Thoughts on the PSN Outage.

So, we're going into the third week now without PSN. I don't have to tell other PS3 gamers how much that sucks, because they know.

At first, I was pissed off. I wanted to know why this happened and more importantly, how did it happen? As soon as I heard it was hacked, I knew that my credit card was at risk. I didn't need to wait a week for Sony to conduct an investigation to determine that. Hacking is different these days. Back in the 90s, it was cool to hack for information, or just for prestige. But these days, no one risks spending the rest of their lives in prison unless they're after money, and lots and lots of it. Which is exactly what they got. Although I did a video in the first week raging about it all. Which can be seen here.



Yeah, I was pissed there too. Only because it seems over the entire course of the PSN outage, that Sony has been withholding information from their 70+ million users. Updates have been few and far between. I don't really care if it's going to take another 2 weeks or so to get PSN back online. Just tell us that. Telling us 'well, we're working around the clock and have plans to have it up sometime this week' does nothing for us but set us all up for disappointment. In my honest opinion, I don't believe their PR department handled this correctly. Then there's the whole issue of a couple million credit cards in the hands of some hackers. Right, we can't forget that. It's no wonder they're facing class action lawsuits.

Anyway, as much as I want PSN back, I also want to know that the next time I am able to sign in to it, that I can do so and enjoy the service without interruption like this again. I have to give Sony props for taking the time to beef up their security. And to be perfectly honest, again, I would not mind paying for PSN if that's what it will take to ensure we don't have to go through this again. I'm dead serious. Sony, if you want $60.00 a year from me or something like that, and for my $60.00, I'll be able to use the service when I wish without weeks of downtime, then it's done. Just say the word. ~ Crashdown96