I haven’t touched my PS3 for ages, because I was so occupied with books, movies, Starcraft 2, writing articles, writing my books, and so on. This is why the news of PS3 gamers could not connect to Sony’s Playstation Network has not affected me much. Nonetheless, it’s a very big deal for many PS3 gamers, because they cannot play multiplayer online games with each other. Luckily, watching Netflix using PS3 is probably still working, because Netflix app on PS3 probably isn’t tied to Sony’s Playstation Network.
Sony has decided to take down Playstation Network to rebuild its network so hackers won’t be able to hack it so easily the next time around. Unknown hacker (or hackers) was successfully penetrated Playstation Network. Sony says it isn’t sure yet what confidential information were compromised. On various threads, the Xbox fans are making fun at the PS3 fans, and PS3 fans are fighting back with more strong words. Since Sony took down its Playstation Network, words have had gotten nastier.
Agreeing with a commenter who has a comment under Yahoo’s article here — personally, I don’t care, because all gaming consoles have their own advantages and disadvantages. Certain exclusive games are can only be played on certain console games exclusively, and this is why some people prefer to have more than one gaming console. Let just hope that Playstation Network will get back online, because we know Sony is working hard to build a new version of Playstation Network and rebuilding its network structure. For now, I may do some real physical exercise with my personal trainer on my Xbox 360/Kinect.
Source: http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/630-hackers-take-down-sonys-playstation-network
Vinh Nguyen
