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[PranooY]

I was hoping to play some diablo today

You can play offline.

 

[Bananajama]

Buy from the US PSN store and still able to play fine with my UK PSN id

 

[PodcastFips]

As long as I can play my games offline I'm fine, I mean DDoS attacks are common today and they can just happen.

Sucks for everyone who is locked out of his digital content though!

 

[ToVenusAndBack]

Buy from the US PSN store and still able to play fine with my UK PSN id

Gah!

 

[D6AMIA6N]

I've had my licenses bug out before so I'm not surprised some people are locked out of their games even with their system set as the primary one. A license refresh should fix the issue but since psn is down there's nothing they can do but wait.

I think this is right
I know for a fact it was set as my primary

 

[Mung]

Really? You can get jailed for this? I figured a fine would have sufficed lol



I just want free stuff yo D:

So, basically, you want to benefit from the actions of these assholes.

 

[Ambition]

Did anything ever happen to those guys that hacked PSN?

They got arrested, not for long though. One of them isn't allowed to ever access the internet though, eugh :S

 

[WarpathDC]

Can I play diablo 3 (physical copy) offline? I regret having so many digital games..

 

[legacyzero]

*Right Click
*Save As

/DEAD

 

[FullMetaltech]

Wait you can game share on ps4??

Yeah you can. Just have to have the other persons log in info on you machine and have to make it a primary instead of yours. I think you lose cloud saving and remote play if you do this though.

 

[Hidden One]

They got arrested, not for long though. One of them isn't allowed to ever access the internet though, eugh :S

I bet he's used the internet

 

[DidntKnowJack]

I've had my licenses bug out before so I'm not surprised some people are locked out of their games even with their system set as the primary one. A license refresh should fix the issue but since psn is down there's nothing they can do but wait.

I agree. I'm finding it hard to believe that so many people, who only own 1 PS4, failed to check the box that said "make this my primary PS4" when they were doing the set up. It probably is that "restore licenses" bug(?) which far too many people have had to deal with before.

 

[Luminaire]

This kind of thing is irritating and pointless. Did they just send out attacks to anything and then celebrate what they could actually get? Otherwise I'd be curious to know why they targeted these companies.

My wife quit playing WoW last night because of that attack. This morning she checked her phone and said she's glad they moved on to Sony.

She seems unpleasant.

 

[serversurfer]

I was hoping to play buy some diablo today

Some good may come of this though; I think I found a bug. After I get the error saying I can't sign in, after acknowledging it, it takes me to a blank screen where I can't really do anything. Holding PS still brings up that menu though, and from there, the easiest workaround is Switching Users to yourself.

 

[lukeskymac]

The people talking about free games are disgusting. There is no way they could have even prevented this, that's just how DDoS works. No one's getting anything.

 

[Mrbob]

Can I play diablo 3 (physical copy) offline? I regret having so many digital games..

I'm playing my digital copy offline right now.

 

[Nugg]

Can I play diablo 3 (physical copy) offline? I regret having so many digital games..

You can play both your physical and digital games if your PS4 is set as your main system.

 

[Magwik]

Really? You can get jailed for this? I figured a fine would have sufficed lol



I just want free stuff yo D:

Wow.

 

[Gusto]

I know you can play games on offline mode, but I wanted to play Plants vs Zombies.... Ugh

 

[qa_engineer]

I know a guy who is a programmer for some advertising agency, one that makes those digital screens you can find in shopping centers and whatnot.

Anyway, despite the fact that some of their displays have to run on bank holidays & sundays, no one is actually in the office, instead a few people are "on-call" and when theres a problem they do everything from home through stuff like, 'logmein'.

Being a sunday, it wouldnt surprise me if theres currently a skeleton crew at Sonys datacenter if theres anyone at all. Chances are they're all trying to fix the issue from a distance.

Of course i have no idea how Sony works, but i'm just putting forward the idea. I'd assume this would have been fixed faster if it happened during week day open hours.

