M AH - ch ain saw
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Gah! Are they going to get sued for this? Can they get sued for this?
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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Just got an email from Sony, thought those not a part of PSN might be interested in seeing what it said:
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Banging the Bottom End
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I was going to complain about not getting my email yet, but even at Internet speed it must take time to send out 70 million emails.
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It's rather surprising that Sony aren't offering that straight away. I didn't have an issue with their utter lack of communication as they investigated the "external intrusion", but if they've confirmed that personal information (and possibly credit card information) has been compromised, offering free access to credit monitoring services is the least they can do. Other companies have done it in the past; Sony needs to take the initiative and do it now.
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I got a letter from Amex (the card that was on my PSN account at one point) telling me about the potential problems. They said that there has been no unauthorized use or fraud detected but they're stepping up the monitoring. Good. But it sounds like it was quite serious.
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Looks like Sony will soon be putting PSN back online in phases.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...-back-program/ |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Yay for being back online soon.
I really don't care about the Welcome Back program though. PSN+ for a month isn't worth it. All the games that I would download free won't work at the end of the month. Don't know about games that you buy at reduced price. Guess they won't work either. Hope that their "Selected PlayStation entertainment content will be free for download" include something useful that will last more than a month. Dave Mustaine :"God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo." |
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Their compensation for a major outage and security breach is a 30-day free trial of PlayStation Plus? Something they should probably offer anyway?
That would be like hackers getting the personal information of AOL's customer base, and then AOL sending their customers a "500 Hours Free!" disc to make up for it. As lightning_bug mentioned, in other cases where personal information "got out," the company gives their customers a free year of credit monitoring. Yes, Sony has more customers than most companies who do that, but they have more customers — they're larger than the hotelier that leaves their server in a dumpster, and if they can't monetize their 70 million users enough to make up for it, they deserve to lose money on the deal. In cases like this it's critical to communicate clearly and often exactly what happened and what is being done, to avoid losing customer confidence. Compare Sony's handling of this with Apple's response the (much less severe) iPhone "location tracking" thing. The Most Triumphant Example of this sort of thing is, of course, Lexus's still-famous recall for their first ever cars. It could have sunk the brand, but their response impressed people and they came out swinging, with a reputation for above-and-beyond customer service. Huge but beleagured Sony reminds me a lot of huge but beleaguered Toyota, and let's be real, the $599 PS3 was positioned as the Lexus of consoles. But so far, Sony's acted just sort of cluelessly and bumbling. If it were iTunes getting hacked, you can bet that Apple's response would be much different. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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I don't always mean to agree with Gabe and Tycho, who are, predictably, having a field day with this. But the commentary for last Monday's comic, which actually went up the previous Friday because they wanted to comment on the outage and they were sure it'd be over by last Monday, still rings true:
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Of course, Tycho and Gabe are Xbox People (tm), and I haven't really seen many people actually defending Sony on this. But it's still funny and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Things just aren't going well with Sony. Seems there was a slightly earlier, separate attack on Sony Online Entertainment.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/02/so...redit-card-nu/ Although, the PSN being down does have an up-side. A knife and a fork, a bottle and a cork, that's the way to spell New York. |
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Sony hasn't helped itself with its condescending attitude towards its users (like the root kit fiasco). |
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Feels good to be back online
Store is still down though. Too bad, I wanted to try/buy Trine... |
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For me, Trine is okay. I've started it, but I'm waiting to finish other games first before getting back into it.
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Sony's giving away some good games to compensate for the downtime.
For the PS3, pick any 2: InFamous Dead Nation WipeOut HD LittleBigPlanet Super StarDust HD For the PSP, pick 2: LittleBigPlanet ModNation Racers Pursuit Force Kill Liberation I've got Wipeout and Stardust, so I'm going for InFamous and Dead Nation (already got LBP2, so that's good). Considering I've had Infamous on my want list for a while and I've heard good things about Dead Nation, I'm happy. Those are some quality titles to give away. If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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M AH - ch ain saw
Join Date: May 2004
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Can I get those for my new Xbox360?
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I think they're all Sony-published titles...
You got an Xbox 360 for effectively the price of a DS lite. I think that's enough of a deal. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Well, phooey! I've already got Dead Nation, Super Stardust and WipeOut. Didn't care for LittleBigPlanet, so that leaves me with just InFamous.
I've thought about getting InFamous, so now will be a good time. I might give LittleBigPlanet one more try since it'll be free. A knife and a fork, a bottle and a cork, that's the way to spell New York. |
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Already got 3 out of 5 here so it's Stardust and Dead Nation for me... That's cool.
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For someone that doesn't have any of them, what's the best 2 to get? I was thinking LBP and inFamous.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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I'm thinking I'll get InFamous and WipeOut. Hey, if I have a PSP too, can I get two of those on top of the PS3 games? |
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inFamous was pretty fun, had good story, and moderate replay value (it's good to to play through at least twice). If you can get past how cutesy LBP is, that game has endless replay value.
Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick |
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WipeOut is AWESOME ! My favorite in this list. When you get to the harder levels (Phantom/Elite), it goes so fast !!! As I always say, it's Mario Kart for adult... on steroids.
InFamous is great too. It gets repetitive after a while but with the new power ups, you always get something to play with... LBP shine in (local) multiplayer. But it still a good platformer if you're doing it alone. Yes. Kotaku calculated the maximum value of the Welcome Back is 104$ (inFamous + Wipeout HD + LittleBigPlanet(PSP) + Modnation Racers(PSP) = $82.47... + 2 month of PS+ and Music Unlimited Premium if you're already a member) Dave Mustaine :"God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo." |
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Guess it's time to recharge my PSP. I have Killzone: Liberation already and that game is excellent! If you have a PSP and like to shoot things, you need this game.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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Thanks for the input guys. I'm thinking LBP for sure because I might be able to get my wife playing with me. WipeOut and inFamous are the other two I was thinking and now that choice isn't easier. Now to make the "hard" choice.
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Oh. My. Fucking. God.
PSN compromised, again. Either Sony is just completely incompetent when it comes to network security or they pissed off the wrong people. |
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