Sony Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over PSN Breach
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I'm sure Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch and Team Ico aren't feeling too creative at this moment either.Frank_Sinatra_ said:
It'll be a sad day in gaming if SCE dies from being quartered and incinerated like this.
Forgive me for being a bit rude, but what has SONY done lately that couldn't be picked up by, say, Microsoft's gaming division if SCE goes under? They have an online network that pales compared to XBL, a motion controller that, face it, is a direct rip off of the Wii, and are falling flat on their faces in the handheld competition against Nintendo. I don't see the future of gaming being any worse off if Sony and all it's terrible PR and bad practices get pushed out of the market over this, it might even make an opening for a better company to come in and take its place.
If Sony goes under I am not looking forward to another Microsoft monopoly!!! $90.00 games and $600.00 systems it will be unless Nintendo grows up! 
Oh Christ they better be caught by someone other than the police.RedEyesBlackGamer said:Those hackers better hope that if anyone catches them, it is the police. I understand the blunder of Sony's part, but they didn't give that info out, it was taken. And they are offering a free online service. Come on Sony, pull through! I don't want to see you go under.Frank_Sinatra_ said:
But I don't think that people realize the repercussions of what can happen from this. Sony itself may not go under but they might just pull the plug on Sony Computer Entertainment.DanDeFool said:
I can see it now that the fanboys will party that the PlayStation is out of the gaming race but lack of competition will lead to stagnation.
No matter what Nintendo says, they lead more to the casual gamers while the 360 and PS3 are more for hardcore gamers. Just one console for hardcore gaming? Not good.
(Before anyone says anything PC isn't added to there because there's just no way it's going under and I've never really considered it a contestant in the gaming race. PC gaming hosts the damn race.)
Hopefully the gaming world will wake up and realize the repercussions that killing SCE could have.RedEyesBlackGamer said:Those hackers better hope that if anyone catches them, it is the police. I understand the blunder of Sony's part, but they didn't give that info out, it was taken. And they are offering a free online service. Come on Sony, pull through! I don't want to see you go under.
I'll put money down that if SCE is killed by this that The Last Guardian won't see the light of day.Casual Shinji said:
No matter what any fanboy can say, the death of a major player like this will be a profound loss to gaming as a whole.
I can't help but feel that, in some ways, this is punishing the victim and turning attention away from the real threat.
Obviously this was bound to happen after this whole situation started, and to an extent Sony does deserve to be sued. Their lack of information on what's going on or a timeframe of how they're doing is really keeping people on edge, and they should be spreading what they know further than just their blogs.
However, the media and this lawsuit are diverting attention from what really matters; the assholes that did this in the first place. Give Sony a breather for now, and if their heads aren't too far up their asses they'll be looking for the bastard hackers that caused them to shut the service down in the first place.
And hopefully they'll find them, because I want them to be ripped a new one. Thanks to pirates and trigger-happy hackers, the legitimate consumer is getting slapped in the face and everyone is rabbling [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEjJ4Ecy9Q] towards the people they are pissed at at the moment.
[sup]Yes, I know not all hackers are bad people, but we're talking specifically about said bad hackers.[/sup]
Obviously this was bound to happen after this whole situation started, and to an extent Sony does deserve to be sued. Their lack of information on what's going on or a timeframe of how they're doing is really keeping people on edge, and they should be spreading what they know further than just their blogs.
However, the media and this lawsuit are diverting attention from what really matters; the assholes that did this in the first place. Give Sony a breather for now, and if their heads aren't too far up their asses they'll be looking for the bastard hackers that caused them to shut the service down in the first place.
And hopefully they'll find them, because I want them to be ripped a new one. Thanks to pirates and trigger-happy hackers, the legitimate consumer is getting slapped in the face and everyone is rabbling [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEjJ4Ecy9Q] towards the people they are pissed at at the moment.
[sup]Yes, I know not all hackers are bad people, but we're talking specifically about said bad hackers.[/sup]
i doubt this'll slow down getting psn back up since i don't think the same part of the company has to deal with thiscocoro67 said:Oh Christ they better be caught by someone other than the police.RedEyesBlackGamer said:Those hackers better hope that if anyone catches them, it is the police. I understand the blunder of Sony's part, but they didn't give that info out, it was taken. And they are offering a free online service. Come on Sony, pull through! I don't want to see you go under.Frank_Sinatra_ said:
But seriously, this does not help us in any, way, shape or form, in fact it'll probably make getting PSN back up (Goal for us) slower than some idiot getting a quick buck (Goal for idiot who SUUEEEEED.
