Ten Things to Do During Your PlayStation Network Downtime – GamingAngels

Sun, Feb 28 2010 | Published in News

Ten Things to Do During Your PlayStation Network Downtime

By: Tiffany Nevin

So you may or may not know that PSN is down. Like, really down. (I have no idea if this redirect from the main US PlayStation site that GamingAngel pointed out in her post has anything to do with it, but that does look really fishy and hackeresque, doesn’t it?) I can currently only play Bejeweled 2 on ours at the moment, and almost every disc-based game crashes on start. It’s like the Zunepocalypse all over again!

If you of the chubby PS3 variety can’t do anything on your Blu-Ray-playing brick right now, we have a few suggestions for you.

Alphabetize something – your DVD collection, books, sentences within said books.
Desperately search for your PlayStation 2. It still has to work, right?
Learn to play marbles with your cat/dog.
Take a late-night trip to the vet for a swallowed marble.
Read GamingAngels. (Obviously.)
Hide from Modern Warfare 2-obsessed friends that happen to be going through withdrawal.
Become a fan of “The PlayStation Network working properly” on Facebook.
Obsessively refresh the Sony PlayStation Twitter account.
Watch a movie you know well, and use your controller while it plays to mimic the characters’ on-screen actions. (It’s just like Heavy Rain.)
Be glad it’s at least not a red-ringed 360.

If you’re doing your own thing (understandable), what are you doing? Let us know in the comments!

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xino

you mean 10 things female gamers should do:/cuz men wouldnt' be doing all these stuff, except for those geek ss fanboys with cats.

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Onslaught

# Watch a movie you know well, and use your controller while it plays to mimic the characters’ on-screen actions. (It’s just like Heavy Rain.)LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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RainbowSleeve

Be glad it’s at least not a red-ringed 360. Oh snap. ;)

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Miguelleon

How do you send gift to people on Playstation Home?

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chaos_insomniac

I've been doing 9 all day. I'm waiting for an update at midnight. Please let it work!!

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stealthyslyth

How about rock back and forth muttering to yourself in the corner? Rebuild it to make it stronger, better, faster? :P

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Marksman_278

the internet still works on your ps3, i know this because i updated a game this morning, so if there is a firmware patch to fix this, you dont need to worry about how your going to get it. hope this stops at least a little bit of the worry :)

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CyberElc

Bru00c3u00bctal Legend is still working! but i'm worried that my trophies will disappear....

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DirtyLancer

How long do we have I beat Mercenaries 2 and none of my trophies went though! Then when I try to go back to the game it's like it never happened! But I've been watching movie ever since so what ever!

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dav

Sorry, didn't know that the situation was so bad that you can't even play offline.

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dav

you can still play single player games, can't you?

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candybeans

Not if said single-player game has trophies. As far as we can tell.

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xino

you mean 10 things female gamers should do:/

cuz men wouldnt' be doing all these stuff, except for those geek ss fanboys with cats.

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LETHAL

i slept for a good 5 or 6 hours just woke up....still no system...luckly sony said the prob shoud be fixed by the morning so im about to go to sleep again till lik 8 or 9...play a few hours before i gotta go to bio class lol

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Ariel Lion of God

Play Mass Effect 2 (just got it)
Play AvP (360 version)
Play on my PC, man i love having all systems insert evil laugh here >:P

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Onslaught

# Watch a movie you know well, and use your controller while it plays to mimic the charactersu00e2u0080u0099 on-screen actions. (Itu00e2u0080u0099s just like Heavy Rain.)

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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fdjaflasjdf

OUCH low blow at heavy rain. Totally uncalled for....therefore....s***w YOU!

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candybeans

You're acting like I don't have it and love it! It wasn't intended to be a low blow at all. I think you're looking at my analysis the wrong way.

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Boox

you can play games without trophies like MGS4

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Joe

Ahh.. Good call. I think lack of sleep and withdraw from the PS3 is getting to me. Maybe I should just go to bed and stop waiting for the magic to happen...

