Sony Releases PS3 3.61 Update Ahead of PSN's Imminent Return

Sonny Yatsen writes "Sony has released the PS3 3.61 firmware update as a part of the phased return of the Playstation Network and Qriocity. The new update now requires all PSN users to change their passwords in order to sign back into the PSN service." And several readers are pointing to reports that the network is slowly being spun up. Snips one anonymous submitter: "Sony Japan told customers today that it would begin phased restoration of its services of its beleaguered Playstation Network which has been suffering from an outage for nearly a month. The company would start bringing back its gaming network this Sunday, on a country-by-country basis, and expects it to be completed by May 31."

Re:Fuck you.

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

You do know that there are developers who makes games for a living right?

Not everything is homebrew. Thanks to Sony's actual openness, I have Portal 2 for Steam.

Re:Activating it per state

[guttentag]

According to the map [playstation.com] there's a giant storm front of jumbled X, O, SQUARE and TRIANGLE symbols headed for Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. That may explain why those states are still offline while California, which should only just get grazed near San Diego, is already up and running. Not sure why Alaska's offline, since the map clearly shows the storm passing far to the north of Barrrow...

Re:The problems go much deeper

[shutdown -p now]

Perhaps the issue may serve a higher purpose and get folks out doing something else.

Yes, like playing D&D, which, of course, doesn't require any connection - only a steady supply of pizza! ~