More info here http://spong.com/feature/10110384/Opinion-PlayStatio...

And the Beeb says this.

Terrible article. All of the blame for this lies with Sony. You would not blame thieves for stealing a trolley load of cash if it was left around the back of a bank unguarded. Price has no clue what he's on about wrt to this specific case. Waffling on about the passwords used and bank security. The hackers used sony's own developer network to get privileges and the network had full access to everything unencrypted. There's even rumours that Sony uploaded data on everything that came into contact with the PS, basically spying on users.

In reference to www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13213632:

"The weakest link is always the individual," said David Emm.

Try doing some actual research before spouting off.

Edited by deleted (Wed 27-Apr-11 23:27:22)

For once, I agree with you fully on that. Well said.

S'pose.

Haha agree with Falcon, least PlayStation gamers have no excuse that their console / service is inferior now *awaits PS fans abuse*

I have only just been made aware of the fact PSN has been down and completely unusable for multiplayer for over a week .

How I found out was one of my old xbox live buddies , that swapped to PS3 , reappeared on xbox live last night with his tale of woe .

This is incompetence at the top end of the scale . Will be interesting to see what happens with xbox sales as this drama continues .

Edit: I do remember xbox live had capacity issues one Christmas but not a total lose of services .

Edited by deleted (Thu 28-Apr-11 10:12:59)

Yes, it's all different shades of nasty on the PSN. It will get worse if Sony don't get something done quickly about it.

Truely shocking.

Anyone want to buy a Playstation 3...............On the cheapo !

On a serious note imagine if this had happened around November 2nd or 3rd last year 2010,one week until Black Ops shipped.

Even though sales were higher on the 360 than the Playstation 3 just imagine how many more the 360 would have had had this Hack Happened a week before or around the time Black Ops got released.

I am with everyone else who thinks that Sony are a disgrace and leaving it for a week before they announce possible credit card information,passwords.emails ect may have been leaked..

This has to be a major setback For the future of Sony and they will have to dangle some Mighty Big Carrots to get the trust back of gamers who have supported them over the years,personally i have switched a few games that are released in the next few week over to the 360 and i bet many thousands of people will do likewise.

Next problem will be when the PSN resumes service and millions of people will be frantically trying to change emails/passwords ect and the servers will more than likely crash.............

Yeah Portal 2 on the Playstation 3 is the best version because you can play against PC/MAC Players....................Ummm nobody has actually managed it yet have they Sony .

360 version of portal 2 is outselling the PS3 one, i suspect same will be applying to other games, as for xbla/psn games i think they [psn] are almost certainly doomed to lose out.

Still no proper apology from sony yet either...

Edited by deleted (Thu 28-Apr-11 18:43:20)

Hey, YES, I would like your PS3 - Thank you, kind sir! I really DO need a fashionable Door-Stop.

If I had one to play on, it would be for single player only anyway. I wouldn't even trust it to download >any< games from its network. It sure is grim, and I definitely wouldn't like to be Sony at the moment. They will be liable for $bucks-a-plenty and there will be lots of them up for sale - Mr Gates will be happy at 1this moment.

It may blow over eventually, but it will take, as you say, a LOT for gamers to trust them ever again[?].

Just feel bad for the gamers who have been robbed and/or affected. *hangs head*.