I have ever seen at one time is 3 games. That is total across all 3 platforms. But I will give them all games were brand new releases.

which is cool if ur in a city that has a lotta redboxes with video games. i have about 8 within 2 miles ..and i've reserved / picked up 3 games without going as far as a bike ride

a 5 minute walk. The rest are like 15+ miles away.

>(two of which even have a working online service right now).

classic

I'm not that angry about this. Isn't like I'm at home all the time to play. Been going to concerts and going on dates.

I froze my cc used on PSN and I haven't had any fraudulent charges before this.

May 3 looks like the return.

Still effed up that they were so loose security wise.

I got an email yesterday but it was saying the same shit as the press release.

same shit

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

thanks for bringing this show to my attention RJCC shit's dope

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Best shit I've watched since The Wire.

Ready for season 2.


<-- Mini-me

Maybe people over hyped it for me, but I couldn't get through the first ten minutes. It hit ever generic cop show cliche in that child molester scene.

it's not a ridiculously different show, but it's good.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

>Maybe people over hyped it for me, but I couldn't get through
>the first ten minutes. It hit ever generic cop show cliche in
>that child molester scene.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/44132/Hirai-to-brief-press-on-PSN-breach

PSN= e_dub_
G.A.P. 2003

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance & conscientious stupidity. (Dr. Martin Luther King)

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. (Benjamin Franklin)

that is pretty scary.

I mean. They already told us everything so far, but I'm scared that there is something else :(

It's probably just a PR thing and nothing new will be announced except a date for when the servers will be back up *crosses fingers*

In summation:

- Some PSN/Qriocity services to be available this week
- Forced system update to make all users change their passwords
- 30 days of Playstation Plus free to all users (if you subscribe to Playstation Plus you will get 30 days free)



http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/30/press-release-some-playstation-network-and-qriocity-services-to-be-available-this-week/

>Press Release: Some PlayStation Network and Qriocity Services to be Available This Week

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

SOME PLAYSTATION®NETWORK AND QRIOCITY™ SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Phased Global Rollout of Services to Begin Regionally;
System Security Enhanced to Provide Greater Protection of Personal Information

Tokyo, May 1, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) announced they will shortly begin a phased restoration by region of PlayStation®Network and Qriocity™ services, beginning with gaming, music and video services to be turned on. The company also announced both a series of immediate steps to enhance security across the network and a new customer appreciation program to thank its customers for their patience and loyalty.

Following a criminal cyber-attack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., SNEI quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. Since then, the company has implemented a variety of new security measures to provide greater protection of personal information. SNEI and its third-party experts have conducted extensive tests to verify the security strength of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. With these measures in place, SCE and SNEI plan to start a phased rollout by region of the services shortly. The initial phase of the rollout will include, but is not limited to, the following:

* Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems
-This includes titles requiring online verification and downloaded games
* Access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3/PSP for existing subscribers
* Access to account management and password reset
* Access to download un-expired Movie Rentals on PS3, PSP and MediaGo
* PlayStation®Home
* Friends List
* Chat Functionality

Working closely with several outside security firms, the company has implemented significant security measures to further detect unauthorized activity and provide consumers with greater protection of their personal information. The company is also creating the position of Chief Information Security Officer, directly reporting to Shinji Hasejima, Chief Information Officer of Sony Corporation, to add a new position of expertise in and accountability for customer data protection and supplement existing information security personnel. The new security measures implemented include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Added automated software monitoring and configuration management to help defend against new attacks
* Enhanced levels of data protection and encryption
* Enhanced ability to detect software intrusions within the network, unauthorized access and unusual activity patterns
* Implementation of additional firewalls

The company also expedited an already planned move of the system to a new data center in a different location that has been under construction and development for several months. In addition, PS3 will have a forced system software update that will require all registered PlayStation Network users to change their account passwords before being able to sign into the service. As an added layer of security, that password can only be changed on the same PS3 in which that account was activated, or through validated email confirmation, a critical step to help further protect customer data.

The company is conducting a thorough and on-going investigation and working with law enforcement to track down and prosecute those responsible for the illegal intrusion.

