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Why Bribing Lizard Squad To Stop Attacking Xbox Live And PSN Is A Terrible Idea

It’s a nice thought and a reasonable gesture on Kim Dotcom’s part to essentially bribe hacker group Lizard Squad to stop attacking Xbox Live and PSN.

MultiConsoleGamer3838d ago

Somebody check the temperature in hell because it must have frozen over. This is certainly the first time I have ever agreed with Forbes contributor garbage.

DarkOcelet3838d ago

While their articles can be bad, they had a few good ones like the one where they talked about Assassins Creed series and they really did their homework about that and it was a great article.

Rimeskeem3838d ago (Edited 3838d ago )

It provokes other groups or individuals to hack or attack the networks to get free sh**.

TXIDarkAvenger3838d ago (Edited 3838d ago )

Wait people are retarded enough to bribe them? This is just going to mean more attacks and more down time for us because they can get whatever the hell they want.

yewles13838d ago

It wasn't a good idea because they didn't stop...

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PlayStation Network Reported Down By Many Users

Experience issues with PlayStation Network being down? Get the latest updates on the reported problems and find out if you're not alone.

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Themba76142d ago

Well for me I’m good I play single player 90% of the time

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thorstein142d ago

I thought I was losing it. Everything is working in my house except PSN. I checked the PSN page an hour ago and it was all green checks.

I just checked again, everything is red. Says they're doing maintenance.

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Eonjay142d ago

It finally came back up but I must say that it's really unacceptable to not be able to play my games when it's down. Also I have gain a new appreciation for physical games. I know digital keeps growing and growing but the thing is you are paging for something you don't have complete control over and that's lame.

Cacabunga142d ago

It has been over a year since ps+ expired and i only play SP games. I only got 1 month ps+ basic back when i had to do rdr2 online trophies.
I couldn’t care less and shows sp games will always FTW

darthv72142d ago

....and this is why everyone should support more than one platform. Switch has been getting more play time as a result.

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VersusDMC142d ago

Well i am locked out of my digital single player games because offline play wasn't activated and licences can't be verified. And i got no physical games. Gotta remember to activate that when it's back up.

Hopefully it comes back up soon.

neomahi142d ago

I have several PS4 consoles in my house for various purposes, I'm screwed because I have such a large collection and I don't want to have redownload whenever I want to play a game. I want to fire it up, like going to a shelf, pulling a game off the shelf, putting it in the disc drive and off you go that fast. Can't do that with digital and limited HDD space. Installing a disc is faster, you don't have to worry about data caps and internet speeds, and storage space is really expensive. Xbox just allowed a 16TB HDD to be accessed by Xbox, but that 16TB is gonna cost you, even more if it's SSD, if those even exist yet.....

VersusDMC142d ago

It is still down but if you go to settings -users and accounts- other - restore licenses i managed restore a license to a single player game. Back to replaying GOW Ragnarok.

solideagle142d ago

Single player my a**

I have downloaded unicorn overlord, Spiderman 1 And many offline single player but I am getting error to restore license but psn is down in UK.

What a load of bullshit that I can't even play single player games...

Digital is future /s :@

Sonic1881142d ago

This is one of the reason why I don't pay for Playstation plus

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LG_Fox_Brazil142d ago

Still down, been a while since something like this happened

Christopher142d ago

Not a good sign that they haven't said anything yet.

anast142d ago

Ask PlayStation X: "We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN."

LG_Fox_Brazil142d ago

I'm playing Fortnite with my cousin right now, but it's the only game with servers up, the rest is working, library, store, downloads, it's just the online, which sucks, cause I wanted to play Helldivers and Phasmophobia

LG_Fox_Brazil142d ago

Update: It is back here in Brazil. 20 hours later, goddamn

OmegaSoldati142d ago

Still down. More than 12 hours. 2011 flashbacks incoming

P_Bomb142d ago

Yeah it’s all shot. Friday night? Bad timing. 😤

Profchaos142d ago (Edited 142d ago )

Saturday midday for me so no biggie Friday night would be annoying

Profchaos142d ago (Edited 142d ago )

Seems to be a big one so might extend into Saturday for the you guys

P_Bomb142d ago

Yeah, no end in sight. I watched some KCD2 streams to pass the time. Time to call it a night 😴

neomahi142d ago

Would've made more sense to do maintenance during the week. I get it, it's a necessary, but don't do it on the weekend! That and people with digital game collections are up the creek

Nacho_Z142d ago

Suggests it's a problem and not planned maintenance given the timing.

