PSN restoration begins today

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Sony has announced that restoration of the PlayStation Network will begin today on a country by country basis starting in the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Middle East.

The first stage of a multi-step process will restore the following:

Sign-in for PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, including the resetting of passwords
Restoration of online game-play across PS3 and PSP
Playback rental video content, if within rental period, of PlayStation Network Video Delivery Service on PS3, PSP and MediaGo
Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity, for current subscribers, on PS3 and PC
Access to 3rd party services such as Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and MLB.tv (where applicable)
‘Friends’ category on PS3, including Friends List, Chat Functionality, Trophy Comparison, etc
PlayStation Home

Sony has promised that the new PlayStation Network has enhanced security features to avoid a repeat of the crippling hacks.

"I’d like to send my sincere regret for the inconvenience this incident has caused you, and want to thank you all for the kind patience you’ve shown as we worked through the restoration process," said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation.

"I can't thank you enough for your patience and support during this time. We know even the most loyal customers have been frustrated by this process and are anxious to use their Sony products and services again. We are taking aggressive action at all levels to address the concerns that were raised by this incident, and are making consumer data protection a full-time, company wide commitment."

Restoration in other regions, such as Japan and Asia, will be announced shortly. Sony expects to have the services fully restored by the end of May, 2011.

Sony will announce details of the "Welcome Back" package, compensation for the down time, shortly.

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PSN restoration begins today Comments

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truecolour

An I thought this day would never come! *_*

15/05/2011

Sydney, NSW.

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M@ndyz

15/05/2011

They say great science is built on the shoulders of giants - not here. At Aperture we do all our science from scratch; no hand holding.

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Ledski

Was gonna post this but the video took 10 mins to load!! And my PS3 update is only halfway. [Rage]

15/05/2011

Geelong, Victoria

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W84NO1

Kazuo Hirai - PSN Relaunch Announcement :D

Get the Adobe Flash Player to see this video.

15/05/2011

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Matteh

Ah, many happy gamers now. ^_^

15/05/2011

Brisbane...Wii.DSi.PS3.PSPGO.iPad.iPhone.MacBook Pro.....3DS FC: 2105-8899-5628

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Guyver

Good good

15/05/2011

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

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Matrix6

We can has update or PS3 right now??

15/05/2011

Yo habría sido completo, total y perdidamente enamorada de ti...

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Kenni

Oh god, cannot wait to lock that PSN outage thread once and for all. [Shifty]

15/05/2011

[California, U.S] - ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

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Takayanagi

Woohoo! Finally!

15/05/2011

Adelaide, South Australia

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Codeman34

Kenni said: Oh god, cannot wait to lock that PSN outage thread once and for all.

And for you to remove my 10 Kudos [Rage]
Jk but he did

15/05/2011

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Matrix6

Best news since thinly sliced strips of fried potato from France ^_^

15/05/2011

Yo habría sido completo, total y perdidamente enamorada de ti...

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Gunz

do you think the hackers are planning to hack the network again?

15/05/2011

Melbourne, victoria

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stonecold

Kenni said: Oh god, cannot wait to lock that PSN outage thread once and for all.

15/05/2011

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Xzadur8

Gunz said: do you think the hackers are planning to hack the network again?

OMFG, dont jinx us

Cant wait, then i can put my unintentional angst to rest :)

15/05/2011

Adelaide hills, S.A

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PS3K

Finally! [Derp]

15/05/2011

Sydney

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johns1000

YAY :)

15/05/2011

Victoria

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Undertoe81

It would not be funny if this was delayed again. -_- U guys got the upadate already? ;)

15/05/2011

Melbourne, PS3, Wii, 50" pana. DSi, PC.

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W84NO1

Undertoe81 said: It would not be funny if this was delayed again. U guys got the upadate already?

That wouldnt be funny at all :@

15/05/2011

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Lekkers

does that mean playstation store is up from the beginning???

15/05/2011

iLy AlL My MmGn BeBz. <3 KeRo, MiLkToN, ViLe, RaRo. BebZ 4 LyF

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Matador

About damn time ! *_*

15/05/2011

WHERE BROOKLYN AT ! WHERE BROOKLYN AT !

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Tiberius

Just updated, went to sign in, and it says it's still undergoing maintenance? :S

15/05/2011

Thirlmere, NSW

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pogobull

sweeeeeeeeet. only update patch at mo

15/05/2011

newzealand

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Kenni

tiberius said: Just updated, went to sign in, and it says it's still undergoing maintenance?

Aussie servers aren't active yet.

15/05/2011

[California, U.S] - ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

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Tiberius

Kenni said:
tiberius said: Just updated, went to sign in, and it says it's still undergoing maintenance?
Aussie servers aren't active yet.

Are yours up yet Kennticles? [Derp]

15/05/2011

Thirlmere, NSW

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Bloard

tiberius said:

Kenni said:

tiberius said: Just updated, went to sign in, and it says it's still undergoing maintenance?
Aussie servers aren't active yet.

Are yours up yet Kennticles?

Yep check the PSN Outage thread for the maps of what states are up. (California is up and thats where he is)

15/05/2011

League of Legends Summoner Name - Millapede

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Mik3y

Lekkers said: does that mean playstation store is up from the beginning???

PS Store is later on.

15/05/2011

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LDEvolution

Matteh said: Ah, many happy gamers now.

15/05/2011

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Atar

ya it back from the dead LOL ;)

15/05/2011

SA, Adelaide / SSBB FC: 1334-8724-4381 / 3DS FC: 0301-9920-2627 "burning and unburning fire" to an "visible and invisible fire"

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Kenni

tiberius said: Are yours up yet Kennticles?

Just waiting for Sony to send me an email to restart my PW, but yeah, should be up I reckon. PSN restoration begins today

15/05/2011

[California, U.S] - ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

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Inky

This is great news for all. By the ability to sign back into the PSN are we able to play online again or is the service just back to sign in only at this stage

15/05/2011

Sydney

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Mik3y

Inky said: This is great news for all. By the ability to sign back into the PSN are we able to play online again or is the service just back to sign in only at this stage

" • Restoration of online game-play across PS3 and PSP"

15/05/2011

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Inky

Mik3y said:
Inky said: This is great news for all. By the ability to sign back into the PSN are we able to play online again or is the service just back to sign in only at this stage

" • Restoration of online game-play across PS3 and PSP"

cool thanks for that :)

15/05/2011

Sydney

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milo

just ggot an update

15/05/2011

Riverview

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Josh

Sank you.

15/05/2011

Legendary God of the Water Temple

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Gunz

Xzadur8 said:

Gunz said: do you think the hackers are planning to hack the network again?

OMFG, dont jinx us
Cant wait, then i can put my unintentional angst to rest

lmao HOPE NOT!

15/05/2011

Melbourne, victoria

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Matteh

Gunz said: do you think the hackers are planning to hack the network again?

They probably will. Really wouldn't surprise me.

15/05/2011

Brisbane...Wii.DSi.PS3.PSPGO.iPad.iPhone.MacBook Pro.....3DS FC: 2105-8899-5628

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ND88ct

I haven't used my ps3 in awhile.... Guess I have to start using it when we can get free stuff for it :P

15/05/2011

In a that general direction

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SPastic

wondering how long it will be until the "console bricking firmware" issue rears its head on the internet as it often does after these things.....not that ive had any experience with that....yet....

16/05/2011

Melbourne