“This criminal act against our network had a significant impact not only on our consumers, but our entire industry. These illegal attacks obviously highlight the widespread problem with cyber-security. We take the security of our consumers’ information very seriously and are committed to helping our consumers protect their personal data. In addition, the organization has worked around the clock to bring these services back online, and are doing so only after we had verified increased levels of security across our networks,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “Our global audience of PlayStation Network and Qriocity consumers was disrupted. We have learned lessons along the way about the valued relationship with our consumers, and to that end, we will be launching a customer appreciation program for registered consumers as a way of expressing our gratitude for their loyalty during this network downtime, as we work even harder to restore and regain their trust in us and our services.”

Complimentary Offering and “Welcome Back” Appreciation Program
While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, the company is committed to helping its customers protect their personal data and will provide a complimentary offering to assist users in enrolling in identity theft protection services and/or similar programs. The implementation will be at a local level and further details will be made available shortly in each region.

The company will also rollout the PlayStation Network and Qriocity “Welcome Back” program, to be offered worldwide, which will be tailored to specific markets to provide our consumers with a selection of service options and premium content as an expression of the company’s appreciation for their patience, support and continued loyalty.

Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:

* Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
* All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
* Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service.

Additional “Welcome Back” entertainment and service offerings will be rolled out over the coming weeks as the company returns the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services to the quality standard users have grown to enjoy and strive to exceed those exceptions.

SNEI will continue to reinforce and verify security for transactions before resuming the PlayStation®Store and other Qriocity operations, scheduled for this month.

For more information about the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services intrusion and restoration, please visit http://blog.us.playstation.com. or http://blog.eu.playstation.com/

About Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $78 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/

About Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Recognized as the global leader and company responsible for the progression of consumer-based computer entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) manufactures, distributes and markets the PlayStation® game console, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system. PlayStation has revolutionized home entertainment by introducing advanced 3D graphic processing, and PlayStation 2 further enhances the PlayStation legacy as the core of home networked entertainment. PSP is a handheld entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. PS3 is an advanced computer system, incorporating the state-of-the-art Cell processor with super computer like power. SCEI, along with its subsidiary divisions Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd., and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea Inc. develops, publishes, markets and distributes software, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the respective markets worldwide. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, SCEI is an independent business unit of the Sony Group.

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They would pull some shit like that lol

Anyways, that psn plus thing is pretty pointless for most people since the store wont even be up right away. Knowing Sony, they'll keep the store down at least til mid-May so no one benefits from it lol

I do want to look into that identity theft protection thing though.

gimme that PS Store Geld

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/02/sony-woes-continue-as-soe-confirms-data-breach/

this time with credit card numbers, though only a small number. 25 million accounts total affected?? WOW!

And just load it with money whenever I need to.

no one is getting my card except amazon and I barely trust them.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/02/sony-hit-with-second-attack-loses-12-700-credit-card-nu/

SOE has provided us with the following statement, in which it confirms that its user data was stolen as part of the original intrusion -- not a second attack. "While the two systems are distinct and operated separately, given that they are both under the SONY umbrella, there is some degree of architecture that overlaps. The intrusions were similar in nature. This is NOT a second attack; new information has been discovered as part of our ongoing investigation of the external intrusion in April."

I think Sony should keep the service suspended until they have a crystal clear idea as to what is going on. But I highly doubt this will be the case since I'm sure a sizable portion of online gamers are not grownfolk that have better things to do than worry endlessly when the online service will be fully functional.

which just shows how little they seem to know about what happened.


http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

them hoes wouldn't fuck with me. i ain't often schadenfreudian, but i am a little bit right now.

give us our shit back mofucker!!!!

>schadenfreudian, but i am a little bit right now.

Damn it. Fuck me in the Goat Ass for real, man.

http://i51.tinypic.com/33jl75u.jpg

Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Spain. All countries full of racists and dirty people that probably deserve it.



http://thisismynext.com/2011/05/02/sony-online-entertainment-breach/

Zero Cool, Crash Overide, Acid Burn...get your blades on...

Sony’s Response to the U.S. House of Representatives
+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media
Today, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing in Washington, DC on “The Threat of Data Theft to American Consumers.”

Kazuo Hirai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sony Computer Entertainment America, submitted written answers to questions posed by the subcommittee about the large-scale, criminal cyber-attack we have experienced. We wanted to share those answers with you (click here).

