Although the wait has become eternal, it seems that we can finally close the story of the PSN blackout that began almost a month ago since Sony has turned on the PSN servers. At the moment, users are allowed to download the version 3.61 patch (about 177 MB), which by the way will require changing the PSN password. Of course, after installing it, donāt get your hopes up, since you still canāt access PSN. When trying, a message appears indicating that the server is under maintenance, hopefully this will be resolved in a matter of hours. It seems that for a while now, you can now perfectly play online.
It seems that as compensation, Sony will give users a welcome pack called āWelcome Backā. This pack is expected to contain 30 days of PlayStation Plus, two PlayStation 3 games from a list of five, and two PSP games from a list of four.
The president of Sony Kazuo Hirai has also apologized through a video. It thus attempts to thank users for their patience and ensure that ācustomersā personal information is protected with the best technologies available today.ā You can see the video below.
Updated: In Japan, the government (through the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) has banned the restoration of PSN until Sony demonstrates that security measures have actually been increased. It seems incredible that a government bothers about important things such as the security of its citizensā data. What we should ask ourselves is because no other country has said or done anything about this, do they not care about our data?
Updated 2: The content of the āWelcome Backā has already been confirmed:
Two PS3 games to choose from:
-LittleBigPlanet
- Infamous
- Wipeout HD/Fury
- Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty -Dead Nation
Two PSP games to choose from:
-LittleBigPlanet PSP
- ModNation PSP
- Pursuit Force
- Killzone Liberation