Is The PlayStation Network Working For You Yet?

131 responses to “Is The PlayStation Network Working For You Yet?”

1. 

   mount-eerie

   May 16, 2011 at 10:53 am

   This morning it started to let me change my password word then quickly returned me to the same “currently undergoing maintenance” screen we’ve been seeing for the last 24 days.

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   1. 

      SuperFred

      May 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

      I don’t know why they even bother.

      They announce it’s back up, but currently down because they’re flooded with everyone trying to do everything at the same time – so things are coming up and down, and they take it down as ISP’s don’t like the number of emails being sent so they want to stop people requesting an email and not getting it (not a fault on their part, by the way).

      However, look at all the whining below this post across the entire day. Seriously – if you’ve waited 24 days, why not wait another 6 hours to get it running?

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2. 

   ndroste

   May 16, 2011 at 10:55 am

   Tried about 10:30, West Melbourne. NO DEAL.

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3. 

   Powalen

   May 16, 2011 at 10:57 am

   A-nope. Tried a few times this morning. (NSW South Coast)

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4. 

   jimmy

   May 16, 2011 at 11:01 am

   nyc at 2:30 am the network was working fine I played some black ops , but now 9:00 pm I cannot login. psn sucks!!!

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5. 

   Cohan

   May 16, 2011 at 11:02 am

   Not working in south east qld

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6. 

   Mase

   May 16, 2011 at 11:02 am

   11:00am – No dice. Playstation twitter saying that they have stopped password resets to “clear the back log”

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7. 

   thejiveman

   May 16, 2011 at 11:03 am

   Tried at 8:30am before work and still getting the maintenance screen(Regional NSW)

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8. 

   Qoutheraven

   May 16, 2011 at 11:06 am

   Logged in 8.00 am Sydney {CBD location} changed password went into Home and just lagged like hell… synchronized my trophies but had changed my Facebook password so that failed… tried Qirocity but no luck there… Then had to leave for work but i was on the network for 30 odd minutes

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9. 

   masha2932

   May 16, 2011 at 11:06 am

   No success in wollongong

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10. 

    SaintSkeeta

    May 16, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Logged in fine this morning… Not sure about now, but @Playstation ‘s twitter account says the service is temporarily down because of the large number of password resets.

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11. 

    Peter Richards

    May 16, 2011 at 11:11 am

    It is still working fine for me, just perfect, ɥɐuƃ ou’ ʍʇɟ¡ pɐɯu ʎon souʎ¡¡

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12. 

    Ru3

    May 16, 2011 at 11:11 am

    Nada in Western Sydney (11:11 AEST)

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13. 

    Peter Richards

    May 16, 2011 at 11:13 am

    It was working fine for me this morning in NSW, I’d say it is just struggling a bit from the rush of people logging in and DLing firmware and changing passwords.

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14. 

    thejiveman

    May 16, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Maybe if we collected a whole heap of pubic hairs and weaved them together into a rope and connected it direct to the psn we would have more luck.

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15. 

    metalisticpain

    May 16, 2011 at 11:20 am

    haha so the system crashed because it cant handle all the password resets. What Fail sony.

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    1. 

       Tofferz

       May 16, 2011 at 11:43 am

       Don’t dog on Sony, tell me if you know of any server that could sustain itself when a 100 million ppl try to log into it at the same time

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16. 

    Jamie What?

    May 16, 2011 at 11:20 am

    5am, Sydney, all was a-ok. Logged in, reset my password and chatted with a mate before heading out to work.

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17. 

    Peter

    May 16, 2011 at 11:22 am

    I managed to get the firmware update yesterday, but still am unable to change pass word etc…

    But they have not announced anything for Australia yet have they?

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18. 

    Rhi

    May 16, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Tried logging in on 11.20am..put my pw in and said it was down for maintenace… grrrrrr

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19. 

    Logan

    May 16, 2011 at 11:28 am

    Was just playing black ops 10 mins ago but got mad and raged lol so I decided to try mw2 instead and it wouldnt find a match so I restarted my ps3 and now I can’t log in!
    Sony said they are expieriencing lots of server traffic so that’s why some can’t log in.

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20. 