In summary, we told the subcommittee that in dealing with this cyber attack we followed four key principles:

1.Act with care and caution.
2.Provide relevant information to the public when it has been verified.
3.Take responsibility for our obligations to our customers.
4.Work with law enforcement authorities.
We also informed the subcommittee of the following:

•Sony has been the victim of a very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated criminal cyber attack.
•We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.”
•By April 25, forensic teams were able to confirm the scope of the personal data they believed had been taken, and could not rule out whether credit card information had been accessed. On April 26, we notified customers of those facts.
•As of today, the major credit card companies have not reported any fraudulent transactions that they believe are the direct result of this cyber attack.
•Protecting individuals’ personal data is the highestpriority and ensuring that the Internet can be made secure for commerce is also essential. Worldwide, countries and businesses will have to come together to ensure the safety of commerce over the Internet and find ways to combat cybercrime and cyber terrorism.
•We are taking a number of steps to prevent future breaches, including enhanced levels of data protection and encryption; enhanced ability to detect software intrusions, unauthorized access and unusual activity patterns; additional firewalls; establishment of a new data center in an undisclosed location with increased security; and the naming of a new Chief Information Security Officer.
We told the subcommittee about our intent to offer complimentary identity theft protection to U.S. account holders and detailed the “Welcome Back” program that includes free downloads, 30 days of free membership in the
PlayStation Plus premium subscription service; 30 days of free service for Music Unlimited subscribers; and extending PlayStation Plus and Music Unlimited subscriptions for the number of days services were unavailable.

We are working around the clock to have some PlayStation Network services restored and we’ll be providing specific details shortly. We hope this update is helpful to you, and we will continue to keep you posted as we work to restore our network and provide you with both the entertainment and the security you deserve.

>•We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of
>our Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with
>the words “We are Legion.”

That doesn't look like a simple DOS attack! ANON LIED.

and lol@this

>We told the subcommittee about our intent to offer
>complimentary identity theft protection to U.S. account
>holders and detailed the “Welcome Back” program that includes
>free downloads, 30 days of free membership in the
>PlayStation Plus premium subscription service; 30 days of free
>service for Music Unlimited subscribers; and extending
>PlayStation Plus and Music Unlimited subscriptions for the
>number of days services were unavailable.

I love when a company fucks up and it making 'amends' boils down to them just advertising to you their services...kinda like the month for free they throw in with RROD xboxes.

turn these hacker on each other

>•By April 25, forensic teams were able to confirm the scope of
>the personal data they believed had been taken, and could not
>rule out whether credit card information had been accessed. On
>April 26, we notified customers of those facts.

this part right here makes it seem like they immediately informed customers of what was going on when in truth they knew of a breach long before. as posted on their own blog they knew of an intrusion on the 19th and, therefore, pulled the plug on the 20th. they did not, however, give any word as to why until the 23rd, but still didn't say anything except that they were working to get it back online. then, 3 days later on the 26th they finally confirmed to customers that their personal information was accessed.

that's a week. a fucking week! their statement above makes it sound like they were on top of it and informed their customers immediately.

sony has always done a hell of a job spinning numbers so again i say FUCK SONY!!

I agree that they should eat some of the shit sandwich but more of the anger should be directed at the peeps who actual broke in and stole valuable information. Not to mention the consumer credit they potentially could have fucked with.

hypothetically speaking...You have all your money at one bank. All of the cash is in the vault. Someone comes in armed and asks for all the money. They give it all to him because they have no security to stop him.

So who do you blame? The person that robbed the bank or the bank that doesn't have any security to stop a robbery from happening?

I mean, imagine how hard amazon.com, ebay, etc...get hit every day by hackers hoping to get lucky. Obviously if they have to take two weeks to build up their network from scratch again the old version wasn't up to snuff at all.

My point is that most of the posts here lay blame at Sony. I think part of the blame is that we also set up a culture where it is "almost" ok to infringe upon people's rights and in this case finances. In NO way am I absolving Sony of any blame. But groups like Anonymous should not be championed as some sort of Robin Hood when all they do is add to this underground thievery culture. Sony should get their shit together but the government and law enforcement officials need to crack down on these low life individuals that ruin the finances of hardworking honest living individuals.

