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Nice Sony, I didn't feel entitled to anything but this is a nice surprise. Hopefully some dumb fuckers will shut the fuck up now!

"

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" @BigBoss1911 said:

" Cant believe people are actually bitching about this, a free service went down for a little while, get over it, their giving us free downloads and 30 day trials to Playstation plus and Qriocity. I think that should be a good enough apology. "

Did you not hear about the massive amount of personal info that was stolen and possibly credit card info?  "

Has there been any legitiment reports of people having money taken from their credit cards? "

One would hope they'll set up some good PS+ content for the free month. Not just to apologize but to make PS+ look worthwhile for all the people who will be using it for the first time.

I just want the network up so I transfer all my stuff and account stuff to my new ps3

I probably won't have a PS3 by then, so I guess I miss out on something I was already missing out on anyway. Good for the people that play a lot, though.

Overall, I am happy with the free gesture that Sony is offering, however, the more critical issue to look at is that Sony won't be bringing up the Playstation Store this week!  That will be two weeks where indie developers won't have any of their games being purchased off of the PS Store.  I would really be interested in getting the viewpoints of the developers on the fact that PS Store looks like it is going to be down for 2 entire weeks.  

And when the 30 days subscription will end, all of your free stuff will be blocked until you pay for the subscription again, if i'm not mistaken?

I think they should do something bigger.  30 free days?  Cool, but what about my credit card info that got stolen?

" Overall, I am happy with the free gesture that Sony is offering, however, the more critical issue to look at is that Sony won't be bringing up the Playstation Store this week!  That will be two weeks where indie developers won't have any of their games being purchased off of the PS Store.  I would really be interested in getting the viewpoints of the developers on the fact that PS Store looks like it is going to be down for 2 entire weeks.   "

" Cant believe people are actually bitching about this, a free service went down for a little while, get over it, their giving us free downloads and 30 day trials to Playstation plus and Qriocity. I think that should be a good enough apology. "

Well at least they are doing something to win back users. I think I know how PSN is going back online though, Japan>America>Europe because I mean its not like there are more PS3 in Europe than America - oh wait...

It's not what I was hoping for, but better than nothing. And hey, most of the free stuff available to PS+ users I probably wouldn't actually use more than a couple times, so I'll get a month to mess around with stuff I'd never pay money for. Again, better than nothing. 

The only reason this is kinda shifty is that PS Plus is pretty useless in a 30 day chunk. Cloud saves, temporary free games, and some discounts? Other than discounts, you're not really going to be taking much advantage of it. It's basically them advertising for PSN+.

" Cant believe people are actually bitching about this, a free service went down for a little while, get over it, their giving us free downloads and 30 day trials to Playstation plus and Qriocity. I think that should be a good enough apology. "

Wouldn't it be sweet if they just gave everyone $20 or whatever worth of free downloads off the PS Store? I mean spend as you please $20, not some crappy $20 game of their choosing. Companies always offer up these token rewards, like a free month of PS Plus which not many people seem interested in anyway. They just wanna push it, so they use their screw-up as advertising under the illusion of repentance. It's not like this is Sony specific at all. I just wish "free stuff" didn't always mean "free crap". 

 PSN+ for a month? Yay......

" Wouldn't it be sweet if they just gave everyone $20 or whatever worth of free downloads off the PS Store? I mean spend as you please $20, not some crappy $20 game of their choosing. Companies always offer up these token rewards, like a free month of PS Plus which not many people seem interested in anyway. They just wanna push it, so they use their screw-up as advertising under the illusion of repentance. It's not like this is Sony specific at all. I just wish "free stuff" didn't always mean "free crap". 

Granted, everyone should be happy they got anything at all and I'd do the exact same thing in their shoes but cash is always the best reward haha 

"

" @The_Laughing_Man: Sony just said there is no evidence of credit card numbers being accessed or of an customer damages related to the breach.

"

" People still gonna bitch, so I shall gladly read them under my post.No complaints. "

" @Punk1984 said:

" @The_Laughing_Man: Sony just said there is no evidence of credit card numbers being accessed or of an customer damages related to the breach.

"

That's complete BS. My buddy just had someone get into his email yesterday. If they have email access, they have CC info. "

My happiness is that I will be able to play online again, it should be yours as well.

Man, Sony didn't even bother to apologize......
How about a sorry, Sony?

On second thought, a free copy of Uncharted 3 or Infamous 2 will also do......
or performing a public harakiri, traditional Japanese style!

I think that, no matter what they did, people were still going to complain. At least they're trying to build back good will. My PSN+ account had lapsed before so now I can go back and finish playing Sam & Max. Interesting to note how they pointed out that it's not really 78 mil accounts that got hacked since many people had multiple under the same account or used false info anyway. I know I had four accounts myself. He also said that there were only about 10 million active credit cards, which I also found interesting.

Wow, does this 'good will gesture' actually cost them anything at all?  In fact, doesn't it just seem like they're abusing the situation even further, by running a totally bog standard free trial offer for services which make them money, and passing it off as compensation? 

This is shameless and just adds insult to injury tbh.  They only seemed incompetent to me before; now they seem incompetent and scheming.  I hope Sony get fucked by the ICO now.

It won't prevent them from being booed down at e3.

