Sony Network Goes Back Up This Week – Welcome Back Program to Follow
It appears that the Playstation Network will finally go back up this week after almost two weeks of downtime. With the issues discussed in the previous updates from Sony, they promised some sort of compensation would be issued for everyones’ ‘extraordinary patience’. Now with this release, they discuss how they will do this in a ‘Welcome Back Program’.
This is what their “Welcome Back” Program entails:
Complimentary Offering and “Welcome Back” Appreciation Program
While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, the company is committed to helping its customers protect their personal data and will provide a complimentary offering to assist users in enrolling in identity theft protection services and/or similar programs. The implementation will be at a local level and further details will be made available shortly in each region.
The company will also rollout the PlayStation Network and Qriocity “Welcome Back” program, to be offered worldwide, which will be tailored to specific markets to provide our consumers with a selection of service options and premium content as an expression of the company’s appreciation for their patience, support and continued loyalty.
Central components of the “Welcome Back” program will include:
- Each territory will be offering selected PlayStation entertainment content for free download. Specific details of this content will be announced in each region soon.
- All existing PlayStation Network customers will be provided with 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus premium service. Current members of PlayStation Plus will receive 30 days free service.
- Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers (in countries where the service is available) will receive 30 days free service.
Additional “Welcome Back” entertainment and service offerings will be rolled out over the coming weeks as the company returns the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services to the quality standard users have grown to enjoy and strive to exceed those exceptions.
SNEI will continue to reinforce and verify security for transactions before resuming the PlayStation®Store and other Qriocity operations, scheduled for this month.
For more information about the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services intrusion and restoration, please visit http://blog.us.playstation.com. or http://blog.eu.playstation.com/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/30/press-release-some-playstation-network-…
To summarize, PSN users will get some type of free content download, 30 days free of Playstation Plus premium service & music from Qriocity.
We’ll be bringing you the latest updates as they come in.
