PSN is down

[Odett]

Agreed about the being a jerk part. It does kind of irk me though that a huge company like Sony, given their track record with handling attacks from hackers, still seems to be less proactive and more reactive when it comes to protecting their servers.

They weren't hackers, though. There was no information compromised. A DDoS attack is different and many companies have been disrupted by one. I may think a lot of things about Microsoft's $400-$500 paperweight, but they did handle the situation much better. At the same time, it's also worthwhile to note that Sony was targeted first AND there was a warning earlier today towards MS, so they probably had time to prepare.

[ShadowClyde]

I can't believe this hasn't been fixed yet.

[Kurosaki1369]

You might be right, but as with anything else, there's no reason for people to be jerks about it. To demand perfection is to demand the impossible.

Not trying to be a jerk or anything but, M$ has never had this problem. I remember when PSN was down for over a month back in 2011 (i found the actual date), the xbox live service ran smooth as ever. And don't tell me to move to Microsoft, because the reason I´m with Sony is FF, so dont give me a sassy, smartass answer.
And like somebody already said, you would expect a company like Sony to have an IT team capable of fixing almost anything in 18 hours.
I´m just upset about the fact that I can't play, and for the looks of it, won't be able to in a very, very long time...PSN membership and SE membership gone to waste.

[Naveen93]

Holy crap, I just got on!

... After giving up and moving my PS4 downstairs to play The Last of Us on the big screen in the family room. My plan was to leave it on all night in my bedroom so I can play during maintenance tomorrow (since my grandparents always have the downstairs TV occupied during the daytime). But now I don't want to risk turning it off and moving it back to my bedroom in case I can't log back in.

Hopefully it's officially back up for everyone within a few hours so I can safely move it.

[Odett]

Not trying to be a jerk or anything but, M$ has never had this problem. I remember when PSN was down for over a month back in 2011 (i found the actual date), the xbox live service ran smooth as ever.
And like somebody already said, you would expect a company like Sony to have an IT team capable of fixing almost anything in 18 hours.
I´m just upset about the act that I can't play, and for the looks of it, won't be able to in a very, very long time...PSN membership and SE membership gone to waste.

Xbox Live was brought down in January from a DDoS attack.

What happened to Sony in 2011 resulted in accounts being compromised. A DDoS attack is not that, and it's not easy to defend from one when it happens randomly.

[LunarEmerald]

I finally got on

Live in central US

[ispano]

Xbox Live was brought down in January from a DDoS attack.

What happened to Sony in 2011 resulted in accounts being compromised. A DDoS attack is not that, and it's not easy to defend from one when it happens randomly.

Yeah, and many people don't realize what actually happens during a DDoS, even if the victim company drops or reroutes all the bad data, that bad data is STILL going through the pipes, choking them.

[Kurosaki1369]

Sorry, I was unaware of that since I quit Xbox live but never had any issues.

And also, looks like it´s fixed, I´m in! Yay

[kidvideo]

omg, i finally managed to log in & i'm never logging out!

[givemeraptors]

I made it in. PS4.