Sony Theory Time! PSN Lockdown, what is the TRUTH?

As everyone in the WORLD who owns a PS3 knows by now, for the most part of this week (and likely next week), the PSN service has been completely shut down from access. Naturally, we have to know the truth - if the internet went missing, wouldn't you be just as curious? Now, a lot of fingers are being pointed around, and it isn't fair for me to judge who should accept responsibility - trust me, this ain't one of those murder mystery evenings (or maybe :D).

I've read tonnes upon tonnes of crazy conspiracies up till now, yet even more pile up on this subject. Questions like "Why would someone attack the PSN?", or "Why can't Sony get it back online yet?" Surely there has to be a reason, right? Well line 'em up, here's our row of the most likely suspects that you internet detectives have elected:

Anonymous
Yeah, I know - it's always the most likely culprit, and here's the short version of their... let's say "actively distasteful" history. For starters, they are a widespread group of power-hungry cheapskate petty criminals who suffer from serious Wannabe Badass-ness. They parade around in Guy Fawkes masks while trying to ruin the rep of Sony by sending them pizzas they didn't order, prank calls, minor DDOS attacks - anything a 5 year old would do when starved for attention. They did all this because Sony took away their precious way to cheat decent developers out of their hard work and money by downloading their masterpieces for free. Now they hold a grudge against anything Sony, even boycotting the thing they claim to be "saving" (that went well, remember? :P). Not to mention around a week ago, they told Sony to "prepare for the biggest attack ever". They claim not to have done it, but rogue members is also a possibility in this wild case. Right now, definitely suspect Numero Uno.

Geohot
You remember - that dude who unveiled the PS3 root key like it was his was ego, and then got took to court? As he was about to lose, Sony decided to settle outside of court, which gave him his cheeky backstabbing attitude back - now he's on the prawl to get revenge on Sony for taking the mick outta him. It is entirely possible that his maddened lust for Sony blood, along with the motivation from the Anonymous opposition forced him to gather his personal team of hackers (with the money he had "donated" to him) and use them to attack Sony where it hurts - us, the gamers... The kids in the divorce, if you will.

Geohot/Anonymous supporters
Not too many of these chumps around, but these little runts are pretty motivated to take down the fatcats at Sony however possible - even going to such lengths as to give 100+ bucks to Geohot because he asked nicely, or to be the only ones who turned up at the Anonymous boycott... *snigger. Less likely, but it only takes a small team of pissed off hackers with enough determination to set off a timebomb like this.

Microsoft/Nintendo/Apple/Any Company
Keep with me for a sec, okay? Assume one of these guys was tired of the competition, and saw the lineup for Sony this year? Even Xbox fanboys have to admit, 2011 was looking pretty swanky for Sony. What if someone wanted to ruin the market for Sony at the most critical moment to make them lose their sales? IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE ATTACK WAS PLANNED FOR NOW. Look at it - PS+ was getting re-signed members, that's a lot of money coming in at once. Portal 2 with Steam came out at that exact time - the tension between Sony and Valve might be hurt because of this faulty launch between them - which could hinder future sales from this extremely successful developer. The inFamous 2 beta came out, but no one could download it. A PS3 exclusive, this could ruin sales - all the signs point to financial gain for other companies as Sony loses. Not to mention Microsoft HAD to comment on the situation, even stating they expected more traffic on xbox from people who own both consoles. They knew it could increase their market at this very specific point in the PS3 lineup!

Sony
The most farfetched theory I've read, but it builds up nicely. So apparently it could be an inside job, according to some journalists, that Sony faked the attack entirely in order to increase tension. Why? Ever since the Anonymous and Geohot threats, Sony were looking for a way to silence them, to turn the public against them. So, why not flick the switch, turn the PSN off for a while, and spread the rumor it was an attack? Everyone would assume it couldn't be anyone else other than the ones threatening them this whole time! The gamers would hate and spite them, which would end the attacks in fear of being caught by the public, and everyone would appreciate Sony more. Eventually, Sony's worst enemies this year will be crushed right before their eyes, and they hold the trophy all the while knowing one swift move gave them their checkmate over the gaming industry. Seems like a movie plot, and so devilishly laid out, it gives the reader goosebumps just thinking of such a cool conspiracy.

Well, that's all our contenders, but what do we know for FACT? The PSN has been down since late Wednesday this week, no signs that it will come back till at least next week, Sony have claimed it was an attack, Geohot has remained silent while Anonymous attempt to dodge the blame, and Microsoft gloats from the financial gain in the corner (let's face it - either way, this is them winning lol). Personally this is too much inspection work for me alone to do, but we cannot ignore the fact that things are not as they seem... So "detectives", who from our lineup do you think is responsible? Only time will tell! Give your say in the comments, thanks for reading!!