PSN Down Worldwide; Is Anonymous to Blame?

[Iwana Humpalot]

It works over here where i live, GO WINLAND!

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I can hold out a few days. But then, I'm going to need some kind of connection. Portal 2 arrives soon...

 

[kurupt87]

As Mr Funk says, if it is an outside agency it's an offshoot of Anon and not the "main" part.

Also, if Anon (or an offshoot) had been responsible they'd stake a claim. As susceptible as the PSN supposedly is to interference it's still a godamn huge achievement to bring it down worldwide.

Strikes me that it's more likely Sony had a major fuck up all on their ownsome and conveniently have an outside party who they can put some of the blame on, rather than accept it themselves. Mitigates the outrage if you can suggest the blame falls somewhere else.

 

[Brad Shepard]

If you've tried to log into PSN since last night, you may have noticed that you can't log into PSN. The service is down in North America, Asia and Europe alike, which is probably a bit of a headache for people hoping to play Portal 2 online with friends.

Spoiler: My face right now

Been trying all day. All I wanted is to take my little robot and fly at the speed of sound. Is that really so much to ask? Apparently, if a group of people on there computers protesting something is concerned, yes. Yes it is.

Calumon: Awww, but Jack let's me play Portal! This is mean... : (

See? Xbox is better Jack. Calumon, you need to try to get Jack to switch bro.

Zero: I like the DS myself.

 

[DonTsetsi]

EDIT 2: Also, let's just point out the fact that you're getting angry over a service they provide for free. If someone were to give you free food and it wasn't that good, would you complain? If not, why would you complain about this? It's free. They're giving it to you. They don't have to make it free, they could charge you money. So just be glad it's free.

Unfortunately, it doesnt quite work like that. That implies you got the food completely for free, without any charge before. But when you buy a PS3, PSN is advertised as a WORKING feature, and as part of the package, which makes it not so free. The correct example would be: "Buy this flatscreen HDTV and DVD player together for 400 euros!". If the DVD player didnt work, you would be pissed off, and right fully so.

Although I have to admit this whole story is VERY amusing. Its funny to see 360 users laugh about this while microsoft blocks off free content because they want too charge for it, or PC gamers smugly announce they are going to play Portal 2 when suddenly there internet stops working for an hour and steam offline mode refuses to work, or steam goes down, or HATS.

However, it's technically an extra. If you did not already have high-speed, it wouldn't work, now would it?

The ability to play online is NOT an extra! It's one of the main reasons for buying a console.

 

[xchurchx]

well it wouldn't surprise me that it could be an atack
im pretty sure that this is the first time the psn has been shut worldwide
i was hopping to jump on to some socom after the dissapointment of its singleplayer

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Spoiler

POTatOS took over their systems. We are soooo fcuked.

 

[Jumplion]

Honestly, I will laugh so hard if this turns out to be a double-flip-inverted-aerial-triple-backstab from Gabe Newell.

GLaDOS: "It seems that your communication service is unable to start up properly. What a shame. I can tell, by its corrupted data-import modules and constant attempts at breaking my sxr-code in my dual-neuro-cell core where I am containing the processors for it to preform the boot-up process, that it's very reluctant to work with you at this time. In the mean time, I will be more than glad to help you in your start up process..."

 

[k-ossuburb]

If this is the result of an attack, it would be odd considering that Anonymous publicly announced that it would cease attacks affecting PlayStation customers [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109056-Anonymous-Halts-Sony-Attacks-Affecting-PSN-Users] more than a week ago. However, that doesn't mean that a similar group - or a splinter branch of Anonymous - couldn't be doing the same in its absence.

I think you're giving Anon too much credit here, they're not an organized group. They're not really a group at all. Each person can act autonomously from the others and there's a chance that either people just haven't got message stating that the attacks have stopped or are just continuing "for the lulz" or simply "for great justice". There are no members and there is no structure, anon is anyone and everyone. So, you cannot have a splinter group from them because every individual person acts as just that: an individual person.

Basically, the only reason that some of them are continuing the attacks is down to the individual, maybe they're a fan of the Xbox or they're just bored. It's hard to know exactly, I suppose you could boil it down to just plain old trolling.