Profchaos142d ago

Down for me but single player PS plus games still work and obviously anything I own digitally or physically so big deal

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PlayStation Network Currently Down Worldwide

PlayStation has been hit with a worldwide outage

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Tacoboto272d ago

When PSN is down, can people even use their PS Portals locally?

I'm also near platinum in Astro but I can't even load the trophies page on the system with this issue going on.

OtterX272d ago

Yea, this thing just became a paper weight. :\

I just tried, and it woke the console up out of sleep mode just fine, but it's stuck in a neverending attempt to actually connect. I've had my Portal for a bit over a month now and have absolutely loved it... but I just found my biggest dislike of this thing.

lukasmain272d ago

Works fine for me as writing this.

OtterX272d ago

@potatoseal great! Glad your region is working. Mine's still stuck in "Connecting". :\

fr0sty272d ago

USA seems to be ok, just turned my system on and all is well.

OtterX272d ago

Yea weird, my Portal wouldn't connect until I actually restarted the Portal. It's working fine now! 🔥

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Profchaos272d ago (Edited 272d ago )

No it still needs to use you PlayStation account authentication to connect the two systems. Both ends need to be able to talk to PlayStation authentication servers to verify your identity prior to connection. It's a good thing I guess as you wouldn't want a unauthorised connection to your console

There's a alternative remote play app on the app store that allows it but it's not going to help you with the portal right now

kayoss272d ago

Im able to connect using my PS Portal but all my games have the "License cannot be verified...." error.

Yui_Suzumiya272d ago

And here I just dusted off my PS4 the past week after not touching it for over 3 years and now I can't even play an offline visual novel (World End Syndrome), lol

Christopher272d ago

It was a night of Vampire Survivors for me.

Disccordia272d ago (Edited 272d ago )

Great choice, still waiting for WORLDEND PHENOMENON...

Yui_Suzumiya266d ago

Same here! I went to Twitter to check up on progress for WEP and apparently it's on the backburner for the moment while the production team works on a spin-off that takes place in the same universe as WES. I did get the platinum trophy though. Now I'm working on Steins;Gate Elite which I should have gone through years ago because the anime adaptation is what got me into anime to begin with, lol.

P_Bomb272d ago

Yeah it’s been 3 hours as of this writing. No official word on the cause that I know of.

ZeekQuattro272d ago

Verizon had outages across the US yesterday. Probably still do bit it didn't effect me. Wonder if this is related or just a coincidence.

blackblades272d ago

I can see people in my friend list playing, its not everyone just like other times. I don't mind I got other things I can do in this world we call life. It's funny on Twitter cause they all use the same excuse "oh just got off work and just wanna play". Also I like free stuff compensation would be great, I prepared for it to go down so I can get more out of it compensation

Michiel1989271d ago

day 2, drums in the deep. They are coming

LG_Fox_Brazil272d ago

Just checked and it seems Xbox is also down, is this ddos? Downdetector has quite a few people posting about both platforms and also for Verizon as well

Reaper22_271d ago

That's not true. Xbox was never down.

gold_drake272d ago (Edited 272d ago )

yeh its been down for hours now.

everytime it goes down, i get ptsd from 2011 haha

3 weeks.

blackblades272d ago

Lol I don't I be like yeah free stuff

Extermin8or3_272d ago

Free stuff at the expense of 3 months without PSN. No online play, no access to digital games .....

blackblades272d ago (Edited 272d ago )

@Extermin
Ain't talking that long, 24hrs is the limit. 24hrs should be that compensation time. 3 weeks I'm strong enough to handle it but its not worth it at 3 months bruh. 24hrs

Profchaos272d ago

@exterminator it was easier to stomach back then sure but at least there's still disc based games and games you have on your system will still load just fine unlike Xbox there's no check in to validate licences it just plays locally if it's not expired

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72586d ago

Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.

isarai586d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ586d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil586d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces