When PSN Goes Down Sony Should Give Us A Day Of PS Plus

A major problem with PSN going down is that recent Triple-A games require updates and patches in order to actually work. Sony-owned titles such as LittleBigPlanet 3 and DRIVECLUB are an absolute mess without the day one patches installed, and even then they still struggle to work properly.

[the_dark_one]

Didnt sony annouce that they will compensate gamers with like to games to chose from ps3,4 and vita? And like a month of free psplus or music unlimited?

[nX]

Yeah you wish. They lose much more from this outage than we do, you should be happy if you'll get anything as a compensation.

[PeaSFor]

dat 0.13cents credit.....

[the_dark_one]

Actually i read somewhere they will

[lodossrage]

@the_dark_one

That was years ago during the ACTUAL hack. And they did give that stuff you mentioned.

THIS, isn't a hack. This is just a group of people overloading servers with false traffic.

[medman]

How's that all digital, always online future working out so far? All digital, always online my a$$.

[ShadowKing-]

yeah and mcdonalds should give me my money for making me fat too.

not sony's fault services went down, they dont owe us a damn thing.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

no but I want the exact same burger (or very close) as shown in their pictures :D That would be a start!

[christian hour]

Have you ever looked up how those photos are done? It's insane, there's actually one guy in the industry who's known for being the best at making food look good in photos. Methods include hand gluing on each seed on the bun in to a desirable pattern. They also paint on the "grill" marks and ad gloss etc, not to mention the food is under extreme lights for lengthy periods so they keep getting replaced every few minutes until the perfect shot is done. A single photo shoot can go through hundreds of burgers.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

comparing server to food now huh

T_T

[one2thr]

That made me lol

[cluckey07]

Isn't it their fault though? They knew about it ahead of time. They could have been prepared and gotten proper protection. When it went out in 2011 it wasn't their fault either but they gave us two or three free games. I'm not saying do the same because they give us tons of free games already. But what about giving us some new free themes or something? Or hey just be transparent with whats happening.
PSN is down now also and it's not due to hackers. It's just servers being overwhelmed with people trying to play. They should know better.

[THC CELL]

No we get enough, lame article

[HaydenJameSmith]

I suppose if a Van went through the window of a restaurant I was dining in, they should be obligated to refund me. Right ?

Silly article... the real villains are the group of self proclaimed hackers who think they're being so clever ruining Xbox Live and PSN for everyone. If anything something should be done to stop them...

[GamersPost]

Sony should not blame any hackers. I think they aren't interested in spending more on security or they don't have the required infrastructure to make the servers running smoothly. Either way they do have the required funds to do both, to hire more people and to maintain more servers. Today everybody who really wants not to be affected by DDoS attacks can take the required precautions and build a system against it.

[HaydenJameSmith]

It's not that cut and dry, there would have been hundreds of thousands of people getting there new consoles on Christmas Day and tons of new IP's coming online (that's why the Lizard Squad DDoS attacked PSN and Xbox Live on Christmas cause it'd be harder to stop them) and PSN's server quality is a completely different subject, I just don't think people are entitled to be reimbursed for issues that are caused by others.

I agree that they should have a quality service if they choose to charge people for these services, but a group of proclaimed self righteous anarchists are not their responsibility. It's not that easy to stop DDoS attacks or MS and Sony would have done it already... cause there is potential losses which neither company want to endure.

[Kayant]

No if you actual research you would see it's not worth the cost and it's not a dry cut solution because there isn't one for this only minimising. Not to say they don't need to upgrade their infrastructure but just to prevent DDOS attacks is not justifiable.

[Sharky231]

Security has nothing to do with these crashes! They flood the servers with fake traffic and it crashes! You could have all kinds of security and it would still happen! Same thing for Xbox live. Until they find a way to stop the guys behind this we have to just sit through it!

[Eonjay]

This is bull. How about when networks are sabotaged by dbags, we demand them to pay us back for the inconvenience. How about we tell them to get a life and leave us alone. What, you expect Sony and Microsoft to pay but let the cause to go unpunished. You are falling for their trap.

[leemo19]

Unless it became 2011 again, where there was a actual data breach and peoples personal info was at risk, there's no point in Sony or MS giving us something. Sony, MS, or any other business will never stop a DDOS 100% since its just overloading a server till it crashes, similar to how certain games come out with so many people trying to log on. Now a DDOS can lead to real data breach since it can act like a decoy while the real Trojan horse is being planted copying info, but Ive yet to see a hacker or hacker group to my knowledge do that.

