The Great 2011 PSN Outage Megathread *Post 1 updated*

Sephiroth_dude

Desire. wrote: »

It has to be on standby. It has to be switched on at the back, it's not magic... :pac:

ahhhhhhhhhhh

cena

Mine turns on it's self when I switch over too the ps3 channel without touching anything too do with the ps3

weiland79

cena wrote: »

Mine turns on it's self when I switch over too the ps3 channel without touching anything too do with the ps3

Go on....

Or is yours actually magic?

irish_stevo815

weiland79 wrote: »

Go on....

Or is yours actually magic?

Didn't you hear, Sony built in Telekinesis and Brain Control with the latest update

kearneybobs

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

Didn't you hear, Sony built in Telekinesis and Brain Control with the latest update

Exclusive to the slim version. I'm out of luck with my phat.

cena

weiland79 wrote: »

Go on....

Or is yours actually magic?

I'll try and put up a vid of it doing it. Not sure why it does it can be annoying if someone turns over and they don't want too play it.

Benzino

yay, the store is back

Now to get my freebies!!

Edit: The Welcome back content isn't available yet http://goo.gl/gc2Nc

I’m happy to confirm that PlayStation Store is open and you can now download content and redeem voucher codes. We will update you with the full lists of new content available to PlayStation Network members and PlayStation Plus subscribers here on the PlayStation.Blog in the next few hours.

You may have noticed that the content promised as part of the Welcome Back offer is not yet live. It is currently in the final stages of testing and will be available to download very soon; we’ll be sure to let you know when.

Wetbench4

Its back but error 80710d36 keeps popping up here and there. I know the games aren't available to download yet but i wonder is the psplus activated yet. How do you know if you have psplus? Where does it say what subscription you have?

shinzon

Wetbench4 wrote: »

80710d36

Getting that all the time on my euro account, can sign into US account no problem so no surprises there then sigh

Shin

Show Time

Lads any idea what patch 3.61 is please??

Thanks in advance.

weiland79

Wetbench4 wrote: »

Its back but error 80710d36 keeps popping up here and there. I know the games aren't available to download yet but i wonder is the psplus activated yet. How do you know if you have psplus? Where does it say what subscription you have?

There is a little plus sign beside you're game tag on the XMB

Blikes

The PlayStation Store is back online and thank you everyone for your patience. You will notice a huge lineup of new downloadable games, demos, add-on content, themes, avatars and videos. Also, PlayStation Plus has been updated with new full game trials, free games and DLC, free avatars and even more discounts.
You may have noticed that the content promised as part of the Welcome Back offer is not yet live. It is currently in the final stages of testing and will be available to download soon; we’ll be sure to let you know when.
The next PlayStation Store and PlayStation Plus update will be this Friday, June 3, and then we will roll right into some special publishes starting next week for E3 (so be sure to check back daily!).

I've been getting some errors when logging in ("An Error has occurred. 80710D36) but this is probably because millions of people are logging in all at once, Keep trying and you'll get in.

The 'Welcome Back' Games aren't available yet though
Very soon apparently...

Full list of updates and games:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/01/playstation-store-is-available-and-updated-now/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Store_60111

Frank Black

I'm presuming that the 1 month membership to Playstation Plus isn't 'live' yet either?

johnmcdnl

just a quick question - do we have to download our games say within 30 days or something??? and do we have to use the ps3 plus thing this month or can we leave it for a while...

I'm just at home with ****ty internet and downloading a game will probably take 24 hours or something so... would love to be able to wait til I get back to college and actually make use of the ps plus for the full 30 days rather than wasting it away at home

GavRedKing

AFAIK their is a time limit on when these games and services are availabe to download.

I think it was mentioned in the e-mail update from Sony.

Clover

Managed to connect to the store and get the Outland demo downloading, but the store if you can get onto it is timing out almost all of the time.

Got back onto the store and got into the PS+ section and got burnout Paradise downloading for free, along with streets of rage 2 and James pond robocod.

amacachi

cena wrote: »

Mine turns on it's self when I switch over too the ps3 channel without touching anything too do with the ps3

I can control mine with the TV remote.

rickyjb

johnmcdnl wrote: »

just a quick question - do we have to download our games say within 30 days or something??? and do we have to use the ps3 plus thing this month or can we leave it for a while...

That's a good point about the ps plus, does it have to be used from the day the ps store is back online or can you hang on to it and use it when it suits you? For example if down the line there was free content that you wanted...

ShaneU

Not for me it isn't, I keep getting that error message too

That_Guy

I got that error message a lot but keep trying and it'll start downloading for you.

cena

amacachi wrote: »

I can control mine with the TV remote.

Now thats magic

Tallon

amacachi wrote: »

I can control mine with the TV remote.

Samsung? yeah, mine does that too, very handy

Could be a while yet or a few days, Sony are currently having big problems now with the flood of traffic to the PSN Store and cannot update it as quick as they would like.

Kells...

Eh I signed in and could access the store but no Ps Plus is active on my acc

Laika1986

Sony should really have been ready for the surge onto the store.

Sephiroth_dude

yuss the store is back

kearneybobs

It's rreeaalllllyyyyy slow for me. Keep getting error messages while trying to get some of the PS+ stuff. I think I might give it a rest and come back another day.

mdwexford

Lol so no welcome back games and no ps plus, Sony really are taking the Michael with this whole debacle.

kensutz

mdwexford wrote: »

Lol so no welcome back games and no ps plus, Sony really are taking the Michael with this whole debacle.