    Sar Selack

    May 16, 2011 at 11:28 am

    I still need to create an account. I haven’t been able to do that in the 17 days since I got my PS3. I also can’t do it now. http://au.playstation.com/registration/ still says PSN is Offline.

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21. 

    Zac

    May 16, 2011 at 11:28 am

    Still not working here in Syd, NSW. AU LAST TO BE CONNECTED! Europe is online & functioning at the moment.

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    1. 

       MasterCyl

       May 16, 2011 at 2:07 pm

       Errr. Japan isn’t up yet.

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22. 

    Flumpf

    May 16, 2011 at 11:32 am

    (11:30am, Melbourne) Still more stuffed than Mr Creosote for me…

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23. 

    r

    May 16, 2011 at 11:47 am

    948am not working in perth

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24. 

    Kusaryuu

    May 16, 2011 at 11:52 am

    11:22am down here in Adelaide. Still nothing.

    I here I was hoping it would be smoother here than stateside…

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25. 

    robert

    May 16, 2011 at 11:54 am

    new south wales south coast and still no PSN.
    Why do sony its all go and really its not.

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    1. 

       Ev

       May 16, 2011 at 12:14 pm

       Hey Im from the south coast!

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26. 

    Rhi

    May 16, 2011 at 11:55 am

    in melbourne.. 11.55 still not working… i am really beginning to hate u sony! i mean come on!!

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27. 

    jimmy

    May 16, 2011 at 11:55 am

    nyc i can login to the psn network website but not on the ps3 again psn sucks!!

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28. 

    Rompe

    May 16, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Nope, nothing here in Brisbane either yet as I write this. I have been able to update the firmware but still can’t connect to PSN. Sooner it comes back, sooner I can get my Mortal Kombat Classic Ermac skin unlocked!!! 🙂

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29. 

    Bloodnut

    May 16, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Was on psn at about 3am then got off line at 7:30 but when I tride to sign back in all I got was the currently undergoing maintenance dose eney one now y that would tern it on and later tern it off.

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30. 

    johnny2guns

    May 16, 2011 at 11:58 am

    this has got hair all over it! itll be another ten days or so before this shit is soughted.i reckon there still finding shit thats been ripped out by hackers!?,nothing here in newcastle not even a flicker and i think there welcome back package is the biggest joke(welcome back)we didnt go anywere dickhead ,your the one that vanished leaving us in the fucking twilight zone, anti up with some serious game downloads,map packs,and a personal appology to every single one of us for this and the shit you tried to pull back in the 40,s

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    1. 

       Deepfrieddog

       May 16, 2011 at 2:10 pm

       I lol’d at that. Hilarious

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31. 

    JPL

    May 16, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Midday, still no dice!!!
    South east QLD

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32. 

    M1557

    May 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Sydney north shore here, still nothing at mid day.

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33. 

    Aaron

    May 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    12:02PM; not working for me here in western Melbourne. Didn’t expect it to with the millions of users chugging up the service to get back on. What’s another day?

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34. 

    Manuel

    May 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    in Brisbane. 12:05pm. Still not working 🙁

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35. 

    Marcos

    May 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    I’m in Melbourne and can’t sign in even for the first time. I’m losing all patience

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36. 

    Jake

    May 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    Auckland, New Zealand – No dice.

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    1. 

       defkon02

       May 16, 2011 at 1:18 pm

       Thanks Jake, Been at work and have been hoping.

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37. 

    blkops

    May 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    12:07 here nothrn melbourne still nothing maybe tonight

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38. 

    jsarg

    May 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Tried at like 11:00am here in Brisbane QLD and nothing. Still saying undergoing mantinence

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39. 

    rayzablayde

    May 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Got reports from mates in NSW, SA PSN came up, they changed their passwords and got logged out back to the maintenance screen. Im in brisbane and have had no connectively watsoever.

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40. 

    johnny2guns

    May 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    HEY sony lets work through this with ya:1.is it plugged in at the wall 2:is it turned on at the wall 3:can you here a humming noise?

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    1. 

       Flumpf

       May 16, 2011 at 12:16 pm

       Have you tried turning it on off and on again?