" Wow, does this 'good will gesture' actually cost them anything at all?  In fact, doesn't it just seem like they're abusing the situation even further, by running a totally bog standard free trial offer for services which make them money, and passing it off as compensation? 

This is shameless and just adds insult to injury tbh.  They only seemed incompetent to me before; now they seem incompetent and scheming.  I hope Sony get fucked by the ICO now. "

" @Jimbo said:

" Wow, does this 'good will gesture' actually cost them anything at all?  In fact, doesn't it just seem like they're abusing the situation even further, by running a totally bog standard free trial offer for services which make them money, and passing it off as compensation? 

This is shameless and just adds insult to injury tbh.  They only seemed incompetent to me before; now they seem incompetent and scheming.  I hope Sony get fucked by the ICO now. "

You'd like them to give you....what....? A free puppy or something? "

" Wow, does this 'good will gesture' actually cost them anything at all?  In fact, doesn't it just seem like they're abusing the situation even further, by running a totally bog standard free trial offer for services which make them money, and passing it off as compensation? 

This is shameless and just adds insult to injury tbh.  They only seemed incompetent to me before; now they seem incompetent and scheming.  I hope Sony get fucked by the ICO now. "

Can I just download the game I bought two weeks ago?

" @PrivateIronTFU said:

" @Jimbo said:

" Wow, does this 'good will gesture' actually cost them anything at all?  In fact, doesn't it just seem like they're abusing the situation even further, by running a totally bog standard free trial offer for services which make them money, and passing it off as compensation? 

This is shameless and just adds insult to injury tbh.  They only seemed incompetent to me before; now they seem incompetent and scheming.  I hope Sony get fucked by the ICO now. "

You'd like them to give you....what....? A free puppy or something? "

I'd like them to have the shame not to use the situation as a money making opportunity, that's for sure. "

"You're right. God forbid a company try to win back people it could potentially lose by giving them free* shit. "

From the press release on sony's blog

" From the press release on sony's blog

Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:

• Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
• All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
• Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service    

I think the main compensation is the free "PlayStation entertainment content" and the free 30 days ps+ is just something extra. I say this because It seems many people in this thread are under the assumption that ps+ is the only compensation we will get. 

"

" @Jimbo said:

" Wow, does this 'good will gesture' actually cost them anything at all?  In fact, doesn't it just seem like they're abusing the situation even further, by running a totally bog standard free trial offer for services which make them money, and passing it off as compensation? 

This is shameless and just adds insult to injury tbh.  They only seemed incompetent to me before; now they seem incompetent and scheming.  I hope Sony get fucked by the ICO now. "

You're right, we should be getting free blowjobs or something! "

30 days of PS+ and some other free downloads is not bad. 

Lots of ungrateful people here, I say we should just be happy we are getting anything at all. They could of esily just put PSN back up and not given us anything at all.

" @BigBoss1911 said:

" Cant believe people are actually bitching about this, a free service went down for a little while, get over it, their giving us free downloads and 30 day trials to Playstation plus and Qriocity. I think that should be a good enough apology. "

My god, it's not about PSN going down, it's about Sony having such bad security that our personal information is compromised. This has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with simply PSN being down. "

" Lots of ungrateful people here, I say we should jsut be happy we are getting anything at all. They could of just put it PSN back up and not given us anything at all. "

• PASSWORDS WERE UNENCRYPTED. MY GOD.

" @hinderk said:

" From the press release on sony's blog

Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:

• Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
• All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
• Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service    

I think the main compensation is the free "PlayStation entertainment content" and the free 30 days ps+ is just something extra. I say this because It seems many people in this thread are under the assumption that ps+ is the only compensation we will get. 
"

The thing is, that "select, free content" could be a game or games that countless people have already bought, making the offer worthless to anyone that already paid for that content. "

" I think people will want a free game... But honestly they have nothing to complain about. "

So here's the thing. The morning PSN went down I wanted to download some PSN classics, since I gave my old Playstation away and gave most of the games I had to family I never wanted to and ever intended to see again. I'm not a Playstation plus member because the service really isn't for me. I don't feel entitled to anything solely because the service was down, but I do feel like I deserved more than a week late e-mail from Sony telling me they were unable to keep my sensitive information secure (not even talking about my credit info and don't want to.).

So does 30 free days of Playstation Plus make up for it?

I am curious to see what the hell this free "content" is going to end up being. 

im not going to read through 10 pages of comments but was there an apology from sony? did they admit they fucked up?

" @Hailinel said:

" @hinderk said:

" From the press release on sony's blog

Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:

• Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
• All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
• Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service    

I think the main compensation is the free "PlayStation entertainment content" and the free 30 days ps+ is just something extra. I say this because It seems many people in this thread are under the assumption that ps+ is the only compensation we will get. 
"

The thing is, that "select, free content" could be a game or games that countless people have already bought, making the offer worthless to anyone that already paid for that content. "

Well then those people will be screwed like the people who bought Undertow on 360, when they were given that as an act of goodwill on 360. At least you're getting 30 days of PSN +. And 30 days is more than enough time to download both WipeOut HD and Sam & Max. Hell, you could probably beat both in 30 days. That right there makes the 30 days worth it.  Personally I'm looking forward to getting 30 days of PSN +  just so I can pick up Might & Magic Clash of Heroes at a discounted price as well as some other games (all purchases stay with you no matter what PSN status). "