>My point is that most of the posts here lay blame at Sony. I
>think part of the blame is that we also set up a culture
>where it is "almost" ok to infringe upon people's rights and
>in this case finances. In NO way am I absolving Sony of any
>blame. But groups like Anonymous should not be championed as
>some sort of Robin Hood when all they do is add to this
>underground thievery culture. Sony should get their shit
>together but the government and law enforcement officials need
>to crack down on these low life individuals that ruin the
>finances of hardworking honest living individuals.

They openly put their customer base at risk in the name of
covering their own asses. This is as bad as the original
hack -- if they aren't going to engineer a secure network,
the least they could do is protect the personal finances of
their clientele. Its fucking pathetic.

If people knew Sony's security was shit, information would not be on their servers. People leave sensitive information with niggas under the assumption that those same niggas will be able to hold my shit down when hackers try to get to it. You wouldn't leave your money in a bank that has a deadbolt door in between you and your money would you?

Besides, they didn't hack Sony to take your information, them niggas just wanted to snatch information. It's nothing personal on their end.

because I'm heated. I'm checking my card's balances like every other hour. I wanna be able to play online. I'm scared about buying shit online period now so I'm fucked up in the head lol.

This whole thing is just a big ass mess.

Sony deserves 110% of the heat for this cause their shit wasnt up to snuff.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

but eff it

tornado on the boardwalk is my favorite race

I'm gonna finagle canadian citizenship just for the sole purpose of joining in on the fun in two countries.

Of course, not the freeshit that people actually want to use...


pathetic assholes.

Not really smoothing things over with the gaming community on that one.

#wishfulthinking

Smells kinda fishy, but Sony still better be taking things like this seriously. Like, it needs to be "saying bomb on an airplane" level for them after this.

Wasn't there only one attack, or were there actually two?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20060227-260.html

A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach.

An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET today that a third major attack is planned this weekend against Sony's Web site. The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information they are able to copy from Sony's servers, which could include customer names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source. The hackers claim they currently have access to some of Sony's servers.

Should the planned attack succeed, it would be the latest blow in a series of devastating security breaches of Sony's servers over the past month. The failure of Sony's server security has ignited investigations by the FBI, the Department of Justice, Congress, and the New York State Attorney General, a well as data security and privacy authorities in the U.K., Canada, and Taiwan.

Several weeks ago the hacker group known as Anonymous targeted several Sony Web sites, including Sony.com and SonyStyle.com, with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in retaliation for what its members saw as Sony's unfair legal action against hacker George Hotz. Two weeks ago Sony's PlayStation Network, along with its Qriocity service and Sony Online, were the target of an attack that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million Sony customers. Sony was forced to shut down PSN, Qriocity, and Sony Online, and is currently working to bring them back online after rebuilding the security of its servers.

Sony says it doesn't know who orchestrated what it's calling a "highly sophisticated, planned" attack, but it has dropped hints that the group Anonymous is involved. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, told a Congressional subcommittee in a letter yesterday that the intruders on its servers planted a file named "Anonymous" containing the statement "We are Legion," part of the group's tagline.

Anonymous issued a statement yesterday denying it was involved in the PSN breach. "While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our 'leadership' does not condone credit card theft," the statement said.

Now it seems the same group of hackers that was able to infiltrate the PSN servers is planning to hit back against Sony.

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

They're trying to rip up the world financially and turn us all against each other. A worldwide civil war...and...UGH!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to play 2K online damn it!!!

I have a US, EU, and Japanese account. I wonder if I can get free shit for each $_$

that's what's crazy.

>fuck.
>
>i was gonna jump on black ops too.
>
>*jumps on xbl*

I strongly believe that another Xbox (finally sent off my broken one this past Monday once I talked to someone who didn't want to charge me) makes it to my house before Playstation network...in terms of online gaming...is back on the scene. Wow Sony...wow. At least my Panny has Netflix...otherwise, I'd be waaaay more tender about this than I am already.

Jimaveli

my kids and all their little friends at school play Little Big Planet 2 together on the weekends online and they're about to lose their minds right now. lol. They don't like to play unless they can play online with their friends. I'm laughing cuz they keep coming to me all distraught every day like when is PSN coming back up?