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       1. 

          johnny2guns

          May 16, 2011 at 12:20 pm

          bwahahaha

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       2. 

          FatShady

          May 16, 2011 at 1:21 pm

          Is your monitor turned on?

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41. 

    Tofferz

    May 16, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    avro and still no dice..

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42. 

    Scott

    May 16, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    Downloaded the firmware yesterday afternoon. 🙂
    But haven’t been able to sign in at all.

    Not too fussed. It’ll be back up in a couple more days 😀

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43. 

    Hero

    May 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    1226h in the City of Townsville in North Queensland and apparently it’s still down for maintenance.

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44. 

    johnny2guns

    May 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    I spy with my little eye ..something begining witttthhhh…F♥CKED UPP

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45. 

    Alex

    May 16, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    Any word on the free games yet

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46. 

    r

    May 16, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    perth 1015am clicked on the sign in and it went to ‘Reset password’ i clicked reset and it went back to ‘undergoing maint ‘

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47. 

    matt30822

    May 16, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Might as well extend that to 24 days downtime…

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48. 

    r

    May 16, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    i thought i was so close

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49. 

    Cerulean

    May 16, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    Just tried myself, still undergoing maintenance. Will probably wait until tomorrow and see how it goes then. Or if I’m awake at 3am or so I’ll try then

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50. 

    Raa

    May 16, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    1031 Perth time – undergoing maintenance

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51. 

    Okc_diver

    May 16, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    I guess it is back down for 23 more days

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52. 

    mount-eerie

    May 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    Dammit! Still no signs of life (West of the Blue Mountains). My PC’s motherboard is shipped away to PCCG on warranty, all my mates are at work or in another city, the PSN is still down and I have the next 4 days off work. I have forgotten how I lived my life BEFORE online gaming.
    This is going to be a Hellish 3-4 days, especially using the damned PS3 browser!

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53. 

    r

    May 16, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    sony, my little man is 9 mths old and last night he stood up in his cot,reached out and turned on the light switch. he wants to know if you need any help at your network as he is now qualified and capable of turning things on and see’s your struggling with switching on austraia before you announce you have

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    1. 

       FatShady

       May 16, 2011 at 1:19 pm

       Im sure it is not that simple, but the way you offered help was the funniest i’ve seen so I am going to assume you are right and offer my 2yo as assistant switcher, just if your kid needs a hand!

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          r

          May 16, 2011 at 1:34 pm

          he needs a co-worker for sure,he cant talk yet so he needs a translator for negotiations and he takes alot of naps still(flippn the switch takes it out of him) he’s not going to ask sony for much – crn office, larger cot a bigger bottle and in return they’ll both switch on the network and keep the hackers at bay

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54. 

    kek

    May 16, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    Downloaded and installed new firmware at about 9am this morning sydney time. been getting the ‘maintenance’ message at every sign on attempt from then on.

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55. 

    mick

    May 16, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    down for almost a month and all were getting is one month free of playstation plus, thats pathetic ,hope it ps3 dies on it ass, im buying a xbox

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56. 

    Michael Barnes

    May 16, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    12:44 pm, adelaide s.a. here. Nope still get “Service is currently undergoing maintenance” On both sign in and password change.

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57. 

    johnny2guns

    May 16, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    Is this “COLD TURKEY”is it? is this how ya feel coming down of a major drug addiction?…whow i dont feel so good,i feel like SMASHIN SUMFIN,Ive been swingin for 23 days and its doin my head in

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58. 

    Raa

    May 16, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    1128 Perth time-allowing me to password reset!!!

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59. 

    M1557

    May 16, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Sydney north shore here, was just able to get through and change my password for the first time today at 1.28pm.

    Already updated firmware yesterday.

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60. 

    M1557

    May 16, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    And i am now singed into the PSN for the first time in weeks.

    Pew pew time!

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61. 

    Nicholas Prior

    May 16, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    I just signed in at 13:30 In Newcastle
    Aussie_Nick

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62. 

    rob z

    May 16, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Just logged in. I am in melbourne

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63. 

    mount-eerie

    May 16, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    I’m in! ’bout freakin’ time though.

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64. 

    M1557

    May 16, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Looks like Aus is good to go.

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65. 

