If you’ve been one of the people banging your head against the wall waiting for Sony to restore the PlayStation network so you can get on with your life (trust us, we know people who are doing exactly that), you’ve got more time to wait. On its PlayStation Network blog yesterday, Sony gave an official statement on when the PlayStation Network will be back online.
Sadly, the answer wasn’t “right now.” Instead, the answer is that the network won’t be restored for “at least a few more days.” I’m sure you recall that both the PSN and Sony’s Qriocity networks suffered a major security breach recently where hackers reportedly stole 12.3 million credit card numbers and compromised personal data from 101 million accounts. Awesome, right?
“I know you all want to know exactly when the services will be restored,” Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media Patrick Seybold wrote on Sony’s PSN blog. ”At this time, I can’t give you an exact date, as it will likely be at least a few more days. We’re terribly sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work through this process.”
Sure we will. I can hear cash registers all over the world ringing right now with sales of brand new XBox 360’s.
Sony better hurry, get the network back up and running and make this right with users or soon nobody will care and will have switched to XBox 360 and XBox Live.
That is, if they haven’t already.
Rhashaun Trammell
May 12, 2011 at 9:17 amI won’t switch to any other system, but I’m definately not buying any games that rely heavily on online play. Sorry SOCOM 4 🙁
Darrnell McCoy
May 12, 2011 at 7:22 amSwitching to PC
Darrnell McCoy
May 12, 2011 at 7:14 amreally Funny
YO_MASTAHH_BEACH
but the fact is , Xbox 360 don’t get the red ring as they did before and i have both a Xbox360 and a PS3 Original 60 GB Chrome Version and i am mad i can’t get on the PS Network so i switched back to the 360 until than and i had my credit card info and email and my address on the Network and i am hella mad right now
Darrnell McCoy
May 12, 2011 at 7:17 ambut both systems are great
Darrnell McCoy
May 12, 2011 at 7:17 ambut both systems are great
Darnellmccoyisafag
May 12, 2011 at 3:02 pmBoo hoo
Compajuanillo
May 12, 2011 at 7:06 ami got a xbox360 where i play any game i want and im on xbox live until ps3 network is up and running hells yeah
RhiRhi
May 12, 2011 at 7:03 amThere are two kinds of people, PS people and XBox People. I doubt that any dedicated Play Station people will make that kind of switch based on a problem that could have happened to any network. I have used only PS for years, generation after generation, I am dedicated to Play Station and Play Station only. I’m rooting for PS, fully supportive and my loyalties will stay with a brand that I have spent years with on the couch with six packs and friends.
YO_MASTAHH_BEACH
May 12, 2011 at 6:55 ampeople that switched from ps3 to xbox 360 Watch when you guys get the rings of death then what you guys going do. You just wasted your money on that xbox 360. What you going to play now?
post-secret
May 12, 2011 at 6:51 ampersonally, i won’t trade in my ps3 because playstation has some of my favorite games exclusive to the system, but this is really p****** me off. and a month of free playstation plus to make up for it (among other things)? sony needs to get their acts together, because this is severely hurting them financially
Secretposter
May 12, 2011 at 6:18 amTHE BATMAN your a moron. Im a famous gamer, keeping my username private for personal reasons 🙂 but I have to agree with this blog, knowing people myself to have changed console
iscrewedyourmom
May 12, 2011 at 9:00 amwow a famous gamer….. but won’t give out a name….. so you’re not famous and live in your parents basement?????
HAHAHA nerds
May 12, 2011 at 3:24 pmHAHAHA, wow. “Famous Gamer”. What a douschebag.Riiiight now i can guarantee your in your parents basement cleaning jizz off your ps3 controller. And for everyone else crying about psn being down for a couple weeks, i think you should cry instead about how your life is a complete failure. Now, dont get me wrong, i love to play games (mostly online fps) but its just sad how some peoples lives are so dependant on gaming. SO PLEASE PSN USERS, SHUTUP, AND BE PATIENT
P.S. Anyone who goes out and buys a different system jus because psn is down for a couple weeks is jus a hoity toity taintlicker.=-)
Lachy276
May 12, 2011 at 5:50 amFUCKKKKKKKKK WHEN WILL IT FUCKEN COME ON
Mattdog1333
May 12, 2011 at 5:37 ambenn playing atari 2600……..take that space invaders
THE BATMAN
May 12, 2011 at 5:28 amthis article is lame, i play PS3 for its games and better interface, not online, moron.
Patino20
May 12, 2011 at 5:27 amdude fuck 360 there fucken wack….ill never got to xbox sony for life
XBOX360 is garbage
May 12, 2011 at 5:24 amfuck xbox If you dont want to wait go buy xboxs overpriced paper weight. Let me tell you though they are garbage owned 2 of them both fucked up withing 2 weeks. Waste of money.
