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Sony Disputing Report Suggesting May 31 Deadline For PSN Restoration
Venture Beat first broke the dispute, which we separately confirmed with Sony. It's suspected the confusion may have come from this line in the recent press conference: "We are aiming to restore full services including PlayStation Store and purchasing features for Qriocity services within May 2011."
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Hey, remember last week, when Sony said that it planned to get the ball rolling with restoring its PlayStation Network services starting last week? Right, just a quick reminder that it's not last week anymore. It's this week now. So, to be clear, last week came and went, and now this is this week, and yes your PSN services still aren't up. I know, I was confused, too. Just trust me on this one.
Now, on the subject of the PSN and when-ish you might actually be able to get back online, the answer currently is: "Dunno?"
As of this morning, Sony does not have a firm timetable for getting PSN all the way back online, and is currently only stating that everything should be restored by the end of this month. This info comes from company spokesman Shigenori Yoshida, who told Bloomberg this morning that the company is currently uncertain exactly when everything will return to a live state, and that Sony has set a deadline of May 31 for all services to be restored.
Last week's plan to restore partial services fell by the wayside when Sony decided it needed to finalize testing to make sure its newly constructed system was operating correctly. So, until we get another projected time line from Sony, all we can do is sit, wait, and wonder which other version of Splash Damage's multiplayer shooter, Brink, to pick up tomorrow.
Venture Beat first broke the dispute, which we separately confirmed with Sony. It's suspected the confusion may have come from this line in the recent press conference: "We are aiming to restore full services including PlayStation Store and purchasing features for Qriocity services within May 2011."
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Hey, remember last week, when Sony said that it planned to get the ball rolling with restoring its PlayStation Network services starting last week? Right, just a quick reminder that it's not last week anymore. It's this week now. So, to be clear, last week came and went, and now this is this week, and yes your PSN services still aren't up. I know, I was confused, too. Just trust me on this one.
Now, on the subject of the PSN and when-ish you might actually be able to get back online, the answer currently is: "Dunno?"
As of this morning, Sony does not have a firm timetable for getting PSN all the way back online, and is currently only stating that everything should be restored by the end of this month. This info comes from company spokesman Shigenori Yoshida, who told Bloomberg this morning that the company is currently uncertain exactly when everything will return to a live state, and that Sony has set a deadline of May 31 for all services to be restored.
Last week's plan to restore partial services fell by the wayside when Sony decided it needed to finalize testing to make sure its newly constructed system was operating correctly. So, until we get another projected time line from Sony, all we can do is sit, wait, and wonder which other version of Splash Damage's multiplayer shooter, Brink, to pick up tomorrow.
I don't mind the delay in services until they know absolutely that the infrastructure's solid, but boy howdy, this is a black eye for 'em.
Wow, that "Welcome back" package had better get a few more additions. I feel real bad for the SOCOM guys right about now, at least Portal 2 and Brink are available on other systems, but SOCOM 4 is PS3 only. Even if the reviews hadn't been kinda mediocre, this has certainly screwed them over severely.
This must really suck for them. They had a killer lineup of games this spring and all has been fucked because of the crash. Bet you guys don't know this but 3 weeks is a looooooong time to wait for gamers, Microsoft should make a "free month of live" deal for new users, it would kill the PSN (but not really)
Nice idea though proof for me will be when it's actually up for a while, guessing with it being down this long & this much attention drawn to it I've got a feeling that whatever hacker groups that took it out before will try to go at it again unless PSN has made some major changes to the network.
I feel real bad for the SOCOM guys right about now, at least Portal 2 and Brink are available on other systems, but SOCOM 4 is PS3 only. Even if the reviews hadn't been kinda mediocre, this has certainly screwed them over severely. "Yup. The timing of the PSN outage combined with the poor to middling reviews could possibly spell the end of SOCOM, potentially permanently (I'd love to see some sales figures on that one).
God damn it, so much for attempting to redeem my pc copy of portal 2 when the ps3 copy arrives......then again I should have known better.....but still...fuck you sony.