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1166810p1.html

My kids have PSP Go's too. They need compensation for this bullshit as well. All digital system that can't get online to download. THE FUCK?

the worst part about it is that info trickles out and they aren't trying to balance it out by telling people what they'll be getting. There should be an announcement on a day-to-day basis saying of all the free shit we're going to get along with our 6 month (should be at this point) free Premium.

yall might get some shitty PSN game that nobody wants. thats about it.

they should talk to 3rd party developers and publishers and try to sell this as an opportunity to get more people on to their shit plus they can offer to pay whomever that minus the free marketing they'd get.

This is just plain bad.

Thing is I recently got a $300 check from my car insurance that would've gone to getting a PS3, but I don't know if I even want one now. This whole thing has me a little paranoid.

M$ has sent me another XBox. It should be to the house tomorrow. Wow Sony. Wow.

Jimaveli

>

Let's see...

The only reason I called M$ again to try to get my dead XBox replaced (without having to pay) is this Sony mess. I originally bought a PS3 for God of War 3 and to have a blu-ray player, but I was still buying most of my games for the 360. Then, my 360 died on me and the M$ site said that I had to pay to get another one.

Its sad to think that PSN was down for more than a week before I called M$ and confirmed that they'd replace it for free. Then, I got a label from M$, took almost a week to ship my Xbox off (I was outta town), and I STILL might get another XBox in the mail before PSN is back in action. Its funny stuff.

Jimaveli

Got Xbox..randomly playing SSF IV.

>>
>
>Let's see...
>
>The only reason I called M$ again to try to get my dead XBox
>replaced (without having to pay) is this Sony mess. I
>originally bought a PS3 for God of War 3 and to have a blu-ray
>player, but I was still buying most of my games for the 360.
>Then, my 360 died on me and the M$ site said that I had to pay
>to get another one.
>
>Its sad to think that PSN was down for more than a week before
>I called M$ and confirmed that they'd replace it for free.
>Then, I got a label from M$, took almost a week to ship my
>Xbox off (I was outta town), and I STILL might get another
>XBox in the mail before PSN is back in action. Its funny
>stuff.
>
>Jimaveli

I got 2 external hard drives plugged up to it with tons of movies. My wife loves it. But I can do the same thing with a 360 and I dont have one in the bedroom.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

...i'd spoke to a kid at gamestop and he said they've old maybe one or 2 ps3's since this shit went down ...Xbox still selling well

I mean, this is BAD. like bad bad. this shit might cancel Christmas for Sony unless they do some major work to smooth it out.

http://bitmob.com/articles/detective-work-reveals-psn-servers-up-to-date

We've all been hearing over and over again for the last week that Sony was running an outdated version of the Apache web-server software on its webservers. The implication, of course, was that this represents Sony's laissez-faire attitude toward the protection of customer information, making it easy for the hackers to gain entry to the PlayStation Network.

But the funny thing about this kind of "common knowledge" in the age of the Internet is the way rumors have an unfortunate tendancy to be repeated as fact. Just a week ago it was "common knowledge" that Sony stored every PSN password in plain text. It was also "common knowledge" that Sony Online Entertainment hadn't been compromised. Neither of those things proved true.

One member of the Beyond3D forum, deathindustrial, was curious about the outdated server software claim and did a very brief amount of very interesting research into the issue....

(Beyond3D's community has a unique combination of technically knowledgable users with a low rate of console fanboyism, allowing for an honest discussion of things like the PSN data breach without the conversation devolving into another proxy battle in the great fanboy wars.)

As it turns out, it is fairly simple to use Google's webcache to show what version of Apache the PSN servers were using back in March. According to a page request archived by Google on March 23, 2011, at that time Sony was running version 2.2.17 of the software. You can see from Apache's website that 2.2.17 is the latest stable version of the webserver available even today. This is a direct repudiation of the claims being made that Sony's webservers were out of date by as much as five years.

Poster deathindustrial also goes on to point out the folly in using "security expert" Dr. Eugene Spafford's testimony before Congress as a source for the claims that the servers were outdated and that Sony knew about it. In the written statement which accompanied his testimony, Spafford clearly states:

I have no information about what protections they had in place, although some news reports indicate that Sony was running software that was badly out of date and had been warned about that risk.

