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Five Reasons Why PSN’s Return Might Be Taking So Long

by Ernice Gilbert on May 11th, 2011, under Article, Hot, PSN, Sony

Are you not infuriated at Sony? Because I know I am. The PlayStation Network was hacked three weeks ago, and Sony’s yet to bring back the service online, and the entire industry’s feeling the blow. Developers are feeling it too, with Capcom now complaining of “millions” in lost revenue. But at the end of the day, no one feels the pain more than Sony. Its install base is pretty disgruntled, some are leaving to join Xbox Live, and the media is pumping bad press to millions of potentials consumers.

There must be reasons why PSN is not back online, reasons maybe beyond the hardware giant’s control, or reasons that will benefit gamers when the service is finally back online. Maybe cross-game chat, a new XMB. It could be that the firm is still trying to secure the service? Five potential reasons are below the break, let’s find out.

Why Is The Whole Freaking Industry Against Sony?

by Ernice Gilbert on April 30th, 2011, under Hot, Opinion Piece, PS3, PSN, Sony

I’ll be the first journalist to say Sony messed up. I’ll also be the first to say the company did bad by our sensitive information. Yes, they should have protected us better, and there should have been more levels of security put in place to make sure all users information cannot, but no means, be taken at once. So again, Sony did us a disservice and will have to work hard in order to fully regain our trust.

But there’s a nasty trend happening right now that’s somewhat startling and disheartening at the same time. There’s a saying that goes “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks”. It means eventually, what’s in one’s heart will come out through the mouth, making known one’s true feelings towards a thing, or somebody. While scouring many websites, especially the most prominent ones, all I can see right now is hate towards Sony. Like a lion after its prey, they go after the giant and rip it apart like they wish the PlayStation brand was already dead. From IGN to Eurogamer, and VG247 to Gamasutra, there’s a pervading theme that seems to say “kill the dog while it’s down”, and, “make sure it’s beaten to death”.

Thing is, although Microsoft RROD catastrophe was just as bad as Sony’s 2011 faux pa, I can’t remember the headlines being as nasty as they are to Sony right now. In this article, you’ll see why IGN is an Xbox 360 loving and PS3 downing website, and while I’m a massive fan of VG247 and Eurogamer, their tone towards this situation has been rather surprising. It seems the whole freaking industry is against Sony.