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Did they have the house locked up properly, though? Word on the street for a while was that they were running pretty outdated software without adequate protection, and that they had already been warned of as much.

 

Because if I leave my suitcase full of drugs computer at someone's house and someone breaks in and steals it, I don't blame the homeowner, unless I find out the patio door was left open.

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man, i hit a sore spot with loganses flyover state thing. also, why isnt axel's HDD removable?

 

to be honest, im not as pissy about it going down, like i wasnt with XBL down a week or two back then, cause i really dont play online as much...i mostly chat and sync trophies and the like, though i did miss out on shit i wanted to get like Beyond Good & Evil HD and Streets of Rage 2. this isn't so much an excuse for Sony as just stating my habits.

 

i do blame them for having shit security, for not reporting on the possible loss of credit card info as soon as they knew it (a point i contend with maldrons), and being down so goddamn long that we celebrate their return like it's force feedback again. if they get raked over the coals at E3 about this, it'll be a shame cause i wanna hear about the NGP, but they'll kinda have it coming and they know it.

 

if we're gonna do the fanboy thing though, there's upsides to these tragedies.

 

-I can all but guarantee, in my mind, sony won't drop the ball this hard again, cause they know they can't if they wanna maintain customer confidence, free service or not. they can no doubt get hacked again - anyone can - and take their servers offline for a day or two to fix shit, but a prolonged period offline where devs/publishers lose mad $ and critical info is lost, no, i can't see that shit happening again.

 

-likewise, MS' next system will be built like a goddamn tank, like every system should. this isnt even a theory of mine; they lost billions on this shit. people will be using them as emergency flotation devices when planes crash in the ocean, and playing them simultaneously.

 

-i hope to god that a) Capcom realizes how fucking stupid their DMR is - i hope none of you tried playing Final Fight or Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 the last few weeks, cause you couldnt, and b) the tragedy of Online Passes gets scrutinized for being the bullshit that it is, cause PSN is back up here and people still cant play MK online without the PS store.

 

 

-to indulge some fanboy shit, while its perfectly fine for you guys to pay what you want for whatever you desire, XBL gold is bullshit. you own the system, you own the game, you own the internet tubes you're paying for, and you're giving MS extra $ to use all these things you own and host your own games. we're not even talking the dedicated servers many PC games bring for free, you're hosting them - if you don't know the difference, play an MMO or a PC game online that doesn't lag, you'll see it. so now you can pretty much rest assured that next gen, we'll all be paying for this bullshit since MS made it hand over fist by adding bullshit like Last FM (that cant be streamed in game?!) and the like. didnt know about netflix on PS3 needing a disc in it, that's stupid, but i think Nintendo is the only one that wont charge for online because they likely don't know it exists yet (here's to hoping for a miracle with E3...). some argue silver accounts might see online play later, but i cant see that happening, though id love to be wrong here.

 

 

now if you'll excuse me, im off to try changing my password for the 5th time.

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got on, uploaded enough trophies to hit level 11 (and 50% to 12!), linked to my steam account & am now downloading all 11 gigs of Portal 2 to said steam. feels good, man.

cant wait till the store's back up, i wants my BG&E HD/SOR2/etc.

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So I initially thought the the mass 360 unbanning was just capitalizing on the downtime, but it dawned on me last night that it's probably MS trying not to become a target.

 

"Oh, hi hackers! Sorry about the whole "banning" thing. We're cool, right bros?"

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Customer appreciation program details

 

All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

 

Dead Nation

inFAMOUS

LittleBigPlanet

Super Stardust HD

Wipeout HD + Fury

 

For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

 

LittleBigPlanet (PSP)

ModNation Racers

Pursuit Force

Killzone Liberation

 

A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.

30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.

Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.

Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.

Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.

To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

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yeah, panch wanted APANCHALYPSE but that didn't fly for some reason, either. they're odd.

 

will add you later, rumors have the store back on tuesday, guess we'll see...at least Mortal Kombat players can now play online without a pass for the time being.

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the welcome back went for one month after the outage, yeah? does that mean you scrubs no longer have PSN+? not that i mind, but they kinda skimped on the goodies this month, i'm assuming on account of how much sony lost from the downtime.

 

on sega's end, Streets of Rage 2 was awesome as ever, i think next month is something weak like Altered Beast though.

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Those discounts are sexy, since you get to keep the games forever and all. It's the "free" stuff that gets to me. Eventually I'd end up just paying the monthly fee out of principle forever because I don't want to lose a big chunk of my game library, and then I'd get orritated, again out of principle.

 

All of this is irrelevant since I turn on my PS3 about 4 times a year. I can see it being potentially worth the relatively small charge otherwise. Plus it's subsidizing free online play for everyone else and (hopefully) making downloads less slow and shitty. Have demos become standard for PSN games yet? That was a retarded flaw in the system back in the day.

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i know that feel bro, turned my 360 on for like the 2nd time this year and BOOM more updates

 

they haven't, sadly, but knowing more about it now: it's not as much PSN's fault. XBL can do that because MS is hosting the demos/data, as i understand it (offset by big XBL gold subscriptions from big suckers); since Sony doesnt charge, if i understand it right, it's up to the dev/publisher to host the content, making it not a standard thing.

 

i agree it's a big setback, but looking at the picture overall, i much prefer free online, even if i think there's almost no chance of us seeing it on consoles much next gen.

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