" @sixpin said:I'm assuming without PSN, PS3 players won't be able to access the exclusive or pre-order DLC. I mentioned them specifically because those are the two games i'm mainly interested in this month. I'm getting them on 360, but I was just expressing sympathy for the PS3 fans." Kind of puts a damper on the PS3 versions of Brink and LA Noire this month. "Why L.A Noire? It's singleplayer only. "
" *dusting of the old 360* - Looks like they miss out on my Brink and LA Noir bucks. "Isn't LA Noire a single player game?
" This must really suck for them. They had a killer lineup of games this spring and all has been fucked because of the crash. Bet you guys don't know this but 3 weeks is a looooooong time to wait for gamers, Microsoft should make a "free month of live" deal for new users, it would kill the PSN (but not really) "Unless something has changed since I first signed up, you have always been able to get a free month of XBL with a new gamertag. When you go to sign up for gold for the first time one of the options is the free month.
" At least there's LA Noire....which I just realized comes out next week. "Holy shit, that is next week isn't it?
" @xombi242 said:Plus isn't the lead platform for that PS3 as well? I would think that along with it being single player and only on 1 disc due to the higher disc space for BR would mean the no PSN downloadable content wouldn't be as big of an issue." *dusting of the old 360* - Looks like they miss out on my Brink and LA Noir bucks. "Isn't LA Noire a single player game? "
" @LittlemanBodie said:Agent is the lead PS3 sku from Rockstar. I don't think LA Noire is, but I could be mistaken. And disc swapping isn't a big deal either way." @xombi242 said:Plus isn't the lead platform for that PS3 as well? I would think that along with it being single player and only on 1 disc due to the higher disc space for BR would mean the no PSN downloadable content wouldn't be as big of an issue. "" *dusting of the old 360* - Looks like they miss out on my Brink and LA Noir bucks. "Isn't LA Noire a single player game? "
" @XNaphryz said:LA Noire is the lead as well." @LittlemanBodie said:Agent is the lead PS3 sku from Rockstar. I don't think LA Noire is, but I could be mistaken. And disc swapping isn't a big deal either way. "" @xombi242 said:Plus isn't the lead platform for that PS3 as well? I would think that along with it being single player and only on 1 disc due to the higher disc space for BR would mean the no PSN downloadable content wouldn't be as big of an issue. "" *dusting of the old 360* - Looks like they miss out on my Brink and LA Noir bucks. "Isn't LA Noire a single player game? "
" @XNaphryz said:You are it is, it was first slated as an exclusive before it went multiplatform unless I'm crazy." @LittlemanBodie said:Agent is the lead PS3 sku from Rockstar. I don't think LA Noire is, but I could be mistaken. And disc swapping isn't a big deal either way. "" @xombi242 said:Plus isn't the lead platform for that PS3 as well? I would think that along with it being single player and only on 1 disc due to the higher disc space for BR would mean the no PSN downloadable content wouldn't be as big of an issue. "" *dusting of the old 360* - Looks like they miss out on my Brink and LA Noir bucks. "Isn't LA Noire a single player game? "
" @sixpin said:Good to know. I'll be interested to see if there is any performance differences." @XNaphryz said:LA Noire is the lead as well. "" @LittlemanBodie said:Agent is the lead PS3 sku from Rockstar. I don't think LA Noire is, but I could be mistaken. And disc swapping isn't a big deal either way. "" @xombi242 said:Plus isn't the lead platform for that PS3 as well? I would think that along with it being single player and only on 1 disc due to the higher disc space for BR would mean the no PSN downloadable content wouldn't be as big of an issue. "" *dusting of the old 360* - Looks like they miss out on my Brink and LA Noir bucks. "Isn't LA Noire a single player game? "
" @Yanngc33 said:They changed that when they renamed Silver Free. They don't give you anything now" This must really suck for them. They had a killer lineup of games this spring and all has been fucked because of the crash. Bet you guys don't know this but 3 weeks is a looooooong time to wait for gamers, Microsoft should make a "free month of live" deal for new users, it would kill the PSN (but not really) "Unless something has changed since I first signed up, you have always been able to get a free month of XBL with a new gamertag. When you go to sign up for gold for the first time one of the options is the free month. "
a week before E3? now that's cutting it close. But damn I hope they've "something" with it. I'm not missing PSN but i want MK codes :/
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