Any time you're dealing with a 24 hour operation such as managing a data center or any type of shared services network there is always someone on-call. I work for a major news publisher in the US (on the digital/dotcom side) and we have our own datacenters to host not only our sites, but to host our share apps and services as well. The guys that oversee of data centers have people work in shifts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Even if its remotely on on holidays etc.

 

[hbkdx12]

Put me down in the camp who cant acess their digital content

Weird thing is i tried to start up all my digital content and was told i couldnt. I tried this with killzone and i was greeted with the same error message but then right after it gave me an update file that its currently downloading even though i cant even access the game

 

[Thorgal]

Still would like an answer for my question:

You know there are many measures that can be taken to completely prevent DDOS attacks.

Then explain to me please why none of the affected party' and those who have been affected by it have one of these methods installed yesterday ?because right now they are all losing revenue as long as there system lie flat.

 

[CriterionDog]

So I got a watch dogs patch. Even though the network is down?

 

[Hidden One]

I just wanted to play FF14

 

[WarpathDC]

You can play both your physical and digital games if your PS4 is set as your main system.

Thanks, Pinball Arcade must have some additional DRM, I can't get past the "authenticating" screen

 

[LX_Theo]

Yep, we're just lying. I'm the only user on this PS4 and it's my only PS4. Their system isn't working as intended at some level, and they should fix that shit.

Again. Don't believe you when the system doesn't work that way. It doesn't even access PSN for that stage. If its not working now, it wouldn't work in the first place, and we all know that isn't the case.

So I got a watch dogs patch. Even though the network is down?

Its not down. Its being flooded with fake users, blocking the flow of data to legitimate users. You must have gotten through.

 

[gcubed]

Would setting your ps4 as the primary console require the servers to be working? It seems to me like it would.

So for those of you that didn't have it set as your primary ps4, and then tried to set it while the servers are down, then it won't be set until they come back up.

I think. But it makes sense.

Of course it would, setting it to primary after the fact is useless until your console can get online to get the proper license

 

[Darknight]

OH GO YES!

US PSN Store is back in business! Go buy the items on the Flash Sale if you guys need to!!

 

[BokehKing]

Diablo 3 seems to be working fine, just ran a rift or two

 

[sunnz]

So I got a watch dogs patch. Even though the network is down?

I think the ps4 downloads the patches and all you have to do is install them, so its already on your ps4.

Same with ps3.

 

[Caffeine]

My wife quit playing WoW last night because of that attack.

blizzard will refund lost time due to these types of attacks they always have with more time.

 

[RoboPlato]

DDoS attacks are the lamest, most childish, and petty things. Hope services are restored soon.

 

[Birgitte2004]

What's stopping anyone DDoSing a website on a daily basis for a month? That could fuck up things.

In really simple terms the DDoS plan is has a "signature".

To stop the DDoS they find a way to block that signature.

Once it's blocked, the signature does not work again.

And coming up with a Signature that actually does anything is challenging. It has to look like something legit that nobody has ever tried before (otherwise it will already be blocked).

It's a lot more complex than that on both sides, but that's the gist of it.

 

[qa_engineer]

I just wanted to play FF14

I was going to put in a couple hours on FIFA and BF4 today. No thanks to terrorism, I now have to do this thing called "meeting friends for lunch"? Apparently you sit at a restaurant outside and consume food and copious amounts of drink while exchanging witty banter.

 

[orochi91]

So, basically, you want to benefit from the actions of these assholes.

It's a multi-billion dollar company. Nothing wrong with squeezing free stuff out of them.

They got arrested, not for long though. One of them isn't allowed to ever access the internet though, eugh :S

Never allowed to touch the internet?! I'd rather take the short stint in jail.

 

[JCizzle]

Again. Don't believe you when the system doesn't work that way. It doesn't even access PSN for that stage. If its not working now, it wouldn't work in the first place, and we all know that isn't the case.

At this point there's no use continuing the discussion, but enough people have chimed in with the same issue that you should realize it's a problem on their end somewhere. If you think we're just lying (for what reason?), then whatever.

