That's right blame people for being a loyal customer.
My god, this welcome back package is an APOLOGY! When will people realise that if these games have no value to a user (they own(ed) them all or don't like them) then the apology has no value.
You do not go up to a kid with a peanut allergy and make peace by offering him a snickers bar. Intention is admirable but execution is idiotic.
That's neither here nor there. PSN/PS3 offers most people an escape from daily problems. Family breakups, crappy jobs, financial destitution, terminal illness' and much more.
Alot of people value their privacy, Sony did not do enough to share that value.
If you cause harm to a group of people should you not apologize to all of them? In this case Sony is apologizing by offering low financial risk rewards following an incident that caused significant ...
The games are good but they are old. A store credit would have been more sensible - give every users a "voucher" to redeem against what they want.
Sony failed everyone they should reward everyone - not just those who haven't played certain games.
Sadly this is not the case. Sony's PSN infrastructure set-up was shoddy to begin with. It has been admitted that our data beyond the initial layer of protection was all in plain text. This is very poor in the digital age.
When was the last time Apple or Amazon or FaceBook or Twitter has a breach so severe it took almost a month to recover - infact Japan and Asia is still offline so the problem has not been resolved yet.
Asia is still offline as all the A...
Agreed guys, you can't please everyone but it seems Sony can fail everyone.
Good points, although the movies/music services are useless to those outside US/EU.
In addition most games are 2+ years old and do not reward early adopters.
Of course we forget that movie rentals and quirocity don't apply to anyone outside US or EU so that's worthless.
The welcome back program is very tepid with games that are 2+ years old except Dead Nation.
@ yume-k? Who is the idiot?
It's a good question.
Firstly the communications in the Asia region sucks. And considering how bad the US/EU communications was that's saying something. No blogs over here.
Secondly, PlayStation considers Asia, Japan and Korea as separate business focuses. So I'm hoping that any stall in Japan will not impede the rest of Asia.
Again, the hacking was not a problem for me - it happens. The poor communications is a far bigger issue....
Unconfirmed word is that this is exactly with SE Asia is offline and that until Japan is green lighted, Asia will remain offline.
I hope this is untrue as Hong Kong online has 1m PSN accounts.
Hard to say. Best to send a tweet to PlayStation USA for info or try the blog when it goes lives for comments.
No update on Asia. I'm in same boat.
Might be May 31st for Asia.
It seems that Asia is getting the short end of the stick. Most likely will be May 31st that Asia gets online. Please prove me wrong Sony.
Scratch that, re-read it. Makes sense now!
So you have to change your password, and this can only be done on the PS3 which was first activated with said account.
Question is for those who us whose original PS3's bit the dust, what are the measures for following suit?
Or do I have the instructions wrong?
@bozebo,
Solving the problem is something most ISP's aren't interested in when it comes to developed countries. For developing / emerging nations we just have to wait for the internet to spread. In countries like US/UK, areas that can't get high speed connections now are unlikely to get them anytime soon.
For bandwidth limits/caps, you are right about the ISP's having no right but still they do. They offer tiered connections, once you exceed ...
Console gaming will be around for some time to come yet. More people prefer to stick a disc in and use a wireless controller instead of sitting up close to a monitor.
Furthermore everyone talks about digital downloads and the cloud too much. The USA can't get decent internet to some parts of the country, yet are rolling out 4G to others. There is far too much fragmentation of infrastructure for console gaming to go away anytime soon.
This soldier is going to find out what happens to Child abusers on the inside. Can you say scheduled beatings?
I think you raise good points. I think also it is fair to say that after 2 years on the market a game has reached its critical mass via sales. Those who wanted it would have bought it.
An easier solution would have been to give a voucher / store credit