Poll: Compensation for PSN users?
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They also have your credit card details if you've entered them, so it's not just $3, it's however much you own.Dan Steele said:
I don't think they should be provided compensation for having their info not secure, but they should be compensated for any money lost.
No, it's not like that at all.omega 616 said:
As they decided to have such an elaborate online component, they do need to have some sort of assurance to the users that the data entered is safe. If they were unable to do so, they should've set everything up differently... which they could have. BUT, they were more interested in making it easier for us to make little microtransactions on PSN and in the end, they couldn't back it up.
If we are able to sue the hackers, we should but we shouldn't forget who laid out everything (including the challenge) to them.
^^this.cerberus118 said:
if they gave out DLC, they'd have to pay the companies who make the DLC.
if they gave out money... well, there's more people on PSN than there are in the whole of the UK, so unless everyone settles for about a penny (if even that), giving out cash would flat-out bripple Sony financially.
PS+ costs no money for them to maintain. They'd lose the profit that would have been brought in by subscription fees, but they were fine before PS+, so it shouldn't hurt them too much. plus, some people may end up buying PS+ subscriptions as a result. if anyone from Sony reads this, I highly recommend you do this. It'd help repair your public image (last seen bleeding out in a gutter somewhere) and might even net you some extra cash after the trial ends. do it.
Yes, and also Sony by not adequately protecting the data.Woodsey said:
If someone robs a bank guarded by only a 90 year old security guard with a BB gun, and the bank had no vault, yeah you blame the bank robber (if you can find him) but it's also the banks fault for not having enough protection.
It would be nice. I for one would love to get enough PSN cash to get some neat BlazBlue DLC but I doubt it's going to happen. *sigh*.
Failing to protect somebody's credit card information isn't really something you can compensate for. You sit down, you take your well deserved scolding, accept your loss of fidelity and work your ass off to make sure that it never happens again. Not saying compensation wouldn't be nice, but it's kind of beyond that now, acting like a few PSN points on the house can fix the issue is kind of diminishing the gravity of their screwup.
I'm not really expecting anything. The fact of the matter is that any network can be hacked, and Sony just happened to be the unlucky ones this time. Dozens of other major businesses have been hacked in the past (including security firms and credit card companies), this just happened to be the biggest leak in recent history. While I'll admit that Sony could have handled the aftermath a bit better, I don't fault them for it and I have no problems trusting Sony in the future. As long as they make an effort to improve their security measures, I'll be happy.
Honestly, I think that this whole incident has been blown completely out of proportion. People are passing the blame onto Sony when their only fault was some lackluster public relations. The thing that concerns me most is that this may lead to Xbox Live or Steam being hacked. All the people jumping ship to Microsoft may find themselves in the exact same position in a few months if they aren't lucky. If XBL does get hacked, there is a much higher risk of credit card information being lost simply because it's a paid service...
Honestly, I think that this whole incident has been blown completely out of proportion. People are passing the blame onto Sony when their only fault was some lackluster public relations. The thing that concerns me most is that this may lead to Xbox Live or Steam being hacked. All the people jumping ship to Microsoft may find themselves in the exact same position in a few months if they aren't lucky. If XBL does get hacked, there is a much higher risk of credit card information being lost simply because it's a paid service...
Failing to protect somebody's credit card information isn't really something you can compensate for. You sit down, you take your well deserved scolding, accept your loss of fidelity and work your ass off to make sure that it never happens again. Not saying compensation wouldn't be nice, but it's kind of beyond that now, acting like a few PSN points on the house can fix the issue is kind of diminishing the gravity of their screwup.
When Xbox Live went down over the holidays at the end of 2007, they released a free game as an apology; Undertow. I got this game and it was pretty fun in my opinion, kind of like an underwater 2D Battlefield or Battlefront. Silver members could download this too.
If PSN was just down for a while, I don't think compensation is needed but due to them releasing personal information and if we find out the security was inadequate then yes, we should receive compensation because this whole situation all PSN members have been put is ridiculous.
If PSN was just down for a while, I don't think compensation is needed but due to them releasing personal information and if we find out the security was inadequate then yes, we should receive compensation because this whole situation all PSN members have been put is ridiculous.
