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Sony: PS Store back by the end of this week for everyone except Japan, HK, and Korea
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zomgbbqftw
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Luigi87 said:
Can't do that for PS3 games. It says 'content is unavailable on this platform'.
SolsticeZero
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I could actually see this happening. Every time the PS2 drops in price, they get a quick surge in sales. And since the PSP is in it's last year pretty much, there's no reason to charge over $99 for it anymore.chubigans said:
Oppo
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Wario64 said:
Exactly my current situation.
Further, I suppose I won't be able to re-download anything until the Store re-appears as that's where the Download List functionality is contained, right? weeee.
Anybody have the phone # handy in case I have to beg for an activations reset?
edit - obliged, Solstice
SolsticeZero
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1-800-345-SONYPortTwo said:
Doctor West
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This date was everywhere. Sony knew that a lot of people were banking on today, so why wait until now to announce that it was all false? Their silence made many people think the date was correct, otherwise they would have nipped it in the bud a week ago.zomgbbqftw said:
Granted, you are correct in that they didn't technically lie. But for a company that has come under fire for being so inept, they aren't doing themselves any favors by how they handled this situation.
Doctor West said:
Yeah but wasn't it a letter to developers from sony? Not to the customers.
It's nice to get insider info/leaks but if sony says everything will be up.. to developers, unless sony sends me the info as well, it could just be a backend test for devs that need to prep for when it goes live to consumers.
As far as sites posting the info, just stick with Neogaf, I'm still new here but I'm starting to find it a worthless experience going to other sites when all the sites are doing is running articles that are based on neogaf comments. Posting info half cocked usually.
Sony could and should have made sure that there basically is no space for rumors and speculations. They could have done that by giving daily updates about what is going on or by just saying that there actually are no updates to give out and any rumored updates you read are fake / not true.Doctor West said:
By now, Sony knows that this whole PSN outage is a PR-disaster. From the beginning Sony did not really know how to react, how to properly communicate with its users or the press. It does seem like Sony is just completely overwhelmed. Imagine what's going on at Sony right now. They were hacked, hired multiple security firms who were supposed to work on the issue around the clock and then when they partly re-launched their system it doesn't even take a day until someone finds out that their new system has horrible security as well (password reset hack).
snap0212 said:
This...
Mind you, they were already a bit just nose above water fending off nintendo, microsoft, samsung, working on new partnerships like valve and google, in house cleaning of staff/departments/costs, legal expenses, marketing, an earthquake, restructuring, entering the tablet beefing up their smartphone offerings, AR, 3d, etc....
etc etc etc..
all that before the hack even happened.
hosannainexcelsis
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I'm giving Sony one more week to get the store up. If they miss their scheduled May deadline, then I will be completely fed up.
Not that I know what I can do about that. As long as games I want keep coming out for Sony hardware, I'm stuck.
Not that I know what I can do about that. As long as games I want keep coming out for Sony hardware, I'm stuck.
WrenchNinja
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Get your shit together Sony. This is beyond pathetic now.
hosannainexcelsis
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UberTag said:
I might do that for first-party titles, but there are third-parties like Aksys (Arcana Heart 3) or XSEED (Wizardry) that I want to support!
Sony treats their consumers like children. I can't believe their PR. This shit shouldn't fly for you PS3 only gamers, because it damn sure wouldn't fly in any other consumer product. These updates are a joke. Whatever they think they're gaining by going the cryptic route instead of the transparent route is losing them customers.
Alligatorjandro
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Sony should make PSN free after this.
The Lamonster
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I'm thinking that was the joke.Anilusion said:
corporate cheerleader
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Anilusion said:
He probably means that we're not allowed to complain about free things.
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I'm not understanding why people are upset that an obvious rumor turned out to be false. Sony said the end of may for the store to be up during there press event correct? I'm just wait till the end of May then maybe I think about being upset. Not like i'm just dying to spend money or anything.
Rhazer Fusion
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I wasn't expecting the store to be up today for some reason for the obvious reasons. I am just wondering how much money companies lost on the fact that the store has been down for so long.
Self_Destructive
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You also accepted a TOS that states they can take the service down at any time, for any reason.kamspy said:
jetsetfluken
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Of course EU isn't going to be up tonight, but what about NA? That EU blog post doesn't rule that out.
dr_octagon
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It is Sony, don't be surprised if you find rootkits in your cereal.
MrMephistoX
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RomanticHeroX said:
It kind of proves that PR agencies do not take a lot of stock in message boards and other strictly enthusiast media when it comes to reactive statements. Your favorite sites and message boards don't have quite as much pull as you think they do. If the rumor hit the mainstream media or larger tech sites like CNET or Wired then Sony would have squashed the rumors. I don't even recall seeing the rumor anywhere aside from here and Giant Bomb and possibly Joystiq but I don't remember looking.
TheJollyCorner
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Luigi87 said:
:O
zomgbbqftw said:
Self_Destructive
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kamspy said:
Not really...it is a free service after all...
Yes, but that is just so that people wouldn't be able to sue Sony for PSN going down and their "purchase" changing after the fact. It has nothing to do with us being pissed off or developers/publishers being mad at Sony. I think we all have a right to be angry after a month of outage. This is especially true with game purchases off of PSN that are online-only (at least when online play was also disabled).Remij said:
Sony knows their customers and they know exactly that the majority of people who complain now will have forgotten about it very soon. It's sad, but that's just how it is. People don't vote with their money and that's why we get treated like children. Don't like the vegetables? Well, you're hungry so you'll eat them eventually.kamspy said:
They never said everything would be up at the end of May. They said stuff like they hope everything will be up by the end of May, that they plan to have everything up by then and stuff like that. If they don't get it up by the end of May, they'll not admit to any failures, they'll talk about unforeseen circumstances , tell you that they're incredibly sorry, thankful for your patience and that they're working around the clock to make sure you'll get the best possible experience once the PSN comes back.JudgeN said:
Sony now said the rumors are false after people actually expected the PS Store to be up today. This was never unreasonable based on what Sony said in the past. They could have said nope, that's not true as soon as they knew people were actually looking forward to the 24th. Not on the 24th.
Alligatorjandro
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Anilusion said:
lol
friskykillface
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chubigans said:
if psp go is $99 as well, im there B^)
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