Both PSN and Xbox Live are down

[Drako]

Well, I was going to do some gaming today, but ...

 

[Jodell88]

 

[Rage187]

I had to spend it with the family. Dicks.

 

[mmntech]

Supposedly a DDoS attack. Amateurs. If the script kids really want to do some damage, they should take XVideos off line and watch the chaos ensue.

 

[Rage187]

Supposedly a DDoS attack. Amateurs. If the script kids really want to do some damage, they should take XVideos off line and watch the chaos ensue.

Lol. I don't know what you are talking about.

 

[Jodell88]

Supposedly a DDoS attack. Amateurs. If the script kids really want to do some damage, they should take XVideos off line and watch the chaos ensue.

One can go without games, one cannot go without fap material.

 

[zerocool84]

One can go without games, one cannot go without fap material.

This

 

[DaTT]

These guys need a serious curbbing, American History X style.

 

[Anteaus]

I think it was only the login server that was hit. I've been on XBL with my XB1 all day long with games and Netflix with no drop outs. *shrug

 

[mmntech]

One can go without games, one cannot go without fap material.

Could always get yourself a real woman mate.

In other news, my Wii U is still online. Nintendo is virtually hack proof by sheer virtue of nobody caring.

 

[Lil Frier]

Could always get yourself a real woman mate.

In other news, my Wii U is still online. Nintendo is virtually hack proof by sheer virtue of nobody caring.

For some people, unless you're willing to commit a felony (and/or pay serious cash), real interaction with a woman might not be an option.

 

[Jodell88]

Could always get yourself a real woman mate.

Do I just have to stop in my car, like in GTA?

 

[Blanky]

Not amateurs at all. They destroyed, on Christmas Day, connectivity for a huge number of xbox and sony gamers. I absolutely guarantee this resulted in a ton of pissed off people.

This morning on my PS4 I went to load dragon age and it spun forever in the "connecting to servers" issue. Yesterday it gave up after a while and let me in. Today I actually had to yank the cable on my PS4 because it seemed it was able to do just enough to trick the game into thinking it could connect, but it never could. Weird stuff.

 

[Bman123]

I haven't been able to play ps4 for 3 days now, it still won't let me log in to psn

 

[KK]

is sony going to credit people for the down time?

 

[Schfifty Five]

is sony going to credit people for the down time?

It would be nice if they did, but it'll most likely depend on how long this down time is for.

For me though, I almost don't care for any compensation they could give as the opportunity to play these past few days are gone and it was something I was looking forward to.

Nothing I can do about it though so just moving on with life. Lizard Squad or whoever caused this DDoS need to get curb stomped. Their attacks to create awareness to fix system or security flaws is stupid. They aren't helping the public in any way. The "fix" they want is simple: They (lizard squad and company) should just stop doing these DDoS attacks.

 

[Unheard]

The group is called Lizard Squad, and apparently Kim Dotcom paid them off last night with free accounts on mega privacy to stop the DDOS attacks. You can find them on Twitter, using whatever account isn't banned this week.

 

[Bman123]

Shit i still can't log in to psn, so apparently their still at it

 

[mmntech]

is sony going to credit people for the down time?

For one day? No. It's certainly different from the fiasco back in 2011 when PSN was down for a month. That really shook faith in Sony's online store since credit card data was stolen. That's why they gave out the free games.

Do I just have to stop in my car, like in GTA?

Highly depends on the car and how much cash you have on hand. :thumbsup:

The group is called Lizard Squad, and apparently Kim Dotcom paid them off last night with free accounts on mega privacy to stop the DDOS attacks. You can find them on Twitter, using whatever account isn't banned this week.

Not the first time they've done it either. Just a bunch of worthless script kids. Though they managed to kick a major corporation's butt. Going to be a lot of IT folks at Sony looking for work next month.

 

[Blanky]

Going to be a lot of IT folks at Sony looking for work next month.

But this is impacting Microsoft also, which is good because it means two corporations are pissed and motivated to seek justice. I feel bad for Sony coming off the interview crap and now this.

Causing this much havoc affecting so many people whoever is responsible should, as mentioned above, be curb stomped.

 

[mmntech]

There's a rumour that Lizard Squad's website got hacked and all their real names have been posted. Guess black hats want to play some Destiny too.

 

[zerocool84]

They might give away something free especially since it's a big day to be on and want to look good but honestly it's not their fault they went down like the hack a couple years ago. Both Microsoft and Sony got attacked so it's the fault of the attackers, not Microsoft/Sony.

 

[Super56K]

Not amateurs at all. They destroyed, on Christmas Day, connectivity for a huge number of xbox and sony gamers. I absolutely guarantee this resulted in a ton of pissed off people.

This morning on my PS4 I went to load dragon age and it spun forever in the "connecting to servers" issue. Yesterday it gave up after a while and let me in. Today I actually had to yank the cable on my PS4 because it seemed it was able to do just enough to trick the game into thinking it could connect, but it never could. Weird stuff.

That's actually what you need to do for a lot of games that like to phone home when PSN or your internet is down. When it's disconnected, it's not going to wait forever on a response that isn't coming.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I find it kind of humorous in a way. It just shows that the world isn't ready for mandatory online 'gaming' no matter how MS (or anyone) tries to spin it. It's made worse by the fact that it's a paid service.

Just think how this would impact 'you' if this was a 100% cloud service, or everything (single player included) required you to be online to play. It doesn't matter who's at fault, the only people who can fix/prevent it are the owners of said servers. If they aren't up to the task....well that creates a bit of a problem.

 

[Bman123]

I find it kind of humorous in a way. It just shows that the world isn't ready for mandatory online 'gaming' no matter how MS (or anyone) tries to spin it. It's made worse by the fact that it's a paid service.

Just think how this would impact 'you' if this was a 100% cloud service, or everything (single player included) required you to be online to play. It doesn't matter who's at fault, the only people who can fix/prevent it are the owners of said servers. If they aren't up to the task....well that creates a bit of a problem.

It directly affects me, all my ps4 games are digital and if I cannot connect to psn I cannot play a single game I own and that is bullshit. Im pretty pissed off about it, i own these games but because your server is down i cannot play them? Wtf is that shit, i basically paid full price for games that i donot even own