Thanks for replying all
I have tried to create an account and it goes fine until it asks for a unique username.
It just comes back and says cannot create an account with that username.
I have also tried to create an account from the Whats New Icon and that fails after the DOB request with the Undergoing Maintenace error.
Probably just picked a poor time to buy a PS3 looks like I get to endure the outage but wont get any freebies.
Sony Customer Support is bloody awful..Basically gave up and came here !