How are they? Given that they want to get the store back asap, they knew the servers would get a severe hammering. Add to that if they got the Welcome Back stuff ready too people will have more problems with the servers going into meltdown.

mdwexford

kensutz wrote: »

How are they? Given that they want to get the store back asap, they knew the servers would get a severe hammering. Add to that if they got the Welcome Back stuff ready too people will have more problems with the servers going into meltdown.

I dont care what they want.

Obviously and they should have been prepared for it.

Tallon

mdwexford wrote: »

I dont care what they want.

Obviously and they should have been prepared for it.

Brilliant attitude there :rolleyes:

Jaysus, just wait until they announce the store is back

mdwexford

Tallon wrote: »

Brilliant attitude there :rolleyes:

Jaysus, just wait until they announce the store is back

Yeah i should have a good attitude after all this hassle, lmao.

The store being back means sfa to me.

Phony Scott

I logged in, but no mention of welcome back promotion? I looked up infamous to see if I could download that, but it's charging the full price. Where do I go to when I log on? Just to be clear, I signed up to PSN well before the crash.

Azure_sky

Well at least I can finally download Final Fantasy 6 after 6 weeks of waiting.

kensutz

Phony Scott wrote: »

I logged in, but no mention of welcome back promotion? I looked up infamous to see if I could download that, but it's charging the full price. Where do I go to when I log on? Just to be clear, I signed up to PSN well before the crash.

You need to wait!

Krustacean

I tried to add €10 to my PS account and it waited 30 secs .. then said error.

I tried again .. and again .. and again .. It kept saying "An Error has occurred".

Then I get a message €40 added to my PS wallet.

Buggers ... £$(£($&*(&*"£!!! And no refund possible without a lot of hassle.

Phony Scott

kensutz wrote: »

You need to wait!

But my torch is fading and my pitchfork holding arm is getting tired from all this waiting. :mad:

kensutz

Earlier today we told you the PlayStation Store was finally back online. Unfortunately the Welcome Back Package was not yet available for gamers to gain access to the free downloads promised to users. Now we have news of Sony updating users and saying the PSN Welcome Back Package will be available ‘very soon’, with more added.

The EU PlayStation Blog has tweeted the news that the Welcome Back Package is in final testing and will ‘be available to download very soon’. Meanwhile over at PlayStation Blog forums it has been announced that there will be some added bonuses for PlayStation Plus members.

It says as the PlayStation Store was back later than Sony wanted they will add an extra ten days to the free time already promised. This will now mean the current Plus members will get a total of 70 days free added to their accounts, users will not need to do anything to get the free time as it will be automatically added to the accounts.

Source here

Beefy78

I can so see me ending up staying as a PS+ member after all of this.

Varik

Krustacean wrote: »

Then I get a message €40 added to my PS wallet.

At least you didn't buy something you didn't mean to, they'll probably be something you'd want from PSN in the future.


As long as you get on to the store you can just ignore any repeating errors, it only matters if you get it will trying to get on to the store.

Had 27 days left on Plus so now have an extra 70 which will hold be out before i need anymore time.

Azure_sky

Varik wrote: »

At least you didn't buy something you didn't mean to, they'll probably be something you'd want from PSN in the future.


As long as you get on to the store you can just ignore any repeating errors, it only matters if you get it will trying to get on to the store.

Had 27 days left on Plus so now have an extra 70 which will hold be out before i need anymore time.

That's not the point. Imagine if you needed that extra money for something important like a direct debit bill the next day or something.

Anyway, I got the same error messages so I guess I'm going to have thirty Euro instead of ten on my account too.:rolleyes:

lucasw

so join playstaion + for free, download burnout paridise and magic for free. Will you lose these games once your free trial runs out?

Beefy78

You will lose access to them, yes. If you subsequently subscribe then you will get access to them again.

Headshot

when does one join psn+ for free?

Azure_sky

Yep:

SONY ONLINE SERVICES INTERNET GB

€9.93
€-9.93





SONY ONLINE SERVICES INTERNET GB

€1.00
€-1.00





SONY ONLINE SERVICES INTERNET GB

€1.00
€-1.00

Tallon

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/01/playstation-store-is-available-and-updated-now/

The PlayStation Store is back online and thank you everyone for your patience. You will notice a huge lineup of new downloadable games, demos, add-on content, themes, avatars and videos. Also, PlayStation Plus has been updated with new full game trials, free games and DLC, free avatars and even more discounts.

You may have noticed that the content promised as part of the Welcome Back offer is not yet live. It is currently in the final stages of testing and will be available to download soon; we’ll be sure to let you know when.

The next PlayStation Store and PlayStation Plus update will be this Friday, June 3, and then we will roll right into some special publishes starting next week for E3 (so be sure to check back daily!).

In the meantime, check out all the new downloadable content on PlayStation Store.

Azure_sky

Azure_sky wrote: »

Yep:

SONY ONLINE SERVICES INTERNET GB

€9.93
€-9.93





SONY ONLINE SERVICES INTERNET GB

€1.00
€-1.00





SONY ONLINE SERVICES INTERNET GB

€1.00
€-1.00

Just checked and my wallets still empty.:mad: Sh1t loads of lag too. I'm not touching the store until it's working properly.

PaddyBomb

Varik wrote: »

Had 27 days left on Plus so now have an extra 70 which will hold be out before i need anymore time.

Quick question. Where do I go to check how long I have left on my Plus subscription?

Kenno90

I just tried to add funds to my wallet, i got an error code but went to check my bank balance and i got charged a euro

Was that all about?

kensutz

Given the amount of timeouts etc I reckon it's safer to hold off adding any money to your account until the servers ease up on traffic.