Is PSN under attack? - PSN now back up 15/05
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Mm, I don't think there's a PS3 exclusive I want now until Uncharted 3. I've a good mind to put the sodding thing back in its box.
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Pleeeeeeeease
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I don't really mind too much, I'm just concentrating on playing my SP games atm.
Considering this is the first gen to have fully integrated online capabilities as the norm, a surprising amount of people seem to be acting like the entire system is rendered completely redundant without the PSN.
It's a bummer, but it's certainly not the end of the world, and those who think it is must lead a pretty charmed (or sheltered) life.
Considering this is the first gen to have fully integrated online capabilities as the norm, a surprising amount of people seem to be acting like the entire system is rendered completely redundant without the PSN.
It's a bummer, but it's certainly not the end of the world, and those who think it is must lead a pretty charmed (or sheltered) life.
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that vid was funny
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ive not played single player games for many years now, i only play online, fighting, shooting AI, doesnt do it for me anymore, ever since playing socom 1 on the ps2 online (many many years ago). the only time im not playing online is when im playing someone sat in the same room as me.
so for me the console is pretty much redundant, ive only played it once with my bro for 5 mins since psn has been down.
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At the end of the day Sony are to blame.
You can say its the hackers/pirates/whatever but when a massive company starts dictating what you can and cant do with an item that you have paid for then they are asking for trouble. The final nail in the coffin was the removal of Other OS. You can say what you want but Sony has a good few years, more than the 360 with no piracy. Then they decided to remove a feature from the console that was a valid selling point. It doesnt matter if it was to 1 person or a 1000 people. Its like buying a Ferrari and having traction control then it going in for a service and it coming back without it and Ferrari telling you that most people dont use it so they have removed it. Thats when all the Jailbreak/Custom Firmware/Hacking started.
You can say its the hackers/pirates/whatever but when a massive company starts dictating what you can and cant do with an item that you have paid for then they are asking for trouble. The final nail in the coffin was the removal of Other OS. You can say what you want but Sony has a good few years, more than the 360 with no piracy. Then they decided to remove a feature from the console that was a valid selling point. It doesnt matter if it was to 1 person or a 1000 people. Its like buying a Ferrari and having traction control then it going in for a service and it coming back without it and Ferrari telling you that most people dont use it so they have removed it. Thats when all the Jailbreak/Custom Firmware/Hacking started.
It's Sony's fault they're having their own network hacked, people are pirating games and disrupting the service for other legitimate users? Hardly. There are people who are directly responsible for doing this, it doesn't matter what set them off in the first place.
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That's clearly not true, if you recall, they removed Other OS in response to Geohot using it to get into the system. If you genuinely believe that the removal of Other OS has ended with us in this situation, then you simply have to blame Geohot, there is no other logical conclusion.
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well i would put the blame at 75% hackers, 25% sony.
sony could have handled the situation a lot better.
first of all filing a lawsuit against geohot who is considered a bit of a legend and a favorite amongst hundreds of millions around the world, a bit like filing a lawsuit against princess diana, they should have just offered the guy a job but were too ignorant/stubborn to do so. geohot would have firmed up their security (preventing hacking of the ps3) and they would have gotten a lot of good press for employing an internet legend. a win win situation for them, they chose to try and sue him or put him in prison instead, epic fail.
they removed other OS a feature of their consoles (i never used it but im sure some people must have and i know plenty of research scientists used it). this again further enraged people.
they then targeted firmware hackers/modders getting several sites shut down and lawsuits against them, this was only going to go 1 of two ways, hackers get scared and stop, or hackers get angry and do worse. they chose to do worse and hack psn.
a lot of this could have been avoided, sony really do need a western mind's input into a lot of the decisions they make, someone who knows good PR and can spot marketing opportunities that they blatantly missed.
the hackers did it so most of the blame lies on them, sony basically enraged them into doing so. also their security should have been a lot better in the first place, hacking a network in which 70million plus people rely on is ridiculous. never mind forcing the company to its knees for god knows how long, sony are at the mercy of its engineers and programmers now, it took 10 years to make GT5. this new network could take a lot longer than expected.
sony could have handled the situation a lot better.
first of all filing a lawsuit against geohot who is considered a bit of a legend and a favorite amongst hundreds of millions around the world, a bit like filing a lawsuit against princess diana, they should have just offered the guy a job but were too ignorant/stubborn to do so. geohot would have firmed up their security (preventing hacking of the ps3) and they would have gotten a lot of good press for employing an internet legend. a win win situation for them, they chose to try and sue him or put him in prison instead, epic fail.
they removed other OS a feature of their consoles (i never used it but im sure some people must have and i know plenty of research scientists used it). this again further enraged people.
they then targeted firmware hackers/modders getting several sites shut down and lawsuits against them, this was only going to go 1 of two ways, hackers get scared and stop, or hackers get angry and do worse. they chose to do worse and hack psn.
a lot of this could have been avoided, sony really do need a western mind's input into a lot of the decisions they make, someone who knows good PR and can spot marketing opportunities that they blatantly missed.
the hackers did it so most of the blame lies on them, sony basically enraged them into doing so. also their security should have been a lot better in the first place, hacking a network in which 70million plus people rely on is ridiculous. never mind forcing the company to its knees for god knows how long, sony are at the mercy of its engineers and programmers now, it took 10 years to make GT5. this new network could take a lot longer than expected.
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what have you been doing outdoors? im interested to know how all these people saying go outdoors actually spend their outdoors time.
personally i went shopping yesterday and for a meal, it was a nice day. theres only so much you can do outside, i used to play football 3-5 times a week, but with my knee injury i no longer can
. so therefore cycling, running, etc is out of the question for me, i lift weights and do physio for my knee to keep fit.
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Most ridiculous post I've read in a long time on here.
A legend? Offered that muppet a job?! Jeez.
Realistically, they couldn't do that - it would be an invitation for every hacker to have a go and be welcomed with a job at the end of it.
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hundreds of millions of hits on his websites several of which he has.
guest appearances on the today show and larry king as well as several news channels.
all before the age of 21, how is he not a legend?
So... "famous" people can't get sued because it makes them look bad?
huh?
Also you can't just avoid trying to catch the ones doing something wrong because they might get angry and do worse. If the world worked that way then we would have been screwed.