A week after I put fraud alerts on my credit via Equifax, I got a letter supposedly from TransUnion asking me for my SSN, permanent address verification, and $8. Sounds fishy as hell.
― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Sunday, 8 May 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I still haven't had an email.
― Autumn Alma-hairy-bicycle-rack (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 8 May 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://gizmodo.com/#!5799885/playstation-network-downtime-expected-to-last-six-weeks
― Romford Spring (DG), Monday, 9 May 2011 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I just want access to the store
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I just want to watch MLB.TV!
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, does it mean you can't access the internet at all on the ps3? ie no iplayer, 4od, i love film streams ?
― remove this man from the internet (Ste), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:02 (thirteen years ago) link
It keeps telling me I need to be signed in.
But - weirdly - my games are capable of downloading updates...!
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't have Lovefilm, but apparently Netflix works if you try it three or four times. (The first few times it says you need to be signed in and then.. it just works.)
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Netflix apparently has some sort of failover if you can't sign in, but I'd almost guess they had to badger Sony to allow them to do that without being signed into PSN.
Hulu Plus is still dead in the water due to the fact it requires you to log into PSN before its own service.
The sort-of irony here is that Sony was much more accommodating for third-party developers than Microsoft when it came to sign-in and data storage, as far as I can gather. That's why Portal 2, on the one day it actually worked online on the PS3, was able to sign into Steam. iirc the xbox version can't?
― mh, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
iplayer + 4od still work although last time i tried the latter i could get anything newer than a week old.
― ledge, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
couldn't
Yesterday I boxed up all non-exclusive PS3 games, gonna trade them in for the 360 versions. I'm done, it's a Blu-ray player now unless I want to play Demon's Souls or something.
― AaronHz, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
amazing how badly they've fucked themselves with this. you would think they'd have a failsafe quickfix solution that they could roll out by region but shutting off EVERYONE for the better part of a month and a half with no warnings, no updates and no promises feels deadly.
― Stone Colde Sylke Freek (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoa, AaronHz is back
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
more like gaystation pee imo
― Lamp, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
well i'm a reluctant to put too much blame on Sony for all this, lets not forget those filthy hackers out there are the real fuckers that need to be fried for all this.
― remove this man from the internet (Ste), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Please send me all your PS3 games, thanks.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll take any psp games y'all wanna ditch
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i bought a used copy of modern warfare 2 the day this happened
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
so its all your fault then
― Lamp, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
And better than ever! Hi man.
― AaronHz, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I was kind of hoping to play Beyond Good and Evil HD this month.
Instead I've decided to finish Red Dead Redemption and I am having so much fun that I'm not even noticing my bank account being drained every time I switch it on.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been calling it POS3 since long before this happened.
― AaronHz, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
"gaystation pee"About 216 results (0.17 seconds)
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I think my PS3's disc drive is failing on me :(
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Friday, 13 May 2011 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
any idea how this is affecting the market value of second-hand ps3s? just wondering if now is the time to buy...
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Friday, 13 May 2011 08:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Not as much as you'd expect according to our numbers. But they're still in decline, I'd give it another week or two then see how things look.
― JimD, Friday, 13 May 2011 08:42 (thirteen years ago) link
You're saying I should sell quick?
― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Saturday, 14 May 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I doubt the market will crash or anything, but even before the outage, most major retailers started discounting all three systems or offering $50 gift cards with one. With E3 around the corner, the Wii 2 already announced, I'm expecting price drops or new SKUs for every system. The original Wii drop is already pretty much in effect, with the new Mario Kart bundle.
― Nhex, Saturday, 14 May 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-14-playstation-network-back-online
― Romford Spring (DG), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, I just got offered a firmware update in the US, so it might be!
― mh, Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
..aaaand it tells me the network is still undergoing maintenance if I try to sign in. So they're partway rolled out.
― mh, Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
got the update but it won''t let me change the password. wtf sony?
