But the neighbors who don't use the utility don't get it for free either.

I agree with the people that do pay, they're getting fucked by only getting 2x what they lost.

Whereas people like me are getting an infinite benefit ALL WHILE never paying Sony a dime.

It's really lop-sided and, frankly, unfair.

I never disagreed that it would go a long way for Sony to offer a bit more to the people who supported their ps+ services, but frankly it's not anything to get upset over really, if they gave you a free month in Deckers case who got 15 months for 50 bucks you are gaining a little over 3 bucks. I certainly don't think that it is worth getting worked up over for 3 bucks, I make that in 10 minutes worth of work every day.

Some people will say it's the point of the matter, which it isn't really. Do you think that extra month is going to get sony to make sure this happens any less than now? As it is now the fines they are likely going to have to pay to the attorney generals of various states for not encrypting some data will hit pretty high and it's already stated that this could cost sony billions as it is. It's not like they are getting out of this unscathed. They are well aware that this is never to happen again, or it could possibly ruin them. People can forgive once, but twice is just incompetence.

I just want this to not happen again, I care not for compensation, I just want them to learn from this and know that they are not invincible online like they thought they were.

Guess it's this thing called "the principle". You should treat your paying customers slightly better than your non-paying costumers. Whatever, I have no horse in the race so it's all bonus to me.

I agree, but they certainly don't owe anyone anything free. They are doing what they are to try to make good which they didn't have to do either way. I certainly am not going to worry about 3 bucks (yes, I have ps+) as it has still been an extraordinary deal for the money anyways. In situations such as this I only expect to get reimbursement for what I couldn't use because of the issue, anything else is bonus. Who knows, maybe by the time they do this they will notice it and add a bonus month to ps+ members. Sony is usually pretty good about this kind of stuff and it could have just been something overlooked.


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the ps+ for people who don't have it is more of a marketing thing to get more people signed up for it after they see all the free stuff they get, and I bet there is going to be a ton of free stuff for the next month for that very reason. The free month for subscribers is to reimburse them for what they lost. I honestly think they should have a free month for new psn accounts anyways ala Live, but that's neither here nor there.

Then give non-members 14 days to maintain equity. It's as simple as encrypting transissions.

Also, the utility companies aren't in danger of the customers jumping ship to a competitor due to the intrusion.

I agree that they don't really owe us anything, but it would be nice to get a free cheap game or something. Let us choose from a list of maybe 5 Sony-published games (I'm not sure if third parties would go along with it). Obviously those that already have all of them wouldn't gain anything, but it would still be a nice gesture.

I honestly don't give a shit what freebies they give us since I rarely use my PS3 as a gaming system, but for the love of everything that is good and holy, just shore up their shit so this doesn't happen again!

They already said that everyone will be getting free content as well as the 30 days of Plus and Qriocity.

Exactly, i don't care about free shit, I just want this to never happen again.



I believe they said that in addition to the free month of ps+ they will be giving out a free game or two depending on what region you are in, so we are getting a free game at least. Might be something horrible though.

It's be a PSN game. Of course it's something horrible.

It would be funny if the free game turns out to be Final Fantasy vii

Right, that should obviously be Sony's primary goal - but I don't think it's an either/or proposition between shoring up their security and "compensating" it's user base for the downtime.

Well, it gets to the point where you hear people NOT talk about them fixing it and patching it up, and instead complaining about all the free stuff they are not being given. That's my problem with all this.

No one's complaining that we're getting compensated

I, as a non-paying member of PSN, question why I'm given the exact same amount of free stuff as paying subscribers.

Look, everyone was out X days. I didn't pay for those X days so when they give me Y > X of free stuff, I'm good.

PSN+ were out the same X days and are given the same Y days. However they paid for the X days so they're really only getting (Y-X) free. That's inequitable to me. It doesn't matter that it's "only $3" or whatever. They're basically saying that all the people that don't give them money are entitled to more. Plus those paying members could use a lesser percentage of their games offline in the time because they're tied directly to having an online connection. So it affected them even more.

That's my problem. I'm the people's champion!

That free month of PSN+ reminds me of the (now apparently defunct) class action lawsuit awards where you get a coupon off the service that did you wrong in the first place.

Also, I haven't tried it, but does the free content work while PSN is down (considering you have to be a PSN+ user to use it)?

That would be HILARIOUS.

Actually, I don't get it. Help???

Maybe he figures their biggest fans already have it?

It won't be a third-party game, I'd bet.

Won't it most likely just be whatever is offered as part of PSN+ at the time?

The smart move would be to just drop $10-15 in everyone's wallets.

Agreed. Never will happen.

Speaking of wallets, have they said anything about the security of the funds in everyone's wallet? I'm still not sure how much I had exactly but hope nothing was moved.

ditto

Nope. Whatever they give out will be a freebie, unaffected by PS+ membership limitations. They gave the PS+ members that Flying Hampster mini as a Valentine gift like that.

Sony can't win:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/02/so...ring-an-issue/