    Manuel

    May 16, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    1.36pm just logged into PSN from Brisbane !!!!!

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66. 

    ijoe

    May 16, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    11:35 – Perth, Signed on, Changed password. Logged in !!

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67. 

    ndroste

    May 16, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Am now online. Aaaaaaaah eeeyeaaaah.

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68. 

    Michael Barnes

    May 16, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    1:10pm adelaide, s.a. Now signed in and changed password. PSN Store still under maintenance, haven’t tried an online game yet. Time to crank out Killzone 3 for the first time in weeks!

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69. 

    Tofferz

    May 16, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    Yuss! managed to sign in finally after a month without online action! had to resort to playing online poker 🙁 .. but PSN is finally back in Aussie.. for good.. I hope..

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70. 

    Jonny

    May 16, 2011 at 1:44 pm

    can someone help me out, it says they have sent me an email and i haven’t got anything. anyone?

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    1. 

       SE1Z

       May 16, 2011 at 1:52 pm

       I was reading this morning that it can take up to 24hrs to get the email to you, due to the backlog of customers requesting it… No doubt due to buying a replacement console as a result of the YLOD – which is where I am atm.

       Luckily I kept my old console, did the old heat gun trick and will turn it on tonight to confirm my details with SONY.

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71. 

    r

    May 16, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    im on

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72. 

    Flumpf

    May 16, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Can’t redeem codes again yet, but at least there’s some semblance of life in the old thing now.

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73. 

    PunkDrunk

    May 16, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Great Success!

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74. 

    r

    May 16, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    i told u guys my little man was good at flippn the switch,it was simple really, sony gave in to his demands

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75. 

    Raa

    May 16, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Awesome – anyone else still waiting for email to change password????

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76. 

    roger

    May 16, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    I’m from Adelaide, still waiting for the PS3 to come out down here.

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77. 

    Flay

    May 16, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    Got it, now I can finally activate Portal 2.

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    1. 

       Batguy

       May 16, 2011 at 3:30 pm

       Can you confirm that it works? This is the most important reason that I want the PSN back!

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78. 

    Sphinx

    May 16, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    I’m in Melbourne and I just logged in!

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79. 

    jasmine

    May 16, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    In Sydney …still waiting for my email hmmph

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80. 

    Bill G

    May 16, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    Still can’t log my x360 to PSN?

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81. 

    Sar Selack

    May 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    … waiting … for … email …

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82. 

    David No.1

    May 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    2:15pm, I can confirm Sphinx. PSN is working in Melbourne! Ohhh riiiiite.

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83. 

    Adrian

    May 16, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    It’s up for me, Perth

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84. 

    Salmonpie

    May 16, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Melbourne, in and looking at home for about the second time ever!

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85. 

    SE1Z

    May 16, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    For those of you waiting for activation emails:

    http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/05/16/email-password-reset-notice/

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86. 

    Mitch

    May 16, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    I was able to download the new firmware yesterday, timed out the first time but second time it downloaded. Obviously couldn’t sign into PSN though. Tried about 8:00 this morning and still no go. I’m at work for another hour so hopefully it’s all up and running here in north-west NSW by the time I get home!

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87. 

    Arcane

    May 16, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    No workies for me 🙁

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88. 

    Mitch

    May 16, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Oh and by the way, for anyone else trying to sign into au.playstation.com, it will still tell you it’s offline, but if you can get to the eu.playstation.com site without being directed to au, you can sign in there. Or here’s the direct link to the sign in page.

    https://store.playstation.com/external/index.vm

    I just logged in and got my password reset email within 5 minutes.

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    1. 

       SE1Z

       May 16, 2011 at 3:43 pm

       Cheers for the link!

       All done and ready to go for when I get home 🙂

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    2. 

       Corey

       May 16, 2011 at 4:32 pm

       Its not working for me keeps comming up with “an error occured”

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89. 

    Cohan

    May 16, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    Yay! logged in!! still no playstation store though 🙁

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90. 

    Luke

    May 16, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    Adelaide at 3:00pm local… PSN is online!!!

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91. 

    Scott

    May 16, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    Australia NSW online

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92. 

    matty

    May 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    how did u get it to work, mine comes it withj error when i try to change the password

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93. 

