PlayStation Network Service Restoration Begins Now
It looks like the long wait is nearly over – Sony will begin restoring PlayStation Network services around the world over the next 24 hours. A new PS3 firmware update is already available and will be required to connect to the network when it finally does come back online in your location (SCEA is maintaing a service map for U.S. users here). Everyone will, of course, be prompted to change their PSN passwords upon signing in. Watch the video above from Sony president Kazuo Hirai for more information.
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May 18th, 2011 at 10:01 pm - #Hugo
agreed 100%. don’t forget how we got that news. A week before gt5 was supposed to come out they said it may be delayed until or past xmas. they gave us no info & everyone was pissed. then 2 weeks later they tell us out of the blue they say- “GT5′s gonna be out in 12 days, bitches” sorry to rain on anyones parade but that was the best news this site has been fortunate enough to report. Thanks for reminding us Jordan
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May 18th, 2011 at 5:06 pm - #evokid9
Now i got the email and the site is down,i cant get my new pass word now. come work with me guys.
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May 17th, 2011 at 4:00 pm - #evokid9
Its 3 days now i am waiting on an email, i need to start playing on line dammmmm.
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May 17th, 2011 at 12:46 pm - #smokebeer
@ken and others waiting
try the forgot pw option i was fed up waiting for my email so did that and one came stright through to my email account then clicked the link and enterd a new one
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May 17th, 2011 at 12:39 pm - #Ken Barth
Still waiting to change my sub-accounts passwords; over 48 hours and nothing!
I don’t want to start GT5 all over again!
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May 17th, 2011 at 1:44 am - #axletramp
Back online in the UK = good. Changed password straight away = good. Had GT5 for an hour and a half, then PSN goes off = worrying. Can’t log back in with my PS3 for half an hour although I can via my laptop = odd. Came back on and seems OK = good, again! Anyone else in the UK have a drop-out last night?
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May 16th, 2011 at 3:49 pm - #Jameskwondo
Finally got it too all work whoo hoo!
California
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May 16th, 2011 at 9:39 pm - #evokid9
this email i been waiting on for so long, i need 2 start playing gt5 nowww
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May 16th, 2011 at 10:57 am - #TJC_69
No sign of the password e-mail yet……..
That’s 22 hours since I sent it. I think ( since America went up before Europe ) that the servers are still backed up with all the American e-mails. They are having ISP issues also and had to turn the function off completely for a while to deal with the backlog.Not sure when I can get online yet.
@Speedthrill… You do need an e-mail if you haven’t downloaded from PS Store to your PS3 with your account. I picked up a new PS3 and transferred my saves shortly before PSN went down. Talk about unlucky. :/-
May 16th, 2011 at 1:14 pm - #TJC_69
Lol , that’s now a FULL 24 hours…. and no E-mail…..
Who thought up that bright idea ? ” Yes Mr Sony President , we will send 30 million e-mails all at once , they will love the security aspect of it ! “…………Thanks Sony.
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May 16th, 2011 at 10:44 am - #SmileyOr1
Back online and running the bob’s as I write this. Was online last night and changed my password.
:)
West Coast USA up as of 10 PM 5/15/11.
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May 16th, 2011 at 9:32 am - #Speedthrill
belgium here,
after update waited a day, you don’t need an email.
Just sign in after a day and the ps3 will tell you yr old password is invalid and will give you the opportunity to change, once pressed ok yr back online, that simpel! -
May 16th, 2011 at 9:18 am - #Tvensky
PSN is OFFLINE again for me.. and news are saying same stuff.. PSN is down for maintenance again.. who can confirm?
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May 16th, 2011 at 7:38 am - #TJC_69
18.5 Hours gone…… Still no password e-mail. :/
BUT ….. my Fiances account went through straight away.
Weird….-
May 16th, 2011 at 8:08 am - #d3-897
Even stranger since it doesn’t require the e-mail if you’ve ever used your account to dl content or make a purchase. It just had me change it and sign in again.
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May 16th, 2011 at 11:01 am - #TJC_69
Yeah , I didn’t download any store items , my fiance however did download some stuff.
Just have to wait I guess. :/
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May 16th, 2011 at 7:29 am - #DawgCCCP
It can take up to 24 hours till I can reactivate my password ROFLMAO
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May 16th, 2011 at 1:51 am - #GtFanBoy
Playstation Network is now online! Requires you to change your old password! Good Luck
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May 15th, 2011 at 11:40 pm - #Murcie
Back up in South Australia…thank God I set it to save my old password as I’d have no hope in hell of remembering it now…all is well! Time to go back to some old games I reckon. And of course GT5.
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May 15th, 2011 at 10:57 pm - #MitsuStigi
YEAH! Good thing it’s back!
Giant enemy crab hacked PSN! ^_^
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May 15th, 2011 at 10:44 pm - #JASON PAUL
pigboy is in Australia and i cant sign in.i got a new laptop the day the PSN went down so i thought it was my computer,so i reset it,but i cant even share photo’s or do the internet connection test.i went from XP to Vista too.yells out “muuuum”
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May 15th, 2011 at 10:21 pm - #MoLieG
Mexico is still down :(
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May 15th, 2011 at 10:31 pm - #red piramyd k
no solo mexico, tambein europa y usa, y mexico si funciono una hora despues, pero ya quitaron todos…
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May 15th, 2011 at 9:34 pm - #Nicky_loves_GT5
:D! go Sony! and i like the way he explain that what happened to sony can happen to another company.
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The site went back offline. If you got in and up and running and stayed logged in from a computer you can still run your AI b-spec remote racing. I have the widget that has been running for 2 days now and I’m not taking him offline until I hear it’s back up fully again ;)
I pulled a couple cars offline and another bob so I had more to play with so if it went back down I would have more I could still do offline. Glad I did :-D
I’ve heard that you should be able to play offline and can connect from the PS3. I’m just not taking a chance.