So he had no first-hand knowledge of the state of Sony's servers or Sony's knowledge about possible exploits, and he was literally repeating claims that he read in the media, which might have stemmed from IRC chat logs that were being passed around back in February. He didn't even do the very basic detective work it would've taken to completely repudiates the claims.

It's sad to say, but many are so eager to see Sony's eye blackened that they are willing to believe any rumor that puts the PlayStation in a negative light. We are in a backwards world where everything Sony says is assumed to be a lie or conspiracy, and anonymous IRC chat logs of dubious origins have miraculously become the most trusted news source in the industry. Here we have a concrete example of why it's important to actually verify your source before repeating something as fact.

their part vs. having their security shit in place and just getting hacked. As much as I'd like to get back to Super Street Fighter IV and play Portal 2 co-op, I'd rather they take their time and get shit locked down so this doesn't happen again soon.

Anon launched full fledged attacks on a shitload of places during the wikileaks phenom...just cause the servers were up to date doesn't mean their shit was locked up to the level it needed to be.

it wasn't, except the shit that's already been proven half wrong.

I'm not buying any new content until they do this.

Brink is not getting bought.

PS Store will not receive any visits from me besides getting my PSN+ goods unless they give us something legit and not some bullshit title.

The fact that Europe is getting two free titles makes me wonder what we'll get over here.

I don't even play online but this sign-in shit is fucking annoying when I'm trying to get on Netflix.

I don't play online too much but I've been itching to play nba 2k.

oh well...put it on the shelf till after the wedding, I guess.

This ain't a diss for real, my ps3 can still do blu-ray
lmao!

Anyone getting L.A. Noire? Lol

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360 version is three discs and the game doesn't have online play anyway.

I'd get the 360 version without a second thought. But I'd just like the convenience of one disc sitting in the system and me never having to change it. Since there's no online component to the game anyway it's like why not get the PS3 version. Nah mean?

They have to swap discs every 6 chapters.

*shrug*

it's like you're going to be swapping them in and out. it didn't effect mass effect


http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

...anyone giving sony money at this point is pretty dumb

>...anyone giving sony money at this point is pretty dumb

folks like the product better regardless so we buy it, controller's better (to us), system's better (to us)

i recongnize sony's failures, but we're comparing them to fuckin microsoft, so six of one half a dozen of the other...

i've been playing games MORE since psn went down that i was beforehand...mlb the show is my favorite game anyway and i suck too bad to try anyone online so it's cool

i do need that roster update tho lol

stfu

but if you can play the same game without swapping at all, why would you not?

if you go to the psn sites and you din't know it was happening, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference, everything is business as usual and the outage is the thing they just don't talk about.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

still sending out PSN emails for stuff added to the store, multiplayer game advertising, etc...horse shit assholes.

this is causing all parties involved a lot of money.

just in the last week. PS3 games and systems.

Then again all I own is 2K11 for Association.

I can see this being a problem though if you like shooters and shit like that.

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I don't check my inbox.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Nodima/run_that_shit__nodimas_hip_hop_handbook

http://www.last.fm/user/NodimaChee

http://www.potholesinmyblog.com

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517

Downloading system update right now,
Accepted new terms of service
This update must be pretty large because It's only 17% completed after 4 minutes

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/14/play-on-%E2%80%93-psn-restoration-begins-now/

Patch installed, shit is still a no go

And after I copped a 3DS out of boredom.

I got home and just by chance tried signing in and there was a system update waiting. I downloaded, changed my password and now I'm playing Black Ops. there's only 60k online right now. it's been so long I forgot how to play.

in the mail

I've gotten RROD-ed
and not once was I worried that personal info (even if it was an email) might have gotten into the hands of dillweed hackers

and really, a 23-day outage ain't nearly that far off an RROD return

wtf

I got a new ps3 so i aint got none of the games i've already paid for yet.

i fucked around and traded in a couple of games w/ DLC that i had bought and then had seller's remorse and got both of them back and want to play the DLC and can't b/c i deleted the game data, even though i have plenty of room, like an anal moron

also have some stuff that came w/ motorstorm apoc. that i need to DL

oh and i can't play in the classic stadiums on mlb the show, lol (not sure what the rationale is for not making that DLC, but only able to use when online)

and then la noire preorders have bonus shit too

But I'm still happy it's back up. Now off to buy Portal 2

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http://www.last.fm/user/NodimaChee

http://www.potholesinmyblog.com

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517

i was able to sign in this morning

now its saying its undergoing maintenance again

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http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/01/03/5/1339/13392164/29/nowitzki_mvp.jpg

then was bored with it.

