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    Kaz Hirai Explains PSN's Phased Restoration, Even Hands Out Restoration Maps (Seriously!) [UPDATED]

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    #151  Edited By artofwar420

    Kind of excited for the "welcome back pack."

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    #152  Edited By Sayishere
    @pornstorestiffi said:
    @wizeguy said:
    just turned my ps3 on in England and its updating so looks as though is back on here too.  bout time i say!!!
    Well i update the firmware last night, i live in Denmark, so we are only an hour or two apart. But PSN is still down here.
    yup i have updated to the new firmware but i still cant sign in either

    from UK here
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    #153  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    Pretty annoyed that Europe is once again being ignored in favour of the US.

    Not surprising really, Sony barley acknowledge that we exist.  Which is odd, considering we're their second biggest market.
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    #154  Edited By jacdg
    @kalakov said:
    What about Europe ?....
    Europe isn't as important to companies compared to the States, sadly that shouldn't surprise anyone, we'll probably be back up soon enough, but it still sucks almost always being second or third priority, which is made even worse when you live in a small ass country.
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    #155  Edited By Australia

    Riiiiiidge-Raaaaaacer.


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    #156  Edited By craigbo180
    @WinterSnowblind said:
    Pretty annoyed that Europe is once again being ignored in favour of the US.
    Not surprising really, Sony barley acknowledge that we exist.  Which is odd, considering we're their second biggest market.
    Europe pretty much gets everything last all the time though. It's hardly just a Sony thing.
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    #157  Edited By WinterSnowblind
    @craigbo180: A lot of companies treat Europe badly but none as much as Sony.  Nintendo can be slow with releases, sometimes VERY slow but lately they've put a lot of effort into releasing things over here.  We got the 3DS and Pokemon Black & White two days before the US and we're getting the Ocarina of Time before anywhere else too.  Microsoft are great when it comes to Europe, releases are almost always simultaneously and if they're not, it's never more than two days off.

    Sony on the other hand took months to release the PS3 over here and when they did, simply changed the $ to a £/Euro symbol, forcing us to pay a hugely inflated price.  Again, despite the fact we're by far their second largest market, just behind Asia, we still get the raw end of the deal in terms of updates, fixes and PSN content.
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    #158  Edited By MeierTheRed
    @Sayishere said:
    @pornstorestiffi said:
    @wizeguy said:
    just turned my ps3 on in England and its updating so looks as though is back on here too.  bout time i say!!!
    Well i update the firmware last night, i live in Denmark, so we are only an hour or two apart. But PSN is still down here.
    yup i have updated to the new firmware but i still cant sign in either

    from UK here
    Gues we have to wait until the entire US is sorted out.
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    #159  Edited By deactivated-5d7bd9e4bef30

    Oh, I don't care how many times you've lied or treated me badly Kaz, you're still such a slick charmer :3

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    #160  Edited By craigbo180
    @WinterSnowblind: We are paying a hugely inflated price on everything, I mean the 3DS price was massively inflated as well. Even recently we had to wait months for the release of Donkey Kong and Kirby's: Epic Yarn. There are Pokemon give away's and events in america that don't even happen here and in the past there are games that have come to the USA and Japan that never came out here like Super Mario RPG, Earthbound and Chrono Trigger. I wish it wasn't the case but Europe just takes a back seat and there isn't really anything we can do about it, except be glad we aren't Australia.
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    #161  Edited By Skronk61

    Still not up here in the UK, it sucks the store won't be up straight away. I've got some MK codes I need to redeem.

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    #162  Edited By jacdg
    @pornstorestiffi said:
    @Sayishere said:
    @pornstorestiffi said:
    @wizeguy said:
    just turned my ps3 on in England and its updating so looks as though is back on here too.  bout time i say!!!
    Well i update the firmware last night, i live in Denmark, so we are only an hour or two apart. But PSN is still down here.
    yup i have updated to the new firmware but i still cant sign in either

    from UK here
    Gues we have to wait until the entire US is sorted out.
    It'll probably be up later today, or at least within 24 hours (hopefully). The wait isn't really that bad compared to the time the network has been down, but just knowing other people are getting it back while we have to wait is a bit annoying..
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    #163  Edited By s-a-n-JR

    Can't wait to finally link my Portal 2 steam account with PSN. 

