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PSN Outage Outrage

"This morning when I literally rolled out of bed on my fantastical day off what was it that I reached for? My toothbrush? Hygiene can wait. My glasses? Seeing is far overrated. I did what any faithful gamer does on his day off – I scrounged wildly on the floor for my PS3 controller and gently pressed the button to turn on my system. As the gentle whir of the PS3 soothed my inner soul, I began to dream of all the magical online gaming I was going to accomplish. It was at this point in time that my gaming hopes and dreams were remorselessly crushed..."

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skorp4772d ago

It's true how we rely so heavily on these services (in this case a free service) that when they go down we may tend to over react.

It still doesn't make me any happier knowing I'm over reacting though - I want Netflix dammit.

Warprincess1164772d ago (Edited 4772d ago )

You do know that you can watch netflix on your pc. Second, the guy who wrote this article is gross and a loser. He would rather reach for his game controller instead of his toothbrush. Ewww gross. Plus the way he reacts about this makes him sound like a loser. Anyway im upset about this and hopefully when i wake up tomorrow morning. This will all be fix.

Kon4772d ago

I'm having some trouble to identify the loser here... If you know what i mean.

cakeisalie4772d ago

Lol closed platforms and their limitations.

thong_pounder4772d ago

@ skorp here is a trick to watch netflix without being signed in on psn go to netflix and it'll ask you to log in click sign in and it'll give u a error and keep pressing o don't quit netflix tough. keep doing that until you see your instant queue in the back and at that moment if you try to log in u will fail but if u press o u will have access to netflix without being signed on psn

FACTUAL evidence4772d ago (Edited 4772d ago )

Umm for the people who's talking about netflix...i'm watching it now...I've been since the outage......you can still watch netflix on the ps3...obviously most people who don't own a ps3 wouldn't know that....when u get on netflix it going to tell you to log in...try to log in, and it will say something about cannot connect. Then it'll ask you to sign in again, press again and you'll be on netflix.

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MysticStrummer4772d ago

Are you sure Netflix won't work? A friend of mine had been watching stuff on Netflix all day through her PS3, even though she can't log onto PSN.

skorp4772d ago

Ah thanks, I just got Netflix going by re-trying the login a few times. I quit after it failed once before.

@War... well yes I can watch on my 23", but a 50" makes movies much better.

AKS4772d ago

@skorp You can also plug PCs into TVs. I'm typing this message on my plasma TV. I just plugged my HDMI cable into my video card.

UltimateIdiot9114772d ago

My roommate and I sometimes never sign onto PSN for netflix.

Netflix operates independently from PSN.

Max Power4772d ago

I am watching netflix on my ps3 right now, and the PSN is still down.

RedPawn4772d ago

I was just watching NF myself.

vickers5004772d ago

How the hell are you on Netflix? When I start it up, it keeps asking me for my damn psn login, and I've tried cancelling out of it and signing in, and neither of those two options work.

I can plainly see that Netflix is on in the background, but I can't get that damn login screen to go away. How do/did you make it go away?

Ninja-KiLLR4772d ago

u can still watch netflix on yur ps3 ya know. just click signin let it sadly fail then it will continue loading even though it says u need to be signed in.

thong_pounder4772d ago (Edited 4772d ago )

been on netflix all day on the ps3

showtimefolks4772d ago

let's hope its back up soon and maybe even more security

GCO Gamer4772d ago

It isn't an overreaction, it's just that a service like this shouldn't have such big wholes in it and shouldn't be shutting down once every couple of weeks. That's shouldn't happen for a professional service.

TBM4772d ago

Omg dude the service has only gone down twice in its 4-5 yrs. Once for a stupid glitch, and now this.

Its not the end of the world or your gaming. Just play something you wanted to catch up on.

Parapraxis4772d ago

Still better than paying for xbox Live.

vickers5004772d ago

Is that supposed to give us ps3 owners some sort of solace?

Honestly, the fact that XBL kind of sucks does absolutely nothing to make me feel any better about the fact that PSN is down at the moment, so why bring it up?

