Sony to restore access to PlayStation Network by May 31st

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Sony will access to its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services by May 31st, Bloomberg is reporting. Sony took its networks offline after a confirmed 101 million accounts were compromised and 12.3 million credit card numbers were stolen by hackers. Sony’s president, chairman, and CEO, Howard Stringer, has said Sony is “absolutely dedicated to restoring full and safe service as soon as possible,” and has promised users a “Welcome Back” package that includes a free month of its PlayStation Plus service, as well as credit for the downtime.

[Via Gizmodo]

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  • JM

    May 31st?!?!?! This is bullsh*t!!!! Are you serious?!?! That long?? >:O

  • Anonymous

    i be like nahhh

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Darren-Clarke/1090841424 Darren Clarke

    glad i fucked my console off last week and set up 360 account lol now i dont get kicked out of lobbies because a host backs out and most of all im online so fuck u sony and your shit network will never be coming back and by the way they r only giving u 1 month free access 2 playstation plus because if u like it then u will buy so in the end it benefits them dont it.

    • Anonymous

      It’s called punctuation. Try it sometime.

  • Gayne Wretzky

    I love how people are denouncing those of us who say we are moving to Xbox. I have news for you, it’s happening.

    I purchased an Xbox in light of all this shit happening with Sony. I’ve never touched an Xbox in my life. The best comparison I could make here is…

    It’s like when you used and android for the first time then started to wonder why the fuck you currently own and are wasting time and money on an iPhone.

    For the record, I don’t ever plan on “coming back”. I don’t care if they make there network more secure. The same people who neglected security are still making decisions at that company, however they’re not to be trusted because frankly, they’re clearly idiots.

    Anyway, I’ll gladly pay for Xbox live as it makes Sony’s online network look like poop. Xbox’s UI is much more appealing as well.

    Again, I never realized what I was missing until Sony gave me a reason to be done with them. You little rodents who are defending Sony are probably 14 years old, with mommys credit card info stolen… not yours.

    Once you put your big boy pants on and realize the severity of the situation, you would understand why places like Best Buy are selling the shit out of xboxs right now.

    Sincerely,

    Someone who’s used Sony products exclusively until now.

    • Jamesmdoss79

      Be sure to get the extra warranty with that crap box

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

        i’ve had my xBox for 4 years w/o any problems at all.

        /odd

  • Anonymous

    The comments here are really interesting. Now, I am as anxious as the next guy to get PSN back, but some people have apparently lost it. You mean to say that because you can’t use your PS3 to get online for one month (you can still do single player games, BDs, Netflix, media streaming, etc.) you go out and spend several hundred dollars on another console, plus repurchasing games with online gaming. Then you go out and pay for an annual subscription to that other console so that you can get online for that 1 month, although I guess you are just giving up on your PS3 altogether.

    Then you hear the comments of Sony lying as if the company is somehow conspiring to keep their network down and keep losing more millions every day they are down. The truth is probably that they got caught with their pants down, and like it or not rebuilding everything and creating a new patch for the console takes a lot of time. They also did not have the head count to counter something like this, because companies generally don’t staff and keep people hanging around in preparation for a worst case scenario. Sony doesn’t need to feel sorry or apologize because they are already feeling the pain in their balance sheet, and will keep feeling the pain for some time.

  • Adam

    Some of you kids amaze me, suddenly every 12 year old thinks they know everything about intrusion and security, its laughable, the whole unpatched Apache server is a myth and even if it wasn’t, a fully patched Apache server with a firewall isn’t going to save you from the best hackers, these guys find ways around these

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

    Don’t get wrong i am upset about this just like everyone else is.

    But playstation give this service away for free. FOR FREE and everyone is bitching about it. What are you upset that Sony is making you go out side and play. Or do something else besides sit on your fat ass and play video games.

    gee-zus people come on and grow up a little.

  • EvilGear04

    You guys (most) are a buch of cry babies! What did you all do when there was no on-line console gaming? Just play your games and when the network is restore then play on-line. I will always be a sony customer because they have a great product and in my opinion (wich im entitle to) XBOX360 sucks balls!

  • Anonymous

    lover a month still this started… delayed like Duke Nukem…#fail haha

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