Error Code (aka The Great PSN Easter Outage of 2011) - Part 1

[Jick]

I'm hoping for that.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Oh joy. More hacking on the way.




I sincerely hope their use of the terms "lulz" and "all your base are belong to us" are being used ironically. Because they're about as insufferable as "epic win" and "pwn".

Still... as terrible as it would be... I have to admit that I would laugh my ass off if they hacked Sony's E3 press conference.

God these nerds are lame.

Sony needs to Tony Soprano these a**holes.

I can see a Sony rep now "No, we have no idea why the individuals that hacked our system all have shattered bones in their hands, thats news to us...."

 

[Nathan]

God these nerds are lame.

Sony needs to Tony Soprano these a**holes.

I can see a Sony rep now "No, we have no idea why the individuals that hacked our system all have shattered bones in their hands, thats news to us...."

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

the shop will not be up tomorrow. we'd have heard something about it by now.

 

[KALEL114]

I am pretty sure it will be up tomorrow. For the US that is.

 

[roach]

geezus hackers...there Xbox and Nintendo...spread that **** around

 

[KALEL114]

Speaking of Xbox. Did you guys hear about Michael Pachters Xbox Live account getting hacked? Guess he didn't predict that. lol.

 

[Benstamania]

^Ha!

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

This is the week before E3, an important event for Sony, so, if the threat is legit, something will go down this week.
Not saying it will get hacked again, but they will try.

Hope it´s nothing more than empty words

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

not happening today folks

Full PlayStation Network Services, Including PlayStation Store And Voucher Code Redemption, To Be Restored By The End Of The Week

SONY AND SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE FULL RESTORATION OF PLAYSTATION®NETWORK SERVICES Tokyo, May 31, 2011 – Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation®Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week.

The company will also resume Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity™ for PlayStation®3 (PS3®), PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), VAIO and other PCs. Details for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea as well as the remaining services on Qriocity will be announced as they become available.

The company implemented considerable security enhancements to the network infrastructure, as well as conducted testing of the payment process and commerce functions. The first phase of PlayStation Network and Qriocity restoration began on May 15 in the Americas and Europe/PAL territories, followed by Japan and Asian countries and regions on May 28, when the company brought partial services back online. With this partial restoration users were able to access to some of the services such as online game play, account management, friend lists and chat functionality were restored. The full restoration of PlayStation Network as well as part of services to become available on Qriocity will include:

Full functionality on PlayStation®Store
In-game commerce
Ability to redeem vouchers and codes
Full functionality on Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PCs
Full functionality on Media Go

Customers will be able to purchase and download games and video content from the PlayStation®Store on PS3 or PSP. In addition, consumers will have full access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity through PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PC’s. Service restoration of Video on Demand powered by Qriocity™ and Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for a variety of network-enabled Sony devices will be announced later.

“We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “We appreciate the patience and support shown during this time.”

The company will be offering customers a “Welcome Back” package of services and premium content to all registered PlayStation Network* and Qriocity account services. The details of this program will continue to be detailed regionally.

* Only available for those countries with access to PlayStation®Store.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/

if it by the end of the week i'll be really surprised

 

[Havok83]

not happening today folks




http://blog.eu.playstation.com/

if it by the end of the week i'll be really surprised

The EU store will not be updated today but then again their updates are never on Tuesday. The NA store however is scheduled to resume their regular Tuesday updates today. I see you are in Ireland, so you wouldnt be getting it today anyway

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

The EU store will not be updated today but then again their updates are never on Tuesday. The NA store however is scheduled to resume their regular Tuesday updates today. I see you are in Ireland, so you wouldnt be getting it today anyway

thats got nothing to do with it. they have said multiple times that the regular update days will not matter as once its up, the store will be changed every few days to match the down time

and as it says america isn't getting it to the end of the week either so your point is invalid

 

[Havok83]

thats got nothing to do with it. they have said multiple times that the regular update days will not matter as once its up, the store will be changed every few days to match the down time

and as it says america isn't getting it to the end of the week either so your point is invalid

we'll have to wait and see. I suspect NA's store will be up first with the EU to follow; not a simultaneous return for both

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

true but it just seems once again to be more back peddling for sony.

i very rarely even use the store so i'm not in the rush to buy anything, but what annoys me is there is like my self many people who got codes for games as the store went down which are now invalid

 

[Tron Bonne]

What codes?

 

[Jick]

The MK codes, for example. I still have to redeem my online code, even though we can play online for now. And there are codes to get the retro costumes.

And I'm really curious to know if I will be able to download the games. I'm affraid I won't because my IP is not north american, but I can only hope.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Why would those codes be invalid? They expired already? MK has been out less than a month...

 

[Jick]

Actually, it has been out for more than a month. And the codes are invalid for now. They can't be redeemed while the Store is down.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

Why would those codes be invalid? They expired already? MK has been out less than a month...

99% of codes have a 2 week to a month redeem time after the game is released, i'm sitting on 4 MK codes and one for wwe all stars

i wish i had sold the codes now

 

[Nathan]

That's different then. The codes are not invalid, you just can't redeem them without a store.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

That's different then. The codes are not invalid, you just can't redeem them without a store.

no they have a sell by date after certain date they can not be used, store up or down

 

[Nathan]

Well, I'm holding the Jade voucher code in my hands and it says "Voucher code expires on April 18, 2021."

So relax.

 

[Havok83]

Well, I'm holding the Jade voucher code in my hands and it says "Voucher code expires on April 18, 2021."

So relax.

Haha! I was just coming on here to say that about my Kitana code. I dont see the store being down for 20 years

Actually, it has been out for more than a month. And the codes are invalid for now. They can't be redeemed while the Store is down.

Even if that were the case, Sony/Netherealms could activate them on their end and they would considering what the issue is

 

[Jick]

I didn't understand. If what was the case?
Activating them like they activated the online pass?

 

[Havok83]

I didn't understand. If what was the case?
Activating them like they activated the online pass?

If they were to have expired while the PSN was down. They dont expire for another 20 years so its a non-issue. Im saying if they had expired wihin a month than yeah, Netherealm/Sony could have activated them on their end. Not quite like the online pass bc you dont have to put in a code for that, but they could change it so their computer/server would recognize the code as valid. People legitamtely paid for these passes. Its not their fault that they could not activate them and Sony would be in quite a mess if they didnt honor that. At the worst new codes would be issued to anyone with a reciept and can prove proof of purchase