 

[Zing]

Can I play diablo 3 (physical copy) offline? I regret having so many digital games..

Say what you will about Nintendo locking digital games to your hardware, but at least if they go offline or even completely shut down, you can still play your games forever.

 

[Storm Raider]

Why don't these kids put themselves to some fucking use and hack the PSN so I can play all my PS1 and PSP games on my Vita?

Also, I know DDOSing isn't a hack, relax.

 

[Nugg]

Still would like an answer for my question:

There are measures to prevent DDoS attacks, but there are also ways to circumvent them.

As a followup to my analogy earlier, a DDoS is similar to an asshole parked in front of your driveway blocking your car. If you took steps to prevent that, they can always block the street, where you have no control.

 

[Live Free or Die]

I've been seeing a lot of people are having trouble accessing their digital games. For people having trouble access your digital games, MAKE SURE YOUR PS4 IS SET AS THE PRIMARY CONSOLE. Select [PSN] > [Activate as Your Primary PS4] > [Activate].

I'm all digital with my PS4 and I can access and play them fine when the PSN is down.

 

[Nathan_Drake]

I can finally get rid of this crap game. Thank you so much

$112.50 for
PS4
COD 40.50
NFS 31.50
WOLFY 31.50

PS3
LBP 2 1.50
House of the Dead overkill 7.50

 

[test_account]

So I got a watch dogs patch. Even though the network is down?

You dont need PSN to download the patches. Those things are seperate. If you dont even have a PSN account, you can still download patches.

 

[Hidden One]

I was going to put in a couple hours on FIFA and BF4 today. No thanks to terrorism, I now have to do this thing called "meeting friends for lunch"? Apparently you sit at a restaurant outside and consume food and copious amounts of drink while exchanging witty banter.

I don't know what that is.

 

[Naughty_Doge]

The people asking for free stuff out of this aren't much better than these assholes.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Some good may come of this though; I think I found a bug. After I get the error saying I can't sign in, after acknowledging it, it takes me to a blank screen where I can't really do anything. Holding PS still brings up that menu though, and from there, the easiest workaround is Switching Users to yourself.

Welcome to my experience with the PS4, where every other game session has some kind of issue like this. Only I usually get the added fun of having nothing happen when I hold down the Playstation button. My only recourse is to then hold down the power button for about 10 seconds until the system reboots, whereupon I'm berated by the PS4 for not powering it down correctly. It's always a fun adventure.

 

[Ambition]

$112.50 for
PS4
COD 40.50
NFS 31.50
WOLFY 31.50

PS3
LBP 2 1.50
House of the Dead overkill 7.50

Goodbye Cod Ghosts and Watch Doges
Thanks for this btw!

 

[dh4niel]

Looks like I can't sign into the PS Store. When I try to sign into the main SEN site it says it's undergoing maintenance.

Guess the clean-up's not over. :/

 

[JCizzle]

I've been seeing a lot of people are having trouble accessing their digital games. For people having trouble access your digital games, MAKE SURE YOUR PS4 IS SET AS THE PRIMARY CONSOLE. Select [PSN] > [Activate as Your Primary PS4] > [Activate].

I'm all digital with my PS4 and I can access and play them fine when the PSN is down.

Which I could do earlier just fine with no connection at all, but later this morning it doesn't work. I had partial connectivity at one point, so I think my system trying to handshake with the servers got fucked up somewhere and now (since all connection is down), there's nothing to do until they fix it.

 

[LX_Theo]

At this point there's no use continuing the discussion, but enough people have chimed in with the same issue that you should realize it's a problem on their end somewhere. If you think we're just lying (for what reason?), then whatever.

I don't believe you, because it makes literally zero sense. If it was reliant on the PSN at all, then the system wouldn't work in the first place, let alone now. I don't know if you're lying or messed something up in setting everything up, but your story as is simply does not follow. A few more people claiming they have the problem doesn't make it make more sense.

 

[Tizoc]

Store still down. I really wanted to buy some of the flash deal stuff...fuck.

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/
Have you tried the webstore?