Gamers losing trust in Sony as PSN goes down again

 

 

One of the the biggest disappointments for PlayStation players took place during last Christmas when the network outage prevented millions of people worldwide from using their awaited gifts. On December 08, 2014, PlayStation Network (PSN) was hacked by a self proclaimed “Lizard Squad”; the same group took PSN down back in August 2014. Gamers are losing trust in Sony as PSN goes down again on Monday; users reported all over social media of not being able to sign into the network.

 

 Sony informed gamers that engineers were investigating the matter via the Twitter account of PlayStation. Consumers are not sure whether the outage is due to maintenance or it resulted from activities of some online hackers. Nevertheless, regular users of PSN are not happy with what they are getting.

 

 PSN has a pretty large global user base; recently accumulated numbers suggest that approximately 56 million people use PSN.

 

The problem of outage seems to be a regular phenomenon with Sony’s PlayStation Network since its introduction. The severest outage took place back in 2011 that left the users unable to access the network for about a month. The same hackers group, Lizard Squad, claimed responsibility at that time as well.

 

 Without internet connection, PS4 and XBox are pretty much useless; this is because the majority of the contemporary games rely on network connectivity. Even the games that function “offline” are badly infested with bugs and are difficult to operate without protective patches.

 

 Both PlayStation and XBox networks seem to be frequently vulnerable to hackers’ attack. If Sony and Microsoft fail to address this serious issue, consumers will stop having faith on services offered by the two companies, which will eventually affect the sales of gaming consoles manufactured by them.