US/EU PSN Stores Back Online, Still Nothing for Japan

Other June 2nd, 2011 by Jordan

Since Kazunori Yamauchi announced the next Gran Turismo 5 update was being held back due to ongoing problems with the PlayStation Network, GT fans have had special reason to closely follow news about the service. Fortunately, Sony has taken yet another important step forward, bringing the PSN Store back online today in the U.S. and Europe.

However, take special note the service is still offline in Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. As such, there is little chance this latest bit of positive news indicates the next GT5 update is about to be released. As previously mentioned, issues with credit card companies and the Japanese government are preventing Sony from restoring services in their native country.

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  1. June 5th, 2011 at 8:21 pm - #
    well….

    Got Dead Nation, InFamous, Little Big Planet and WipeOut.

    • June 6th, 2011 at 3:23 am - #
      Racedude

      Same here…

  2. June 5th, 2011 at 12:43 pm - #
    GT5Pro

    They didn’t even hack them to steal information, they just got in and overloaded the servers to prove that the security level was weak and Sony knew it was. They’ve been hacked three times by anonymous alone and only brought one event to light.

  3. June 4th, 2011 at 6:49 am - #
    pigboy

    I cant believe the trouble i have connecting a PS3 to vista?? i can sign in on me computer but nothing goes through me local area connection.When the network went down last time same story,nothing to the PS3 = cant sign in!! im fed up with it.vista constantly changes settings from private to public for the network settings.i give up.its no fun and a waste of time,me dog must think im mad,well know i am…haha

  4. June 4th, 2011 at 1:35 am - #
    Rayline

    Question to all:

    Do hackers have balls? I’m thinking they are very sad and need a hug. Maybe they were bullied at school, or get frustrated with their jobs at burger king. I dont know. Just because you “can” doesn’t mean you ” should”. Hack all the computers that control nuclear weapons all over the world…… If you are so wonderfully smart

    • June 4th, 2011 at 4:24 pm - #
      Strikey182

      Exactly. They are just a bunch of computer geeks who think they are being cool and tough by hacking.
      Sod off and just let the company run as its supposed to.
      Gah, they annoy me so much!

  5. June 3rd, 2011 at 11:45 pm - #
    honchie

    The store is still beyond screwed up, I selected my free downloads then get an ERROR MESSAGE, $%^&!!!! They never uploaded & it shows that I used up my free credits selecting them. THANK YOU SONY.

    • June 4th, 2011 at 10:32 am - #
      Spoox777

      I’ve had trouble too. Error messages to begin with then when i finally managed to get it to work i picked my first game which was Infamous & could not pick the second. The reason why i cannot pick my second game is that PS Store has given me 2 copies of Infamous. Why would i want 2 copies? Please sort this as i want my second free game.

      That was this morning. Now it’s the afternoon & i cannot even access the PS Store.

  6. June 3rd, 2011 at 8:50 pm - #
    yak sox

    Thanks for this news. I’m in S.korea and it’s extremely frustrating that PSN is still down here. There’s no info about what’s going on and Sony seem to be really dragging their butt with providing the info to the c.card companies.

  7. June 3rd, 2011 at 8:30 pm - #
    Andrew

    I would love to see on the PS Store a DLC for gran turismo 5, with features like new Premiun Cars, New events, and the increasing of level 40 cap.

  8. June 3rd, 2011 at 5:57 pm - #
    Lambob

    Cheers, in hopes for ANY E3 announcement from PD and or Sony. Apparently, Sony just got hacked again. let’s see where this goes. I’ll just play some Witcher2 on the PC for a while.

  9. June 3rd, 2011 at 5:23 pm - #
    Amac500

    I wish they would at very least tell us what the new update does then. I’m hoping we see those 25 tracks and some of the new models of Le Mans cars (90x, R18, AMR-One).

    Why don’t we have any premium gt Le Mans cars like the Corvette or BMW or now we could get the Ferrari Italia

  10. June 3rd, 2011 at 4:03 pm - #
    Jonathan

    Ok so i got online today and saw that they have the welcome back program ready for download i clicked on it and it says an has occurred is anyone else having this problem?

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 4:05 pm - #
      Jonathan

      An Error has occurred* sry bout that.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 4:13 pm - #
      YUP

      Keep trying, it’s been twitchy since the store came up. Taken me multiple tries for a number of downloads.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 4:23 pm - #
      Jonathan

      Yeah I finally got it to work downloading dead nation and infamous right now… And then to my secondary account little big planet and wipeout muhahahaha.

  11. June 3rd, 2011 at 1:38 pm - #
    tk

    …Anyways PSN IS up in Japan.PD don’t need the store to patch the game. These Bs excuses are really starting to bug me.

  12. June 3rd, 2011 at 10:53 am - #
    PoopShoot

    Forza is better than GT5..that is the cold hard truth…GT fans need to accept that. I’lf somebody thinks GT is better then they have not played Forza…answer me this..why is GT5 better?

