Ben-DutkaSo the PlayStation Network was down in certain regions for a few hours. …and the world just about exploded.
But then again, that's to be expected, right? We were one of the first to call out Sony for being so quiet when the PSN was attacked this past April, and we understand that many gamers remain a little shaky in regards to the Network's stability. It'll take some time before people forget.
And in truth, they really shouldn't forget. It was a big deal and something that should never happen again (even if the age of cyber-criminals is upon us and won't end any time soon). But overreacting won't get anyone anywhere; countless forum threads about how the PSN is down "again" and even full articles at major sites that helped spread the hysteria…? All right. It's expected but there weren't enough voices of reason and common sense out there, and that's troubling.
I suppose it would be too much to ask to get some facts before writing articles? Many didn't even notice that the PSN was down because it wasn't down that long . People who have lives would've been surprised to log on and read old, incendiary articles that got a crapload of attention. Are the gamers so plugged in that if the PSN doesn't immediately respond, the world is coming to an end? That's just plain depressing.
I have so much faith in Sony that this morning when I was unable to connect to the PSN I assumed it was my router, then I checked my p2p blocker, then I checked my modem. Finally I decided to get online on my computer and see that it actually was down. Oh well, I'm glad I downloaded RE4 last night so I was able to enjoy it during the down time.
Me too. I reset everything before attempting to call Sony. They had an automated announcement as soon as they picked up that it was down. Not a big deal. Started playing Deus Ex while it was down.
How is RE4 HD?, I read reviews that the HD in this game was a disappointment.
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It's not on par with HD remakes like God of War or ICO but it's certainly not as bad as IGN made it out to be.
What Jawk said. It isn't a true HD upgrade like we've been used to getting with other PS2 ports but it certainly looks better than the PS2 game. It's a port of the Gamecube version. I admit I'm disappointed that Capcom was lazy with the port but not surprised since they've been one of the worst devs this generation for me.
Oh well, gonna stay with the Wii version.
Completely agreed Ben, over reaction all round. I read a few articles that turned up on Google, and did some digging. I couldn't find much about it at all. In fact I was beginning to think it was either a hoax, or someone running an old story had triggered a feeding frenzy by mistake. So I posted on the forum here asking if PSN was down. Within an hour, people were posting that PSN was available, and no one really indicated that there was a problem.
Honestly, in this world, whether it's hackers, natural disaster or hardware failure, some downtime is inevitable, it's unavoidable. What is avoidable – and this is a lesson that many in the media need to learn immediately – is behaving like a fool. A fool immediately over-reacts to any downtime and declares that the sky is falling. Thank you Ben, for being a voice of reason among the unreasoning.
More like within 15 minutes 😉 Haha, if only it wasn't for that update it would have been within 5.
Seriously Kotaku was like up in arms the moment they got wind of the network being down. I honestly didn't notice since I was able to access my Japanese and Euro account just fine. I guess some folks are just looking for any way to knock Sony down this coming holiday season. It's pretty pathetic how some "Journalists" love to put negative spins on things. Today's incident pretty much solidifies that.
Well, I mean, it's Kotaku.
If they could find a way for the PS3 to die, they'd do it.
@Ben Dutka:
Now that you mention it, I hopped over to the "Gamer's Guide" and after some digging I found this link:
http://kotaku.com/5842586/sonys-playstation-network-goes-down-sony-hacked-again-credit-card-info-at-%20risk
Click it and read the URL. Seriously. This alarmist attitude makes Fox News looks professional by comparison.
Trust me, we've known about Kotaku's bias for a loooooong time. I think everyone has.
I just looked at that link and they have totally changed it. It mentions the hacking from earlier this year, but nowhere does it mention any hacking or credit cards at risk anymore. Those poor bastards.
I had no idea :/
Me too… Downtime? What downtime? I was playing LittleBigPlanet2 just fine when this "downtime" nonsense was going rounds.
I didn't either!
i didn't mind it being down i just played the impossible game to kill time
i dont really care rather it was down or not….. as long my PS3 is in great condition so my friends can play when they come over or when i visit them.
It's just a way to get hits out of the xbots that eat this stuff up. I rolled my eyes and passed it by while doing the news.
I just thought it was my internet. I never even crossed my mind that it was a network problem. Didn't bother me anyway, I was to busy play God Of War.
I wasn't too concerned, though I was a bit upset because I had to wait longer to download RE4. Not too big an issue though.
I saw it was down took a nap. Woke up and it was on. No big problem.
Ben, Highlander, I completely agree! I didn't even realize that the PSN was down because, like most of us, we work during the day.
Down time is inevitable, that's why I don't think all this talk about all consoles being like onlive in the future will really be a good idea. With physical hardware in my home, when the network goes out, I can still watch movies, stream content from my computer, play games (not online) and whatever else I want. If it was a completely online console, it is left as a paperweight until network connectivity comes back.
I just don't think the cloud console idea for the future is a great idea. Am I the only one thinking this?
No
I agree, and no you aren't the only one.
Yeah, I do actually think there's a hefty amount of gamers out there that are SO plugged in. I really do. Like they don't have friends beyond their PSN list.
… it was down? i thought my internet was just being dumb… didn't stop me from playing the Baconing or Catherine some.
I wouldn't notice if wasn't for the Sega forum in where some xbros were having a party with this lol, I just logged fine.
I was too busy playing gears of war 3 to even notice psn was down but im confident sony handled the situation accordingly.
Gross
dude above me is a sony fanboy for sure…or he's just a very funny person…ones gotta be true…lol
Relax FM. lol I thought he was being cute! 😉
FM can never pass up a good chance to call some one a Sony fanboy.
Kind of odd you said that Jawknee…he's the second person I've called a fanboy outside of Kiryu and as you can or can't tell…I was joking anyway, but I'm serious when I say it about Kiryu
@Underdog…I know he was joking as well
I'm a Kiryu fan ever since the comments after Bens Yakuza review. *That* was pure poetry. 🙂
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On the bright side, this does show just how much gamers love their PS3/PSN. It may seem like a negative that they're overreacting and complaining about it, but they're doing it because they care.
It was a VERY big overreaction with some folks thinking it was another attack. Xbox live apparently suffered an outage as well, but as soon as it happens to PSN, we hear "PSN is bad quality" or "You get what you pay for." I really have no idea why the gaming media (and to some extent the community) is so quick to point out Sony's errors but kiss and make up with Microsoft if they do something worse.
I read somewhere that at least MS treats their costumer better. At least Sony will say something's wrong and will try to fix it; MS will just continue like nothing's wrong.
I was at work so never even noticed.
same as me,also at work at the time…
I was on an accursed training course, and was checking Google news during a spare moment…
So.. what is worse?
Microsoft biased websites or the 360 fans that populate these domains?
Canadians.
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or the French.
😉
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Lol!
I'm Canadian 🙁
I am Canadian >:(
If Southpark has taught me anything, it's to accept that fact that it's just fun to blame Canada.
Oh totally, guys. We'll take any blame you can't handle. We don't have anything to blame ourselves for at all lately, so it's nice to feel we're just as imperfect as the rest of the world from time to time. 😉
Hey Highlander, just blame it on who the rest of us Canadians blame it on…
The French Canadians!!!!! 😮 *runs and hides* (-said with the utmost love for our Quebec residing members of PSXE.) lol
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French Canadians, LOL!!