    Nickamc

    May 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Can’t get through to the store yet though. Aching to buy Portal 2.

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    1. 

       ndroste

       May 16, 2011 at 4:01 pm

       Wait what? I think you’re doing it wrong.
       As far as I know, you can’t buy portal 2 from PSN store, even if the store is working.

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94. 

    Dunnowhathuh

    May 16, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Nope, my PSP isn’t logging in.

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95. 

    Chris

    May 16, 2011 at 4:08 pm

    Perth here. Updated yesterday. Tried to sign in today at around 12.30pm, prompted me to change my password, then once I did that I was able to sign in as per usual. Confirmation email came through soon after. Working fine now, except the store obviously. 🙂

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96. 

    Adam C

    May 16, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    Cheltenham, VIC no go as of 4pm

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97. 

    hhkingg112

    May 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    No go for me in melbourne.

    Still ongoing maintenance msg 🙁

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98. 

    salas727

    May 16, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    just tried loggin on, worked perfect the first time. i live in california, im stoked!

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99. 

    Ai_Hina

    May 16, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    Just played 2 hrs of Op Flashpoint from Melb, Aus

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100. 

     Cody

     May 16, 2011 at 5:26 pm

     Can anyone tell me if you’re able to download purchased content? I’m aware the store is down for purchasing, and probably will be for the next couple of weeks – but can I download stuff I’ve already purchased? Or is the whole store offline period?

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     1. 

        Crazyguy1990

        May 16, 2011 at 6:07 pm

        I tried it a couple of hours ago.
        You can download stuff you’ve already purchased if you use a PSP to access your account, but you can’t download using a PS3.
        For some reason, you can only view your downloads on your PSP at the moment. :/

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101. 

     Brendan

     May 16, 2011 at 6:03 pm

     Worked fine for me at 1pm Perth time, had a co-op game of Portal 2 finally!

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102. 

     Jkl

     May 16, 2011 at 6:08 pm

     still waiting on the email :S

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103. 

     Ru3

     May 16, 2011 at 6:28 pm

     It’s back!!! =D =D so happiness!

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104. 

     matthew gilby

     May 16, 2011 at 7:28 pm

     the ps3 network is up and running!!!! we are in n.s.w parkes. and its 7:30pm

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105. 

     Adrian Milano

     May 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm

     Worked for me no fuss. I also set up a new fresh US account and that worked too.
     No Mortal Kombat pass for online though as the stores down and it uses that for the code not NetherRealms servers, DANG! Atleast my PC version of Portal 2 has finally started.

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106. 

     Grandmaster B-Funk

     May 16, 2011 at 8:33 pm

     yep i’ve got it back!
     now i’m getting portal 2 on my pc and not caring about psn anymore 😀

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107. 

     hhkingg112

     May 16, 2011 at 9:00 pm

     waiting for the email!

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108. 

     Raa

     May 16, 2011 at 10:59 pm

     In Perth, still waiting for change of password email – ridiculous PSN…… Is there any way around this???

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109. 

     Mk

     May 17, 2011 at 2:13 am

     So are we going to be receiving a “welcome back” package? Or are we going to be left in the dark like our store is for half the updates?

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110. 

     Bainick

     May 18, 2011 at 1:35 am

     Still down just west of Melbourne, (error when the system asks for a change of password).

     And the email still hasn;t been sent to me either…

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111. 

     cyrus

     May 18, 2011 at 10:50 am

     playstation is not working for me………HELLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!!!!!!

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112. 

     Bob

     May 20, 2011 at 7:46 am

     i live in Texas and when I got back on my PS3 for the first time so I could change my pass and stuff, etc. Well the PS3 website network thing IS DOWN SO HAVNET EVEN CHANGED FROM MY FIRST PASSWORD YET…… so this sucks… But hey its A FREE service so I can wait 🙂

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113. 

     gabino

     May 29, 2011 at 3:16 am

     why is my psn store not leting me in

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114. 

     Kromp

     September 21, 2011 at 3:56 pm

     21st of September 2011, I go to sign up, “Server down for maintenance”.

     This better be fixed by the time the Vita comes out.

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