Darrnell McCoy
May 12, 2011 at 7:16 amthat was only on your dumb ass , i had 2 no problems with them at all so i guess only a bitch of ur status gets fucked up stuff
Codemant
May 12, 2011 at 5:18 amthis article writer sucks, it very biased and very little detailed
PSN fo life
May 12, 2011 at 4:56 amman let them get their sht together so this dnt happen again, plus its free so y complain, go do somthin.
Dark Dezzick
May 12, 2011 at 4:45 amI am glad I chose Xbox from the beginning… of course back then it was because I didn’t want my carpet to melt. I do have a psp though and have been looking forward to Qriocity (as the psp doesn’t have anything good as far as games).
Alexmexican
May 12, 2011 at 4:38 ampsn for life
kansas_dude
May 12, 2011 at 4:37 am”
compromised personal data from 101 million accounts”? I thought it was 77 million
people don’t need to play games with others or PSN to play games…THERE ARE LOTS OF SINGLE PLAYER GAMES!!
got both PS3 & Xbox 360……….still got my SNES, N64, Gameboy (B & W), PS1, 1st generation Xbox
Dustin Fitz8
May 12, 2011 at 4:27 amXbox can suck it!!!!
Darrnell McCoy
May 12, 2011 at 7:48 amjust like your mom did me last night tell her i want a Fucking refund .
Alfieshepherd
May 12, 2011 at 4:27 amI will never go to xbox over ps3
Andrew Palet
May 12, 2011 at 4:25 amswitching over to xbox 😀
Dinelulpindo
May 12, 2011 at 3:52 amadd me up if you’re a loyal PS3 gamer. PSN: YouCantShoot
Angel
May 12, 2011 at 3:48 ami wanna to play black ops again. add me when it comes back on GoddnessOfWar.
Lopi
May 12, 2011 at 3:47 amum yea to late i sold my ps3 on craigslist and got me a xbox. my credit card was chared 20 bucks while psn was down i called them and they went on with their crap long story short they LIED and just for that i say u suck and goodbye and hello XBOX
Dannyboy1046
May 12, 2011 at 3:30 amyea long live ps3 fuck shitbox 360!!!!!1
Chitwood9
May 12, 2011 at 3:25 amStay true!!! It will be back up soon. Long live playstation!!!
Sooper_villain_666
May 12, 2011 at 3:19 ami actually think sony went down at a pretty good time…!?!?! school ending? i think a lot of people that post on here cant spell for s#!t, so instead of worrying about when psn will be back online u should be more focused on tests/finals and graduating/moving up a grade/class? and once uve acomplished that and its still not back up and running then, well move on or whatever
Sooper_villain_666
May 12, 2011 at 3:19 ami actually think sony went down at a pretty good time…!?!?! school ending? i think a lot of people that post on here cant spell for s#!t, so instead of worrying about when psn will be back online u should be more focused on tests/finals and graduating/moving up a grade/class? and once uve acomplished that and its still not back up and running then, well move on or whatever
Coltonpilky
May 12, 2011 at 3:19 amJohnny your psn is up?
Coltonpilky
May 12, 2011 at 3:19 amJohnny your psn is up?
Sooper_villain_666
May 12, 2011 at 3:14 amgo a head and switch 2 xbox, u’ll be back on ps3 as soon as ur xbox360 phawks up… and once u buy another ps3, sonys sales will be back up…!?!?!?!?!
thurston dick
May 12, 2011 at 3:13 amok enough of this shit just fixed the fckng problem and we can start playing sht heads
and stop posting false promises for god sakes
Hemin
May 12, 2011 at 3:06 amHurry Up!!!!
L_cazarez9980
May 12, 2011 at 3:00 ami waanna play black oppssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
give ur online id ill addd yu
Vwj_blue
May 12, 2011 at 2:52 ampeople keep on lying post about psn gonna be on and it never on, on that date. hurry up sony i wanna play cod
Braininyc
May 12, 2011 at 2:46 amI love that the true PSN player are fateful to the system:) I love you guys. PSN will be back on in a bit . I’m sure of it. I can Wait n so can you add me. savage1423
johnnny
May 12, 2011 at 2:45 ammy psn is back online woooohoooooooooooooo
Angel
May 12, 2011 at 3:51 amwat the crap man!! -_- this sucks
Andrew Palet
May 12, 2011 at 4:24 amright……not
Anthracks
May 12, 2011 at 4:41 amwtf wut part uf the world you in
Patino20
May 12, 2011 at 5:26 amwhere u live at?
