Sony has announced that they’ll restore the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services in Asian countries like Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand from tomorrow. The phased restoration will also bring in new identity protection program, adding a thick layer of security to withstand any future attacks. For Japanese PlayStation users, Sony has even […]
Sony will ban access to PSN and Qriocity who use hacked PS3s
Sony today issued a statement for those who have circumvented their PS3 consoles and are using it to play pirated games. In a bid to stay fair to legit gamers, Sony has confirmed that users using unauthorized consoles will be barred permanently from using the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. “By identifying PlayStation 3 […]
PSN Service now working fine
Sony’s and old PS3 users PSN woes are now over as they’ve announced to restore the PSN service. The outage spared the PS3 Slim model but users with older PS3s were unable to access PSN and even play games with trophies due to a clock bug. The internal clock functionality recognized 2010 as a […]
Sony confirms PS3 clock issue, advises not to use PS3 briefly
The speculations were correct. The clock bug has been confirmed by Sony and is taking its toll on “fat” PS3s. Sony says the problem is “caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system” and advises users to stay away from their consoles until the bug is fixed so as to […]
“Fat” PS3 users can’t access PSN, some offline games too
UPDATE: Sony confirms PS3 clock issue. Original PS3 users have been marred by an unusual error since yesterday. Firstly, millions of PS3 users were unable to connect to PlayStation’s PlayStation Network – which by the way has been confirmed by Sony – and secondly, Kotaku is reporting that few games even in offline mode […]
Sony planning touchscreen VAIOs, PSN to come on PCs too
Mike Abary of Sony confirmed to LaptopMag that touch enabled VAIO PCs are on its way. The PCs will take advantage of Windows 7’s touch friendliness and will be launched sometime around the OS’ launch. However, it is not clear if Sony will launch touchscreen VAIOs under the desktop or the notebook line. Abary […]
Sony to offer music downloads on PSN?
Sony is in preliminary talks with music publishers to offer song downloads to users on PlayStation Network (PSN). While this will be targeted majorly at PSP users, the probable and logical extension will be to offer the same to PS3 users as well. This move from Sony can be viewed as tit for tat […]