14 DAY TRIAL // The PlayStation Network and associated services that have been down since April 20 have been brought back online by Sony over the weekend, but the company still has some way to go before it can regain the trust of gamers, but at least one leading game developer believes that the company should be supported by all the gaming community.
Speaking to Eurogamer Randy Pitchford, who is the leader of Gearbox, developers of Borderlands and Duke Nukem Forever, has stated, “Every one of us who plays games on PlayStation Network - and especially Sony - we're all victims of cyber-terrorism. We should all be rallying our support, hating the terrorists, wishing to dismantle that problem, because that could strike at any time and disrupt our fun and disrupt our way of life as gamers.”
He added, “We're all throwing darts at Sony - we should all give 'em hugs and help 'em out. It's the first time we've experienced it in the games industry and I think we're failing in how we respond to it. Everyone who is attacking Sony right now is failing. We need to attack cyber-terrorists.”
Users of the PSN have been outraged by the fact that Sony did not offer accurate information from the get go about what was happening to its service and about the size of the security problems it was facing.
The company is also blamed for bringing the April 20 on itself by launching lawsuits against Geohot and the hacking group that penetrated the protections of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console in order to implement support for homebrew apps.
Sony has said that the new firmware 3.61, which is mandatory for all those who want to use the PSN, adds extra security to the service and makes sure that future attacks will not be successful.
The company has also promised compensation for all those who suffered because of the PSN and SOE games being taken offline.