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Grand Master

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rumors says we're getting free games and PSN+ for free for a month

It's not a rumour. Posted on both blogs. PSN+ free for a month, and every day the service is down as well for current subs (and 2 free games out of 5).

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The worst thing is when it finally comes up, you just know there is going to be this rush from everyone logging in and syncing and such like, and then downloading whatever we get for free.

I hope they are prepared for it, lol.

May be why they are going to do it by region, to lesson the extend of the servers all getting slammed too hard? Though shouldn't the servers be separated by region anyway? Eh, I sure hope it all goes smoothly lol.

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OK, I give Sony now until the day the early release of Duke Nukem Forever demo comes out to have everything working... Been waiting for this for ages, bought GoTY Edition of Borderlands for the early demo access... and now I get a email saying that it will be out around May 15th.... Don't ruin this for me Sony!

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AbandonedTrolley

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This is getting old Sony...

What is? Them testing to make sure their network is safe and secure.... surely after what's happened then it's better to take their time in getting the best possible security that they believe possible?

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What is? Them testing to make sure their network is safe and secure.... surely after what's happened then it's better to take their time in getting the best possible security that they believe possible?

Exactly my thinking when I read that sentence. I'd prefer they take their time to try and make sure such a thing doesn't happen again rather than just flicking the switch on to appease people who want to play online.

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SummerWolf

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I for one am not amazingly bothered about the lack of PSN at the moment. At least I'm comfortable with the fact that Sony is currently doing whatever they can to fix the issue. That said, I'm growing a little impatient with the situation but there isn't anything I can do about it.

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The most annoying part of the outage for me is that my friend bought Portal 2 for the PS3 and his intention was to unlock the Steam version to play with me. But of course can't do that if PSN is down. I was sure it would only be a 7 day outage but now it's been what.. 21 days? Kinda disappointing. :(

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shakey

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I for one am not amazingly bothered about the lack of PSN at the moment. At least I'm comfortable with the fact that Sony is currently doing whatever they can to fix the issue. That said, I'm growing a little impatient with the situation but there isn't anything I can do about it.

My only issue is that DKF early demo comes out within the next week or 2. That is all I want. But the lack of PSN at the moment hasn't affected my playing of games. If anything, I am playing more of the games I was neglecting.

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It is also rather stupid that the device can still connect to the internet (for browser, and even local network connection) however, without the PSN Netflix does not function :(

I thought I read earlier in the thread that it is possible to use netflix while the psn is down. You just have to cancel out of the error message or something, but people have def confirmed they got it working. Im at work right now so I cant test it.

Edit - Found it, but apparently doesnt work for everyone... that sux.

For those of us who subscribe to Netflix, and use it frequently on the PS3, there is an easy way to get around that. I haven?t been on properly in a few days, but I did figure this one out on day one of the outage, and figured most people would have found it by now.

On initial startup of the program, you will be greeted with the PSN log in screen. Go ahead and attempt to log in. It will fail, but your movie list will load directly afterward. Then the log in screen will come up a second time. Again, attempt to sign in, and when it fails, press Circle to cancel, and it will take you to your list and you can use Netflix like normal.

Now, as far as other services go, I?m not sure if similar processes will work for you, as the only third party content provider I use is Netflix. If you have any other workarounds for things like Hulu, etc, please let us know!

UPDATE:

This only works on some versions of the app (apparently they have different versions available at a given time for feature testing, etc), so it might be hit or miss, but still worth a shot. Also, apparently, this does not work on Hulu+, but I have only had one person mention that

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Report: UK retailers say PS3 trade-ins doubling due to PSN outage

We're approaching the one-month anniversary of the PlayStation Network's deactivation due to that pesky security breach, and according to a report from Edge the downtime's starting to have an effect at UK games retailers. The report cites a number of anonymous game shop clerks, all of whom paint a fairly similar picture of the response to the outage: PlayStation 3 trade-ins have doubled in their respective stores in the past few weeks, with most shoppers exchanging their consoles for Xbox 360s or cash.

That may sound like a fairly inflammatory report, but the reasoning is sound: Almost all the retailers say these shoppers are hardcore FPS players, and are acquiring Xbox 360s to get back in their Call of Duty: Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2 routines. Furthermore, all of the retailers report an increased trade-in rate for the PS3 version of Black Ops. Trading in your gaming console sounds like a pretty drastic way to keep playing a game you love -- then again, we're no strangers to the siren call of the Killstreak.

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