Crowbar Man Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Bigger issue: why is every sector of Sony so terrible at security? And did Sony learn anything about any of this? You'd think after the constant attacks they would be buffing up all their security preemptively. Or hiring someone who knows what they are doing. These aren't some complex hacks this one is a simple sql injection Quote
PriZm Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Point being? point being that you cannot simply ignore someone when they are compromising your security Quote
ocre Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 In any event, the Welcome Back package has dropped on the PS Store. If you keep getting error messages, it's probably because the service is being inundated by the droves of people shoving into the doors all at once. I was able to get all four of my free games + the theme and movie rentals. For the games, if you get errors after selecting "Get Now," they'll be available in your Account Management -> Transaction Managmenet -> Service List (the top entry on that list). Happy gaming! Quote
Brandon Strader Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Thanks OCRE. I'm gonna get in, get out, quick jabs Quote
The Legendary Zoltan Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 So that's what those errors were. So, I don't suppose knowing that it's a group called Lulzsec gets them any closer to being caught, does it? Cause that would be nice. Quote
Soma Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 I don't think this has been brought up yet. If you have a PSN account for a different country, you can get welcome back games from that as well. I have an old Euro PSN account from when they had the Killzone 2 demo a week early and I'm downloading Dead Nation and Quest for booty (they get this instead of Super Stardust HD). Got Infamous and Wipeout on my main USA account. Quote
PriZm Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 yeah and even if you have a PSN account for the same country, you can download 2 other games on it as well Quote
The Legendary Zoltan Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 wait, are you guys serious?! I tried to download the two games. Both times it said "There is no content that you can download at this time" and then when I backed out to the menu, the icon to download the free games were both gone. I assumed it was because I live in Japan. So I'm the only one that got screwed by errors? That sucks! Quote
ocre Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 No. If that happens, you can still get your games this way: If at any point you can’t find the ‘Welcome Back Free Game 1 or 2’ products, the list of available titles or a game you’ve selected, go to your XMB>PlayStation Network>Account Management>Transaction Management>Services List>SCEA Promotions to complete the process. You may have to push your way past some naggy errors but this worked for me. Quote
Soma Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 I got an error the first time I tried to download Infamous. I just went under download history and resumed the DL. I wonder how long PSN will be like this? All errors and laggy menus? Quote
Brandon Strader Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Well I weaseled my way through the errors and have about 10gb worth of crap queued to download. That "chip" theme they included on there is pretty crap! Hahaha.. Not bad I guess as a whole. Quote
The Damned Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/05/nintendo-hack_n_871460.html Quote
Brandon Strader Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/05/nintendo-hack_n_871460.html Good for Nintendo, for NOT HAVING A PROPER ONLINE COMMUNITY for people to actually steal anything from. Quote
Brushfire Posted June 5, 2011 Author Posted June 5, 2011 Good for Nintendo, for NOT HAVING A PROPER ONLINE COMMUNITY for people to actually steal anything from. Post of 2011. Quote
ocre Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 I seen better this year. On a serious note, these hacker morons aren't gonna stop until the government puts some harsher laws in place and everyone suffers, aren't they? Quote
Xenon Odyssey Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 On a serious note, these hacker morons aren't gonna stop until the government puts some harsher laws in place and everyone suffers, aren't they? What makes you think they'll stop even if the government did that? Quote
ocre Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Maybe if they're in jail? Apparently Lulzsec are attacking the FBI now? Frasier put it quite nicely in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLqehCJHEg0#t=3m54s Quote
Coyote-Trickster Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 and now hotmail and yahoo mail got hacked for spear phishing as gmail was last week. http://www.techmazing.com/news/1595-hotmail-yahoo-email-accounts-hacked-just-like-gmail/ quick everyone! hack EVERYTHING so that the general population go into a foaming frenzy and force governments to put ridiculous amounts of security so it take 100 points of I.D. to check your mail or when you buy a freaking pair of socks at online shopping sites. Quote
Kidd Cabbage Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Wipeout, Super Stardust, or Dead Nation, guys? Quote
Newt Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Why couldn't they have gotten it back up /before/ I moved and lost internet to the stupid machine.. I suppose now I'll have to buy internets.. or trek it over to a friend's place or something. Quote
Schwaltzvald Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Wipeout, Super Stardust, or Dead Nation, guys? I'd say and .Though I will say I'm not exactly a huge racing fan thanks to Mario Kart Syndrome and there not existing an F-Zero online multiplayer game, Wipeout HD looks to be pretty fun; though quite short with only 8 tracks regardless of modes existing for it... Quote
Brandon Strader Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Wipeout, Super Stardust, or Dead Nation, guys? I gort Dead Nation and Infamous. Cba to download them though--Infamous got to 24% then the system turned itself off. I don't wanna sit here and switch inputs on the TV every few minutes to keep it from powering off. I'M A LAZY ASS MUTHA FUKKIN AMERICAN and that's the patriotic truth right there. Quote
ocre Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 You know you can change those power saver settings right? Quote
Hawkwing Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Well between my girlfriend an I we're getting all the games minus Little Big Planet, because we already have that. And we'll use her free Plus Subscription when mine runs out. Quote
Cerrax Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 So I picked m two free games (Dead Nation and Wipeout HD) and thanks to Sony's fucking horrible UI for the PlayStation Store, I did not get Wipeout HD. FUCK YOU SONY. I could forgive your terrible hardware design, because ugly plastic doesn't make games play worse. I could forgive the awful XMB, because how much time will I really spend in the menu anyway? I could forgive the constant installations, updates, data syncs, because if the games run good, then I can wait. I could forgive the terrible setup of the PSN Store, because it's your first time. Nintendo didn't get it right either. I could forgive the constant hang-ups and disconnections from PSN. Too many different technologies working in tandem is difficult. I could forgive the practically ancient controller design, because nostalgic nerds and fanboys don't want to admit that the PS controller is awful. I could forgive the confusing game saves and data organization. I really shouldn't be messing with that stuff anyway. I could forgive the literally 10-inch charging cable that comes with the wireless controller. At least it comes with one instead of charging you $30 for one. *ahemXboxahem* I could forgive the $150 for the Move. At least Sports Champions is fun. I could forgive the PSN outage. It is not your fault that a bunch of asshats decided it would be funny to breach your system and steal tons of innocent people's data. I HAVE FORGIVEN YOU A LOT SONY. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO NOT HATE YOU. BUT THIS IS THE LAST STRAW. /rant Quote
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