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PlayStation Network Down: Was Data Permanently Deleted In Breach?

PlayStation Network user data was stolen in the breach of PSN; Sony's confessed to that. But what's not known is what kind of state PSN was actually in when the outage occurred. Sony says it shut the service down as a reaction to the "external intrusion," but what if the hackers were able to seriously cripple the network by modifying or outright deleting whole chunks of PSN data?

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donniebaseball4767d ago

Oh man... that would suck. Al the Trophies and everything would be gone :(

CynicalVision4767d ago

I wouldn't worry too much about trophies, even if they were deleted from the servers I'm sure you could re-sync the ones you have already have on your system.

In theory most people should already have their entire collection of trophies on their system anyway, of course i'm not accounting for those guys who have formatted their system.

guitarded774767d ago

@CynicalVision
+ bubbles for using common sense and breaking down the fear machine.

Dead_Cell4767d ago

Far too much common sense and serious lack of screaming in that post, I have to bubble you down CynicalVision.

DOMination4767d ago

Of course, the re-sync would only work if they didn't delete your entire account...

young juice4767d ago

on the up side. if everything is gone.

gives me chance to snag a better name. young juice aint too fresh no mo. naw mean. ima go for "sweet tooth" or "sequence" or "alpha boner" hahalol

Elimin84767d ago (Edited 4767d ago )

I agree you shouldn't have to worry about your trophies and I'll tell you what else, PSN being down is another reason to get rid of online trophies *not that we expected this to happen but in a case like this, I want to enjoy playing through n through n not have to wait to plat a game! In Crysis 2 case, double wait... 1. PSN is down 2. The "dedication" trophy. Being forced to play a game you've traded/given up on for a PLAT trophy is NOT fun...

metsgaming4767d ago

the only thing they could have removed that you couldnt get back is possibly you friends list. BTW if you have money in your psn wallet i would check to make sure the amount is what it was before all this (when its back up). Always keep the email they send you about adding your funds.

I_Guts_I4766d ago

And the people who have recently had to replace their ps3.

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joydestroy4767d ago

yeah that would suck but i don't care so much about trophies and that stuff. i'd have no problem playing through stuff again =P

TheDeadMetalhead4767d ago (Edited 4767d ago )

Blah blah blah, more rumors and speculation, just like the last 25 articles. Even if your trophies are off of the network, it still has the data in your offline account on your harddrive. Just resync and you're fine.

This is now a Scorpion thread.

Man In Black4767d ago

I'm a little more worried about things like my purchases being deleted than trophies.

GodsHand4767d ago

That's why I have all my emails that will confrim I did in fact purchase said content, if they have no record of it.

But I can see others who do not have proof of such purchases, by using the PSN card, or having deleted their email confrimation.

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Cosmit4767d ago

I'm hoping it is. Trophies, like CynicalVision said, would probably just have to be re-synched.

But what type of data? As in like multiplayer game data or what?

Soldierone4767d ago

IF they deleted anything, it was most likely network functionality. Users and everything is separate in differnt areas. So if they went to these areas and deleted stuff, then yeah users could have been removed, trophies (if the server doesn't have the trophy data, you can't sync it), Home could of been damaged, developer content could have been altered, and several back end things could of been messed with.

Cosmit4767d ago

Ahh alright gotcha. Thanks.

Soldierone4767d ago

Yeah no doubt its all backed up. They simply could look at what was damaged, how it was accessed, work on a fix and start a restore process. Once restored, implement the fixes.

If Sony didn't do that, then there is a problem entirely. Another thing is these backup servers should have been offline in an external area unless being used to backup data.

InLaLaLand4767d ago

Are trophies sa..IT DOESN'T MATTER ;-D

Money and personal information does matter!!!

TIGHTESTJEANS4767d ago

What if Unicorns exist inside the PSN, can I get some facts instead of these baseless rumors being on the front page of N4G.com

B1663r4767d ago

Baseless rumors are what happens when a fortune 500 companies service goes off line for a week and they have offered a grand total of two paragraphs of information to fill the void.

TIGHTESTJEANS4767d ago

Doesn't look like 2 paragraphs to me. They have created a FAQ and have been updating their official blog every day.

http://us.playstation.com/s...

Rybakov4767d ago

well save files aren't connected to psn just my tag so im not to concerned

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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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Godmars2905089d ago

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

Demons Souls5089d ago

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

Godmars2905089d ago (Edited 5089d 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.

ClownBelt5089d 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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Tripl3seis5089d ago

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

Jack-Pyro5089d 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.

Anon73495089d 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

ThanatosDMC5089d 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