[Rimeskeem]

There almost nothing Sony or MS could have done to defend against DDos attacks. Why Sony by the way? It happened to MS so should they also do something like that?

[Hellsvacancy]

So if these hackers wanted to they could do this to the PSN/XB1 servers everyday if they chose to, I don't believe that "nothing" can be done about it

[Spotie]

Something can be done, but nothing is a permanent solution.

And yes, if folks like these wanted to, they could do the same thing every day, and it'd be hard to stop.

PSN and XBL are especially vulnerable, because people need to log in. DDOS attacks essentially- if I'm getting this correct- send a bunch of fake requests to log in that flood servers.

And, according to rainslacker(who seems far more knowledgeable than most around here about the subject at hand) intimates that it's not even Sony or Microsoft's servers that are being directly affected. Which is part of why some people have had no problems at all throughout all this.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

If they did it everyday they'd increase the chances of them being caught.

[No_Limit]

Down for a day...give it a rest and go outside and walk in the park or something or go to a movie on Chriatmas day. And like someone said, there is not much you can do against a DDoss attack as it is not a hack but deploying bots to overload the servers. so it is not really Sony or Ms fault.

[DiScOPiMp]

Actually it's the 3rd day here in the UK that I'm unable to play pretty much anything on my ps4.. My disc version of Farcry 4 won't load.. nor will Minecraft which my daughter and I play together with the little amount of free time I get over the holidays.. I don't want and compensation from Sony just for them to sort there shit out.. It's getting proper embarrassing now :-(

[psforward]

Weird, I installed and played Farcry 4 on my PS4 on Christmas.

[one2thr]

Honestly if it wasnt for PSN being down, I wouldnt have found out that Freedom Wars was being sold for $15, and thats for a BRAND NEW copy at GameStop.

In short, I bought it and its definitely a game worth getting.

Cool idea of having to do missions to reduce a 1,000,000 year life sentence, I got it down to 998,578yrs (:

[HakatoX]

I don't work 70 hours a week to have someone tell me to go outside.
You realize how self righteous you sound? I work outside and much physical labor iis involved. You think I might want to relax on a game.

[WeAreLegion]

No! These idiots will keep DDOSing if Sony gives us free stuff.

[migrateddoor]

No! I know that there's probably nothing they can do with overloading the servers but it's making Sony and Microsoft look bad which is probably the whole point... Maybe. The only thing is do we really know what this "squad" really wants or is trying to prove.

[slappy508]

The only ones who deserve to get anything are Lizard Squad: they deserve to get a punch in the face

[psforward]

Or nuts

[migrateddoor]

I can't or won't speak for everyone but I hope everyone just wants the networks to run smoothly the whole point of gaming in the 21st century. Because I hate to say it but I think this is just the beginning of a long expensive hobby with a lot of attacks on any network not just gaming. Cut the head off one another one will take its place maybe even stronger sadly to say

[averagejoe26]

When power goes out do the electric companies give us anything?

When internet goes out, do our isps give us anything?

Why would people expect anything from Sony or Microsoft?

[HakatoX]

Power companies and cable give discounts or other perks. Got 90 days HBO from Comcast net outage. Key to good business keep customers happy and returning.

[averagejoe26]

Well it must be different where you live because I know nobody who's ever been compensated for losing power during a storm.

[HakatoX]

Also if the power goes out your bill will be a bit cheaper cause no metered power consumption. Hell add solar cells to your home and the power company will pay you..I set up solar farms for a living.

[averagejoe26]

I hear you on the pay by usage thing. However, many services that we pay for lose power, shut down, etc. Always been that way. People demanding free things for an outage is a little ridiculous. It's just not the way things always work.

[Bladesfist]

We pay for power used here, so no we do not pay for power outages. You pay flat rates?

[Kalebninja]

rented a few games from psnow and havent been able to play them for days. I damn well expect compensation...

[Surt]

This is why I say bounties are a way to stop these clowns or at least get their identities. "but the hackers might get seriously hurt or killed" LOL! AND?

[MAULxx]

I say Let's go back to putting the full, finished game on the disc without internet reliance. A good game doesn't need social media links or the internet in any form. Let's go back to single player games & couch co-op games. The internet will probably be the death of consoles in the future.

As for the competitive multiplayer crowd. I guess they would have to go back to gathering their pals for lan play. They would probably have more fun anyway.

As for the all digital games crowd....I guess you would have to go back to physical.

Just a dream of mine but, what a wonderful dream it is :)