Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Yup and Microsoft are already talking up how great xbox live is right on cue...
Playstation Network Hacked - Maybe Down Indefinitely
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Yup and Microsoft are already talking up how great xbox live is right on cue...
grit
an ugly force for good
Yeah MS's card that they can play here is that all of their fuck ups have been caused by themselves (i.e RROD) rather than a malicious attack.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
yep, there was a note on my banking website today, not bothered though, no playstation or whatever here.
True Sony has been made to look foolish. But its the end users, ie us, that Will miss out. And possably be victims of id fraud. I Often go for weeks on end without turning on the Ps3 but ive just bought a 40 in hdtv just to bring out the best in online gaming and so far have been able to use it. So just sour grapes from me. Xx
grit
an ugly force for good
Right, it comes dowm to unhappy customers = less money
fen_boy
Exits gracefully.
Do not try to get a credit report from Equifax, use one of the other ones. My Equifax experience has been terrible.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I asked Microsoft via their support team on Twitter about whether Xbox live was ok and got this reply:
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
Glad I pay my £40 now. Six days without Halo Reach would be unimaginable!
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Well without wanting to get into a format thing (because I don't think it's helpful here and is a bit of a derail) one of the reasons I've alway been happy to pay for XBL because it means that money is going into things like this, and the profit motive means that they know if they fuck up they're held to a higher standard in terms of their response. Put simply all those flame baits I've had thrown at me over the years about PSN being 'free' look a little hollow now.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
I'm gutted for PS3 users to be honest, a lot of my friends have them and I fancy one myself at some point (FFXIV). But the likes of Jack Tretton, I don't feel sorry for that knob.
e.g. http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/860537-sony-america-boss-trolls-nintendo-and-microsoft-for-lols
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
I'd be massively fucked off if I could not play online, free service or not. If I buy a PS3 and am tied to playing online through their service, then I expect it to work. I'd be voting with my feet and buying a 360 if I did not already have one!
mattie
missing in inaction
I've got a PS3 and I'm only really fussed because my credit card details might be out on the loose and I can't get my lovefilm streaming app to work.
I always thought a PS3 was for your more recreational gamer, my view of it is as a games console within a media centre/bluray player, and the 360 for your more involved gamer. Certainly, that's the only way I got the missus to agree to me forking out for one.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
So, who's winning the xbox vs playstation 3 argument now then, chaps?
No one if this shit happens on the xbox too...
Indeed, I know gamers who are PS3 owning only, it's a shit state of affairs to be in but this is why I have no loyalty to any corporation...
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Xbox Live is reliable, but I still think £40 for what most people use it for (playing mates online) is a right royal rip off. thankfully there was an offer on my dash to renew for £23.99. I would have been most peeved at having to pay £40, and would quite happily have grabbed as many 48 hour codes as I could until I was in a situation where I had to renew.
Even the online e-mail ones are about £35 now. Personally I think £25 would be a very fair price to pay, or they need to start introducing tiers of membership, because I really don't give a crap about Zune, facebook, twitter, movies, sky etc on my xbox. I just want to play games.
Even the online e-mail ones are about £35 now. Personally I think £25 would be a very fair price to pay, or they need to start introducing tiers of membership, because I really don't give a crap about Zune, facebook, twitter, movies, sky etc on my xbox. I just want to play games.
Yata
Well-Known Member
This must be like 9/11 for PS3 owners. I'm loving the conspiracy theories and as a PC gamer who always used to buy Nintendo (Xbox after the Wii came out, fuck that) I'd love them to be true. Revenge on Anonymous for embarrassing them over the GeoHot thing? They should be thankful people have always pirated their games, it's probably 1 of only 2 reasons the Playstation even made it to number 3 (the other one being Final Fantasy).
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I don't know anyone that pays full wack...but anyway even 40 quid a year is £3.33 a month or 83 pence a week!
So for just over 10 pence a day I get a great service.
E2a: totally with you on the movie thing though, they'd rake it in if they sorted that. But I reckon that's as much to do with the studios as MS tbh...
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I don't know, Sony were a master at marketing the first one, the second one had DVD which was a big selling point and they had games like GTA which boosted up take no doubt. Playstation has created modern console gaming as we know it in a lot of ways. If Nintendo had their way we'd still be playing 2d platformers with cutesy characters.
stupid kid
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Yata
Well-Known Member
Everything that is now bog standard in a control pad (rumble, memory card in back, analog+4 key digital etc etc) was made by Nintendo. Playstation have been living off Nintendo inventions since the start !
Plus the CEO of Nintendo told Microsoft to suck his "tiny yellow balls" when they offered to buy Nintendo out when they weren't doing too well, so Nintendo wins! KABOOM !
Anyway... http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-27-sony-online-reacts-to-psn-identity-theft
Plus the CEO of Nintendo told Microsoft to suck his "tiny yellow balls" when they offered to buy Nintendo out when they weren't doing too well, so Nintendo wins! KABOOM !
Anyway... http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-27-sony-online-reacts-to-psn-identity-theft
tommers
Fuck it, it's fine.
I would wager that plenty of those were already used in gaming but not made popular until Nintendo made them a main feature.
ps, I'm finding this whole hacking siutation hilarious and a good wake up call for dopey gamers.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Out of interest, how do you pay for xbox live? do they have a similar online CC thingie? cos if so, one would imagine that the potential for a similar occurence is there, so you might be wise to take some precautionary steps, insofar as not retaining payment details etc. Someone said earlier on about how fucking useless it is that Sony doesn't appear to have kept much of this data encrypted (as you would expect), so I don't think you can rely on these fuckers in any way, shape or form tbh.
AKA pseudonym
Well-Known Member
grit
an ugly force for good
Very interesting post, thanks.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
What did you think my first action was upon reading this story?
Removed credit card, changed my password (I use unique passwords for every site I'm registered with anyway).
