Sony Surveys Subscribers On Premium PlayStation Network
A customer survey indicates that Sony is considering premium subscription plans for its PlayStation Network, detailing potential prices and premium services, including full hour game trials, free...
View ArticleSony Details PlayStation Network Expansion
At CES, Sony Computer Entertainment chief Kaz Hirai described long-anticipated plans to unify its PlayStation Network content offerings across its product line - including network enabled Blu-ray...
View ArticleSony’s PS3 Suffers Massive Outage
Gaming sites were abuzz March 1 with the news that Sony’s PlayStation 3 has a bug that is preventing users from being able to access PlayStation’s Internet network and in some cases blocking games from...
View ArticlePlayStation Network Service Restored
Sony Computer Entertainment has issued a fix for a bug that prevented PlayStation 3 users from connecting to the Internet for roughly 24 hours. The internal clocks in older-model PS3 consoles, Sony...
View ArticleMovie Download Revenues Totaled $291 Million In ’09: Report
Total revenues from download services such as iTunes and Amazon Video on Demand amounted to $291 million in 2009, falling short of research firm Screen Digest’s expectations for the year by some $69...
View ArticleHD Movies From Major Studios Coming To PlayStation Network
In the ongoing battle for content, Sony said Tuesday that it had locked in the five top studios to supply HD content to the PlayStation Network. At launch, the content will be available in the U.S....
View ArticlePlayStation Store Shifts DLC Release Day
Online PlayStation 3 gamers will now have a day’s jump on the Xbox 360 audience for new content, as the Sony-owned digital distribution network moves its release date from Thursday to Tuesday. First...
View ArticlePlayStation’s Digital Game Sales Gain on Xbox: Research
Sony’s PlayStation Network chipped away at the Microsoft’s lead in digital videogame sales during the second half of last year, with the online network grossing an estimated $49.4 million between July...
View ArticleEA: Digital Distribution Has ‘Mass Effect’ on PlayStation Game
The PC videogames market is rapidly approaching a 50-50 split between physical and digital distribution, and a recent digital release for Sony’s PlayStation 3 console has yielded “meaningful” sales,...
View ArticlePlayStation Network Outage Stretches To Sixth Day
Sony’s PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been offline for nearly a week, as the company continues to shore up its network security in response to an “external intrusion” on April 20. “This...
View ArticleSony Works To Contain PlayStation Network ‘Intrusion’
Sony says it has “a clear path to have PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems back online,” with expectations to restore “some services” within a week. But the continued shutdown of the company’s...
View ArticleSony: PSN Credit Card Data Was Encrypted, ‘No Evidence’ of Theft
As Sony Computer continues to rebuild the security infrastructure of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, the company tells customers that “there is no evidence at this time” that hackers...
View ArticleSony Outlines Plans To Restore PlayStation, Qriocity Services
Ten days after security breaches prompted a shutdown of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, Sony Computer Entertainment says that it will begin a “phased restoration” of the services with...
View ArticlePlayStation Network Outage Stretches Into Third Week
A Sony Computer spokesperson tells Bloomberg that the company plans to restart its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services fully by May 31. Sony had expected to have brought portions of the services...
View ArticleParts of PlayStation Network Back Online; Company Searching for Permanent CISO
Restoration of Sony’s PlayStation Network and Qriocity services began this past weekend, after the company spent the better part of a month shoring up its data security infrastructure. Sony says it has...
View ArticleReport: Hacker Used Amazon EC2 To Launch Attack on PlayStation Network
A potential new wrinkle in the cyber attack on Sony Computer’s PlayStation Network: a knowledgeable source tells Bloomberg that the hacker responsible for the security breach waged the attack using...
View ArticleSony Defends Network Database Against New Round of Hacks
Sony’s new chief information security officer, Philip Reitinger, announced on Wednesday that the company had temporarily locked some 93,000 user accounts across three of its online entertainment...
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