PlayStation

Sony Ponders Reward Offer As It Insists PSN’s Security Was Up-to-Date

Sony is weighing whether to offer a reward for information on the hackers behind the massive PlayStation Network outage, now in its 18th day, CNET reports. Its potential amount was not mentioned.


April 29, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Considering Make-Good For PSN Subscribers, Too

Sony Online Entertainment has already said it plans a “make-good” for D.C. Universe Online and Free Realms subscribers on the PS3. What about the rest of the 77 million PSN account holders?


April 28, 2011
PlayStation

Details On Sony’s Plans To Fix What Went Wrong With PSN

Sony Computer Entertainment has issued an update on last week’s “external intrusion” on its PlayStation Network, an attack that forced the network offline and may have exposed the personal information of millions of members.


April 23, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Confirms ‘External Intrusion’ Is Behind PSN Outage

Sony has acknowledged that the outage, since late Wednesday, of PlayStation Network is due to “an external intrusion on our system”. Patrick Seybold, PlayStation’s top spokesman, said the service was taken offline “to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services”. Still no word on when the service will be available.


December 12, 2009
News

About A Hundred Tester Jobs Affected In Sony QA Consolidation

Sony Computer Entertainment America is consolidating its two QA groups in one location, meaning 30 staff positions are being sent from the Bay Area to San Diego, Calif., and we hear another 100 contract positions were affected.


September 5, 2009
News

Sony “Aware” Of PlayStation 3 Firmware Issues

Earlier this week, reports from PlayStation 3 owners indicated that users of the latest firmware were experience problems, specifically with the game Uncharted and the DualShock 3 controller. Sony says today it’s “aware” of those reports and “looking into the matter.”


June 20, 2009
News

Sony Responds To Activision’s Threats To Ditch Playstation

Activision head honcho Bobby Kotick has been doing some saber rattling over at the giant publisher, saying that they may need to “stop supporting Sony” come 2010 or 2011. The folks at Playstation, though, don’t seem phased.


May 15, 2009
News

Sony Responds To April NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

With Sony’s consoles occupying the bottom three spaces on April’s hardware charts, and sales down across the board, you’d think it would be tough seeing the bright side of life for Sony.


April 14, 2009
News

Sony: Patapon 2 Going Digital As A ‘Test Case’

Sony reps have confirmed that there are no plans for a UMD release for Patapon 2 when the PSP game ships in North America next month, calling the move “a one time test case.”