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    #164  Edited By zaccheus

    I'd be amazed if this goes as smoothly as they are presenting it will. Here's hoping.

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    #165  Edited By GunslingerPanda

    What about Europe?

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    #166  Edited By Example1013

    Sony releasing free CoD maps, more at 11.

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    #167  Edited By leebmx

    That big sincere speech seems to be invalidated somewhat by being followed by a logo which says, "Make Believe."

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    #168  Edited By pot

    "Sony has admitted up to 10 million credit cards stored in PSN's database were potentially exposed to the hackers before PSN went down, but there has been no proof of widespread credit card fraud in the weeks since."

     

    Since when does widespread credit card fraud get announced anyway? It happens everyday...

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    #169  Edited By beef_melody

    I'm noticing a couple countries missing from that map.  Like, most of them.

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    #170  Edited By splodge
    @pot said:

    "Sony has admitted up to 10 million credit cards stored in PSN's database were potentially exposed to the hackers before PSN went down, but there has been no proof of widespread credit card fraud in the weeks since."

     

    Since when does widespread credit card fraud get announced anyway? It happens everyday...

    I actually have a measure of insight into this, due to working within a bank's Fraud Department for a while. Usually, if credit card numbers have been obtained by sneaky sources, the fraud does not show up for a long time. The idea behind this is that the more time that passes before card details are used for fraud, the harder it is to pinpoint the place and time the details were originally obtained. If the fraud happens six months from now, it would be arguable that the Sony breach was responsible,  and any implicated scumbags could argue that the card must have been skimmed in the meantime.

    With skimmed details, after a lengthy period of time,  the culprits sometimes blanket their entire stolen details database with one euro transactions that do not require CCV numbers. For example, the Red Cross website accepts donations without CCV numbers (I am not sure if this is still the case). This lets them know which ones are still active. If even fifteen percent of the cards are still active, they can be used to purchase things which can then be sold on.

    In my experience, most of the Credit Card fraud in Ireland seems to fund terrorist / rebel organisations in asia and the middle east. A lot of Irish customers would call up with transactions from computer supply websites in asia. Large amounts of equipment is bought on the card and shipped to some address in Thailand somewhere. It is IMPOSSIBLE to launch any kind of criminal investigation, as the customer can have no definite idea of when and where the details were stolen and the police have no mandate whatsoever that encourages them to find the culprits. It's all veyr messy and no one seems to have juridstiction.

    Credit card fraud is probably the "safest" kind of crime for any criminal. In my years working in the Fraud department, I do not think the police closed out a single case that our customers were involved in. 
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    #171  Edited By jayjonesjunior
    @leebmx said:
    That big sincere speech seems to be invalidated somewhat by being followed by a logo which says, "Make Believe."
    Lol, you are right.
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    #172  Edited By deactivated-64b8656eaf424

    No PSN yet in Finland.

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    #173  Edited By SeriouslyNow
    @MrKlorox said:
    Finally I can link my Steam account and start Portal 2 downloading. Then my PS3 is going into the proverbial garbage can.
    I knew I followed you for a reason.
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    #174  Edited By ShadowDoGG

    How ironic, yanks are in bed yet they were first. Least I know not to buy a Sony product EVER again.

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    #175  Edited By GoofyGoober

    Good news for the people with the ps3s

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    #176  Edited By linuxscouser

    From the UK and still waiting. Yeah, it can be pretty frustrating but I guess considering how long this has been down, waiting a little longer probably makes no difference. You can't help but feel that most of the people in Europe working on this are probably taking the weekend off, lol.

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    #177  Edited By BD_Mr_Bubbles

    Back into it, now lets hope the store's up by tuesday so I can redeem my LA Noire content.
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    #178  Edited By laugurinn

    Advanced Security Technology

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    #179  Edited By Dreamfall31
    @laugurinn said:
    Advanced Security Technology
    I laughed pretty hard when I saw that. I was like DUH I hope it includes some of that!!
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    #180  Edited By vidiots

    When will it be up in Canada

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    #181  Edited By munmon

    Still no good news from SE. Asia. Day 26.....