Timmisjackson
May 12, 2011 at 2:35 amYea I’m buying a 360 tom I’ve had ps3 since they were 600 dollars for the 60 gig and after 3 weeks of being down yea f that and capital F to Sony I’m letting your system collect dust in the storage room now peace out with your BS!!
MG11
May 12, 2011 at 2:28 amSony should hurry up cuz there losing people I could wait but I think it will be better if they kind of hurry
Please Read Guys :IMPORTANT
May 12, 2011 at 2:28 amK, i am a trickshotter on ps3 on mw2 with my clan (aztecgamingps3x) and only play when im bored. Yes, i miss hanging out with my friends and all but there CYBER and STRANGER friends, maybe you should find REAL friends. Find something to do. My friends and I have a trampolene and we have a game where you hit eachother with your butts, called bootybash. its real fun. there just alot of life and lifes to short so have fun! don’t spend your time playing video games and getting fat. Btw im 12 years old. And no offense its pathetic if your +14 playing video games 24/7.
MG11
May 12, 2011 at 2:32 amYa ur right I don’t play all the time just sometimes when I’m bored and when I have some extra time then that’s when I play
Boboats66
May 12, 2011 at 3:12 amOk? You like playing “bootybash:” on a trampolene with your friends and you want to comment about those that are over the age of 14 playing PS? Hmm, maybe you need to be playing more PS, just a thought….
NEO420
May 12, 2011 at 10:26 amlmao its our generation that made gaming as big as it is..you’ll do fine to remember that ..
Bigboss_sagat
May 12, 2011 at 10:49 amSounds Kind of gay to me….even if you’re just “12” or so you say…bootybash my ass!!
MG11
May 12, 2011 at 2:26 amHey some of u guys add me I’m ghostrider11_
Mrguapo
May 12, 2011 at 2:20 amYea phuck xbox never liked it I’M STAYIN with Sony forever and I think it pretty good that there takin their time it means I focus on skool a lil more now because graduation is in 2 weeks breh!!!!!! So phuck u shitbox
Hallstrom007
May 12, 2011 at 2:16 amQuestion:
ok Ps is promising that because of the delay of online activity they are giving free downloads. for these downloads, do we need to put in our credit information? because after what just happened, im not putting my credit on the line for a download.
Whitcanack Gage
May 12, 2011 at 2:09 ami will never go to xbox side, but i’m fucking piss that i can’t look at my trophys or hit up my 60 friends on psn. sony get your fucking shit togahter and get the network back up this is just fucking ridiculous. if sony not up around nexts week expect a lot more money lost.
Coreybball
May 12, 2011 at 1:55 amSony better hurry up because I might just have to switch to xbox 360
Finallyfreeindeed23
May 12, 2011 at 1:50 amI agree, I have been largely supportive of Sony as a company and a PS3 owner for years, I have purchased three in the last 6 or 7 years. But as of now, they have about one more day and I will be officially through with Playstation…. Sort of like I am through with Samsung for selling me that piece crap DLP color wheel boat anchor. Bought three 4 flat panels last year none were Samsung. Friday I will be buying an x-box if PSN is till down….never to look toward Playstation again. I would have rather had a solid date of July 4th… Then be teased with a a week from yesterday, then the end of the week, now at least a few more days? Looks like Microsoft will be getting my disposable income….wel at least until Apple decides to produce a console!!!!!
Scooter1129
May 12, 2011 at 1:47 amI think it’s getting kinda old with all the bs from Sony. Nearly a month now and they still can’t restore service? I do a little programing and know some what about what’s going on. It seems more like something else is going on other then them trying to rebuild a network and bring up servers. I personally think someone is getting thick pockets for all of this. A group of homos with computers that do simple hacks and mods to ps3 couldn’t take down such a large company like Sony.
xboxcansuckit
May 12, 2011 at 1:46 amyea really, xbox sucks and 3 weeks without psn wont kill anybody, its worth the better gaming experience that psn gives over xbox 360
J-hernandez878
May 12, 2011 at 1:45 amx box sucks,play to muck and you’ll get the red rings of death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ven01273
May 12, 2011 at 1:43 amI’m 11 and I have grown up playing Playstation since PS1, IT supported good Graphics, especially for Final Fantasy VIII. Now I use the PSP, it is awesome, but the only problem is that PSN has been down since I got Dissidia 012, and I WANT THE ADD-ONS!!!!!!
natefly5
May 12, 2011 at 2:36 amif you are only 11 that means you were -6 when PS1 came out?
Bigboss_sagat
May 12, 2011 at 10:53 amDude, PS 1 got to the US in 1995. That guy wasn’t even born yet…