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Kongfucius on 26 November 2013
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michael_stutzer said:
Kongfucius said:
michael_stutzer said:
My account password is reset by Sony. The only way to get my account back is to ask for a new one but I can't because the date of birth was randomly entered by me. Why would they reset my account? Why am this stupid to put a fake date? Questions, questions. I have thousands of dollars worth of games in there. If they are trying to convince me not to buy a PS4 they are right on the track.

Without meaning to sound patronising, it seems a little hypocritical to blame Sony - they say enter your real information and well, there are good reasons for both them and you to do so. Personally I can't see what you can do other than guess the DOB you entered, otherwise you have to tell them and given that I suspect that what you did is contrary to the T+Cs for PSN you must have agreed with, you're entirely at their mercy - if they don't let you in then I reckon thats it. I guess you could still play your games, just without online features (I guess, don't actually have a PS3 but I imagine that's how it works) and create a new account for your games from now on

Well I guess the reason it is a fake DOB is that I was under 18 at the time, it was six years ago. I should have changed only the year but I didn't think ahead at that time obviously. Also, who asks for a date of birth for account confirmation? I blame Sony because obviously their security is still not good enough, this doesn't happen this much on similar services. This is my second reset. Otherwise all the blame is on my of course.

I don't think calling Sony will work because I am not an American, I doubt we'd communicate that well. The last thing they'd do is giving passwords of US accounts to the people who doesn't sound like one. I guess I'll try to match it trying everyday, hopefully there is no limit of trying. Thanks anyway.

I know what you mean - before I bought my vita I very rarely played online because it was too awkward, especially because my XBL account had all sorts of parental controls on it. As for the accent problem, I wouldn't worry too much, there are plently of people living in the USA who aren't from there originally, or who have a USA account without living there and I'm sure this won't be the first time they've dealt with someone in your situation

Good luck :)