Is what Sony offering enough for the Hacker attacks?

Sony extending PlayStation Plus memberships by five days and offering a 10-percent PlayStation Store discount. But is it enough?

[Rimeskeem]

They arent even hacker attacks....... they didnt have to give anything away. Why do people have to question this stuff?

[lodossrage]

Because their site(s) need hits

[Gazondaily]

There's very little you can do against DDOS.

It's almost like demanding compensation for a flood that drowned your console. As far I'm aware, that kind of Force Majeure doesn't entitle you to compensation but then again, I wouldn't even remotely be surprised if people made such a demand these days.

If it was a hacking scandal I'd understand. This isn't the same thing that afflicted the PS3 all those years ago. That was downright unacceptable. This situation is completely understandable. If you're a rational human being that is.

[Prime157]

5 days seems pathetic. Their site needs hits. The competition offered nothing.

People don't understand that lizard squad has been perfecting this ddos program: HELLO, they've been ddos-ing better and better and we've been making fun of them until now (and now they are selling it). It was a money ploy.

Hacker attacks... yes, but it's not a hack, and now it's available for any child with too much money.

[NukaCola]

This is like saying if there are 500 people in front of you at Gamestop and non of them are purchasing a game, just wasting peoples' time...then the store is required to compensate you for time lost.

[blockcoc]

@NukaCola You're not paying a subscription to be able to walk into gamestop though.

[trenso1]

Did microsoft even offer anything? Cause if they didn't then why is that sony is the only one under the microscope

[freshslicepizza]

sony doesn't need to compensate their customers, instead they should be investing in a more secure and more efficiently run network. a network that doesn't bottleneck because there are spikes in users and one that isn't down for days because of ddos attacks. imagine if amazon couldn't fight back a dddos attack. the service should also not have to shut down even partially for routine maintenance either.

[dcbronco]

Gamers that think they should be compensated for things beyond a companies control are brats that always feel entitled. Neither company owes anybody anything. Offering extra days was a nice gesture. What next, they have to compensate you if your home burns down?

[SilentNegotiator]

I'm just reporting this article as fake. Any site that spreads misinformation by calling/implying that a DDoS attack has anything to do with hacking should simply not be allowed to post said article here.

Furthermore, this "is Sony compensating enough?" article trend is a complete joke. PSN and XBL both had issues for a couple days, Sony offers compensation, MS offers none...and we get articles asking why SONY isn't compensating more? Where's the "Should MS give compensation?" articles?!

[nveenio]

@moldybread, Amazon can be victim of the exact same attack. They aren't immune. They just aren't a fun target. People target Sony because it's easier (there is less redundancy), and they think they can get away with it. But I think the only reason Sony gave compensation is because they think they might have a handle on cracking down on attackers. And by giving compensation, they can say, "These attacks cost us exactly $X in damages." Which is way better than just asking the courts to come up with a number. This will make the penalties super sick, and will discourage the hobbyist from taking part. Sure, it won't stop attacks, but that's not the point. The point is to make the ones you catch hurt, while also saving face with consumers.

[Kayant]

"Because their site(s) need hits" -Basically. Service was patchy/down for 4-5 days company gives you back said days and added bonus of a discount. There is no ready to complain or question "if it's enough" because you got back your lost service time and more.

[Dee_91]

I just spilled my beer
Sony owes me a new tv

[N4Flamers]

Most of you posters suffer from low self esteem. Ps plus is a service you pay for. If that service is unavailable for whatever reason that is not on the user end then you deserve to be compensated. When a tree falls on a power line and shuts down your power you do not continue to pay for power and say well that was out of the power companies control.

I think sony has adequately compensated consumers for time lost. Im glad they did that, it saves face.

[nveenio]

@N4Flamers, I get what you're saying, but that's a poor analogy. With power, you pay for consumption above a minimum threshold. That's different than paying for access to something.

A better analogy might be gym membership. You spend $x to access a gym for a month, but there is a major ice storm that month and you can't get to the gym. Does the gym have to reimburse you? No. They'd only have to reimburse you if they closed their doors during that time.

Sony didn't close their doors. Some idiot just parked in the entrance to the parking lot, and it made it difficult for people to get in.

But it really doesn't matter, because Sony did consumers a solid (whether they were obligated to or not), and no one loses anything.

[Snookies12]

Exactly, if it was their security being breached and hacked, then they would have to compensate. This was a simple group of people who were basically trolls screwing with gamers. There was nothing Sony or Microsoft could do to prevent it.