LittleBigPlanet
Infamous
Wipeout HD/Fury
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty (EU) / Super Stardust HD (NA)
Dead Nation

LittleBigPlanet PSP
ModNation PSP
Pursuit Force
Killzone Liberation

http://www.videogamer.com/news/sony_details_free_welcome_back_ps3_psp_games.html

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/05/16/details-of-the-welcome-back-programme-for-scee-users-2/

Not bad.

I want free PS store credit to buy whatever the hell I want. Eff them old ass games that damn near everyone already owns. Give people free PS3 Greatest Hits games? BULLSHIT. Punk ass Sony.

they're good games but it's kind of a wack deal.

and I don't buy SHIT for the ps3.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

I'm excited.

Unfortunately, that's probably because none of them looked the tiniest bit interesting to me when they came out.


The whole thing's probably irrelevant by now anyway, from a marketing standpoint. After all this time, people have made up their minds over whether they're still willing to buy from Sony. They're probably just trying to cover the expected bases now, maybe to limit the risk from class action lawsuits.

those are two of the best games on the system.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

I think I rented one of the very early Wipeout games on PS1. And the fact that I remember renting it probably means I enjoyed it.

Super Stardust HD, I just never heard about until today. Maybe that'll be my #2. Looks really Asteroids-y, though, which isn't really my bag.

it was probably the best game available for a while.

it's dope in hd and 3d.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Shit be exploding into your face. A must buy for any PS3 person.

So getting Infamous and Wipeout HD for free is great for me. Sony should find another way to compensate the people that have all those games already though (pity they won't). And those four PSP games are kinda shit.

Guess I'll download the game and sell the disc.

this isn't an apology package to the people that put money in their pockets already it's weak as hell. what good does it to if you can't download but one damn game!?!?!

to limit the selection available to the customer who was completely fucked over for the past month is disingenuous. give us a PSN Store credit and KIM. these games are 2-3 years old and most of the users sticking with PS3 are the gamers who have already played/owned/beat these games.

it's a hollow offering to buy media sympathy and deflect attention from a class action lawsuit. it's pathetic.

PSN Password Reset Exploited
Sony's latest security measure may have been circumvented.
UK, May 18, 2011

by Daniel Krupa
IGN UK
Early reports suggest that Sony's request for PlayStation Network users to reset their passwords could have inadvertently exposed the network to a new set of attacks.

The exploit allows hackers to change user passwords via the PSN password reset page, using just two pieces of information – a PSN account email address and a date of birth – both of which could have been obtained in the original breach.

The exploit was initially reported by Nyleveia, but the story has since been confirmed by Eurogamer, who claim to have seen video evidence corroborating Nyleveia's claims.

As a consequence, the PSN sign-in is currently down on a number of Sony's sites.

IGN will keep you updated.

I'm gonna go ahead and not touch this system for a while longer. I went a year + with no Xbox, so I'm not above it..at all.

>PSN Password Reset Exploited
>Sony's latest security measure may have been circumvented.
>UK, May 18, 2011
>
>by Daniel Krupa
>IGN UK
>Early reports suggest that Sony's request for PlayStation
>Network users to reset their passwords could have
>inadvertently exposed the network to a new set of attacks.
>
>The exploit allows hackers to change user passwords via the
>PSN password reset page, using just two pieces of information
>– a PSN account email address and a date of birth – both of
>which could have been obtained in the original breach.
>
>The exploit was initially reported by Nyleveia, but the story
>has since been confirmed by Eurogamer, who claim to have seen
>video evidence corroborating Nyleveia's claims.
>
>As a consequence, the PSN sign-in is currently down on a
>number of Sony's sites.
>
>IGN will keep you updated.

them damn Raiders use to give me fits in 2k.

>them damn Raiders use to give me fits in 2k.

Don't remind me..no Wheatley..Doug Jolley couldn't catch for shit. And Porter was just Porter. But somehow my defense (playing with safeties and corners!) kept me in games. Then I lost the Super Bowl to a team that was already better after putting together a crazy 8-game win streak. I was intercepting everybody with them Raiders...damn!