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GamingAngel

btw we're watching Dexter on Netflix streaming to pass the time. haha

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Joe

So... They are saying its a problem with the older model PS3's (not slim). It has something to do with the firm ware on the older models. So my question is... If they do get the fix up on the net, how are we going to connect to the net to get the fix, if its a problem with the PS3 itself and not the Playstation Network?

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GamingAngel

My guess is they will have something we'll have to download to a usb key or maybe something like a "bootable disc" that will allow the PS3 to boot to it and upgrade the firmware?

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Tiffany

I think it's a two-sided problem, meself. I think eventually PSN will be up, and we can connect for the update. I guess we'll see in a few hours.

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GamingAngel

This is an interesting link from NeoGaf as to what they think is happening: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2003587...

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Tiffany

Yeah, I saw that. Wasn't sure how to work it in, really. And it is an interesting theory.

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Joost

To pass the time... looking after a pissed up friend and watching a film. good times

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LuvableSole

hahaha im actually doing 8 and 9 is genius.. im watching Rome on bluray and migrating stuff to a new pc
10 also gave me some lols as well

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Bryan

To pass the time? I was in the PS Home Theatre watching previews for awhile, and now I'm playing Grandia. :)

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Yukino

Good thing we have all the consoles in our house! We are watching Doctor Who on Netflix streaming via one of our 360s right now. I hardly touch my PS3 as it is, so its not like I'm missing much.

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Tiffany

We're just watching Adult Swim until the ApocalyPS3 is over.

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Joe

Whats weird is i can sign onto my playstation network account directly on playstation.com. All my trophies are there. I have the fat model of the PS3. I guess its basically limited to them:-( Maybe since it was Sony's fault they killed our systems, and if they cant fix it... Just maybe they will replace them with a newer model?? Do I hear the lawyers??

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Tiffany

I highly doubt it'll be enough of a problem to cause mass replacements. Your data's fine, you just need a patch, probably. Once the network comes back up, anyway.

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Kinema

No MW2... *ish a sad panda* I guess I'll play BlazBlue or Uncharted 2 or something... Yay for single player campaigns!

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Tiffany

I think it doesn't matter how many players it is. That's the thing. As long as it has trophies, there's no playing it.

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360 Owner

Just wanted to point out the irony of your 10th statement, considering that I can still play my games. Good luck with that.

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Tiffany

Yeah, but ours will be fixed in a matter of hours rather than having to ship it off in a coffin. I have a 360 as well, but it doesn't get the same amount of love. This is a software problem, not a hardware problem. At least ours turn on right now, unlike RROD'd 360s.

Also, I tried more stuff, and I can get to a lot more than just Bejeweled 2. But I don't want to play any of those. Oh well! It'll be fixed in the mornin'. :D

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Tiffany

Yeah, but ours will be fixed in a matter of hours rather than having to ship it off in a coffin. I have a 360 as well, but it doesn't get the same amount of love. This is a software problem, not a hardware problem. At least ours turn on right now, unlike RROD'd 360s.Also, I tried more stuff, and I can get to a lot more than just Bejeweled 2. But I don't want to play any of those. Oh well! It'll be fixed in the mornin'. :D

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PSN P-L-A-Y-R-1

ugh but mine went out when my nba crew needed me its been 4hours, *stairs at GH5*

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Tiffany

Sounds like Step 8 is for you, friend.

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RainbowSleeve

Be glad itu00e2u0080u0099s at least not a red-ringed 360.

Oh snap. ;)

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Tiffany

Haha. If it is, you have a couple weeks to wait, not a few hours - ya know? ;)

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GamingAngel

haha I love #10. But seriously I actually was going to play tonight and am kindof bummed that I can't. But it's allowing me time to write on GA. haha I'm prepping an article for tomorrow! hehe

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Tiffany

I know, right? It's not the end of the world or anything. It will be fixed. We will live. But it sure is annoying. Even though I'm definitely not supposed to be playing right now. :x

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