I'm grateful for what they're giving, because they honestly didn't have to do a thing.

[thereapersson]

Because most people have no idea what hacking is, and anything that causes an e-nconvenience is considered a "hack"

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Of course they did.
Have you ever been in a Cinema during a power cut? It isn't their fault but they give you a refund.

[Smoey]

A DDoS is not a HACK it's an ATTACK.

People need to learn the difference before spouting out shit.

[BG11579]

Technically the DDOS is a tool used for hacking. It helps to figure out the weakness of the servers and to cause errors that may enable illicit access to a server.
The fact that although the connections were troubled, no information got out.This is actually a good sign that the info in the servers are quite safe.

[kenshiro100]

Its not the same thing.

[pompous]

Exactly. But why are there "is Sony compensating enough?" articles so often.. Do these authors know it was a dual attack and currently the other network isn't offering anything. So why are there missing articles about "is MS doing anything to make right for customers?". NEWS FLASH XBOX ISN'T GIVING OUT SHIT CURRENTLY.. That's more of an article piece than one about Sony who is the only one trying to make up for it.. I love how MS can do no wrong to the media or the industry as a whole despite them being/doing lots wrong, but never pointed out or held under the same scrutiny as they do Sony. Maybe it's because Sony is more important to the industry than MS..

[NegativeCreep427]

All my feelings exactly! As of yet, I haven't heard any news about Microsoft making any kind of gesture of goodwill towards the people that were affected by Xbox Live being downed because of this DDoS attack, so why is Sony exclusively being scrutinized so much despite the fact that they have already made a gesture of goodwill?

This "article" is nothing but a fanboy piece.

[FanboyKilla]

Lol at the dc, but honestly they dont have to give anything, and thats exactly what they are doing.

[Saijahn]

They are hacker attacks, not an actual hack like last years data breach on PSN, but it's still a security issue.

And yes Sony didn't have to give away anything, but what they did give away was chump change when they've had issues time after time on their network. And I fully expect this type of attack to happen again.

We need to be honest here and hold Sony accountable for their lack of precautionary measures. Why are they the one network between all 3 consoles that consistently have this problem? You think it's a coincidence?

[Majin-vegeta]

First off OP learn the difference between the term "hacker and script kiddie.

Second yes it;s more than enough.

Tell me do you ask for compensation for the following things when they go bust

Electricity
Satellite/cable
Gas for car(When still giving payments on it)
Internet...etc etc....

I swear ever since Sony gave the 2011 games away people now expect compensation everytime soomething like this happens.Bunch of overself entitled brats is what many have become this gen.

Also before someone gives me that damn "Well you can't compare them bla bla bla bla Speech ask yourslef this.

"What do all these things have in common??That's right they're being paid for. I rest my case.

[rajman]

actually when my Internet went down for about 3 days last year, I was refunded the amount it would have cost for 3 days lol

[tiffac008]

What was the cause of the outage? Usually internet providers refund you if the issue was on their end.

[thereapersson]

Someone once put it best: do you call up the lock manufacturer of the locks on your door when a robber busts your door in because the lock didn't withstand brute force, asking them to replace your TV the robber stole?

Majin-Vegeta, the sad part is, someone disagreed with you first.

[rainslacker]

Wish Time Warner would have done that for me before I dropped them. Couldn't go a day without the internet dropping out for 10+ minutes, or a week without it being down most of the day. Had it go down for 4 days once, and they said it wasn't their fault. Over the course of 6 months, I probably couldn't log on for at least 2 weeks worth of time.

Anyhow, it's not common for companies to compensate for down time, but I suppose it's possible if you complain to the right people.

in this case though, seems that no matter what Sony does, it probably wouldn't matter to some people.

[sjaakiejj]

Isn't that the same as Sony did here? I'm a bit confused by the whole ordeal.. Most companies don't even give you compensation for downtime unless the law mandates it, so why is anyone expecting Sony to compensate them for PSN being down a few days?

[thereapersson]

sjaakiejj, It's called the entitlement mentality, and it runs rampant across society nowadays.

[JoeReno]

the break down of a refund for your PS+ subscription would be for 5 days (being generous) is 70 cents. so 10% off and 5 added days to a PS+ subscription is plenty in my opinion.