Where have I been? Maaaan...I've been working and relaxing, lurking and laughing. Then the itch gets to me and I write another novel on here about something. If not here, I hit up the lesson with months worth of thoughts. Street Fighter 4 made me start playing online enough to feel like a gamer again. I tried Gears quite a bit too, but I suck at FPS. Gotta actually go through Gears 2 if I get time after the playoffs..GO I dunnos! I can't trust Dallas after 2006, OKC might not have enough even if Dallas lames out, who roots for the Heat (Haslem being healthy is a HUGE deal tho), and I don't trust the non-Rose Bulls to score/make open shots.

I got a 360 early on, but of course they keep dying on me..I only called M$ and got another (for free) after this PSN epic messup. I got a PS3 last year because of God of War III. A few months later, my 360 died and I said eff it. I played God of War I and II on the PS2...which I bought WAY after the fact from one of my boys just to play Fire Pro Wrestling R..Japan version! I did the work to make my PS2 a fliptop and it was on and poppin. Then Fire Pro dropped in the states the next year..wow.

Jimaveli

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/05/playstation-store-relaunch/

PlayStation Network is scheduled to undergo maintenance today, from about 8am until approximately 5pm Pacific time. During this time, registration and Account Management will be inaccessible, including the password reset process. While some users may experience difficulty signing in to PSN, the majority of consumers will be able to play online as well as sign in to external sites that require PSN authentication (like this one).

For those asking about the PlayStation Store, we’re still targeting restoration of all services by the end of this month. Contrary to reports, the Store will not be publishing today.

Stay tuned to the PlayStation Twitter feed for updates and a notice when maintenance has concluded.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

cuz i got the software update and had heard there was a new password reset through secure website/email/whatever. when i tried to login after the update, it gave me the same PSN Undergoing Maintenance message.

i didn't game online enough for this to be an inconvenience, but this is getting a bit ridiculous.

I'm going overseas in early June, so hopefully they can sort everything out before that, but at this rate I'm highly pessimistic.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Trance88/SonicTap.gif

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-31-lulzsec-were-hacking-sony-right-now

I mean, they could be bluffing and just fucking around, but still...what is the benefit of all this?

http://pastebin.com/Y38gCS82

Greetings folks. We're LulzSec, and welcome to Sownage. Enclosed you will
find various collections of data stolen from internal Sony networks and websites,
all of which we accessed easily and without the need for outside support or money.

We recently broke into SonyPictures.com and compromised over 1,000,000 users'
personal information, including passwords, email addresses, home addresses,
dates of birth, and all Sony opt-in data associated with their accounts.
Among other things, we also compromised all admin details of Sony Pictures
(including passwords) along with 75,000 "music codes" and 3.5 million "music coupons".

Due to a lack of resource on our part (The Lulz Boat needs additional funding!)
we were unable to fully copy all of this information, however we have samples
for you in our files to prove its authenticity. In theory we could have taken
every last bit of information, but it would have taken several more weeks.

Our goal here is not to come across as master hackers, hence what we're about
to reveal: SonyPictures.com was owned by a very simple SQL injection, one of
the most primitive and common vulnerabilities, as we should all know by now.
From a single injection, we accessed EVERYTHING. Why do you put such faith in
a company that allows itself to become open to these simple attacks?

What's worse is that every bit of data we took wasn't encrypted. Sony stored
over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext, which means it's just
a matter of taking it. This is disgraceful and insecure: they were asking for it.

This is an embarrassment to Sony; the SQLi link is provided in our file contents,
and we invite anyone with the balls to check for themselves that what we say
is true. You may even want to plunder those 3.5 million coupons while you can.

Included in our collection are databases from Sony BMG Belgium & Netherlands.
These also contain varied assortments of Sony user and staffer information.

Follow our sexy asses on twitter to hear about our upcoming website. Ciao! ^_^

two 2-3 year old games for this mess?

LOL

I'm ready to shoot somebody. The free game install disc that came with his PSP Go aint working.

If anything, they'll put it up during the E3 conference

cuz who wants to go back to answering questions about the service interruption during a time when you're trying to promote new gizmos?

you know good and well you should be reading some chick's tat on her ass. lol