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.
If the game updated to include the ESCALATION maps then who knows maybe the store will be back up soon, have to admit that is a good sign
@midknight24…Yea it looked ok on the Sega but the gameplay could have been a little better for an RPG lol And i agree about Shadowgate lol
you can get zombies by just tapping “L n R” on game menu.. and go to the computer.. just zombies tho..
And still you CAN´T give an official date…. marvelous
Can someone explain to me why I am accused of being a child cause I didn’t post what someone wanted?
Also are you all telling me that with all the resources at Sony’s disposal this is the best PR they could come up with? I understand much of what Sony is doing. It is mostly how all Japanese companies do things. This isn’t a technical mess up it is a cultural divide.
So Sony to paraphrase those of us in the western world do not like double talk and half truths when it is our info that was raided. If you were going to run your timeline you should have said so last week. Many would have been mad but not as mad as doing it this way.
PS STORE UP THIS WEEK POSTED ON THE PS BLOG
I think thats pretty OFFICIAL
@midknight247: Im not gonna lie. An Ecco the Dolphin remake would be incredible graphics wise for Playstation 3. I’d buy it haha. The DLC would include extra enemy sea creatures and sea poachers or something haha
PLEASE TELL MEEE!!! When’s escalation coming on PS3???
did anyone actually ever play Ecco?
Yeah who knows a special stage could have you fighting along side WHALE WARS or THE DEADLIEST CATCH
HAHA..Ecco the Dolphin…classic one lol
sonic with dolphins!!!
SONY IS A LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUDE they were tight for SEGA back in the day and yes I beat the first two for genesis, the game gear one was kind of lame, no worse than the PSPgo though
Now an Altered Beast or Golden Axe reboot would be pretty damn nice lol
Can I trade my two free PS3 games for another month of plus?
Or perhaps for a 10%-20% discount on my next purchase???
Sorry but I already own those 5 games.
I hope I can get that PSP game of Killzone, but dont know how the psp ownership can be proven?
If my PSP was setup to do remote play, does that mean Sony knows I own a PSP??
Or was I suppossed to go register the friggen thing somewhere?????
Mostly I want to be able to access my download list so I can get the Infamous 2 beta before it ends!!!!!
Thanks Sony, we’ll be together soon.
@1112 please a game about a dolphin was to me monumentally stupid. I say they should redo Dark Wizard.
YES but I would difinitely want them to do it right, The stand up arcade version of ALTERED BEAST was AWESOME, any for the consoles were just lame.
now them are the golden oldies and loved them
@1115 ok considering that when ECCO and SEGA GENESIS was tight I was like nine, it was pretty cool for the day and age
If you like Golden axe, play castle crashers, its actually an exact replica of Golden axe, even the music and sound effects.
They just changed the animations appearance, but all movements are identical.
Its a port of Golden axe, a cheater port, but a port all the same.
Cheers.
GOD PEOPLE!!
stop posting comments such as “yea right.. this week” or “when have I heard this before..”
we dont care.. at least the most of us dont – so WHAT if the store doesnt go back up tomorrow or the next day…
it will go back up evantually!! you just gotta thank the companies who volunteered to donate these games so we can download them once the store’s back up… so thank you INSOMANIAC\ SUCKER PUNCH and others… you made this count!
I want an awesome reboot of DOUBLE DRAGON or a new fresh updated CONTRA
Deathspear666 golden axe did have a ps3 game it sucked
Ok here is o good one to reboot….M’FIN’ CONTRA!! lmao
HOW ABOUT SONY GET THE PS2 EMLATOR FIXED SO WE CAN PLAY SOME PS2 GAMES ON PS3. PS2 had some awesome titles like BREATH OF FIRE 3.
just dont reboot anymore damn sonic the hedgehog games please……
im glad psn got hackd now we get all this free stuff thanks sony!
@TheShadowNinjaS…Oh yea duuhh Beast Rider..forgot about that lol
all the ratchet and clank ps2 series could be awesome on the emlator..
Yeah but they would have to take their time and really do CONTRA right. The arcade version was really awesome I remember blowing like thirty dollars in quarters on that one back in the day. But pretty much every CONTRA game that came to the console were [DELETED]
I use emulators on my PC for those :)
Can this be back up by thursday because I’ve got highschool football practice after my vacation which starts on friday and I’m going to be playing infamous 2 and red faction armagedon over the weekend with basically no breaks so I’ll be super busy and not have the time to download anything
True that SONIC is OLD. Wow because I said console versions were G A Y my comment is being moderated
@1132
wait what?! how?! GIMMEH
Thanks for all the hard work Sony, and for the update Jeff! I will be buying something the second the store comes back up to show my support for Sony. I hope many others will too!
sometime this week. boy I wish I could call into work and tell the boss I’ll be in sometime this week. This is why Sony has bad PR. Oh and” Were working on it”my favorite :)
i think its lying
how about today?what i hate about sony is that they always wait till the last second or deadline to tell us when or whats happening.and of course who knew,ps store wont be back untill the end of this weeks.im disappointed in you sony.
@1136
just picture “me” doing the same thing that fox of yours is doing in your ID pic
I think one CONTRA title did well on a console but it was so long ago, not sure what it was actually called, CONTRA something
week*
@zombie9
umm yea.. they’re working on it while you sit back and complaint like an idiot.
Jeff Rubensten can you please kindly tell us the date when the playstation store will be back up I heard today may 31st it will be back up
@21 wow, am i the only one who got that reference.
im glad i can finally get the black ops first strike maps finally
I can wait for it to be open! I love the PSN and I cannot wait until it the PSN store will be open!
this restoration came to late for me cause ill be off for the entire month of june starting tomorrow thanks for nothing sony. i cant get any of the crap in the welcome back program
Good. Good. Very good.
@midknight24..The original on NES was the one i enjoyed..
@UmmmmmShi..Google Rom Nation and start there for your emulators and roms to use on PC :)