The answer to why PSN is Down for a Day ( or 2 )?

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Alright. PSN is reportedly going to be down for up to two days, with a possibility of resolving the problem sooner. Right now the cause is indefinite. Anon (or Anonymous - in short a hacking group) publicly released a statement last week which said that they would no longer use their abilities to have a negative influence on those "innocent players," and that their objective was to only have an effect on the company, Sony, itself. The group has had problems with other major sites and companies in the past, including DDoS'ing (distributed denial of service) youtube, etc. However, the fact that PSN is down may exemplify that they are not a unified group, and therefore branches of the group may have caused this. As it has already been pointed out, this is not a service or software update, yet the software engineers are still unsure of the cause. When people are saying maintenance, the only way I assume this is accurate is that yes, now that Sony's software engineers are aware of the problem they are attempting to fix it. Do you consider that maintenance? It was not the original cause of the shut down.. There are a lot of other posts, too. Hmm, so its not a deliberate part of Sony and Anon said they weren't going to affect the gamers...w/e. Like others have pointed out, we aren't paying anything. Sony is trying their best and need our support. I can almost assure everyone that this isn't some marketing plot of Sony, as they wouldn't attain anything from it, either. Many of us have off from school right now, so maybe this will give us an opportunity to get a life and do something with real friends or get outdoors. I'm no stereotype here, and can admit to many hours of sitting in front of the t.v late at night in a dark room. =D Can't we all? The problem will come to a climax and be fixed relatively soon. If Anon is behind this it will give our engineers better prospects to fix inevitably imminent problems. Gamers Unite. =P I think we have other things going on in the world right now which we can concern ourselves with rather than our gaming problems. Thanx for reading. learn more about the problem. If the information is completely relevant to your question it may have been angled for one I answered on behalf of a different person. I hope you don't mind, but this is a universal overview of the event.
P.P.S- The error code I receive is 80710A67

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Answer 1

Thank you very much.



- Sage

Answer 2

I pretty much agree with the above answer. There is a hacker problem, and Sony is trying to fix it. If you don't believe me, here's word from the PlayStation company itself.



"An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.



Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter.



During this time you may:

>Not be able to access the PlayStation®Store

>Have difficulty signing in to the PlayStation®Network

>Not be able to play online games

>See a maintenance page when attempting to access the PlayStation®Network



Note: When you log into the PlayStation Network, a message may appear which states, 'the PlayStation Network has been suspended'. This does not mean that your account has been suspended; it simply means the PlayStation Network has been taken offline. Please wait until the maintenance window has passed before attempting to connect to the PlayStation Network again. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."



So, there you have it. PSN has been down since the evening of 4/20. I really don't think that it will be fixed within the next day or two, but let's just keep our fingers crossed. Of course, this also means that any trophies that you earn during this period of time will not count toward your PSN account, since you are not signed in. That is the main problem of this.....Well, that and not being able to play some Black Ops multiplayer.



P.S. After this whole mess is over, feel free to try and add me. My PSN is:

AwesomeLegend99

I look forward to playing some more Black Ops. :]

Answer 3

Actually Anonymous denies any supported involvement

Answer 4

Great. Another informative, thought out post that NO ONE will bother to read before needlessly cluttering up the board with their own pointless question. Thanks anyway, pal.

Answer 5

To be honest, all people have to do is use google. 150 + posts of the same question. They won't listen to you.

Answer 6

NOW THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ******* WIERD! 2 NIGHTS AGO ON PSN I WAS SPEAKING TO THIS GUY CALLED "ANONYMOUS" WHO CLAIMED HE WAS A HACKER, PART OF THE BIGGEST HACKING CLAN ON PS3 AND KNEW EVERY GLITCH ON PSN HOME, I WAS SPEAKING TO HIM FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE HE WANDERD OFF AND NOW YOUR SAYING THEY HAVE CAUSE THIS..WOW.

Answer 7

Lol, i was completley unaffected by that, but my brother and all my friends were, my net is just amazing, haha, suck it all u ghetto mofos