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A Letter from Howard Stringer

PSBlog writes "Dear Friends, I know this has been a frustrating time for all of you. Let me assure you that the resources of this company have been focused on investigating the entire nature and impact of the cyber-attack we’ve all experienced and on fixing it. We are absolutely dedicated to restoring full and safe service as soon as possible and rewarding you for your patience. We will settle for nothing less."

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Joni-Ice4759d ago (Edited 4759d ago )

Dear Friend? Howard can I have $1,000?...You dont know me? I thought we were friends?

gamingdroid4759d ago

Friends don't let friends go poor....

Trey_4_life4759d ago

Look on the bright side, at least we don't have to endure letters from aaron greenberg!!

Pixelated_Army4758d ago

Why isn't he fired yet? PSN was running an outdate version of the Apache software with no firewall...that's fucking disgraceful! These people cared noting about out security and our info.

hay4758d ago

Sony has my full support. Only borderline idiot would blame company for multiple organized attacks on it and it's customers for:
1. Protecting fanbase and hard working developers.
2. Protecting their infrastructure from further breaches.

zag4758d ago

This is probably why Geohot wanted to settle as quickly as he could.

He would be royally screwed right now in court.

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StanSmith4759d ago

This is the first apology from Sony that i am willing to accept. It seemed so much more sincere than those crappy PR written statements that have been on the blog.

Thank you for the apology Mr Stringer & thank you to all those working long hours trying to restore these services. Lets hope this doesn't happen again.

sleepy34759d ago

I agree. It really sounds like he cares about what people are going through not being able to play COD zombies online (ME :)

But in reality, this was probably also written by a PR person and signed off by him. Sounds good though.

.........Cant wait to play some zombies again.

Ricco-Warrior4759d ago

you missed my birthday ,friend

xAlmostPro4758d ago

I almost wanted to hug the guy after reading that haha

Very well written, i have high hopes that PSN will be back(with the selected features) this weekend, he said "coming days" :D I know that could mean like 4-5 days however in most instances i've came across it's used when talking about 2 days from the day said

anywhoooo

Yay for nice letter and yay for psn coming back this week(possibly monday)

jke824758d ago

@ pixelated army

im going to believe you cause you have one bubble, and everything that people with one bubble say should be taken as the gospel........../s

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BlueRevolvuR4759d ago

I just read the other article about the speculation of another possible attack on Sony. I seriously hope that doesn't happen. I, like many others, just want to play online. This is why we can't have nice things in the world. If they used their talents towards positive intentions, then I'd have no doubt they could do a lot of good. But instead, they waste their talents and time trying to take down a company that is just trying to do the right thing.

Shadow Flare4759d ago

Of all the causes and major atrocities happening in the world at the moment, could these hackers be fighting for a more pointless cause?

Falaut4759d ago

the first thing I thought when the shiz with Anonymous started. Thats why it seems so...unAnonymous

Soldierone4759d ago

Well if we let them steal games they wouldn't have BEEND FORCED to do something so stupid /s

Andronix4759d ago

There are those that want to make great things, and those haters that want to wreck others good work and spoil our fun. Why? I don't know but I'd imagine that in the real world they feel unappreciated and don't get on with others.

If they really were real hactivist they would fight for a worthy cause like attacking a regime that deprives people of their human rights. Instead they are doing this crap. They are anti-gamers.

metsgaming4759d ago (Edited 4759d ago )

cyber terrorists thats what they are and that is all they are and will ever be.

supremacy4759d ago

I hear ya on that, but i wonder couldn't Sony just simply replace the servers with fresh ones? And go from there? Because these people are talking about having access to their servers.

chaos-lockheart4758d ago

I think its a great thing, if they do attack again, because the security is updated and there will be live monitors, the more they do it the more they slip and get caught. I think they FBI want them to do it again so they can catch them.

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play17boy4759d ago

Hurry up with my PSN I want to play MK online already lol.

Sparticus_14759d ago

two thumbs up in a circle!!!!

soundslike4759d ago

I hope to play MK in the "coming days"

Whenever that is.

Guessing when Sony comes back online is now like people predicting the apocalypse, the day rolls around and nothing happens, time and time again...

SmokingMonkey4759d ago

i want a commercial apology from Kevin Butler. /s

i don't think they "owe" us anything, but wouldn't a Kevin Butler speech be epic right now?

beavis4play4759d ago

a speech where he's looking directly into the camera and talking to just the losers who did this - how they're going to be hunted till they're caught!

Soldierone4759d ago

That would actually be a pretty sweet commercial. I think Sony will probably address it in commercials if its a big enough problem. Similar to how Taco Bell addressed the meat "problems" in their ads.

DavidMacDougall4759d ago

They wouldn't use butler, it would seem like a joke even if he was being serious.

andron4759d ago

Too soon, maybe next E3 they'll be able to joke about it...

DragonKnight4758d ago

Actually I think it would be a great PR move if they used Butler to make fun of themselves. Done right, it would show that Sony can take any abuse and still come back stronger than ever.

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Leathersoup4759d ago

What? No mention of Babies Toys? :D

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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