This press release just hit the wire – PlayStation Store and related services (like voucher redemption) back this week:
SONY AND SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE FULL RESTORATION OF PLAYSTATION®NETWORK SERVICES
Tokyo, May 31, 2011 – Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation®Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week. The company will also resume Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity™ for PlayStation®3 (PS3®), PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), VAIO and other PCs. Details for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea as well as the remaining services on Qriocity will be announced as they become available.
The company implemented considerable security enhancements to the network infrastructure, as well as conducted testing of the payment process and commerce functions. The first phase of PlayStation Network and Qriocity restoration began on May 15 in the Americas and Europe/PAL territories, followed by Japan and Asian countries and regions on May 28, when the company brought partial services back online. With this partial restoration users were able to access to some of the services such as online game play, account management, friend lists and chat functionality were restored. The full restoration of PlayStation Network as well as part of services to become available on Qriocity will include:
• Full functionality on PlayStation®Store
• In-game commerce
• Ability to redeem vouchers and codes
• Full functionality on Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3, PSP, VAIO and
other PCs
• Full functionality on Media GoCustomers will be able to purchase and download games and video content from the PlayStation®Store on PS3 or PSP. In addition, consumers will have full access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity through PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PC’s. Service restoration of Video on Demand powered by Qriocity™ and Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for a variety of network-enabled Sony devices will be announced later.
“We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “We appreciate the patience and support shown during this time.”
The company will be offering customers a “Welcome Back” package of services and premium content to all registered PlayStation Network* and Qriocity account services. The details of this program will continue to be detailed regionally.
* Only available for those countries with access to PlayStation®Store.
We will update the PlayStation Blog when the PlayStation Store is once again open for business.
wow this convo went south quickly uhgggg
Actually my WIFE hears regularly about all the BS on here and about SONY, So if gamers can’t get girls maybe someone should tell mine to pack up and leave me. Hence that would give me a lot more time for games.
have you guys been able to download the new maps today….
wow, my last post got bumped to 999, yay
theres a cool little black ops update….check it out
i mean update your black ops
My old lady keeps telling me to trade my PS3 games in cuz she wants me to buy her
wait for it…………….
Mortal Kombat. I almost died laughing.
that or all the darn Lego games
Yeah its been a little while since this many posts
ESCALATION IS AVAILABLE NOW. but the store isnt up so dont wet yourselves yet!
I’d love to see how this argument between Ms_HelloKittyNYC and divinasdaemon turns out, haha
Wow I put the word P O R N O in there and now its awaiting moderation. Wasn’t aware that was a dirty word, maybe a little taboo but moderated?
Great news. Thanks for all the hard work Sony. All your REAL fans are still here.
As for all you little nerd children, keep crying. it’s really helping… XD
its getting closer! in game store on black ops has escalation….after the update ya have to do that is. promising!!!
@1008
You got off easy. I had to get Eyepet and Family Game Night for my wife. Imagine how my world is….
lmao kids and all on here gotta watch the vulgarity and all
finally
I’m gonna go with Saber. The stereotype that she must be super fugly will help me sleep and night as now she has destroyed my last bit of manhood and all my testosterone is gone and I need a hug.
Girl you picked the wrong day to play the gender game on me. We we’re here animatedly discussing our likes and dislike of Sony. If you want to argue gender go sign up for Eharmony.
Dead Space 2 also had an update. I suspect for the new maps scheduled on the 3rd.
just in time 4 e3. how great is this. not so great. at the end of my rope sony. better have welcome back package avalible when store goes up or im walkin away. this whole situation really just burns me up. so sony at e3 you will hear crickets chirpping at press conference. people r that pissed off at sony. good luck
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Eyepet? dude I will send you my deepest condolences. I give that hug to you. At least Fable and Lego games are fun. My brothers wife made him buy all the pop singer games for PS2. lol
about time but i am just waiting for infamous 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See this Is what im talking about, it shouldnt be announced it should be up within a week when you guys already said it would be up by the end of the month. Im done with these jokers. Someone message me in August when the store is actually up again >.>
Yeah “we” make sure to get all the new Karaoke Revolutions too.
for all those asking for patience or cheering on Sony answer these few questions…
Did you cheer on Sony when they, a multi-billion dollar company was hacked?
Did you cheer when Sony failed to notify us until a week later that our credit card data and personal info was stolen?
Did you cheer when Sony has failed to meet its commitment 3 different times (4 if you include the letter they sent to developers saying that the Store will be back up on the 24th?
Did you cheer them on during this Public Relations disaster?
I’m guessing you did because you’re either a Sony employee or a plant because no one in their right mind would be cheering for this nonsense. You should be demanding that people get to use their hard earned money that they have on their account which they would not have put on if they knew Sony would have treated them this way
Crying… Crying… Crying… Here is what I say. All you criers get together and start up a Multi-Billion Dollar Gaming Company that has Years of good Reputation and Products. Then you guys get hacked and loose tons of money, (Mainly cause I don’t know exactly how much they lost during this outage) And show us that you are better then Sony. Till then you have no right to complain. Sit down, Shut up, And grow up.
@1015 Theres 11 year olds swearing on mic’s all the time..
