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UltimateUnknown on 02 June 2011
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PizzaFaceGamer said:
UltimateUnknown said:

At this point I don't think Sony gives a fuck about all these hackers. I don't think they can get any more bad media even if they get hacked to the ground either.

Hack away and take what you can hackers, not that you will get anything useful in the first place.


These are the types of ignorant quotes that do a disservice to rational & logical disussion

How  about readingthis UltimateUnknown.....

http://saveandquitgaming.com/sony-loses-2-08-billion-dollars-since-psn-outage/

Sony’s Stock Drops 2.08 Billion Dollars Since PSN Outage

Who knew being hacked and losing all user account information worldwide is bad for business? Apparently gamers aren’t the only ones who are pissed off about the PSN outage; stock holders have been selling their shares like hotcakes. I recently was given a quick lesson in economics that I will now share with you (keep in mind these are quick approximate numbers and calculations). The market cap for Sony is at 28.19 billion, the last traded price was at $28.06 per share. By dividing the market cap by the last traded price you can figure out the total shares outstanding which is roughly 1.004 billion. The closing trading price on 4/20 was 30.14 per share. The closing trading price on 5/6 was 28.06 per share. If you subtract the two you get a 2.08 stock loss. If you take the 2.08 stock loss and times it by the total shares outstanding of 1.004 billion you therefore get 2.08 billion dollars in lost stock profits.

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You don't think sony cares about stock prices dropping off a cliff??

Today's sony share price is down to $26.54 so sony has lost MORE THAN 4 BILLION dollars in stock price alone since the original security failure

And this doesn't include  the 170 million dollar PSN loss

I meant that comment as a joke.

But yes, stock prices going down was expected after such a big scandal, but didn't really anticipate 4 billion in loses in about a month.

Nonetheless, I am almost willing to bet, all the other divisions of Sony that have gotten hacked were probably using similar security to what the Playstation had. At this point, Sony should anticipate hack attacks on any and all divisions and upgrade to the latest security as they did to the Playstation network, not wait it out to upgrade until they are under attack. Otherwise, they really can't say they didn't see it coming when they go bankrupt (probably won't go bankrupt, but take even major hits to stocks).