Sunday, May 1, 2011

PSN: partial return this week, complete by May

It provided a welcome program was held this morning, the official conference announced by Kaz Hirai on PlayStation Network business, which has led to some information on the state of things and on the expected return to normalcy. This week is expected to return a "partial", or only part of the functionality, but full functionality will only come by May, even without a precise date.

These are the options that will be reactivated in a few days: Make use of online games and downloaded games back of the infrastructure for online play to PlayStation 3 and PSP to access account management with the need to change the Password properly Buddy List Management Features chat (not appointed voice chat, the promise of rumors these days) PlayStation Home Music Unlimited access to Qriocity on PS3 and PSP for registered users access to movie downloads to rent and not yet exploited on PS3, PSP and the rest MediaGo of features, so, obviously, even the PlayStation Store, will be reactivated during May, with dates to be announced later by Sony.

It 'was announced a program to welcome back people to thank for patience, called "Welcome Back", to be defined precisely: within it will be possible to obtain a free subscription for 30 days or an extension PlayStation Plus Free an additional 30 days for already enrolled in the program and the same thing with regard to Qriocity.

Besides this, there are various free content to be decided according to the area of user, which will be made available when the standards of PSN will be returned to normal (probably with the return of the Store in full swing, comes to mind). To increase the security of the system, Sony has taken these maneuvers: Added automatic software monitoring and configuration in defense of external attacks increased the level of encryption and data protection Increased ability to detect intrusions into the network, unauthorized access and unusual pattern of activity implementation of additional firewall in fact continue to be uncertain on the issue of credit cards: Kaz Hirai said that the approximately 78 million registered users had logged at least 10 million credit card data, continuing to claim that despite there are no obvious signs of identity theft related to credit cards there is a need to stay vigilant and alert to any suspicious movements and unauthorized cards.

Source: PlayStation Blog

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