90% Of PSN Users Return After PSN Outage
PSN hack "a real wakeup call."
Published: 17:05, 14/06/2011 by Jim Hargreaves.
28Speaking with Nick Bilton of The New York Times, SCEE chief executive (*and supposed mud-wrestling behemoth) Jack Tretton has talked openly about the PSN breach which took the service offline for the best part of a month. Stating that the April security hack was a “real wakeup call,” Tretton confirmed that Sony now have permanent staff on-hand to deal network breaches in future.
The effects of the outage, especially on PlayStation consumers, was hard to calculate. Some simply abandoned Sony’s home console with others threatening to follow whilst the rest of us sat through the drought hoping that some good would come of it all. According to Tretton 90% of existing PSN users, a whopping 70 million worldwide, returned with Dualshocks in-hand, the “Welcome Back Package” cited as one of the main reasons for the impressive turn-out. Sony expects that number to stretch back to its original count thanks to the PlayStation 3′s strongest video game line-up, including exclusives such as Resistance 3 and Uncharted 3 as well as much-anticipated multiplatform titles; Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, and Skyrim just to name a few.
Source: The New York Times
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14/06/2011 at 17:07
Member since: Aug 2008
10% are idiots. That is all
14/06/2011 at 17:13
Member since: Apr 2009
Or those who simply don’t game that often.
I know I’m the only person who has logged back in my house, out of 4 people. My parents might never log in again, but then again, they only have one game that they ‘play’: EA Sports Active.
My sister hasn’t logged in yet because she doesn’t need to. She’s still plowing her way through Final Fantasy XIII…
14/06/2011 at 17:24
Member since: Aug 2009
Yeah, but they’ve probably didn’t log in for quite some time before the outage and aren’t even considered active accounts?
14/06/2011 at 17:24
Member since: May 2011
A gaming family! I raise a glass to your kin :)
14/06/2011 at 17:24
Member since: Aug 2009
That’s a little harsh.
But do believe the number is about how many people are connecting to PSN service. The number I would be more interested in is, how many people are topping up by using there bank cards on PSN.
14/06/2011 at 17:34
Member since: Apr 2010
I read you’re post 3shirts and just laughed :D you sir are correct ;0) lol
and then the politically correct users read and take it offensively lol
14/06/2011 at 17:37
Member since: Aug 2008
Yeah, I was only being semi-serious.
I do think a lot of people are ignorant of online security though. Instead of trying to understand it or look for the facts they just panic and overreact.
14/06/2011 at 20:28
Member since: Dec 2009
I had an American and Japanese account which I aint bothering with. Playstation is a must. Couldnt be without it…
14/06/2011 at 17:08
Member since: Aug 2009
Wasn’t that said during E3? I’ve watched the thing off PSN so probably later than everyone else, and i still noticed it. :S
14/06/2011 at 17:14
Member since: Forever
I haven’t gone back. Not an idiot.
14/06/2011 at 17:24
Member since: Aug 2009
You haven’t? What stops you?
14/06/2011 at 17:40
Member since: Jan 2009
He probably isn’t bothered to go back on it yet.
14/06/2011 at 18:02
Member since: Jan 2010
Same as myself and as above is correct, i just haven’t been bothered to yet, been doing a good bit PC gaming since the outage and haven’t gone back yet.
14/06/2011 at 17:43
Member since: Jun 2010
I suppose you’re the kind that sits at home, shackles his windows and fears for his life at night whenever there’s a car rumbling by or hear strange noises in the night. Hurry, or the shoggoths will catch and feast on you!
14/06/2011 at 20:15
Member since: Aug 2008
Maybe wait until he gives a reason before being a dick about it?
15/06/2011 at 07:28
Member since: May 2010
That is a bit insulting.;) Nofi has plenty of reasons i would imagine. I think he works full time and uses he spare time to maintain the site. Or he is a PC/xbox/wii gamer primaily and only uses his PS3 for exclusives. You never know. Here is the no1 rule here at TSA. Unoffical. Don’t be a knob or die please.:-) Have a happy day
14/06/2011 at 20:15
Member since: Oct 2009
seen your gamercard online loads of times?
14/06/2011 at 23:42
Member since: Forever
To the Store. I’ve played some Portal 2 and watched some Blu-rays but that’s about it.
15/06/2011 at 11:27
Member since: Sep 2009
What difference does that make? What you do once you’ve logged back in is irrelevant.
14/06/2011 at 17:14
Member since: Aug 2009
You always learn more when things go wrong.
Se a Vida É.
14/06/2011 at 17:14
Member since: Mar 2010
I have 4 PSN accounts and have only used Welcome Back on my main account. I wonder if most of the 10% not downloading are as I am, multiple accounts.
14/06/2011 at 17:16
Member since: Jul 2010
I’m quite sure they are. I’ve got 3 or 4 alternative accounts linked to email-adresses I don’t own and therefore haven’t bothered to sign in to.
14/06/2011 at 17:27
Member since: May 2011
I managed to get 6 free games out of the 5 thanks to multiple accounts. Is the Japanese PSN back yet? I want MORE!!!
14/06/2011 at 17:29
Member since: Jul 2010
6 out of 5? Nicely done mate.
I got the 4 I didn’t have from earlier, mighty happy too.
14/06/2011 at 17:41
Member since: Sep 2010
BACK TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
14/06/2011 at 20:25
Member since: May 2010
probably means a PSP game as well ;) i have 3 accounts and have played on 2 of them since its gone back, there are a few people on my friends list who havnt signed back in, mainly due to exams or they generally dont play much on theyre ps3
14/06/2011 at 18:25
Member since: Jul 2010
Same here, I have another 2 accounts which I haven’t logged on yet but then again there are like 5 people on my list who haven’t come back since the hacks :/
Maybe their launch day 60GB PS3 got YLOD…
14/06/2011 at 17:38
Member since: Nov 2010
So just 10% jumped ship not bad
14/06/2011 at 17:42
Member since: May 2011
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14/06/2011 at 17:52
Member since: Jul 2009
90% have returned so far. The last 10% will return when they can be arsed. Alex (nofi) being one of them, I reckon. It’s just about how motivated we are with the content we want to return to. You might find that Sony lose less than 1% but will gain more than that by it being back online so it’s very easy to absorb. The wider-reaching damage was all the negative press and, perversely, that’s been addressed by hackers going utterly mental on a variety of high-profile companies over the past few weeks.
Misdirection is a beautiful thing. :-\ :-)
14/06/2011 at 17:58
Member since: Apr 2009
So now it’s Sony paying the hackers? :P
What a twist! ;)
14/06/2011 at 17:39
Member since: May 2009
Most are probably back as you need it to play online.
14/06/2011 at 17:48
Member since: Dec 2010
Most probably are the 2nd or 3rd account of a person, than of course, there will be some that permanantly turned in their PS3.
14/06/2011 at 20:20
Member since: Oct 2008
I’ve multiple accounts, haven’t gone back on all of them yet.
15/06/2011 at 08:12
Member since: Dec 2008
Yeah I was thinking exactly that. How many people have multiple accounts, and of those people, who has reactivated all their accounts? I imagine that’s gotta be a fairly high number.
14/06/2011 at 17:51
Member since: Aug 2008
havent gone bk, if nothing else ive been busy playing my 360 and 3ds :)
14/06/2011 at 17:53
Member since: Feb 2009
Of the 70 million accounts, some will just be multiple accounts. I’ve got 4 accounts, but have only logged back in on 2 of them.