You can’t defend them I would love to hear someone actually defend Sony on their Public Relations…. Their handling of our data…. Their timeframes when they turn on services….. Their updates with Customers and notifying us clearly when things are going to happen…
Anyone? Anyone?
@1025
while they play mature rated games no doubt.
me personally i buy sony cards i dont use credit card info or anything that i dont want others to get hold of the internet gets hacked quite frequently
1026 you cant lol
Ok SO if there was a plant in here in this blog, what are they really gonna do? Run back to SONY and say that everybody is PISSED? I mean I think thats a given. Im sure SONY knows EVERYONE IS PISSED OFF. So what could a sony employee or plant do to us that SONY itself already hasn’t, maybe if there is a plant on here they will at least bring the VASELINE while we all get screwed by SONY SCROTUM JOCKEYS
@Ms_HelloKittyNYC…nice trophy collection :)
@1030 If there was a plant in this blog, the network would be down till november, they would say the shop would be up by december, and we probably wouldnt get to use the shop till July.
Glad to know….thankx for the hard work !!
SOUNDS LIKE THEIR ACTUAL TIMEFRAME LOL
I’m gonna declare myself the winner with MsKitty as no further feminist hatred of my gender has come forth.
I think I’ll be done with my punditry for now. A wise man once said. “You can’t argue with idiots they’ll just bring you down to their level”
Oh wait, that wasn’t a wise man. That was just a troll.
will they have to go down first to bring the store back up or is it already updated for us now
@ 1024
Sony should have been a little bit more secure than to have over 24,000 credit cards compromised, dont yah think? As for “until you create a company like Sony you aren’t better than them drrrr drr”
I don’t lie to people. I don’t make false promises. I wouldn’t hide information about peoples data being stolen until a week later. I wouldn’t allow peoples money to sit and waste when they could use it somewhere else.
Finally, the PS Store will be returning this week! WOOT! :D
@1026
Will you just shut the hell up… a company scaled THIS large like Sony is ought to have some gang of 30 lifeless – no good – sitting – on – couch – eating chips – all day long – hackers trying something so low and shallow – you know what.. i bet you’re one of them..
@ 1030…..
I understand your comment…. It’s a marketing/ public relations ploy that every company uses since way back. They will have plants to allow others to see that their public image isn’t really all that bad. That way stocks don’t go down that much. People will see hey look someone is supporting Sony. It really is stupid but it does happen. Also they try to quiet or slow down the anger of customers.
@ 1040
EXACTLY !!!! So I would be EMBARRASSED !!!! If i was Sony i would be embarrased as hell to find out that my employees aren’t smarter than some no–good–sitting- on the couch hacker … hahaha thank you UMMMMMSHI for that observation!
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Think That It Is Time For SEGA To Start Popping Out AWESOME Game Systems.
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Then We Can All Toss Comments About How We Are All EnRaged At SONY To The Little Fish-Freaks Of SEAMAN 2 That All Have Faces Like Jeff Rubenstein.
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Though,The Mozza Balls Would Probably Clog Up The Filter And We Would Have To Keep Getting New “Master Lox” For The Aquarium On TV.
“SEAMAN…. Why Isn’t The PS Store Up TODAY???”
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“SEAMAN?”
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Seaman Answers “Leave Me ALone. You Are All InSignificant To Me.”
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Oh…SEAMAN Needs A SEQUAL On The NEW SEGA VIDEO GAME SYSTEM!!!
Where is Conrad when you need him
At 1038, I agree that they should have told us a little sooner about the Compromising of our Information. I never denied that they messed up there. What I am saying is that it is not their fault they got hacked. If a good hacker wants into your system, then the good hacker is going to get into your system. As for the comment about You wouldn’t allow peoples money to sit and waste when they could use it somewhere else. This event did not cause me to sit on my money and waste, I went out and spent it and wasted it on things that I enjoy doing. Like going to the Movie theater. A lot of it wen’t towards Gas in my car so that I could keep working so that when the Playstation Store does come back. I can think about spending it there. I am pretty sure Sony knows what they are doing. Better to be Chewed out for taking so long then to rush it and get hacked again and loose more money just because you want to make a few fans happy.
Anyone ever hear anything else about the status of the law suits against SONY. I think its funny that as soon as PSN came back up everyone pretty much shut up about that
@deamonspades666 So… Basically You Are Saying That You Think That {It Is Better To Be Chewed Out Than It Is To Be Hacked At}?
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I Would NOT Want To Be Chewed Out OR Hacked!
Look I appreciate the respect your giving me Deamonspades … but it really is their fault that Sony got hacked. Their are IT reports saying that these servers were old and they needed updated and many other things. Sony has the money to secure themselves. They just didn’t do it. Listen I’m a huge fan or was…. google me and you will see that I am but I’m pissed on how they are treating us. We as consumers should not let them get by with it including yourself. And for the money thing. People do have money on their Sony accounts that they haven’t been able to use. My cousin is one of them. And they are outsourcing all of the work on this. They would get it done a little quicker if they would have hired people who actually work for Sony to fix things. Shoot hire a few hackers with big salaries to hack in their system and tell them what they’re doing wrong. They’re are many ways Sony can fix this but they wont.