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This is sort of crazy. Thankfully I'm never trying to play when this happens but eventually I will be and I won't be happy.
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I had a much better experience back on PS3. So far on PS4 it has been absolutely terrible. I will not be renewing PS+. Just having Xbox Live will suit me fine whenever I want to play multiplayer.
Collateral22
Member
I seem to be immune to this downtime you all get. Currently racing online in Driveclub fine.
I find it hard to believe it's an attack thing this time, since it went down just as the store was updated with a ton of new content and sales.
Their backend doesn't seem to be able to handle it as well. They need to spend more money on it, or revamp it somehow.
It usually doesn't impact online play for me either, but the store being down happens far, far too often.
Pyramidbread
Neo Member
How does this keep happening? Xbox Live and Steam never have these sort of issues, at least not this regularly
RecursiveFault
Banned
Pretty sure it's server load.
Live Free or Die
Banned
No problems here.
bananafactory
Banned
Their networks are probably better equipped, but Shuhei also said a while back that PSN is attacked every single day, to varying degrees. Maybe XBL and Steam aren't targeted as much?
I thought as much, but its hard to differentiate the two unless one of the sad acts posts something on Twitter.
Doubtful. I'm sure Steam and Xbox Live take just as much beating from people it just comes down to how well they can mitigate it.
If its sale related i do hope you've seen what happens during Steam Summer Sales and whatnot. #RIPSteamServers
However PSN seems to work fine here. Logged in and could launch games fine in MP.
This holiday is going to be shit for everyone. Halo, COD, Battlefront influx of new console owners and the dreaded Lizard Squad.
Beer Monkey
Member
I moved all my TV apps to X1 last week. Kept trying to watch Silicon Valley on HBO, got denied one time too many.
It's a bad network. It's just bad. It's the summer of PS4 for Arkham Knight and the summer of X1 for TV apps.
Now I'm even thinking of buying a Kinect.
It's a bad network. It's just bad. It's the summer of PS4 for Arkham Knight and the summer of X1 for TV apps.
Now I'm even thinking of buying a Kinect.
It was down for 10-15 minutes, so you probably missed it.
I don't think the TV apps go through the network at all. They always work the same when PSN is down.
Haloid1177
Banned
But I need to download Batgirl DLC when I get home. Ugh.
Goldfishking
Member
As someone who uses their xbox for TV, while using the kinect frequently and successfully. Dont, unless you can get one cheap.
If it was down for 10-15 I dont see the issue as im used to this with other services like steam as new sales comes up.
However PSN do need a better infrastructure.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Only 10-15 min, that is all it took for some of these posts in here? And most saying it was just the store, they were still gaming online? Oh man, lol. Keep is "real" gamers.
Back in for me too....got Power Stone.
People aren't psychic....and some people have limited play time. No way to know it was going to be down for a short period of time, and it's often down longer.
Plenty of reason to be a bit bothered when it happens.
Edit* Also, it was 30 minutes at least. I saw the game sale and instantly went to sign in it at 4:10 (here) I was getting "sign in failure" till 4:40.
People aren't psychic....and some people have limited play time. No way to know it was going to be down for a short period of time, and it's often down longer.
Plenty of reason to be a bit bothered when it happens.
Edit* Also, it was 30 minutes at least. I saw the game sale and instantly went to sign in it at 4:10 (here) I was getting "sign in failure" till 4:40.
Beer Monkey
Member
$60 on Craigslist? Is it worth it for voice control with media apps? I wont' be doing the 'xbox on' thing, I want power saving.
(I sold mine for $140 before they unbundled it, I bought the Titanfall bundle when it went on sale for $450, which put my Titanfall bundle at $360 out of pocket)
Not at my house. I can't count the number of times my HBO GO and Netflix has frozen up while still working on my desktop. This only happens to me on PS4 and PS3.
EDIT: During the holiday PSN DDOS attacks my video services were unusable during those exact same days.
