PlayStation Network Outage Thread - Status Checker In OP

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by kashif

Guys I need your help. Please let me know if I am the only one at the moment or everybody is experiencing the same. Now PSN is running perfectly fine on my PS3. I can do everything but on my PS4 its still down so please let me know that if its still down on your PS4 machines.

Also the most worrying part is that as soon as PSN went down on my PS4 all my offline stuff is not working fine. For example when I play WWE2k15 all the downloaded data is vanished and also the superstars I unlocked are no more there. It is even telling me the tutorial parts during matches as I am playing it for the first time. What is going on? All games are behaving as I am playing them for the first time. Please Help!

Thanks!

my buddies ps4 is offline as well. we tried to play destiny an hour ago and nothing.

[Mavrick]

I'm not on my PS4 so can't check with my games. But some games need you to have ps+ for certain online features and I know from previous experience when the servers go down some games can't recognize that you have a subscription which can screw you up pretty bad.

It's times like this I miss the old days when consoles and games didn't rely on an internet connection even for single player modes.

Haven't been able to play Destiny for two days even though everything I want to do on it is all single player related

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by volcomsocal

PSN is finally working! Time to play Destiny. Woo!

So they turned the server back to "Online" before reverting it back to its current status of "Offline"?

[jsteinhauer]

Well, AC: Unity has been mostly fine, except for the few things that require a connection. FC4 I have played in a completely offline state before the outage, so it should also be fine. Lego Batman 3, as well, I think.

Kashif, are your games digital copies rather than disk copies? That's the only reason I can think of that all of your SP games would be affected. But, if it's an ownership verification problem, I woud not expect you to be able to play your games at all, which does not sound like the case.

[MaCruz]

I thought PS4, and PS3 were running on different networks?

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

Everything is digital for me so I'm without Netflix, youtube and even the single player missions these 2 days.

[Bailey05]

Originally Posted by MaCruz

I thought PS4, and PS3 were running on different networks?

Pretty sure they are. They have only been going after next gen consoles, so PS3 works fine

[Bailey05]

Originally Posted by JeffTheMovieGuy

Everything is digital for me so I'm without Netflix, youtube and even the single player missions these 2 days.

Have you tried to watch Netflix? Even when it was for a long time last time. You could always Access Netflix, just wait to it fail to sign in on psn and eventually Netflix will load up

[Brady_2_Moss]

Originally Posted by wormraper

my buddies ps4 is offline as well. we tried to play destiny an hour ago and nothing.

yeah still no network here in the northeast

[jjdpw50]

Down in NJ

[chip75]

Was the PS3 affected the other day in the UK? I couldn't sign-in, so I couldn't use NOW TV. It said it was down for maintenance.

Very annoying that you have to sign-in with SONY before using NOW TV's services!

[ariakon]

I have to admit, this DDOS was more effective than I thought it would be. After the initial attack in August, MS and Sony have done pretty well at effectively brushing them off lately, with MS typically losing some functionality for a few hours and PSN popping in and out for about the same amount of time. For these dicks to take down both services for so long (it sounds like Live is finally back up and I can get on my PS3, though not my PS4 yet) is either testament to their capabilities or further proof that both consoles sold a ####-ton for Christmas and really only needed a gentle push to roll on into oblivion. (Or a bit of both, I guess).

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

Originally Posted by Bailey05

Have you tried to watch Netflix? Even when it was for a long time last time. You could always Access Netflix, just wait to it fail to sign in on psn and eventually Netflix will load up

I just tried and no go, still tries to verify licenses and there is a little lock on all the icons.

[Derb]

No mention of this from PS Blog

[Dirk504]

I just hope this is fixed soon. I just finished Shadow of Mordar, and I was hoping to play some Advanced Warfare MP tonight.

[Britnasty]

I hope it's fixed soon. My PS+ runs out at 9am tomorrow and I have a card I just bought I need to enter for the year. Damn my procrastination!

[Mavrick]

Looking at twitter seems some people in the US are starting to get back online now and that attacks have stopped. So hopefully it's just a matter of Sony getting things back up to scratch now.

I'm going to give it a check after I finish this episode of SAO.

[Scottie]

‏@AskPlayStation

Update: We are working to restore full network services for all platforms - thanks, as always, for your patience!

Forever skeptical.

[Groo The Perverted]

Kim “Santa” Dotcom Stops Xbox and Playstation Attacks

Mega founder Kim Dotcom has saved Christmas for many Playstation and Xbox gamers. In what he describes as a Christmas Miracle, Kim Dotcom appears to have stopped Lizard Squad's DDoS attacks by handing out 3,000 vouchers for premium Mega accounts, worth $99 a piece.

When Xbox and Playstation players wanted to test their Christmas gifts a few hours ago, they were welcomed by an unpleasant surprise.



Lizard Squad, who repeatedly DDoSed the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live’s servers in recent months, were back with a Christmas gift nobody asked for. Another DDoS attack resulting in yet more downtime.



One of the affected players was Kim Dotcom, who’s an avid Xbox player himself. But instead of cursing Lizard Squad to high heaven he decided to make them an offer.


Although the general belief may be that it’s best not to negotiate with “terrorists,” Dotcom decided to give it a try.



“Hi @LizardMafia, I want to play #Destiny on XBOX Live. I’ll give your entire crew Mega lifetime premium vouchers if you let us play. Cool?” he tweeted.





Lizard Squad is apparently easy to please as they were willing to stop the attacks in return for 3,000 free cloud hosting vouchers.


After getting approval from Mega’s management, Dotcom and Lizard Squad eventually came to terms through Twitter’s back-channel.




Once the vouchers were in Lizard Squad’s possession, the attacks did indeed slow down and Christmas was saved. While some still experienced some outages due to the earlier attacks, many players were able to join their favorite games again.


“Thanks @KimDotcom for the vouchers–you’re the reason we stopped the attacks. @MegaPrivacy is an awesome service,” Lizard Squad tweeted, confirming the successful intervention.



Dotcom, meanwhile, is happy that he can play Destiny but wishes that his other troubles could be resolved this easily too. Whether the U.S. Department of Justice will accept Mega vouchers is doubtful though.


“Obviously, diplomacy works. I recommend that the U.S. Government gives it a try. #MakeLoveNotWar #UseMegaVouchers,” Kim noted.


Of course there’s no guarantee that Lizard Squad will keep their promise during the days to come, but Dotcom said he will render the vouchers useless if attacks resume.


Merry Christmas everyone…

[Grim Reaper]

for some reason. im having a hard time believing any of that.