Saturday, May 14, 2011

Sony releases a mandatory firmware update

Sony released a mandatory firmware update today. This is just the "first phase" of relaunching the PSN. The update begin in the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Middle East, with a full restoration of all online services expected by the end of May, as originally planned by Sony. As a precaution the user will need to change their password upon logging in. Sony has said it will provide its customers with free identity-theft services for a year, including a $1 million insurance policy.

7 comments:

  1. Man, I didn't think it'd ever be back up! Well at least now Sony is taking good precautions.

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  2. That's quite generous on Sony's part. Let's hope this doesn't encourage ID theft fraud.

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  3. Glad Sony fixed this, now everyone can get back to gaming on the PS3!

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  4. Wow, the hijack lasted for a long time. I heard a rumor they're offering free PSN games as well?

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  5. Can't wait to get back on PSN, although I have been enjoying some of my offline games that I neglect.

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  6. Finally i mean they've needed it for a while...

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