The Korean branch of Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that they will be shutting down the PlayStation Network at night for underage gamers. This is in compliance with South Korea’s Shutdown Law, which bars underage gamers to play games for six hours at night. The Shutdown Law was originally intended for online PC games, but has reached consoles, affecting...
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Sony Corp. has announced that future games that are purchased on its PlayStation Network will be activated on two devices at the same time, instead of five. This new rule will apply to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable (PSP) games that are purchased after November 18, so users still has a few days left before it goes live. Sony’s decision to limit the number...
A couple of months after hackers attacked and brought down the PlayStation Network, gaining access to the personal data of more than 100 million users, Sony is beefing up its security by hiring a veteran of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as its head of security. Sony has picked Philip Reitinger, the former U.S. Department of Homeland Security exec, to fill its...
After the massive breach that took place last April, Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) still continued to get people to spend money and attract new users. Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer announced the news during a conference at the IFA conference in Berlin, Germany. “I’m pleased to tell you that the PSN is more secure and better than ever,”...
The former head of Sony Europe said that the hacking community may not be done with the PlayStation Network (PSN) yet, and is expecting them to come back. Last month, Sony claimed that 90 percent of PSN’s user base has returned to the service after April’s attack. The attack on PSN exposed personal details of more than 70 million subscribers. Capcom’s...
Sony has made two posts today about their Playstation Network, not to announce the PSN downtime but instead to proclaim that the network and store are both back online and ready to use. The only problem with both these posts was that both were untrue, the UK and other areas of the world are still facing PSN and Plasystation store issues. latest post by Sony used the...
The Sony Playstation network has been put through some torrid times of late, after switching the PSN network back on after an ‘external intrusion’ gamers thought they had seen the back of downtime. However, reports are spreading that the PSN is down again in various parts of the world including areas of Europe and the US. Never fear though, apparently this has been...
News has been breaking about the official roll out of the Playstation Network, updates have quickly spread that the PSN network is now back online which for some it is. Others however are facing a longer wait despite being able to update their system with new firmware. A post on the official PSN blog states: “We strongly recommend that all PSN account holders with PS3s...
The Playstation Network has been down for nearly a month and the affects are widespread, not only are gamers voicing their frustrations online about the downtime but many are turning to other platforms to get their online fix. New research from Edge suggests that UK trade-ins of PS3 consoles are up to an all time high, not surprisingly the main catalyst behind this is...
Last week three top Sony bosses bowed their heads to apologise for the PSN Network being down for so long. They went on to explain the reasoning behind the extended downtime citing security and network checks as the reason for the PSN remaining offline. They also explained that the Playstation Network and Qriocity services would be restored within a week, a promise backed...