 

[WorldCritic]

Whatever the cause is they better get it back up soon. Yeah I have a 360 too but I like PSN.

 

[DaHero]

Watch Sony point the finger at Anonymous, only to get Anonymous to reply with some video (by the way, entities cannot post videoes, therefore anonymous is a guerilla warfare issue, not entity) about how they "are being targeted by Sony" and all this crap. It's enough to make someone wonder if the whole Hotz/Anonymous thing was all a big conspiracy from the very beginning. Yeah I said it! Anonymous is the new Illuminati! (humor down to tubes)

Guys! Don't you get it? Its not Anon!

IT'S VALVE!

I mean, how many PS3 users got Portal 2, couldn't log into PSN, and then went on to activate their PC copy, saw the deals on Steam, and went on an impulse shopping spree?

Somewhere, Gabe is going, "ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US!"

Ya know, I was seriously going for a cookie post but...dude here take my cookie you deserve it.

 

[Fuselage]

This is annoying. Who the hell is Anonymous and why do they hate gamers?

They have a long and storied past that I cannot show you because......Encylopedia Dramatica has died.
OT: Sony fucked something up, anon is having a circle-jerk as usual and let's clear something up, 3rd party does not mean Anonymous, it sounds like anonymous sure but it does not necessarily mean Anonymous.

 

[Baresark]

Oh my god! Cyber terrorism!

Meh, no real loss here, I'm just glad it isn't my PS3 that's the problem, not that I have found any reason to use the PSN in a long while.

PS. Sony is dicks, regardless.
/end fun

 

[Andaxay]

Yep. Portal 2 finally releases here in the UK, and I can't play co-op with my boyfriend like we've been planning ALL WEEK. Blah. Still. Single player is so unbelievably fantastic though that I can make do without tonight!

 

[Digikid]

I don't know about you guys but personally I find this funny as hell!!!!

ROFLMAO!!!!!

 

[Sniper Team 4]

At least I don't pay for it and I still haven't beaten single player on Portal 2 and Killzone 3, some I'm now angry yet, just annoyed. If it is Anon, way to prove my point about them being nothing but a bunch of thugs. If it's not, then I'm going with this:

I bet it's steam integration!
Valve's plan finally reveals itself as GLaDOS takes over PSN.

Awesome.

 

[Spudgun Man]

This whole thing still confuses me, Geohot breaks terms of use, raises funds to defend himself in court, settles outside and buggers off.
Now some bloke who really likes v for vendetta takes it as the rallying cry to be a bell end?
Am I missing something or is this the in vouge thing to be doing?

 

[Gralian]

The point of the organisation Anonymous is that it isn't an organisation. Just because one or two members claim attacks will cease, does not mean that they will. They speak only for themselves and for no other members of Anonymous. Anonymous will do as it wishes. It has no hierarchy, no governmental structure, no form of organisation. Everyone is an equal and independent member. If one person says they will stop attacking enemies of Anonymous, that does not stop any other members from Anonymous from simply carrying on the attacks themselves. Never take press releases from Anonymous as proof of contract or even solid evidence. It will do as it wishes. The only single binding rule that all members of Anonymous follow is that it will never cause physical harm to its enemies.

This whole thing still confuses me, Geohot breaks terms of use, raises funds to defend himself in court, settles outside and buggers off.
Now some bloke who really likes v for vendetta takes it as the rallying cry to be a bell end?
Am I missing something or is this the in vouge thing to be doing?

Anonymous does not consist of one man, woman or organisation. It is everyone. It is your postman, it is your baker, it is your boss, your friend, your brother, your sister. The point is that Anonymous embodies anyone and everyone who feels they can identify with its collective aims. This means that people will act however they wish under the banner of Anonymous not as a member of a group, but as a brand of ideals. They don't do it to say 'i'm a contributing member of a cyberterrorist network!', they do it to say 'you are opposing the collective wish of Anonymous, which is representative of freedom of information, freedom from persecution, freedom from oppression etc'. Anonymous stands for a very loose set of standards, morals and ideals. That's all.