[EcoSos3]

Yes they are already giving you back the days you lost back and 10% of on any purchase in the store. I may not like Sony as much as I did but you dont see me demanding for more so just be happy with what they are giving you.

[rainslacker]

It's enough for me, because honestly, I never expected them to do anything given that it was only down for 2 days for most people, with some intermittent problems afterwards.

Outside of the 2011 PSN hack, I've never once been compensated by any company for down time on their networks.

If they make it a standard policy to make up down time, then I think it could set a good trend for companies to try a bit harder to keep their services up and running, although I do understand that it wasn't completely on them this time.

[lolosgolos]

If it was only Sony that was attacked then no. As it stands several other companies were attacked and Sony has gone over and above for their fans

[Masterchief_thegoat]

sony didn't have to do this. this site looking for hits..

[Kakashi Hatake]

Microsoft didn't give consumers anything,yet Sony is the one under the magnifying glass. The gaming journalism industry is becoming a joke...

[Brisco]

That's because Microsoft fixed there network within hours.. Sony needed 3 days to recover. I couldn't play on my Ps 4 for 3 days. On Xbox live I only had issues Christmas eve.

[yuukiliu]

Aww, I hope your mom rubbed your back while you cried into her shoulder.

[MRMagoo123]

Within in hours as in 24 or longer derp. MS did squat they even got warned they would be taken down yet they are fine . You xbone fanboys are a joke to all gamers.

[JoeReno]

I only had an issue on my PS4 on Christmas day. Big Deal. my brothers Xbox one was a brick til the Saturday after Christmas. Different people had different experiences with these outages. the only thing that was common was that it sucked for anyone that wanted to play online and/or update a new console Christmas. Sony offered a bit of compensation for the inconvenience as a gesture of good will. that's nice. Microsoft hasn't (yet, but if they wait any longer it will look like they are trying to keep up with the Jones's).

[-Foxtrot]

Couldn't play on your PS4...oh I didn't know Lizard Squad broke peoples PS4s

There is this magical thing called "Single Player"...it's something which you can do offline and by yourself. The way most games should be played in my opinion

We've become way to reliant on gaming online

[GearsOfWar]

PSN was completely down for days and you guys are calling out Brisco for stating it? Even if he prefers Xbox, that still doesn't exclude what he said. Xbox Live went down but it was not down for days. XBL had some continual issues in the aftermath but its sure of a lot better than being COMPLETELY down.

Everyone keeps saying Microsoft did nothing even though the service was back up before PSN. I know you guys are spin artists, but come on.

I've seen it all, from praising Sony for taking the network down, to blasting Microsoft for not doing the same.

I mean, I can't really blame you guys. We have Abriael camping the Xbox Live status page ready to post another article about how XBL has issues for 30 minutes.

Truth is, no network is 100% reliable but one of the networks has shown to be more capable under pressure. That's not even a bragging right considering both had issues all last year. You guys need to stop getting so defensive about it and start demanding a better service from both companies. You are now paying for this.

These companies need to plan ahead more and build up their networks so these issues aren't so harmful. Imagine if Microsoft went ahead with their console being always online.

We're moving towards online being a key part in today's games yet these services have shown to be incapable of providing them. The best compensation either company can give, is to simply strengthen their networks.

[Kakashi Hatake]

That's not true at all. It was down all day Christmas and a bit the day after. Sony was down a bit longer but the point is that they were both down on an important day.

[nitus10]

Well kudo's for Microsoft fixing their DDoS issues, however did you every think what operating system was used as part of the bot-net to instigate the DDoS in the first place :-)

[XanderZane]

Microsoft gave pretty much the same thing. 5 Day extension on XBLG as well as an extension on the sales they were running. They just didn't give 10% off. XBL was only down a couple days for some XB1 users. I don't think the XBox 360 users had any major problems connecting. Microsoft got the network back up fairly quickly.

[Inception]

sigh...wait until we got article about sony must compensate when someone dogs / cats died because of illness.

N4G became a joke lately. If this keep up than i just stick with gematsu or siliconera.

[insomnium2]

I find it more and more uninteresting every day to log into this site lately. Last gen was actually interesting due to the BS that went on against PS3 but the problems people have these days are so laughable it's become very dull to even bother logging in to comment on this site.

[Inception]

That's why i'm planning to stick with gematsu or siliconera. I'm sick with stupid articles that plague N4G and mods who didn't work to ban trolls :/

[MrBeatdown]

If not, we could always sue.