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    #182  Edited By rudyarr
    @Grillbar said:
    @musclerider said:
    I don't own a PS3 so I'm just about ready to not have to listen to any more stories about this whole thing.
    if your not a ps3 user then why the fuck are you here in this forum. not being an ass just wondering
    Agreed...no one is forcing you to read this news -_-
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    #183  Edited By rudyarr

    wow Europe people sure love complaining....no offense guys but this map was posted on the US playstation Blog. "UUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" of course they won't show a map of Europe

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    #184  Edited By CJduke

    So I still can't get my Mass Effect 2 DLC or the genesis comic, which is why I bought ME 2 on PS3 in the first place, and I still can't play MK online because I can't redeem my code. Cool.

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    #185  Edited By JohnPaulVann
    @ShadowDoGG said:
    How ironic, yanks are in bed yet they were first. Least I know not to buy a Sony product EVER again.
    please stop the race hate. sony is a wonderful company that makes great products. your hatred of the japanese (disguised as a sony boycott) will cheat you of a lot of great experiences. serves you right.
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    #186  Edited By MuddyDonut

    Kazzy!

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    #187  Edited By bjorn
    @JohnPaulVann: You sir, are delusional. I am European and I understand where he's coming from, but I also understand that the biggest market has to get up first. Don't see racism in everything that you read, it will cheat you out of some very good experiences.

    Just wanted to say that it's about time, and I cant help wonder if a company will ever create such an open platform as the PS3 was at launch ever again. I can't help but wonder why these brilliant people, because these hackers are indeed brilliant, can be so foolish. When a big company actually takes the chance to have an open platform, and then have to make it a little more closed because of hacking and piracy, they punish Sony for trying. Just another nudge towards a closed and watched internet. I should know, I live in Norway where the government has pushed through a law that grants them access to all internet traffic in the country, they can even go in and read my mail. People just don't think before they act anymore!
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    #188  Edited By powerpc127
    @CJduke: You can use the two day trial to tide you over. It's not much, but it might be enough to make the wait easier.
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    #189  Edited By Mijati

    Up in the UK now! :).

    Watching LoveFilm finally! Seems they actually put up a bunch of good films while PSN was down.

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    #190  Edited By Ronald

    Nice, Steam unlocked all of the Portal 2 achievements I earned as trophies as soon as I linked accounts.

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    #191  Edited By aurahack
    @Bjorn: It's hard to not take his comment as racist when his first few words are "yanks".
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    #192  Edited By sopranosfan

    Why do I feel the need to input 4 8 15 16 23 and 42 and push a button every 108 minute?

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    #193  Edited By snufkinn415
    @aurahack said:
    @Bjorn: It's hard to not take his comment as racist when his first few words are "yanks".
    HOW is "Yank" or "Yankee" racist? 'Muricans is a race now? Race /= Nation.

    Anyway, woohoo good to see they are getting their shit together finally.

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    #194  Edited By mr__kamikaze

    They should start on the East Coast....cause Im selfish like that...

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    #195  Edited By gorydeath


    In ontario and I'm back up

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    #196  Edited By D_Man_Taylor

    I've have signed in successfully! Feels so good...

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    #197  Edited By _jackbauer

    I sold my ps3 and am finished with sony.


    Does anyone else feel bad for Netherealm?
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    #198  Edited By SirOptimusPrime
    @_jackbauer: If it was a PS3 exclusive, but since the 360 version is available I feel like the sales probably maintained sales expectancy. Maybe a dip early on or something.

    I feel bad for Zipper. Holy shit that blows. Feels good to be back in though.  
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    #199  Edited By Nasar7

    First thing I did was go online with Mortal Kombat and stuff a trophy where someone's face used to be with Johnny Cage.

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    #200  Edited By TwilitEnd656
    @mycatisgo said:
    I am working under the theory that there was no psn to begin with, that all the players where simulated by a master AI created by sony. The network had to be shut down when it became self aware.
    Makes sense to me. Hackers were just a cover.
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