― Romford Spring (DG), Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Not much psn functionality for my portable yet, it seems. But it's gratifying that at least something happens.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Sunday, 15 May 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
free games details
in US
PS3 - pick 2 out ofDead NationinFAMOUSLittleBigPlanetSuper Stardust HDWipeout HD + Fury
PSP - pick 2 out ofLittleBigPlanet (PSP)ModNation RacersPursuit ForceKillzone Liberation
in EU
PS3 - pick 2 out ofLittleBigPlanetInfamousWipeout HD/FuryRatchet and Clank: Quest for BootyDead Nation
PSP - pick 2 out ofLittleBigPlanet PSPModNation PSPPursuit ForceKillzone Liberation
― zappi, Monday, 16 May 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I was fully expecting it to be a free copy of PAIN but that's a pretty good offer right there. my PS3 choices are pretty much set in stone (had owned LBP & Infamous previously but sold them a while back) - anyone have any feedback about the options on the PSP side?
― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Monday, 16 May 2011 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Assuming I already have the Wipeout games and no others in the list, what are my best options?(US)
― mh, Monday, 16 May 2011 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Off another forum (presumably from a US blog):
The games are mostly on the older side but it's a nice lineup:
PlayStation 3
LittleBigPlanetInfamous*Wipeout HD/FurySuper Stardust HDDead Nation
PSP
LittleBigPlanetModNationPursuit ForceKillzone Liberation
The lineup's a little bit different in Europe:
LittleBigPlanetInfamous*Wipeout HD/FuryRatchet and Clank: Quest for BootyDead Nation*
LittleBigPlanet PSPModNation PSPPursuit Force*Killzone Liberation*Asterisks can be a scary thing, but in this case, it's only scary if you're from Germany, where Sony's swapping those games for a few others, most likely due to the country's stringent content restrictions. inFamous and Dead Nation are placed with Super Stardust HD and Hustle Kings, while Killzone Liberation and Pursuit Force transform into Everybody's Golf 2 and Buzz! Junior Jungle Party.
As already announced, you'll also gain access to 30 days of PlayStation Plus. Existing members will simply receive an additional month. Sony will also have a lineup of "On Us" movies available to watch, too. If the lineup of games available is anything like the movies, it's reasonable to expect Sony-produced flicks.
PlayStation Home users are in for something, too, though Sony isn't saying what.
It's worth pointing out again that this lineup is for European customers and could differ in the US.
― 百万个叉烧包 (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 16 May 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
zappi just posted that
― mh, Monday, 16 May 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, given that I only own four PS3 games, the chances of two of them being on the list were probably pretty slim. But yeah, already have LBP and Wipeout, and don't particularlywant any of those others. Might've been tempted by Super Stardust if that'd been on our list, bah.
― JimD, Monday, 16 May 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm thinking Super Stardust and LBP?
― mh, Monday, 16 May 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh whoops. forgive me, not well today
― 百万个叉烧包 (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 16 May 2011 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
(Course, "boo hoo I don't like the free stuff I'm getting to make up for the lack of access to a service I wouldn't have used anyway over the last three weeks" is nagl. Guess I'll take infamous and r/c).
― JimD, Monday, 16 May 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone played Dead Nation? looks like Smash TV from the videos i've seen.
― zappi, Monday, 16 May 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder how well bribery is gonna work
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
well if i don't have to sign anything i'll pick up infamous and dead nation. don't really want to play dead nation but i have all the others.
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah does accepting anything invalidate your claim in the inevitable class action lawsuit?
― mh, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
almost certainly? why else would they be doing this?btw: http://techland.time.com/2011/05/16/japan-not-letting-sony-bring-playstation-back-online-in-its-home-country/
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Is coaxing people back to the service good enough a reason? Or am I being horribly naive?
― 百万个叉烧包 (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm being kind of a dick about it cuz that's the mood I'm in; you're probably right. but i think i'm a little right too.
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link