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    #1  Edited By TepidShark

    Sony in the last Playstation Blog post said that:

    "Q: Will there be a goodwill gesture for the time we haven’t been able to utilize PSN/Qriocity?
    A: We are currently evaluating ways to show appreciation for your extraordinary patience as we work to get these services back online."



    So, my question is what kind of compensation do you guys think would be appropriate for this situation, when PSN comes back?
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    #2  Edited By Taklulas

    Free PSN plus use for a week or something? maybe a free 15 buck game.

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    #3  Edited By grilledcheez

    A game

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    #4  Edited By unchained

    Like $20 to spend on PSN as we see fit. Serves two purposes: a:) Get the people back to PSN and b:) good will of free goodies.  

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    #5  Edited By buzz_killington

    Free blowjobs.

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    #6  Edited By EuanDewar

    I can see them being so worried they go over the top with the gift, maybe even offer a full price game.

    Nah I'm being silly it'll be like 10 quids worth.

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    #7  Edited By OmegaPirate

    I say dont bother, as 80% of the internet will not be satisfied with whatever is offered and will bitch anyway

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    #8  Edited By SomeDeliCook
    @OmegaPirate said:
    " I say dont bother, as 80% of the internet will not be satisfied with whatever is offered and will bitch anyway "
    Pretty much. No simple gift will make everyone forgive them.
    I'm fine either way.
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    #9  Edited By MeierTheRed

    So tired of these topics. I just want PSN back up ASAP, thats enough for me.



    @OmegaPirate said:
    " I say dont bother, as 80% of the internet will not be satisfied with whatever is offered and will bitch anyway "
    So true.
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    #10  Edited By SomeJerk

    Did people get compensated when Live was down for hacking some years back? I forget

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    #11  Edited By Hailinel
    @Taklulas said:
    " Free PSN plus use for a week or something? maybe a free 15 buck game. "
    I'm not a PlayStation Plus subscriber, and after this disaster, I'm even less inclined to become one.  They could give me a free six months of it, and I wouldn't bite.

    I think the best and most realistic gesture of goodwill would be to give everyone free credit to spend as desired.  They can't just give away a specific game or games for free, because then that would mean nothing to anyone that's already bought them.
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    #12  Edited By BabyChooChoo
    @OmegaPirate said:
    " I say dont bother, as 80% of the internet will not be satisfied with whatever is offered and will bitch anyway "
    Fucking thank you. I was just about to say this. Sony could literally do anything and someone somewhere will still find a reason to bitch. Personally, i don't care whether or not they do anything. I'll continue to use PSN just like I did before all of this happened.
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    #13  Edited By N7

    Well, I'd be okay with having the PSN turned back on as compensation.

    My inner "I know Sony" self is telling me that whatever they give us is going to be stupid. But this is probably the biggest thing to happen to Sony since, well, ever, so my inner "hopeful" self is hoping that we get something worthwhile.

    People are saying, since they are "relaunching" the PSN(As opposed to just turning it back on) that there may be new stuff there. A certain chat that can be initiated across different games, if you will. But I doubt it. We've come to a point in time where we can see that it won't be here until the PS4.

    EDIT: But I don't really care about that stuff. I'd just be happy with being able to play games online. :)

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    #14  Edited By CL60
    @somejerk said:
    " Did people get compensated when Live was down for hacking some years back? I forget "
    Yes.
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    #15  Edited By tobygw

    They almost definitely won't/shouldn't give people a month/week or whatever of PSN Plus for compensation. Most people are forgetting the fact that the stuff you get from PSN Plus no longer works after your membership expires. This would just seem like Sony capitalizing off of this by giving people free games, then a couple weeks later being like, " OK you want to keep playing those? 50 bucks. "

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    #16  Edited By FritzDude

    A 50" 3D internet LED TV.

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    #17  Edited By Punk1984
    @Hailinel:  Okay I'll bite why would you turn down a free service?

    @somejerk: They got a cheap game.
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    #18  Edited By MooseyMcMan
    @Unchained said:
    " Like $20 to spend on PSN as we see fit. Serves two purposes: a:) Get the people back to PSN and b:) good will of free goodies.   "
    I like that idea. 
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    #19  Edited By Soap

    A job would be nice, I hear they need people who can convey messages in a human manner over there anyway.

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    #20  Edited By grilledcheez
    @somejerk: Yeah we got Undertow
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    #21  Edited By Surkov
    @CL60: 

    Yeah, they got the game Undertow
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    #22  Edited By kingzetta

    being able to play mortal kombat online.

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    #23  Edited By MeierTheRed
    @CL60 said:
    " @somejerk said:
    " Did people get compensated when Live was down for hacking some years back? I forget "
    Yes. "
    Yeah we got Undertow as i recall (or am i wrong?), what a prize, its like giving strangers a bag with dog shit in it.
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    #24  Edited By zombie2011

    They will probably give a free PSN game away.


    However, it will be a shit game or a game most people already own.
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    #25  Edited By Hailinel
    @Punk1984 said:
    " @Hailinel:  Okay I'll bite why would you turn down a free service?

