Thank you for your patience and encouragement over the last few weeks. As covered in the post from earlier today, you can now update the firmware on your PS3 and change your password. Kazuo Hirai just announced that we have begun the phased restoration by region of some of the services, starting with online multiplayer functionality.
Please note that these services will take a bit of time to be turned on and rolled out to the whole country. The process has begun and some states are being turned on now, so please be patient as we reach your city and state. We’ll be updating the map below as service comes online in individual states. It will take several hours to restore PSN throughout the entire country, so please keep checking back for the latest updates. In the meantime, now’s a great time to get your PS3’s firmware updated, which is required to get online.
Notice: If your state is illuminated but your service has not yet been restored, please be patient – it can take a little while for the servers to populate fully.
Until we get the comments functioning correctly, we’re putting all comments on hold. I’m sure Jitender would appreciate not having people put words in his mouth ^_^
In the meantime, we’ll keep updating the map, and those of you already back online – enjoy some games!
WEWT…cod/Killzone timeee
THIS IS GREAT!!!! We are only gonna be able to access the welcome back program if the store is up! lets get that up and running. thanks, Sony.
P.S. whomever traded in their ps3 for an xbox was a real jerk (no offense)
OK THIS IS BULL CRAP THE PS3 IS WORKING ONLINE BUT WE PSP USERS GET TREATED LIKE A PIECE OF SHI@ AND OUR NETWORK ISNT WORKIN
Wow, My state is one of the furthest from the east and west coast that has ps network service, lol
About damn time. Next time you fail it up, try to make it not coincide with some major releases, okay?
Need the store
Thank you sooo much Sony. I can now play online in Motorstorm Apocalypse now thanks to the servers back up and running.
Sony, weird message in Home about a couple of my items being rentals and expiring… other than that and the store everything seems to be working, even Steam.
Cubsfan2134
I nkow whitesox suck i shouldnt be talking though i am a mets fan:(
I LOVE YOU SONY!!!!! I stayed up until 5 a.m playing mk9 online and black ops
@ STORM up at the top i heard PSN Store wont be up untill the 31st but im happy that PSN is back up and online thank you very much for Getting it back on Track Sony I for one Appreciate your Work Efforts!! GAME ON!!!!
give me my ps plus whats up fuuck these other guys here
Hopefully everybody invested in Sony is content and happy, the entire network is functioning very well. So without a dought the store and other features well be back very soon. More to come from Sony including an Welcome Back Package to all it’s exsisting & furure members. Goodjob Sony!! 77 million plus users across several regions…..i must say what an extrodinary way to recover from such a disaster after being knocked down. I’m with you all for life Sony, been a true supporter & user of your products since back when the pacman yellow water-proof Sony Walkmen was the sh…….t. Lol once again goodjob Sony & welcome back to all the online gamers see ya all on the network!
Guys, if you have Uncharted 2 Among Thieves multiplayer, please play it. I’m the only one on it.
And Sony, good job, but try to restore PS store today!
@609 i dont think it will take that long but the store will be back online before the end of the month unless they get swamped with all the store updates then yeah end of the month will be best guess
Whew! Just in time for summer! LULZ!
This is like my birthday and Christmas all wrapped up into one event!
So exciting!
Glad to see the network back online :) grazie Sony :)
lets all be happy now and seriously get on with the gaming news we all now psn is back lets move on now shall we.
Sony said let there be PSN!
Thank you for bringing the System back (at least part of it). Great job and thanks for covering the credit card potential problem with insurance. It’s the first time a company that had my credit card info on line seemed to even care.
Thank you so much Sony, I knew there was no point to go to X-box cause the Playstation is the best an always will be thanks for all you’re hard work I didn’t sleep at all waiting for FL to be up thank you soooo much I wish you had call of duty black ops so i could play with you lol
THANKS SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH SONY i almost went through severe withdrawal symptoms
Jitender will be back he said! O.o
PSN LIVES..(Puerto RIco)… thank you very much SONY.,, im VERY GRATEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks sony for all your hard work. its been a long hard road for you and us, good luck and keep up the good work
p.s i’m a sony fan for life !
my at 12:15am started in miami online miss shooting at the world.
YAAAAAAAA FINALLY CANADA IS UP WOOOO
…and another good thing, I can actually leave a message.
who has beaten uncharted 2 on cruching???? anyone???
Sony, as always, you a the best hands down! Not only with ur PS3 and everything that it does, but with the quality of all ur products. Thanks for getting us back online and also keeping our info secured; regardless of the previous intrusion(s).
To all the naysayers who got rid of ur PS3 systems because of the recent events, you get whatever you got coming. Not to knock other systems (I also have my XBox 360), but ‘PS3 does everything’!
This is like a holiday!
I might have to call in sick tomorrow (Monday) to further the celebration!
My GAWD…how many folks are gonna call in sick or play skip school tomorrow (Monday) to feed the online addiction?
Gonna hafta count me in! Let’s DO THIS! :)
@639—I agree with you but you have to understand the mentality of quite a few users on here. If you give a specific date and you miss it, (even by one day) then the forum will get flooded with negativity again…so thats why I said by the end of the month at the latest..
@wowowowo1 me a long time ago…great game.
NBA playoffs game 7 today
Memphis vs. Thunder who you got?right back pretty please
OMG IM BACK ON PSN AWESOME ANY OF U GUYS WANNA ADD ME ADD MY ID HOTTSCOTT40 ON MY PS3
My last comment is amaiting moderation whatever that is so ill just say ill never buy an xbox. ill be 65 fighting over the playstation with my grandkids iv love sony its the best it could go down for a year ill still have my ps3
I suppose its wishful thinking to have Sony put 50% off everything in the PS Store until idk…after the 2nd Black Ops map pack is released on PS3.
this is sooo funny they get PSN gamming back up and all people can do is ask when the store is gonna be up….. go play your games and when its up you will know… why people are never satisfied confuses me. i would rather have sony make apsolutely sure that there system is secure then to turn it on before its ready.
and thanks sony for taking your time in making sure your systems are secure and lasting :P
@ 659 –
Gotta take OKC. Thunder at home should “git er done!”
Sony Your the best!! Never doubted you or thought down on you guys through out this whole incident.
Thank you sony. its good to have PSN befor summer vacation =]
the store needs to be open! come on sony Thank you though for bringing online play back though Whoooooo!!!!! SONY I Very Happy!
@MonkeyGibber
I know the whole time psn was down i have been trying its so hard and it is a great game
Time to play the gaaaaaaame!!
Thank You. Now when are we getting the e-mails about the identity theft program & the 2 free games of our choice because we waited so patiently for you to get the PSN up & running again?? And please tell me they are not some cheesy games, We want some top notch games for this debacle. Like SOCOM 4, or KILLZONE 3, or even GRAN TOURISMO 5.
Bought a used PS3 off of craigslist yesterday and voila PSN comes back that night! I have always loved Playstation and always will outages or not! Socom 4 here I come!
@wowowowo I got psn back now!!!
naw 4real tho
Memphis
I didn’t get a chance to vent throughout all of this because I wasn’t signed into this site when it went down but I’m kinda glad about that because I was wanting to say some BAAAAD things but now I’m just happy and greatful its back on. THANK YOU SONY.
Some peoples say we are going to get stuff I kinda wonder what?????
@ KAMINO_3 I AGREE WITH U SONY IS THE BEST