What to expect from HTC’s Playstation Mobile certification
As part of their attempt to broaden the PlayStation brand and increase total market share, Sony has opened up the PlayStation Mobile certification to any Android manufacturer willing to pay for it. The certification allows manufacturers to offer the exclusive PlayStation Mobile games that have, until now, only been available on Sony Android devices.
During the Sony presentation at E3, it was announced that HTC would be the first hardware manufacturer to add the PlayStation Mobile certification to their devices. What does that mean for HTC devices, and the app developers currently working with them? Read more...
Sony makes gamers promise they won’t sue with new mandatory Terms of Service agreement
When Sony's PlayStation Network went down for the count earlier this year, it did more than hurt the company's reputation and scare consumers — it led to a litany of class action lawsuits. Consumers take their privacy very seriously, and the breach — which exposed the accounts of millions of registered users — could have been catastrophic. Thankfully, while customer information such as name, address, birthdate, and password was compromised, it appears as though the perpetrators weren't able to utilize the information for nefarious purposes. That's not stopping Sony from taking every available measure to cover themselves in the event of a relapse, and that includes mandating that anyone who uses the PSN is unable to levy legal action against the company. Read more...
Sony PlayStation Network to be fully restored by weekend
Sony plans to restore all its PlayStation Network services by this weekend in all regions except Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, the company said Tuesday.
Sony will also resume its Music Unlimited service on its Qriocity audio and video streaming service for the PlayStation3 (PS3) and PlayStation Portable (PSP) gaming platforms, Vaio laptops and other PCs.
Details for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, as well as for the remaining services on Qriocity, will be announced as they become available. Read more...
Hackers breaking into PSN, Sony and the PlayStation 3 Brand slumped
psn is still down
Sony and the PlayStation brand has suffered tremendously with the impenetrable network of PlayStation Network (PSN) by the cracker. Their brand image is considered decreased drastically because of less incompetent in handling data security PSN users.
According to assessments conducted by BranIndex brand in the United States, Sony had owned a score of 24.3. But after this break-ins occurred on PSN which resulted in important data users stolen, scores dropped dramatically to 7.6. Read more...
Xbox Will Gain Little From Playstation Network Outage
While Microsoft's Xbox might gain some new, disgruntled customers in the wake of the Sony PlayStation Network outage; experts say a mass exodus is unlikely.
Since April 21, Sony's PlayStation Network has been disabled due to the outcome of a vicious hack that infiltrated its database. Hackers got illegal access to 25 million consumers' account information. Sony hasn't set an exact date for when the PlayStation Network will return, but said it wanted to make sure everything was covered and people's data was entirely secure.
Yet this delay and lack of an informative response has caused many loyal PlayStation users to openly vent their anger towards the company. While some users have threatened to go and buy an Xbox, PlayStation's main competitor, video game analysts don't see an exodus forthcoming. Read more...
Sony Explains How The PSN Was Hacked
Sony’s Online Entertainment division is rebounding itself to a sustainable strength after the Sony PSN attack that massively took down the Sony’s PSN bringing it to a state of dormancy and inaccessibility for weeks together.
This clearly is one of the biggest online disasters as PSN users lie crippled and cut-off from their online entertainment arena and the blissful online multi-player gaming and content-downloads store.
Sony apologizes, details PlayStation Network attack
Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services will begin a phased resumption this week, after the company took them offline in response to a "very sophisticated" intrusion, the company said Sunday.
Online gaming and access to unexpired movie rentals will be the first services to return on the PlayStation Network, while Qriocity users will be able to use the Music on Demand service. Other functions, including the PlayStation Store, will be available by mid-May, said Kaz Hirai, head of Sony's gaming division, during a rare Sunday news conference.
"We'd like to extend our apologies to the many PlayStation Network and Qriocity users who we worried," said Hirai. "We potentially compromised their customer data. We offer our sincerest apologies." Read more...
Sony Unveils Successor To PlayStation Portable – NGP
Today in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced the next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). NGP will make its debut at the end of the 2011, but here’s everything you need to know right now.
Key NGP features:
- Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display
- Multi-touch pad on the rear of the device
- Dual analog sticks
- Two cameras (front and rear) Read more...