I once ordered a cheeseburger at McDonalds. They informed me that they were out of cheese.

I filed a class action lawsuit seeking to right that injustice.

I now get free ketchup and napkins with every meal. Fight the power.

[Gwiz]

This situation to me,REALISTICALLY..
Those 5 days of outage had to have some effect on sales as well in one way or the other,even though i didn't expect any compensation what so ever those %10 off deals are not just there to compensate on your end but rather also on sales.Having those lost days been giving back is the only thing i see as a real "gift" only you already paid for that lost time,in the end they didn't have to do it and i didn't expect anything.

[x_RadicalAura_x]

Like several others have said, hell yes. They don't need to offer anything. I'm tired of these over-entitled idiots thinking their owed the world. People should've been spending time with their families over the holiday, not playing video games anyways. If people were gonna game, it better have been something that let the whole family participate in a local couch co-op setting (e.g. Smash, MK8, etc.), not something online.

[saposaposapo]

Yes it's enough, because it translates in the days people were off and has the additional discount. What's there to ramble about now? Blame it on hackers firsts, they are the scourge of humanity here.

[masterfox]

no!!! I wan't free burger and a Cappuccino please!!

[Cra2yey3]

More than enough...

[Toiletsteak]

People complained when this happened saying Sony should give us something for it.... they really shouldn't have gave them anything but they was kind and gave them there 5 days back and a 10% discount and still people complained and said they want there money back which works out to be like 50 cents if that, i even saw loads of people saying they should get a free game, you really shouldn't have got anything and being ungrateful when they do give you something is stupid.

[Mr_Luke]

Come on... besides the ignorance behind the article (i don't think you can call DDOS a hacker attack), Sony didn't have to give anything. Instead i got 5 extra days and a 10% discount. Stupid sites...

[iNFAMOUZ1]

no not really but everyone on this site will agree it is

[JMyers]

Not a hack. Nothing security related. Its falsely overloading servers by sending constant pings or log in attempts.

What Sony is offering is fair and a good will gesture. They don't need to give it. No other company has ever offered anything for a DDOS attack.

Nothing can really be done to secrue aganist DDOS, except investing billions in server farms. Even this isn't DDOS proof.

People feel entitled or deserving more is just ridiculous. I don't see any company offering "free days" for our cable, wifi, or phone services when a signal isn't being received.

Thanks for the free days and the discount. If Sony offered nothing then no debate would exist. If they offered a free game people would've complained that they have this game! Lose, lose. This way everyone benefits.

[lnfiniteLoop]

I had to hold off renewing my PS+ sub (which I had already paid for (code)) because a) downtime over christmas b) threat of downtime new years day... not that I could have renewed on christmas day even if I wanted... PSN was down...

[sin7279]

another stupid troll article!

[nix]

The right question is - does Sony has to offer for the DDOS attacks?

And thank god for the IQ level of the stupid "journalists", we can scent a troll miles away.

[xwilldemise]

Didn't even care that PSN was down to be honest, I mostly worked those days, spent it with friends & family or was playing Bayonetta 2 which I borrowed from a friend during the time PSN was down. Also most games have single player, Dragon Age, Far Cry, sports games, Guilty Gear, etc
Idk why people made such a big deal out of this, I can only see this being a problem if you wanted to play Destiny or CoD badly tbh.

Regardless, I guess it would have been cool if Sony gave us a free game like maybe LBP3 or something but it wasn't a big enough deal to me to start bashing them begging for a game.

[urwifeminder]

Free dashboard rain background or up close 1080p dynamic chest hair theme would calm down the fans also a petition app and I survived the hack T shirt.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

All of this hoopla over 70 cents worth of PSN service. Some people need to go outside and see a movie once in a while.

[nitus10]

Why go out to watch a movie when you can rent or buy a Blu-ray or even a DVD and get your friends and/or family to watch it with you. No network needed here and much more fun.

Of course you can even get some good off-line games and depending on the game you can even play these with your family and friends or by yourself.

If all you want to play is on-line only games then enjoy the vagaries of your network although to be fair depending on your ISP most of the time the network will be working properly.

[Imalwaysright]

I think is more than fair that Sony refunds PS subscribers for the days the service went down after all they're paying for it and couldn't access it. Anything more than that, like JMyers said above, is a good will gesture from Sony.