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 12:32 pm - #
      lol@fanboys

      “Forza is better than GT5″ is an opinion, not a fact. Just like “GT5 is better than Forza” is also an opinion, and also not a fact.
      I own both, and I prefer GT4. For me, GT4 is better than GT5 or Forza. That GT4 is better is also an opinion, and still not a fact. Go figure.
      Fanboys are people who don’t understand that having an opinion does not automatically qualify it has a fact….(insert cold hard truth reference that doesn’t really add anything here)……fanboys need to accept that (“need to” and “capable of” being two different things unfortunately). If somebody thinks having an opinion centered on personal likes and dislikes directly translates to that opinion being the one and only correct opinion to the point of being universally factual, beyond argument, and omnipotent in it’s mere utturance upon a blog comment page…….awnser me this…..how long does it take to send a post from the center of the universe, and do you have a message for SETI so they can justify cash expenditures to date?

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 pm - #
      Pryor

      @lol@fanboys You just blew his brain up.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 1:25 pm - #
      infamousDee

      By what possible measure? They’re both touted to be driving “simulations”, and anyone that genuinely believes Forza is more realistic – graphics or physics wise – as a driving game needs to get out there and take a car round a track in the real world, and that’s a fact, not an opinion.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 1:34 pm - #
      Tim

      Same exact thing applies to EVERY GT ever released IN MY OPINION, so lol@’s point still stands. Just declarring your opinion a fact still doesn’t make it one.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 1:43 pm - #
      Banner Ad

      I think we covered that under “Fanboys are people who don’t understand that having an opinion does not automatically qualify it has a fact….(insert cold hard truth reference that doesn’t really add anything here)……fanboys need to accept that (“need to” and “capable of” being two different things unfortunately)”. Paying special attention to: “(“need to” and “capable of” being two different things unfortunately)”. Lol.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 2:38 pm - #
      infamousDee

      @Tim I said *more* realistic, as in compared to GT. Realism can be proven, “better” can’t.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 3:33 pm - #
      Mr Wizard

      Congrats, you now have an opinion that aslo counts has an unproven theory. But it’s still not a fact, and won’t be untill qualified persons conduct proper studies, submit the results to peers who attempt to repeat the experiments and/or otherwise verify or refute the data, and the findings are widely accepted under proper scientific review.
      Since you don’t have all that, it’s still just your opinion.
      Has for “better”. “Better” can be proven. It just requires “better” to be difined in a way that can be properly tested has opposed to the generic use of the OP. All you did was define “better” with a testable variable. Namely physics. .

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 4:10 pm - #
      School’s out!

      I don’t know what scares me more: That because of hackers we’re down to teaching 6th grade scientific principles in here, or that people seem to be arguing that a theory is accurate just because you can test it.
      You can test to see if i’m dead, it can be proven, but that doesn’t make me dead no mater how many tests you run. Obviously I am alive at the time of writing.
      Just because people have the opinion that GT5 physics are more realistic, and you can test it, doesn’t mean anything other than it’s being a valid but not necessarily accurate opinion . It’s not even a full theory yet. It’s only an observation prior to formulation of an hypothesis, and faaaaaaar from fact.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 4:28 pm - #
      School’s out!

      And just driving a real car arround isn’t proof. That’s still just the observation phase. Two people can go do it, and still come up with differring opinions based on the experience. Heck, i’ve heard forza fanboys make the exact same argument.

  13. June 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 am - #
    SmileyOr1

    My Widget is still not connecting to PSN from West Coast USA this morning. Message still says server maintenance even with forced authentication.

    :(

  14. June 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 am - #
    honchie

    Sucks to be you Japan.

  15. June 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 am - #
    HSV_GTS

    All I want to know is when will the next update be?!?!?!?!?!?!

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 1:16 pm - #
      Eggman

      Soon!

  16. June 3rd, 2011 at 8:43 am - #
    Pepps

    I held off until just recently to buy a 458 Italia – when I drove it everything became crystal clear. That car is pin sharp and sounds like no other!
    Don’t moan about content, just find a car you love and enjoy it. This game’s brilliant – updates will come along when they’re good’n'ready.

  17. June 3rd, 2011 at 7:49 am - #
    pigboy

    Couldnt get a gift….i feel for you.how do you feel?

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 8:18 am - #
      Gordo Wingding

      Most people make use of nerve endings in the skin. Why? How do you feel?

  18. June 3rd, 2011 at 5:22 am - #
    Mazdaman83

    I hope that they put PSN Store online soon for the people in Japan :)

  19. June 3rd, 2011 at 5:12 am - #
    I Love GT5

    Japan is always last.
    It was even last in opening the PSN (5/28 in Japan)
    Because of the delay in Japan, I couldn’t get a gift from a guy.

  20. June 3rd, 2011 at 2:11 am - #
    Rayline

    New update better have saves for endurance, upgraded all cars to premium, normal soundtrack, career racing modes ( that are proer racing career simulation), ice-cream truck for nurburgring, and…… Beer

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 4:47 am - #
      blootmens

      LOL, and you will be able to kill your opponents by throwing knives.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 4:58 am - #
      Whitestar

      Hehe, I’ll settle for just endurance saves :-)

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 8:25 am - #
      rayzone12

      hell yes bro i quit playing just because of that and the lack of trading and removing all the really cool cliches that made the game fun. and yes more beer bro.

    • June 3rd, 2011 at 9:01 am - #
      HSV_GTS

      Good joke.