Tag Archives: PSN outage
Wed, Feb 08, 2012 | 00:00 GMT
PlayStation Network downloads and transactions back online
A moderator post on the European PlayStation forums – and comments from many relieved users – indicates an error which blocked downloads and transaction lists of paid content has been resolved. The problem struck in the wake of last week’s maintenance and was not universal, but affected most PAL territories, hitting PS Plus users particularly hard.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Mon, Feb 06, 2012 | 23:45 GMT
PSN error not expected to last through PS Store update
Although Sony is unable to commit to a timeframe in resolving ongoing issues with downloading paid content from the PlayStation Network, moderator comments suggest a fix is expected before the weekly PlayStation Store update.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Mon, Feb 06, 2012 | 00:19 GMT
Downloads, transaction lists unavailable after Euro PSN maintenance
Following scheduled maintenance late last week, many PlayStation Network users have found themselves unable to access paid content.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 | 01:44 GMT
Thursday’s PSN maintenance window to affect US, PAL territories
Sony has announced that a scheduled maintenance window this week will extend beyond Europe.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Mon, Jan 30, 2012 | 23:21 GMT
PlayStation Network scheduled maintenance on Thursday
The PlayStation Network will be going offline for scheduled maintenance on Thursday, February 2.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Sony, Vita
Tags: PSN outage
Thu, Jan 19, 2012 | 02:05 GMT
PSN maintenance scheduled for tomorrow
Sony has announced a maintenance outage for the PlayStation Network on Thursday, January 19.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 | 13:50 BST
Quick Quotes – Sony network boss calls PSNgate a “good time”
“Great experience, really good time. Though I wouldn’t like to do it again. A determined hacker will get you, the question is how you build your life so you’re able to cope with those things.” - Tim Schaaff, president of network entertainment at Sony, showing good humour while speaking to GamesBeat of the mid-April PSN outage.
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Posted in: PSN, Sony
Tags: PSN outage, Tim Schaaff
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 14:30 BST
EEDAR: Sony’s Welcome Back Program assisted PS3 sales
EEDAR has published a new Retail Buyer Report for July which, using IGN GamerMetric figures, discusses how Sony’s Welcome Back Program helped boost sales through the firm’s PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Retail, Sony, study
Tags: EEDAR, PSN outage, PSN welcome back, Retail Buyer Report July 2011, welcome back
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 | 22:16 BST
SEGA’s “rapport with Sony remains unchanged,” following outage
SEGA’s executive vice president of marketing, Alan Pritchard, has said that despite the recent PSN outage due to security reasons, SEGA still has a good relationship with Sony and it plans to keep it that way.
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Posted in: PSN, Sega, Sony
Tags: Alan Pritchard, PSN outage
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 06:58 BST
PlayStation Home seeing record traffic
PlayStation’s perpetually derided virtual world social network, Home, has suddenly rocketed to record activity levels.
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Posted in: Home, PSN, Simulation, Sony
Tags: jack buser, PSN outage
Tue, May 31, 2011 | 03:48 BST
Hackers: “This is the beginning of the end for Sony”
A hacker group has threatened imminent and drastic action against Sony – when it finishes with PBS.
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Posted in: PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: hack, hackers, hacking, Lulzsec, PSN outage
Fri, May 27, 2011 | 07:47 BST
Sony head not informed of 2008 PSN hacks
Sony chief Sir Howard Stringer has said he wasn’t even aware of past attacks on the PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: PSN, Sony
Tags: hack, hacked, howard stringer, PSN outage, sir howard stringer
Thu, May 26, 2011 | 02:16 BST
Sony identity-theft protection invites rolling out
Sony has begun mailing out invitations to its free identity-theft protection subscriptions.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: Debix, identity theft, PSN outage, welcome back, welcome back program
Tue, May 24, 2011 | 07:11 BST
PSP password change firmware update due soon
Sony has announced an upcoming firmware update for PSP, assisting users to update their PlayStation Network password from the portable’s XMB.
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Posted in: PSN, PSP, PSPgo, Sony
Tags: PSN outage, PSP firmware 6.39
Fri, May 20, 2011 | 10:03 BST
Report: Sony plans to bring PS Store back online May 24
Sony intends to bring the PlayStation Store back online on May 24, should a memo sent to the firm’s publishing partners be any indication, following PSN being taken down as the result of a mid-April hack.
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Posted in: PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn hack, PSN outage
Tue, May 17, 2011 | 02:07 BST
Harada: Namco “affected” by PSN downtime
Katsuhiro Harada has said the PlayStation Network’s outage has had negative effects on Namco Bandai.
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Posted in: Development, Fighter, Namco Bandai, PSN
Tags: Katsuhiro Harada, PSN outage
Tue, May 17, 2011 | 15:27 BST
PSN Welcome Back package includes LBP, inFamous, more
Sony has detailed the Welcome Back packages for the EU and US PlayStation Networks, including a choice of two free PS3 games.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, PSP, PSPgo, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Mon, May 16, 2011 | 17:07 BST
Japanese PSN to remain off until Sony proves security has been upped
The Japanese PlayStation Network has been barred from resuming service until Japanese government officials are satisfied that security has improved.
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Posted in: Japan, Legalities, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: PSN outage
Sat, May 14, 2011 | 15:26 BST
Report: Amazon cloud servers used to hack PSN
A report over on Bloomberg states that Amazon cloud servers were used to attack PSN.
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Posted in: Crime, PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud, hackers, psn hack, PSN outage, rob dyer
Thu, May 12, 2011 | 15:01 BST
Report: UK retail sources seeing an increase in PS3 trade-ins for Xbox 360
Retail sources close to Edge have told the site shops are getting more PS3 trade-ins than usual, as Sony’s PSN services continue to remain offline.
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