Sony Delays Game Network Restart

Source: Wall Street Journal

MAY 7, 2011, 7:29 A.M. ET

TOKYO—Sony Corp. is unlikely to meet the deadline it had set to restore the PlayStation Network, keeping millions of irritated videogamers offline for another weekend as the company continues to conduct internal safety checks to defend a new system against hackers.

The setback comes on the same day Sony said it removed the personal information of 2,500 sweepstakes participants posted unbeknownst to the company on a website affiliated with Sony Electronics. The information was discovered as part of the ongoing intrusions into the company's system, but the data listed did not include individuals' credit-card information, according to a statement released Saturday.

A Sony spokesman said Saturday the PlayStation Network will most likely not be back online over the weekend, a step back from its announcement May 1 when executives said they were aiming to get parts of the service back up within the week, while a full system reboot would take until the end of the month.

He declined to specify a new timeframe when the system can be expected to be back online.



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Go to the Netflix icon, open it as you normally would.
When it prompts you to sign into the Playstation network, click "sign in" and let it fail.
Press the "O" button and it'll return you to the Netflix screen.

You may to repeat this a few times if it prompts you to sign in again, but it will eventually take you to your instant queue.

If they manage to get it running this month, it'll be pretty impressive.

I would not be shocked at all if this goes another week at least. The move to the new data center has got to be a bear.