People really need to get their priorities straight. Instead of frothing at the mouth and immediately contacting every single outlet to complain and rant, how about waiting a few minutes? I used to work in tech support and it was insane how impatient people are. TV service drops and within 5 minutes the lines are completely clogged with people calling in. The wait goes from 0 to over an hour in the blink of an eye. 5 minutes after that, TV service is back up. Just freaking wait a bit. If cable goes down or if PSN goes down, the first people that know about it are the providers and it's not because you called attention to it.
It does seem to be far too easy for people to cry foul against PSN, when you get angry posts over a 10-15 store downtime.
PSN does need to have less unexpected downtime, but stuff like this is a non-issue.
Well, if it happens enough, people get a little skittish at any sign of a drop. It's understandable, IMO.
Still having issues on my end. So sad how this has been going on for this long and nothing has been done on Sonys side. Getting a bit out of hand, honestly thinking to stop supporting Sony and the PS4 until this gets straightened out and just buy a PS4 again in the future.
I know myself cannot cause a change but hey i guess everything counts.
I know myself cannot cause a change but hey i guess everything counts.
Vire
Member
South Florida and I'm still getting maintenance errors on the store front.
EDIT: Back up after over an hour.
WrenchNinja
Member
PSN customer service is literally the worst
I buy the Destiny expansion pass for my brother but I make a mistake and I buy the PS4 version
I try to get a refund so I can get the PS3 version to get both but PSN is down
I try again the next day and they say it'll take three to five days
I finally get refunded today but the sale is over
So goddamn stupid
I buy the Destiny expansion pass for my brother but I make a mistake and I buy the PS4 version
I try to get a refund so I can get the PS3 version to get both but PSN is down
I try again the next day and they say it'll take three to five days
I finally get refunded today but the sale is over
So goddamn stupid
constantstatic
Member
This man I was going to switch to the ps4 for black ops 3 but if it's down every week like this I might as well just stay on the xbone. PSN is starting to become a joke.
That is an easy way to take the responsibility of the down time out of their backs. "but ohh, we are attacked EVERY day", like they are the only ones.
Melchiah
Member
Works fine here in Finland, again.
EDIT:
Yet the PSN didn't went down when Destiny was released.
EDIT:
Yet the PSN didn't went down when Destiny was released.
PSN is a failure on every front. Terrible download speeds, frequent unexpected downtime, consistently down on high load days, terrible customer service, and no protections for customers like refunds or even cancellable pre-orders. It's a goddamn embarrassment and by far the weakest link in Sony's gaming ecosystem.
ComputerBlue
Member
I said the same thing last week and got told by several people that PS3 was just as bad, it was not even close.
Melchiah
Member
My download speeds certainly aren't terrible. Here's a capture of downloading The Vanishing of Ethan Carter tonight.
I haven't experienced frequent downtimes either, or terrible customer service, and pre-orders can be cancelled in Europe, as they're paid a couple of days before the release. So, none of these is a fact for everyone.
Either Sony is getting DDOS'ed constantly or the way they have designed their network is garbage. I have no idea why when the US is having issues it affects my main JP account. Surely they can't possibly be contacting the same datacenter.
Definitely needs more investment. Especially their CDNs, I downloaded batman off steam (30GB) in under an hour. You can forget doing that on PSN.
Definitely needs more investment. Especially their CDNs, I downloaded batman off steam (30GB) in under an hour. You can forget doing that on PSN.
Yeah, the download speeds is another thing that just recently hit me. It used to be fine, but now it's all over the place. Sometimes even a small 500MB patch downloads at a crawl and ends up taking hours.
Surely the risk of getting caught and slapped with 2yrs of probation is enough to deter LS from ruining Christmas... Again
In the case of Sony, I can't imagine these weekly issues have anything to do with attacks. It seems like it's always happening when they update the store...
Melchiah
Member
serenewarfare
Banned
It's certainly possible for me.
I think you are actually helping to point out how wildly inconsistent it is. It works fine for me most of the time, but sometimes it will go extremely slow. When you are paying for a service, it should probably have more consistency across the board.
Some of the people in here are also known xbox fans.
Hasn't the store always gone down for maintenance to update sales and products?
Iorv3th
Member
Yep as far as I can remember every tuesday.