Lord_Doggington4772d ago

because it makes him feel better

BeckyLikesChocolate4772d ago (Edited 4772d ago )

@anyidiot

now what if all games were in digital format, required internet connection and subscription to play even the sp part of them? that 'bulky' hardcopy wouldn't look so bad would it?

and yes, there is a game on psn that requires an internet connection just to play the sp

ksoto4772d ago

You can still watch netflix on ur ps3 even with the outage its still working for me. Youll get the cant sign in message but it will still lead you to the netflix page and u can watch movies.

TBM4772d ago

The outage doesn't bother me in the slightest I have plenty of games to play or catch up on. It'll come back when its fixed no big whoop to me.

thorstein4772d ago

There is a netflix fix in the article.

Hoolock4772d ago (Edited 4772d ago )

At first I wasn't too annoyed by the service outage. Its free and I don't expected PSN to be up all the time. This far into an outage though and Sony are still sketchy on the cause it becomes a little frustrating, especially when its a long weekend and I've finally got the time to grab a game or two. Hopefully it will be back up soon, complaining won't make it come back any quicker. Sony know they're loosing money because of it, that's enough of an incentive for them I hope

MTEC84772d ago

Netflix still works, just click "sign in" when it pops up and once the error pops up just press circle. It will still let you on, that's what I've been doing the last couple of days.

SLLCKGT4771d ago

Guys you can STILL WATCH NETFLIX! It tells you its can't log on but push through it loads anyways. I've been watching it since last night try it.

Scyrus4771d ago

actually netflix still works lol. it says u shud sign in, just canceel, then continue, it will ask again, cancel again and continue, done deal, it works for me lol

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blackburn54772d ago

Yes it is embarrassing the way gamers react to things like this. It is why everyone things we are all social inept.

RedPawn4772d ago

This is an exact reason I have said Online gaming has ruined a larger part of gaming. This Gen has relied on this feature that was never present for like 3/4 of gamings life. Yeah I miss jumping on, but these are the times where you look at your game library and realise you need to branch out.

JAMurida4772d ago

The only people who will feel like that are the CoD/online shooter guys whose only game they have on their system is CoD or some other online shooter.

RedPawn4772d ago

@ Jam

That's a lot of people, LOL!

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04soldier4772d ago

We takes too many leisure's for granted.

Kewl_Kat4772d ago

thanks for the video! before i clicked it, i had a hunch it was the louis ck interview, 'cause that episode is always and forever etched into my mind =]

radphil4772d ago (Edited 4772d ago )

Had to give you a bubble on that video clip. :p

So, SO true.

theaceh4772d ago

@thebudgetgamer

Thanks for the vid. I wish N4G would allow me to click the Agree button more than once.

Reading some of the posts here and other forums makes me wonder what would some gamers (or some people in general) do if they had to deal with power blackouts or city wide cell phone service interruptions?

Gonna check if 'Idiocracy' is on NetFlix!!

DanSolo4772d ago

@theaceh

Trust me mate.... I don't think you or I want to see how the majority of the population in general would react to mass blackouts or any other problem that their lizard brains couldn't cope with!

When at some point in the future we have some major problem, and it will happen it is just a matter of time... you will see just how fucked up such a large percentage of our species really is... and how in spite of all our advancements a lot of people are not much more than talking monkeys who have managed to learn simple tasks!

And good call on Idiocracy! That is a good documentary about one way the human race could go! lol

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bobrea4772d ago

Definitely embarrassing when people freak out over stuff like this. Don't you have more important things in your life to worry about?

kingdavid4772d ago

When you have a day off work its more than slightly annoying.

04soldier4772d ago

The main reason I'm not stressing is because I have work this entire weekend. So hopefully it should be fixed by monday when I'm off. *crosses fingers*

DanSolo4772d ago

I have to agree with all 3 of you!

It is definately not a thing to freak out about and start acting entitled.
But at the same time, it is a bit annoying if you have been working all week and want to unwind!

It is a pity more people on N4G can't express their opinions as sensibly!

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2645d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905090d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5090d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905090d ago (Edited 5090d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5090d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5090d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5090d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495090d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5089d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5090d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2680d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One