[nitus10]

Why should Sony or even Microsoft refund it was not their fault that they were attacked with a DDoS. If anything blame your ISP and everyone else's ISP as well as the Crackers and the people who did not protect themselves from the both-net software.

Please note there is a big difference between a Cracker and a Hacker. Cracking is a criminal offence while Hacking is not.

If all the hackers of the world were locked up the software industry would collapse and not only that you would need more prisons to hold 10's of millions of people. On the other hand the world would be a much safer place if all the Crackers (a few hundreds) were locked up.

[Imalwaysright]

Imagine that you go to a coffe house, pay upfront for a coffee and suddendly the coffe machine breaks down. Don't you expect to get your money back? It's irrelevant why the coffe machine broke down or in this case why PS plus went down. Consumers shouldn't have to pay for a service that they can't use. You would be giving money to Sony in return for 0, zilch, nada.

It's not PS+ subscribers fault that the service went down either but is Sony's responsibility to provide it to those that paid for it.

[Fastandslow]

still feeling entitled m8? didnt even go down for me so yer

[Revengeance]

Still waiting to see what Micro$oft offers.

[DarXyde]

I stopped reading at "hacker attacks".

It's too easy to be a "journalist" these days.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Technically yes, it doesn't however, restore my faith in them in regards to their online services. I don't even mean the Lizard Squad DDoS in particular.

[GokuSolosAll]

Not even close. If were a week of PS+ for anyone and 15% then maybe but this is just some minimal PR stunt to shut us up.

[BlackWolf12]

Sorry guys, I must have missed the things that Microsoft is giving away for the outage? Can someone tell us what Xbox owners get.

Oh wait, nothing, that's right....

So I guess we should all stfu about Sony not doing enough then hey.

[iistuii]

let me just say I'm not worried about the downtime because it was over Xmas, I have a family so wouldn't be sat on my console, so I miseed nothing.. But if it's their fault or not they are taking money for a service. If my internet goes down for whatever reason, I get a free month, if your cable goes down, you get a free month, like someone else said, if a cinema or restraunt loses power, you wouldn't pay the full price or nothing at all, so if they give you back the time you lost, that's fair enough.

[MannGamer]

So people are against Sony saying that they are not giving enough and don't say anything about the competition not giving anything at all???
And people says Sony control the media :-)

[kurruptor]

Sony's problem was way worse.

[kurruptor]

PS fan here, and I wish the PS fanboys would stop comparing Sony to MS here. MS was down for less than a day. Sony's problems continued for 2 days after the DDOS attacks, that is where they completely failed.

Sony probably did owe us something. They can't have a paid service that isn't available for 3 straight days, that is unreasonable. 3 days compensation would have been enough.

[Spotie]

You're taking what was reported by some as all that happened. Some said XBL was only down for a matter of hours, but others had multiple days of problems.

The same is true for PSN: for some, it was down the entire time, while there were little to no issues for others. Furthermore, there were even less problems with PS3 and Vita than with PS4.

[kurruptor]

Wrong.

A minority of Live users had problems randomly for a few days.

A majority of PSN users had problems consistently for a few days.

A big difference.

[PersonMan]

If I remember correctly, Sony aren't the ones who brought down the network. DDOS is beyond their control.

The funny thing is... people keep asking for a more robust network, but if these guys didn't attack it, PSN would've been fine. PSN has plenty of bandwidth to accommodate it's users. DDOS attacks are not considered normal traffic.

[uth11]

They should compensate us for every game we purchased, and give us all Bloodborne and Uncharted free on top of that and offer a guarantee that psn never ever goes down in a DDOS attack again, ever!

I know that still won't be enough for some ppeople, but it's a start

/s

[Davuskus]

It's not their fault. Why should Sony offer anything at all?

[ShiranaiJittai]

Yes for two reasons.

One nothing could have been done to prevent this. It wasn't a hack it was a DDoS attack. These are not the same and no amountil of "journalists" refusing to fact check changes this!

Two this is not anywhere close to as bad as the hack years ago when it was done for close to two months.

They didn't have to offer anything they extended all their sales and offers that were going on when people couldn't access the network a duration longer than the amount of time the network was down and they extended playstation plus accounts the exact duration.

Legally they didn't have to do anything their To is just as crazy as any other major tech company.

This isn't me defending sony either I am just pissed that people keep calling these hacks when they aren't and the sense of entitlement everyone feels obligated to.