But didn't they announce a plan to improve security, something rebuilding the entire network? That seems quite satisfactory to me in that regard. Also, is it not so that customers whose credit cards are used for illicit purposes shall receive recompense?dkyros said:
I am not advocating that Sony should not be held liable in any further way, but slapping them with class action lawsuits (and on "our behalf", no less. What fucking nerve.) at this point is an unnecessary pre-emptive action that reeks of opportunism and greed.
Sony screwed the pooch, no doubt, and they will pay dearly. However, if a lawsuit is the proper course, then time will tell.
Lots of talk and not so much action.NicoDK said:
Anway, they are not being sued for not being 100 % hackproof, they are being sued because they said that they could keep it safe and they lied. There are laws against screwing up this badly. You can't just say "Whops we got hacked and 77 millions people got their identity stolen, no biggie". Laws!
a) nothing stops ambulance chasers. If anything I'm amazed it took this long to get started. I knew it would happen if credit card information was stolen and used, but stress of changing passwords? Costs of issuing new cards? Seems petty even for lawyers.Dusk17 said:
b) I doubt anyone that could pull this off will be easy to find. This isn't a file sharer that doesn't know to to hide their identity from the RIAA. I would at least like to know if authorities have been brought in yet. Maybe their tech guys can get faster information than Sony's tech guys did.
Oh come on, that's just wrong...
I mean, they can't promise impossible to crack software and seriously "compensation for the "extra time, effort, and costs"" what's next, "compensation for not being able to play on PSN"?
Seriously, I hope Sony's lawyers kick this one back and avoid paying that stuff back.
Then again, maybe I'm just saying that cause I didn't have credit card info on PSN that could've leaked. But still I say in-PSN bonuses and compensation would've been enough IMHO.
I mean, they can't promise impossible to crack software and seriously "compensation for the "extra time, effort, and costs"" what's next, "compensation for not being able to play on PSN"?
Seriously, I hope Sony's lawyers kick this one back and avoid paying that stuff back.
Then again, maybe I'm just saying that cause I didn't have credit card info on PSN that could've leaked. But still I say in-PSN bonuses and compensation would've been enough IMHO.
You know, deep down inside, I feel for the gamers that have a PS3 (my uncle included, which I broke the news to him about the potential data being stolen last night - sad thing is is that the credit card he used ONCE on the PSN might have been the same one he used to pre-order my DNF Balls of Steel Edition X.X) and for the people that attempt to eck out a living by working for Sony and the families they support.
That being said, when I see things like Sony saying other handheld systems aren't for self-respecting adults and such and then things like this happen, I feel indifferent to the company and its CEOs. This is karma at its ultimate extreme. Granted, the hacker that caused this cascading shitstorm needs to be found, sued and strung up by his testicles and beaten severely with a blunt object while yelling at him "This is the reason why we can't have nice things!", but Sony earned its fair share of enmity as well.
In the end, though, it's mostly the decent people who get hurt the most by events like these and all we can do now is learn from what has transpired and attempt to not repeat the history that has been unfolded before our eyes.
That being said, when I see things like Sony saying other handheld systems aren't for self-respecting adults and such and then things like this happen, I feel indifferent to the company and its CEOs. This is karma at its ultimate extreme. Granted, the hacker that caused this cascading shitstorm needs to be found, sued and strung up by his testicles and beaten severely with a blunt object while yelling at him "This is the reason why we can't have nice things!", but Sony earned its fair share of enmity as well.
In the end, though, it's mostly the decent people who get hurt the most by events like these and all we can do now is learn from what has transpired and attempt to not repeat the history that has been unfolded before our eyes.
Of course they said it was safe, and it probably was! Anything running on electricity could be hacked, its not like these hackers just waltzed in and stole the information (which may or may not have been compromised depending on if you read the media or Sony itself). Sure, it's a huge fuck up, I'm not denying that, but lieing? Really? Does telling the truth before and then that truth being broken retroactively turn that truth into a lie?Shycte said:
Half-lies of Quarter-truths! So...one-eighth Luths or Ties...wait...