Sony Forgets To Pay For Domain, Hilarity Ensues 277
First time accepted submitter Dragoness Eclectic writes Early Tuesday, gamers woke up to find out that they couldn't log in to any Sony Online Entertainment games--no Everquest, no Planetside 2, none of them. Oddly, the forums where company reps might have posted some explanation weren't reachable, either. A bit of journalistic investigation by EQ2Wire came across the explanation: SOE forgot to renew the domain registration on SonyOnline.net, the hidden domain that holds all their nameservers. After 7 weeks of non-payment post-expiration, NetworkSolutions reclaimed the domain, sending all access to Sony's games into an internet black hole. Sony has since paid up. SOE's president, John Smedley, has admitted that the expiration notices were being sent to an "unread email" address.
oops (Score:0, Funny)
LOL
Re:oops (Score:3, Funny)
I want more DRM. It is so nice to see the things I paid for just stop working like that. DRM FTW!!!
Re:Black hole? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Black hole? (Score:4, Funny)
This is apparently my president's nightmare because he will call me at midnight and ask me when our domains and SSL certs expire.
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As we suspected (Score:5, Funny)
SOE's president, John Smedley, has admitted that the expiration notices were being sent to an "unread email" address.
The same one used for customer service inquiries.
It's still not working!! (Score:4, Funny)
I'm still not able to log on to Star Wars Galaxies.