A routine bit of maintenance on the PlayStation Network last week has gone a little pear-shaped, it seems, with users in Europe complaining that post-update they’ve been unable to access content they’ve already paid for.
While North American users appear unaffected, the problem has struck hundreds of users in PAL territories like Britain, continental Europe and Australasia.
Those affected are getting an error report labelled “80023102″, which helpfully informs them “No content was found” when a user tries to download or re-download PSN content they’ve already purchased.
A moderator on Sony’s official forums wrote earlier today that “I’m being told that the cause of the problem has been identified, but a resolution has yet to become available.”
download list& transaction list both gone or PS Store error 80023102 [PlayStation, via VG247]
Freeze S. Preston Icequire
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 3:12 PMThis started almost a week ago. I grabbed all the FF games on special that I didn’t have and they refused to download. Been making me slightly cranky.
You wouldn’t like me slightly cranky.
jeevs
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 3:28 PMThis explains a lot. I tried to purchase FFIX for the past few days and it kept denying my billing information. I already purchased and downloaded FFVII, why can’t I do the same for FFIX???!??!
michael
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 3:29 PMShould move to the US psn :)
MrBS
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:07 PMAs a US PSN user I’m saying nothing as it will be the US PSN’s turn next! :p
JPhillips
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 3:41 PMThis is awesome really, the only dlc I bought last week was for GT5 and because you download it in game it means that I had no problems with this. That said it sucks to be people that wanted FF.
Average
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 3:53 PMQuick! A slight PSN error! EVERYBODY, IT’s THE END OF THE FUCKING WORLD.
Cohan
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 4:10 PMI’d say that preventing you from accessing content that you have paid for would be considered by many people to be more than a slight error.
DansDans
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:46 PMNo, he is right – whever there is a PSN issue its the end of the fucking world
I noticed something strange though – I finally installed a few PSOne games I downloaded off Plus off the last few months and noticed that after they installed, the download file is still sitting in the XMB, as if waiting to be installed. If i try to delete, it tells me it will delete the installed game
Turk
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:57 PMIt’s ok to delete this as it’s just the install file for installing to the hdd. I deleted mine and the game still works fine. The only reason you’ll want to keep this is if the game can be copied to a PSP, and you want to copy the game to a PSP (I assume it will be same for the Vita too). If you delete this install file but then want to copy it to a PSP you’ll need to redownload the install file again. I found that out the hard way. Had to redownload Final Fantasy 6,7,8,9 install files all over again. :P
Franz
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:39 PMI’d bet people with “pirate” versions of the games could still access it.
Pariah
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 6:28 PMSony != Ubisoft
Though as said above, people tend to have a habit of reacting so badly whenever Sony has a problem. Just be a bit more patient; the problem should be fixed soon enough.
Sam Timmins
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 7:45 PMYeah…this is making me rethink selling my XBOX for a PS3.
Pariah
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 11:28 PMTHIS issue is? Really?
PiratePete1911
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:18 AMThe hacked database and losing all his personal details was fine but when Sony takes away his ability to buy stuff off them… That’s the last straw.
TechaNinja
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 5:56 PMYou’ve read his comment wrong.