Lastly sony will give you more just wait they generally try to make good on stuff. I may be in the minority here but I am far moremoved pissed with them over the cap that is playstation now and the horrible way they botched those 20th anniversary bundles.

A temporary outage of services pales in comparison to exploiting to your fan base to con a new one.

This is nothing and you guys think that us talking cap about the network outage is upsetting them but really we are just complaining about something they couldn't control which takes away from the deliberate back stabs of playstation now.

Edited to add FU Autocorrect

[JamesBondage]

not really

[mastershredder]

#1 Not hackers (and please dont try to psyso convince me).
#2 The only offering/s should be coming from your "hackers" the lizzard squad (Which is a fart in the wind).

[ironmonkey]

It was during the holidays so i was with family rather than being online and worrying so much. Its back online now so im enjoying the games like nothing happened. Their giving free days back for it so im grateful. not gonna go punch holes in my wall cause a bunch of kids took down ms and sony temporary.

[The7Reaper]

Yes it is enough we don't need a free game it wasn't off for like a month it was off for 2 days for me which was okay because I know what the outside of my house looks like

[MWMonroe2395]

What did Microsoft give the Xbox gamers? Nothing that's right so shut the fuck up about Sony not giving enough little kid

[InTheZoneAC]

Sony should sue every caught lizard squad member and if they can't pay a settlement for every psn member affect then go to prison for life

then the question is, was the ddos attack worth it?

sony is not at fault here...

[Silly gameAr]

These articles are so tiring. Everyday there's mutiple articles asking the same dumb questions.

[Jamaicangmr]

Considering it wasn't a hack so they lost none of our information. Also it was a well publicized attack that also affected Microsoft which offered nothing to this date. I'd say yes it was enough. Funny how Sony offers incentive for something thats not their fault, yet MS offers none but we complain about Sony not offering enough.

Entitled is an understatement. Smh!

[WilDRangeRfc]

Any day you lose due to maintenaince or outages should be added back to your subscription nothing more,you lose 5 days PS+ sub extends 5 days easy as that,there will be some that expect 15 free games 2 years free PS+ flowers delivered to their home and a cake that says im entitled to freebies for life!!!

[spok22]

Obviously not.
I want an ownership share in the company, a PS4, an oculus rift, another copy of destiny so my brother and I can play coop, a million bucks and a Togo's gift card.

[SuperBlur]

That's not enough. I want 50 LEGAL AGE , beautiful virgins to worship me!

[WilDRangeRfc]

All on its way good sir lol

[Enigma_2099]

Funny. I seem to recall that XBox Live got hacked too. Kinda makes you wonder why no one's questioning their attempts at reimbursing users...

[MrZweistein]

No. Instead of offering placebo compensation Sony should improve their processes and procedures to re-establish their service in less time.

[Razuel]

should be a month, this was the big holiday work time off. Family time, yes that includes playing games with them.

[CodeNameTBW2]

I'm soooo happy this articular pissed the fan boys off. lol

[Silly gameAr]

That's why people like you keep writing these pathetic articular pieces isn't it? I just wonder who's worse. Fanboys or people like you.

[Clarence]

Write a article about what M$ is offering. Trust me no one is pissed. Despite the hack the PS4 is still selling.

[Clarence]

Yes. What is M$ offering?

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Yes, they are offering enough.

People who are complaining and want free games can gtfo.

[assdan]

Yes, how isn't it enough? The servers were down for like 3 days, and no info was actually taken.

[Hold_It]

Not really at all. @NukaCola, that's a terrible example. So in your logic since I pay for the water and utility bill each month and they decide to accidentally not let my hot water work for 3-5 days, they shouldn't have any kind of compensation at all.

[ScaryMonkey]

Its good enough for everyone but xbox fanboys who would whine and moan no matter what Sony offered.

[Shadowstar]

It was down, what, one day longer than Xbox Live? Where are the people asking aout if MS's gift of zilch is enough? Seriously, maybe they shouldn't have given people anything.

[u4one]

I don't really think they have to offer us anything. I mean... It sucked. We were inconvenienced, but it states in the TOS that sometimes s!!! Happens and you understand that and agree (more or less). Now if they got proper hacked and my credit card info was exposed (again), I'd be feeling a little pissed off and expect some compensation for the hassle of changing my cc number (again). A DDOS though? What could they do?? Lizard Squad owes me, not Sony.

[Infinity_Rasta]

Why do these shit articles come around again, no one want the click bait and really low level jounalism.