PLAYSTATION 3

[chroma]

It's not Anonymous that's doing it

[RedSpider]

I don't play online games because I'm a grown up and have better things to do.... like girls... heard of them?

[teerak2uk]

I don't play online games because I'm a grown up and have better things to do.... like girls... heard of them?

unlucky i like to have my cake and eat it so i do online gaming and girls

[chroma]

Ive been following the story with interest.

1.25Billoin into the red so far, and that's just Sony's revenue.
When you add to this that there are indie developers exclusively marketing their software on the PSN the losses become absurd.
Then there's Portal 2 with its free pc version. to access that though you need to link your ps3 copy to a steam account via the psn, so yeah thats not happened.
Then things like Lovefilm/Netflix which require you to be logged into the PSN to authenticate, they're losing revenue.
MMORPG games with monthly subscriptions losing money.
Big titles like Brink by Bethesda which is primarily multi player, Dirt 3 by Codemasters, Final Fantasy XIV by Square Enix (this is another MMORPG so without a network its completely useless), LA Noir by Rockstar... completely dead in the water even before they see a release.

Once you factor in all the lawsuits from seriously pissed off developers and companies that are haemorrhaging money and losing sales in the peak gamer season (normally set for kids summer holidays) the numbers get mindboggling.

This is even before the class action lawsuits are filed from pissed off gamers who've suffered identity theft and stolen money...
New projections now show May 31st, and to be frank this seems wildly optimistic considering they're trying to rebuild from the ground up.
After telling a Congressional Committee that they ran an outdated and UNPATCHED version of Apache, stored all their stuff as PLAINTEXT as a cost cutting measure (encrypting files costs clock cycles and that translated directly to lost money) and then to make matters worse didnt even run a FIREWALL!
Now they have to rebuild from scratch using current patched software... this alone needs extensive testing to ensure its bullet proof and then develop a custom fireewall... in 16 days??? LOL not ~~~~ing likely.
If the network is back up by mid June in perfect working order then I'll be really surprised.
The mammoth task would normally take several months for seasoned experienced professionals, and this is Sony with its track record of little to no real experience with networking software on this scale.

I think Sony is going to head the way of Sega at this rate, i see the corporation completely dumping the Console division and moving into games development as a side revenue where they can keep turning a profit.
The losses by the end of the financial year will be staggering. Just as they've started making the actual units break even and not lose them money too!