    @somejerk: They got a cheap game. "
    Because they would only be giving it to me with the hopes that I pay for future use of it once the free period ends.  I won't give them that hope or satisfaction.
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    #26  Edited By Punk1984
    @zombie2011: So "Battle:LA?"
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    #27  Edited By Pie
    @tobygw said:
    " They almost definitely won't/shouldn't give people a month/week or whatever of PSN Plus for compensation. Most people are forgetting the fact that the stuff you get from PSN Plus no longer works after your membership expires. This would just seem like Sony capitalizing off of this by giving people free games, then a couple weeks later being like, " OK you want to keep playing those? 50 bucks. " "
    That seems like a really good plan for SONY though. It would get people buying stuff using credit cards (who can't resist reduced games even though you don't fully trust the company anymore) building up trust and a lot of people would decide to subscribe to PSN+ after having it free because they don't want to lose the stuff they got and they might just like the service. This would build up the trust again (In a superficial kind of a way) and bring in boat loads for SONY. People would be happy because they got to have something for free. 
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    #28  Edited By Punk1984
    @Hailinel:  OH you're so cruel to poor Kaz and Jack. ;_; Seriously though PS+ is pretty awesome
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    #29  Edited By Hailinel
    @Punk1984 said:
    " @Hailinel:  OH you're so cruel to poor Kaz and Jack. ;_; Seriously though PS+ is pretty awesome "
    Not currently, considering it's completely unusable. :P

    In all seriousness though, I never felt inclined to pay for it in the first place.  The extras never appealed to me.  It doesn't matter if they give away games like Stacking for free to members because I'm not interested in playing Stacking.
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    #30  Edited By kingzetta
    @Hailinel said:
    " @Punk1984 said:
    " @Hailinel:  Okay I'll bite why would you turn down a free service?

    @somejerk: They got a cheap game. "
    Because they would only be giving it to me with the hopes that I pay for future use of it once the free period ends.  I won't give them that hope or satisfaction. "
    You would be sticking it to them more if you took it, then didn't renew it.
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    #31  Edited By Pessh

    A xbox live subscription

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    #32  Edited By Andorski

    3-12 months of PSN+ or a free game that I like (been thinking about getting Outland) would suffice for me.  More important to me though is that Sony highlights the steps taken to make sure my information is protected.

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    #33  Edited By TepidShark
    @Unchained said:
    " Like $20 to spend on PSN as we see fit. Serves two purposes: a:) Get the people back to PSN and b:) good will of free goodies.   "
    That is what I was thinking but more along the lines $50, but what ever happens, happens. Mostly I want it to just come back up.
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    #34  Edited By Jimbo

    They'll probably send you a drawing of a spider or something.

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    #35  Edited By Hailinel
    @TepidShark said:
    " @Unchained said:
    " Like $20 to spend on PSN as we see fit. Serves two purposes: a:) Get the people back to PSN and b:) good will of free goodies.   "
    That is what I was thinking but more along the lines $50, but what ever happens, happens. Mostly I want it to just come back up. "
    I imagine Sony would have to feel incredibly desperate if they were to give as much as $50 of credit to all PSN users.  I can't even imagine how much money they've already lost on this disaster and how much more they stand to lose while they're trying to get it rebuilt and back up.
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    #37  Edited By ProfessorEss
    @somejerk said:
    " Did people get compensated when Live was down for hacking some years back? I forget "
    Was that due to hacking? I was under the impression that it was it was just an internal failure?
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    #38  Edited By Lelcar
    @GrilledCheez01 said:
    " A game "
    @buzz_killington said:
    " Free blowjobs. "
    One of the two.
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    #39  Edited By KaosAngel

    Why not jus take it all the way and give everyone a free NGP, surely people would stop QQing then.

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    #40  Edited By AURON570

    PSN is free to begin with, so nothing. I guess only the people who paid for PSN Plus should get something in return.

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    #41  Edited By ProfessorEss
    @KaosAngel said:
    " Why not jus take it all the way and give everyone a free NGP, surely people would stop QQing then. "
    Nah, then they'd just complain about the shitty game library.
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    #42  Edited By RE_Player1

    If they were smart they would do a Steam like sale, 50-80% off everything for a couple days. It would promote sales and make people enter their credit card information again so they gain what they have lost. If I was in charge I would do that, DO YOU HERE ME KAZ!!!!!!

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    #43  Edited By Hailinel
    @KaosAngel said:
    " Why not jus take it all the way and give everyone a free NGP, surely people would stop QQing then. "
    If they're going to provide compensation, it should be compensation that exists as of now.

    @AURON570 said:
    " PSN is free to begin with, so nothing. I guess only the people who paid for PSN Plus should get something in return. "

    So what about all of the non PS+ users that had their personal and credit card data up for grabs?
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    #44  Edited By CL60
    @AURON570 said:
    " PSN is free to begin with, so nothing. I guess only the people who paid for PSN Plus should get something in return. "
    Oh yeah, because we all know this is all about PSN being down and has nothing to do with all of our personal information being compromised.
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    #45  Edited By Jimbo
    @N7: ;)
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    #46  Edited By KaosAngel
    @ProfessorEss said:

    " @KaosAngel said:

    " Why not jus take it all the way and give everyone a free NGP, surely people would stop QQing then. "
    Nah, then they'd just complain about the shitty game library. "
    That's true.  I forgot that the NGP will not have any good games, because it's a Sony handheld (for the love of God you Sony nuts, this is sarcasm).  Man I love entitlement from people over the past few years.
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    #47  Edited By yetiantics
    Absolutely nothing.
    Just make sure my stuff is safe and secure with the new firmware, destroy those God forsaken hackers in court, and get me back online.
    Really, it's all i ask.
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    #48  Edited By Ravenousrattler

    free stuff is always good, but $10-20 credited to your playstation wallet would be great.

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    #49  Edited By npeterson08

    Everybody gets some swag for Home. HAH!

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    #50  Edited By KaosAngel
    @npeterson08 said:
    " Everybody gets some swag for Home. HAH! "
    Forget my NGP answer.  Sony should troll the fuck out of everyone and give free Home clothes...zero cost to Sony, the furries who visit Home are happy, and everyone else who hates Home will have that ":\" face.  

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